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== Ecommerce - WooCommerce == | == Ecommerce - WooCommerce == | ||
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+ | === How to create more than 50 product variations in WooCommerce === | ||
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+ | define( 'WC_MAX_LINKED_VARIATIONS', 100 ); | ||
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+ | https://www.proy.info/create-more-than-50-product-variations-in-woocommerce/ | ||
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+ | === Hide Downloads Tab on My Account page === | ||
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+ | Dashboard > WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > Account Endpoints > delete the text in the 'downloads' box | ||
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+ | ''Account endpoints - Endpoints are appended to your page URLs to handle specific actions on the accounts pages. They should be unique and '''can be left blank to disable the endpoint'''.'' | ||
=== Products Sorting === | === Products Sorting === | ||
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=== Analytics === | === Analytics === | ||
− | + | ==== Analytics Section Not Showing ==== | |
− | Go to https://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/options.php and look for the option 'woocommerce_analytics_enabled' and change it to 'yes' then click SAVE CHANGES. | + | Go to https://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/options.php and look for the option '''woocommerce_analytics_enabled''' and change it to ''yes'' then click SAVE CHANGES. |
== Media Queries Screen Sizes List == | == Media Queries Screen Sizes List == | ||
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== HOWTO: Increase PHP Memory Limit (UpdraftPlus Error) == | == HOWTO: Increase PHP Memory Limit (UpdraftPlus Error) == | ||
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+ | If you see this error when you use the wp cli ... | ||
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+ | Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate xxxxx bytes) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ... then you can fix it by adding this to the wp-config.php file just before the "<nowiki>/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */</nowiki>" line:- | ||
+ | |||
+ | define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M'); | ||
https://updraftplus.com/faqs/deal-fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-errors/ | https://updraftplus.com/faqs/deal-fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-errors/ | ||
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wp db query "SELECT * FROM wp_options" | wp db query "SELECT * FROM wp_options" | ||
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+ | === Clear Cache === | ||
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+ | wp cache flush | ||
=== Plugin Install === | === Plugin Install === | ||
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[https://www.wordfence.com/products/wordfence-cli/ NEW - Wordfence Command Line!] | [https://www.wordfence.com/products/wordfence-cli/ NEW - Wordfence Command Line!] | ||
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+ | ==== Wordfence CLI ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Setup''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Download ... | ||
+ | |||
+ | cd /root/docker/ | ||
+ | git clone <nowiki>https://github.com/wordfence/wordfence-cli.git</nowiki> | ||
+ | cd wordfence-cli/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Configure ... | ||
+ | |||
+ | docker run -v $(pwd):/root wordfence-cli:latest configure --configuration /root/.config/wordfence/wordfence-cli.ini --overwrite --default --accept-terms --request-license | ||
+ | |||
+ | Check ... | ||
+ | |||
+ | $ cat .config/wordfence/wordfence-cli.ini | ||
+ | [DEFAULT] | ||
+ | cache_directory = ~/.cache/wordfence | ||
+ | license = 115e4a467b330ad5302cf1a50723f268e122a948d0e53f47d2417deeeea614xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | ||
+ | [MALWARE_SCAN] | ||
+ | workers = 1 | ||
+ | |||
+ | docker run -v $(pwd):/root wordfence-cli:latest version | ||
+ | '''Wordfence CLI 5.0.1''' | ||
+ | PCRE Supported: Yes - PCRE Version: 8.39 2016-06-14 (JIT Supported: Yes) | ||
+ | Vectorscan Supported: No | ||
+ | |||
+ | Documentation ... | ||
+ | |||
+ | https://github.com/wordfence/wordfence-cli/blob/main/docs/Configuration.md | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Usage''' | ||
=== Password Protect Admin Folder Dashboard === | === Password Protect Admin Folder Dashboard === |
Latest revision as of 14:09, 22 November 2024
Installation
to be done
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Allow WebP Images
Plugins > WPCode Lite > Snippets > Add New > Add Your Custom Code (New Snippet) > PHP Snippet > "Allow WebP Image Files" >
function cc_mime_types($mimes) { $mimes['webp'] = 'image/webp'; return $mimes; } add_filter('upload_mimes', 'cc_mime_types');
SSL When Using A Reverse Proxy
If WordPress is hosted behind a reverse proxy that provides SSL, but is hosted itself without SSL, these options will initially send any requests into an infinite redirect loop. To avoid this, you may configure WordPress to recognize the HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO header (assuming you have properly configured the reverse proxy to set that header).
