wp-content

💡 The wp-content folder is where themes, plugins and other uploads are stored.

Here you can find up-to-date guides for the most popular WordPress plugins and discover new themes.

exclude wp - Exclude WordPress cache & backup folders from Softaculous backup

Exclude WordPress cache & backup folders from Softaculous backup

If you are using Softaculous backups you may notice that Softaculous backups also the cache folders (wp-content/cache and wp-content/litespeed) and backups created by WordPress backup plugins (wp-content/updraft & wp-content/ai1wm-backup). This significantly increases the size of Softaculous backup files. To exclude these folders from Softaculous backups SSH into your server and navigate to the following path: Copy … Read full article →

Disable WordPress comments based on User GeoLocation - Disable WordPress comments based on User GeoLocation

Disable WordPress comments based on User GeoLocation

If you want to disable comments in WordPress based on the user’s location, you can do so by using the following steps: Step 1. Install and activate the “GeoIP Detection” plugin. This plugin allows you to detect the user’s location based on their IP address. Step 2. Add the following code to your theme’s functions.php … Read full article →

How to remove meta generator tag from WordPress - How to remove meta generator tag from WordPress

How to remove meta generator tag from WordPress

WordPress has an HTML meta generation tag that shows that your website is running WordPress and which version exactly. If you right-click on this page and choose View Source, you can find this tag by searching for “generator” in the source code. You should see something similar to: <meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 6.0.3″ /> This code … Read full article →

yoastseophp81 - Yoast SEO is (kind of) incompatible with PHP8

Yoast SEO is (kind of) incompatible with PHP8

Yoast SEO is compatible with PHP 8 and PHP 8.1 but the Composer that YoastSEO is using doesn’t yes support PHP 8.0 so you might experience problems when editing posts&pages in WordPress. According to this comment there are still 19 other PHP version incompatibilities remaining to be fixed. 😲 So turns out that YoastSEO is … Read full article →

wp xml to markdown - Convert WordPress to Markdown

Convert WordPress to Markdown

Export WordPress posts to XML an then convert it into Markdown files suitable for a static site generator such as Gridsome, Gatsby, Hugo, Jekyll, etc. Step 1. Export WordPress to XML Navigate to Tools > Export and Select “All Content” File will be saved as [website].WordPress. [DATE].xml Step 3. Install NodeJS & Git Make sure … Read full article →

sec checkpoints for wp website - 4 Security Checkpoints for your WordPress Website

4 Security Checkpoints for your WordPress Website

Security is a result of security “practices” rather than plugin “functionality”. No security plugin is perfect, but we make do, and that, like everything else in life, is what defines the outcome. Here’s a simple diagram of how an attacker tries to get inside your website. There are 4 levels that each request has to … Read full article →

Top 5 WordPress GDPR plugins in 2022 - Top 5 WordPress GDPR plugins in 2023

Top 5 WordPress GDPR plugins in 2023

Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was applicable back in 2018, website owners have been scrambling to get their websites up to standard and avoid huge fines. Years later, GDPR fines continue, and small businesses are certainly not immune. Although you may receive a warning before being fined, there is no reason to take the risk. If you … Read full article →

SVN Checkout a WordPress plugin - SVN Checkout a WordPress plugin

SVN Checkout a WordPress plugin

SVN, or Subversion, is a version control system similar to Git that can be used via the command line, or one of numerous GUI applications, such as Tortoise SVN or SmartSVN. In this guide, I will use TortoiseSVN software to checkout a WordPress plugin. Step 1. First, download and install TortoiseSVN software: https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html Step 2. After installation, you … Read full article →