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true); // in some setups HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO might contain // a comma-separated list e.g. http,https // so check for https existence if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'], 'https') !== false) $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';
https://wordpress.org/support/article/administration-over-ssl/#using-a-reverse-proxy
Enable Theme Editor
define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', false );
Create Blank Page Templates
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fullwidth-templates/
Keyboard Shortcuts
The shortcut Alt + Shift + H (Option + Control + H for Mac) actually is the most useful shortcut because it shows you all the keyboard shortcuts.
CTRL + S = Save
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/21-most-useful-time-saving-wordpress-shortcuts/
Cookies
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cookie-law-info/
https://www.civicuk.com/cookie-control/download
https://wordpress.org/plugins/civic-cookie-control-8/
Version 5.4
Disable Default Fullscreen Edit Mode
You’ll need to simply enter the following code in your WordPress theme’s functions.php file, or in a site-specific plugin. You can also use the custom code snippets plugin to add this code to your site without conflicts.
if (is_admin()) { function jba_disable_editor_fullscreen_by_default() { $script = "jQuery( window ).load(function() { const isFullscreenMode = wp.data.select( 'core/edit-post' ).isFeatureActive( 'fullscreenMode' ); if ( isFullscreenMode ) { wp.data.dispatch( 'core/edit-post' ).toggleFeature( 'fullscreenMode' ); } });"; wp_add_inline_script( 'wp-blocks', $script ); } add_action( 'enqueue_block_editor_assets', 'jba_disable_editor_fullscreen_by_default' ); }
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-disable-fullscreen-editor-in-wordpress/
Security
How To Disable XML-RPC
Edit your theme's functions.php file and add the following line...
// disable xmlrpc add_filter('xmlrpc_enabled', '__return_false');
How To Deny Access To XML-RPC
Lighttpd
Edit your your vhost file...
url.access-deny = ( "xmlrpc.php" )
Apache
Edit the .htaccess file...
<Files xmlrpc.php> order deny,allow deny from all </Files>
NginX
Edit your your vhost file...
location /xmlrpc.php { deny all; }
How To Remove The WordPress Version Number
Edit your theme's functions.php and add the following line...
// remove version from head remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_generator'); // remove version from rss add_filter('the_generator', '__return_empty_string'); // remove version from scripts and styles function shapeSpace_remove_version_scripts_styles($src) { if (strpos($src, 'ver=')) { $src = remove_query_arg('ver', $src); } return $src; } add_filter('style_loader_src', 'shapeSpace_remove_version_scripts_styles', 9999); add_filter('script_loader_src', 'shapeSpace_remove_version_scripts_styles', 9999);
MySQL Performance
Non Bitnami Server
sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf [mysqld] performance_schema = OFF sudo service mysql restart (or sudo systemctl restart mysql.service)
Bitnami Server
sudo nano /opt/bitnami/mysql/my.cnf [mysqld] performance_schema = OFF sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart mysql
Remove Rest API From Header
https://thomas.vanhoutte.be/miniblog/remove-api-w-org-rest-api-from-wordpress-header/
Giving WordPress Its Own Directory
There are 2 ways to do this...
- without URL change (e.g. domain.com/)
- with URL change (domain.com/wordpress/)
https://wordpress.org/support/article/giving-wordpress-its-own-directory/
Organise Media Library with Categories
Amazon Polly Audio
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/plugin.html
Google SiteKit
https://sitekit.withgoogle.com/
https://github.com/google/site-kit-wp/releases
SEO
- Stay active on social media.
- Focus on building quality backlinks.
- Establish yourself as an expert in your niche.
- Experiment with different types of content.
- Improve your website's performance.
Google Analytics 4 Basic (SEO) Guide
SMTP
Forms
Fluent Forms Notification Email From Dropdown Address
The .value at the end of a field name is the key, otherwise you would get the Label.
{inputs.dropdown-name-attribute.value}
https://twitter.com/Fluent_Forms/status/1553958492813533184
Royalty Free Images
Best Free Stock Photo Web Sites
Contact Form 7
WPforms
Add field values for Dropdown, Checkboxes, and Multiple Choice fields
Fix Google reCAPTCHA
https://blog.laurencebichon.com/fix-wpforms-captcha-not-working-with-amp-google-recaptcha-v3/
FIX: ERROR: Another update is currently in progress
It is an automatic lock to prevent simultaneous core updates. It will be gone after 15 minutes. If you don't want to wait, delete the record from options table – usually wp_options.
sudo -u ftpuser wp option delete core_updater.lock Success: Deleted 'core_updater.lock' option.
Disable Automatic Updates
You can disable automatic updates in WordPress by adding this line of code in your wp-config.php file:
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );
Change Post Types
Rename the default 'Posts' to 'News' or something else
Performance Tweaks
Why Is WordPress Slow?
However, many factors can affect your WordPress site’s performance. Some of the most common ones include:
- Your site’s web hosting provider
- Server-side optimizations (PHP version, caching, compression, etc.)
- Sluggish WordPress themes
- Slow WordPress plugins
- Unoptimized content (mainly images)
- Too many external HTTP requests
- Not using a dedicated resource to serve content (CDN, video hosting, etc.)
Hidden Options
https://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin/options.php
Host Google Services Locally
Remove Lots
Remove Emoji Code
Add the following lines to the bottom of your theme's functions.php file...
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script', 7 ); remove_action( 'wp_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles' );
Remove Type Attribute From JavaScript Tags
Add the following lines to the bottom of your theme's functions.php file...
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', function() { add_theme_support( 'html5', [ 'script', 'style' ] ); } );
Compression
Enable...
https://www.tweaked.io/guide/lighttpd/
Test...
curl -I --compressed <url>
Image Compression
Render Blocking
https://varvy.com/pagespeed/render-blocking-css.html
https://varvy.com/pagespeed/defer-loading-javascript.html
CDN
Cloudinary
Cloudinary is the media management platform for web and mobile developers. An end-to-end solution for all your image and video needs.
Cloudinary Media Performance CDN - WordPress Plugin
Caching
WordPress 6.1 and later now includes checks for Page Cache and Object Cache in the Site Health tool.
How do I disable the cache checks? Add these code snippets:-
function disable_full_page_cache_check( $tests ) { unset( $tests['async']['page_cache'] ); return $tests; } add_filter( 'site_status_tests', 'disable_full_page_cache_check' );
function disable_object_cache_check( $tests ) { unset( $tests['direct']['persistent_object_cache'] ); return $tests; } add_filter( 'site_status_tests', 'disable_object_cache_check' );
WordPress Caching
Caching strategy is a key decision for any WordPress site for speed and performance. There are typically 4 levels of caching recommended for WordPress. Here is a description of how we will set up caching for WordPress with Docker:
Browser Caching: This is what tells the visitors browser to cache the files locally to speed up future site/page visits. We will set this up using Nginx. On Apache, this is accomplished using .htaccess files.
Server Caching: This caches static versions of pages (Page cache). We are going to accomplish this using Nginx FastCGI cache.
Frontend Caching: This means caching WordPress PHP files so they don't have to be re-compiled for every visit. We are going to set this up using PHP OpCache.
Database Caching: This optimizes database queries by storing them in the RAM for faster delivery. We are going to use Redis for this.
As mentioned before, I have Cloudflare and Ezoic Site Speed+ that serve cached and optimized content to visitors. But even without those, the above caching strategy should deliver excellent speeds.
https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/wordpress-on-docker-traefik/
Here is a quick list of the different types of caching we can identify:
- Page cache: it happens on the server and stores the entire HTML of a page (as WP Rocket does);
- Browser cache: it keeps storing the HTML but occurs on the browser;
- Object cache: it stores database queries;
- Bytecode cache: it's a PHP extension and stores precompiled script bytecode in the memory;
- CDN cache: it occurs on the CDN-side and stores the HTML and all other static files (images, CSS and JS);
- Reverse proxy cache: it happens on the server's side and stores all its responses to the client's server.
Browser Caching
For Apache .htaccess ...
<IfModule mod_expires.c> ExpiresActive on # whitelist expires rules ExpiresDefault "access 1 month" # Favicon (cannot be renamed) ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week" # Media: images, video, audio ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType video/ogg "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType audio/ogg "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType video/webm "access plus 1 month" # Webfonts ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month" # CSS and JavaScript ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month" <IfModule mod_headers.c> Header append Cache-Control "public" </IfModule> </IfModule>
https://www.tweaked.io/guide/lighttpd/
KeyCDN Cache Enabler
Content Delivery Network Pricing
KeyCDN - WordPress CDN Integration with CDN Enabler
After installing, make sure all the pages get generated in the cache with this script - Use wget to scrape all URLs from a sitemap.xml
Check the bottom of the page's source code for the following...
<!-- Cache Enabler by KeyCDN @ 21.04.2020 22:17:15 (html) -->
W3 Total Cache
W3 Total Cache - Simple Introduction Tutorial
W3 Total Cache - Extensive Tutorial
W3 Total Cache - WordPress Plugin Page
How can I tell if if the cache plugin is working?
You can open the source code of a page (Google Chrome) View > Developer > View Source and scroll to the bottom. You should see an HTML-comment that states the site was cached by W3 Total Cache.
Perf Matters
This is a paid-for plugin that does an amazing selection of optimisation for WordPress. Seriously, everything.
https://perfmatters.io/features/
WP Rocket
WP Rocket No Cache - Disables WP Rocket’s page cache while preserving other optimization features.
HTTP/2
Disable WP Cron
This is a bit of a unsure one, if you do this it will make other things moan and it's really not worth it...
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);
Links
Performance Lab (WebP and Cache) Plugin
Improve WordPress Web Site Performance
GTMetrix WordPress Web Site Analysis and Performance Tool
Oxygen Builder - Speed Up WordPress in 2019: How To Optimize Your Website & Make It Load Fast
WordPress Optimisation - Need to be < 3 secs load time
Accessibility Skip To Main Content
One of the earliest solutions in all of web accessibility was the "skip to main content" link, a same page link at the top of the page that enables users to skip past navigation links and go straight to the main content of the web page. Despite the fact that these links have been in use since the early 1990's, they actually aren't implemented well at all by browsers. They can be a huge benefit to sighted non-mousers (navigating by keyboard) but they don't work for these users in any browser other than Firefox and Internet Explorer, and they don't even work in IE unless link targets have tabindex="0".
<div id="skiplink-container"> <div> <a href="#content" class="skiplink">Skip to main content</a> </div> </div> <div> <main role="main" id="content" tabindex="-1"> ... content in here ... </main> </div>
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_main.asp
Gutenberg
How to add more Columns
The default columns block uses two columns, but you can add up to six columns in one column block.
To increase the number of columns, click somewhere in the column block but outside of the blocks within it. You'll see the settings in the sidebar switch from the Document settings to the Block settings revealing extra options. You can use the slider or the number input to adjust the number of columns from 2-6.
https://www.competethemes.com/blog/wordpress-make-columns/
Elementor
Fix Mixed Content Error on SSL
First, search and replace all references to non secure addresses...
Dashboard > Elementor > Tools > Replace URL > http://www.thisdomain.co.uk -- https://www.thisdomain.co.uk
Second, clear the Cache from WP Rocket or similar...
Dashboard > WP Rocket > Clear Cache
Change Default Font
How To Change The Default Font In Elementor (Step By Step) – ThemeWaves
Fix Update Database Error
This command will update the database, if an update is needed...
wp elementor update db
This command will update the Elementor Pro database, if an update is needed...
wp elementor-pro update db
This command will update the database even if another process is running...
wp elementor update db --force
This command will update the database for each site in the network...
wp elementor update db --network
https://developers.elementor.com/docs/cli/update-db/
Divi
Updates
Customise For Mobile View
Divi > Theme Customizer link within your WordPress Dashboard. Next look for the Mobile Styles panel and open it to reveal the mobile styling options. You will notice 3 sections within the Mobile Styles panel: Tablet, Phone and Mobile Menu.
Remove Divi Menu Drop Shadow
#main-header, #main-header.et-fixed-header { -webkit-box-shadow: none!important; -moz-box-shadow: none!important; box-shadow: none!important; }
Icons
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/elegant-icon-font
Breakdance
Breakdance is an easy-to-use visual site builder for WordPress. It allows you to build websites from start to finish - including custom headers, footers, blog templates and dynamic page layouts - all without touching a line of code.
Breakdance is a new WordPress page builder focused on both power and speed. The builder was recently released in September 2022 and features over 120 block elements usable through a drag & drop UI.
It has been created by the makers of Oxygen and combines the best parts of Oxygen withe best parts of Bricks and Elementor.
Global Settings
Typography
Heading Font Yabe Webfont Body Font Yabe Webfont
Advanced > Headings
H1 = clamp(2.4rem, calc(2.4rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.8333)), 3.2rem) H2 = clamp(2.0rem, calc(2.0rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.625)), 2.8rem) H3 = clamp(1.8rem, calc(1.8rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.2083)), 2.2rem) H4 = clamp(1.3rem, calc(1.3rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.4167)), 1.8rem) H5 = clamp(1.1rem, calc(1.1rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.4167)), 1.4rem) H6 = clamp(1.0rem, calc(1.0rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.4167)), 1.2rem)
This, just doesn't seem to work (hopefully AutomaticCSS will come to the rescue soon!) so I have put some fixed viewport settings here for now:-
Desktop = 3.0rem Tablet Landscape = 2.7rem Tablet Portrait = 2.0rem Phone Landscape = 1.8rem Phone Portrait = 1.6rem
Containers
Responsive Size | Vertical Padding | Horizontal Padding |
---|---|---|
Desktop | 80 px | 32 px |
Tablet Landscape | 70 px | 28 px |
Tablet Portrait | 55 px | 22 px |
Phone Landscape | 45 px | 18 px |
Phone Portrait | 30 px | 12 px |
Tips
Fix Gutenberg
Breakdance > Settings > Performance > untick 'Remove Gutenberg Blocks CSS', then add the following code to CSS which fixes flex rows ...
.breakdance figure { width: unset; }
Globally Change Colour Of Icon On Menu Builder Dropdown
Menu Builder / Desktop Menu / Dropdowns / Links / Graphic / Icon
Reduce Height Of Sticky Header On Scroll
Size on desktop 100px Spacing / Padding 0 Sticky / Style / Minimum height 60px
Templates
Oxygen Builder
Introduction
Oxygen is a plugin that replaces the Theme system in WordPress. It allows you to build your own Templates for use in any page. It produces the most efficient code and the fastest loading web sites.
Features
https://wparena.com/oxygen-review/
Purchase
https://oxygenbuilder.com/pricing
Installation
Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin > Browse > Install Now
Documentation
https://oxygenbuilder.com/documentation/
Changelog
Support
Slack - Oxygen Builder General Support
Github - Oxygen Bugs and Features
Using Oxygen with Elementor
Yeah, I know, why the **** would you want to? But, it's possible ...
Oxygen > Templates > New Template > Add Sections for header + main + footer, then in the main section add a Code Block with the PHP ...
<?php the_content(); ?>
... and then you can install the Elementor plugin, edit the page and watch as 100's of lines are added to your code :)
But, it's easy to use, right?
Tips
Performance
Oxygen seems to load quicker in Mozilla Firefox.
https://oxygen4fun.supadezign.com/tips/useful-optimizations-for-oxygen-builder/
Responsive
NONE OF THIS IS NEEDED IF YOU BUY AND USE AUTOMATIC.CSS
Fluid Resposive Font Size Calculator
Fonts
Before we get down to tweaking, here is the list of default settings for the Fonts in Global Styles:-
Headings H1 - Font Size = 36px + Font Weight = 700 H2 - Font Size = 30px H3 - Font Size = 24px H4 - Font Size = 20px H5 - Font Size = 18px H6 - Font Size = 16px Body Text Text - Font Size = 16px + Font Weight = 400 + Line Height = 1.6 + Colour = #404040
CSS clamp()
CSS clamp is a function that sets responsive unit sizes without any media queries. The function takes 3 parameters in this order:
- min - where to start scaling from.
- viewport width - the range determines how fast the min scales to the max based on the screen getting larger.
- max - when to stop scaling.
Add CSS
Oxygen > Templates > Edit Template > Manage > Stylesheets > Add Stylesheet > Clamp
/* Base */ html { font-size: 62.5%; }
Add Clamp
Oxygen > Templates > Edit Template > Manage > Settings > Global Styles > Headings
H1 = clamp(3.2rem, calc(3.2rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 1.6667)), 4.8rem) H2 = clamp(2.8rem, calc(2.8rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 1.0417)), 3.8rem) H3 = clamp(2.4rem, calc(2.4rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.8333)), 3.2rem) H4 = clamp(2.2rem, calc(2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.625)), 2.8rem) H5 = clamp(2rem, calc(2rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.2083)), 2.2rem) H6 = clamp(1.4rem, calc(1.4rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.4167)), 1.8rem)
Oxygen > Templates > Edit Template > Manage > Settings > Global Styles > Body Text
Font Size = clamp(1.4rem, calc(1.4rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 0.4167)), 1.8rem)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO7QeE53Aqg
Sections and Columns
Oxygen > Templates > Edit Template > Manage > Settings > Global Styles > Sections and Columns
Here are the default settings for Section and Columns in Oxygen Builder ...
Section Container Padding TOP = 75px BOTTOM = 75px LEFT = 20px RIGHT = 20px Columns Padding TOP = 20px BOTTOM = 20px LEFT = 20px RIGHT = 20px
New values ...
Section Container Padding
TOP = clamp(1rem, calc(1rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 1.0417)), 2rem) BOTTOM = clamp(1rem, calc(1rem + ((1vw - 0.32rem) * 1.0417)), 2rem) LEFT = 2rem RIGHT = 2rem
Columns Padding
Delete all values then change to 'none'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO7QeE53Aqg
Images
SRCSET - The srcset attribute is giving the browser several different options to choose from depending on the size parameters. The browser will choose the smallest image that still matches the specified size parameters.
Learn how to register custom image sizes in WordPress and use SRCSET functionality in Oxygen for fully responsive images...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jc74V5wYRk
https://digitalambition.co/watch/responsive-srcset-images-in-oxygen-register-use-custom-sizes/
https://creativesfeed.com/responsive-images-with-srcset/
Sticky Shrinking Header
https://isotropic.co/sticky-shrinking-header-in-oxygen-builder-that-hides-on-scroll-down/
Miscellaneous
https://oxywp.com/en/home-page/
Tags and Lists
Basic Component Lists in Oxygen Builder
Add-Ons
Automatic CSS
Automatic.css is the Most Practical, No-Nonsense Utility Framework Ever Created for Oxygen Builder.
- Automatic Typography
- Automatic Colours
- Automatic Spacing
Automatic CSS - Tweak Oxygen Before Install
Holding Page
Floating logo...
Add > Div > center--all , height--full , pad--m
<div id="div_block-2-10" class="ct-div-block center--all height--full pad--m" >
Negative Values
margin-top: calc(var(--space-xxl) * -1);
Recoda WorkSpace
Recoda WorkSpace for Oxygen Builder | Getting Started | Changelog
Command Line
section@Name#id'tag.class
Install the Recoda plugin, start a new Template, press g on your keyboard, paste any of these lines and press enter ...
HEADER
section@Header#header'header.header
MAIN
section@Main#main'main.main
FOOTER
section@Footer#footer'footer.footer
ALL 3 SECTIONS TOGETHER
section@Header#header'header.header+section@Main#main'main.main+section@Footer#footer'footer.footer
COMPLEX FOOTER WITH 3 COLUMNS
section@Footer#footer'footer.footer.grid--3.pad-section--xs.grid--m-1.gap--l>div>txt{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Id magnam sint et inventore temporibus non soluta aperiam est quos tempora sed galisum quia.}^1*3
Others
Edit CSS Outside Oxygen - for this, install WP Code Snippets > Add New > Custom > Type: PHP > Paste PHP Code > Save > Activate
OxyProps - CSS Custom Properties right in Oxygen Builder
Hydrogen Pack - tweaks for Oxygen Builder
OxyNinja - Core Design and UI Set
OxyMade - Design Set and Framework for Oxygen Builder
Nimbufy - Bring any web page layout into Oxygen Builder
How To Install Analytics Using Code Snippets
https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/
Dashboard > Snippets > Add New >
add_action( 'wp_head', 'matomo_analytics' ); /** * Adds Matomo Analytics code in <head> below the <title>. */ function matomo_analytics() { ?> <script> var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || []; /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */ _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function() { var u="https://matomo.domain.uk/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'matomo.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', '24']); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.async=true; g.src=u+'matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })(); </script> <?php }
https://permaslug.com/how-to-install-google-analytics-in-wordpress/
How To Clone A Template
Under "Edit with Oxygen" you can click on shortcode and copy the content, then create a new template, click on shortcode, paste it and save it. Done.
How To Copy An Entire Web Site
To copy an entire WordPress install with all of your content, plugins, settings, and everything else, you can use a plugin like All-in-One WP Migration.
Once you've created a .wpress package with All-in-One WP Migration, import the package on the target site and do the following:
- Save your permalinks twice via Settings > Permalinks
- Resign your shortcodes via Oxygen > Settings > Security
- Regenerate your CSS cache via Oxygen > Settings > CSS Cache
- Check to verify that everything looks and works as you expect
You may also need to open each template in the admin area and click the Update button on the right-hand side, but this is rare if you have followed the above steps.
https://oxygenbuilder.com/documentation/other/importing-exporting/
Custom Fonts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pqOKtdiCTM
Dark Mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzfP3-xwoiM
https://smoothwebsites.net/tutorials/how-to-implement-a-dark-mode-toggle-in-oxygen/
https://permaslug.com/dark-mode-in-oxygen/
Google Analytics
Plugins
Simple Universal Google Analytics
Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)
Ecommerce - Shopify
https://www.shopify.com/buy-button/wordpress
https://www.shopify.co.uk/lite
Ecommerce - WooCommerce
How to create more than 50 product variations in WooCommerce
define( 'WC_MAX_LINKED_VARIATIONS', 100 );
https://www.proy.info/create-more-than-50-product-variations-in-woocommerce/
Hide Downloads Tab on My Account page
Dashboard > WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > Account Endpoints > delete the text in the 'downloads' box
Account endpoints - Endpoints are appended to your page URLs to handle specific actions on the accounts pages. They should be unique and can be left blank to disable the endpoint.
Products Sorting
How to Change Default WooCommerce Product Sorting
- Method one – use the customise setting to change default product sorting
- Method two – Drag and Drop product sorting
Add Customers
https://fluentsmtp.com/manually-add-customers-to-woocommerce/
Setup Wizard
You can run the Setup Wizard, if you skipped it when installing WooCommerce. Go to: Help > Setup Wizard and select Setup Wizard.
https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-setup-wizard/#section-6
Categories
https://atlantisthemes.com/woocommerce-categories/
Code Snippets
https://www.tychesoftwares.com/woocommerce-shop-page-hooks-visual-guide-with-code-snippets/
Hide Product Count
.woocommerce-result-count { display: none; }
Show Arrow On Drop-Down Sorting Menu On Product Pages
.breakdance-woocommerce select { -moz-appearance: auto; -webkit-appearance: auto; appearance: auto; height: auto; width: auto; }
Show Product Categories on Theme Menus
Appearance > Menus > Screen Options (at top of page) > tick Product Categories
Show Product Categories on Shop Page
- Click on Appearance > Customize
- Then go to WooCommerce > Product Catalog
- Select show categories from Shop Page Display
- Click on Save Changes
Customise Breadcrumb
https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/customise-the-woocommerce-breadcrumb/
Accompanying Plugins
Request a Quote for WooCommerce
WooCommerce Quotation / Request For Quote Plugin
Shortcodes
WooCommerce cannot function properly without the first three shortcodes being somewhere on your site.
[woocommerce_cart] – shows the cart page [woocommerce_checkout] – shows the checkout page [woocommerce_my_account] – shows the user account page [woocommerce_order_tracking] – shows the order tracking form
https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-shortcodes/
Custom Related Products
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-related-products-for-woocommerce/
Google Products Integration
https://woocommerce.com/products/google-listings-and-ads/
Command Line Updating Database
This will update the WooCommerce database using wp-cli on a WordPress Multisite install...
export WP_CLI_CACHE_DIR=/var/www/domain.co.uk/.wp-cli/cache; sudo -u www-data -E wp --path='/var/www/domain.co.uk/html/' --url='https://sub.domain.co.uk/' wc update
Square Payment Plug-In
The Square Digital Wallet option for WooCommerce is lovely and all, but it means you can get around the Order Limit plug-in.
The fix?
Install the WPCode Lite plug-in then add a PHP Snippet called 'WooCommerce Square Hide Digital Wallet' with this code in it ...
add_filter( 'wc_square_display_digital_wallet_on_pages', function( $pages ) { return array( /* 'product', // Don't show Apple Pay and Google Pay on product pages */ /* 'cart', */ 'checkout', ); }, 10, 1 );
Removing Square Google Pay from Certain Product Pages in WooCommerce
Analytics
Analytics Section Not Showing
Go to https://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/options.php and look for the option woocommerce_analytics_enabled and change it to yes then click SAVE CHANGES.
Media Queries Screen Sizes List
/* Set the background color of body to tan */ body { background-color: tan; } /* On screens that are 992px or less, set the background color to blue */ @media screen and (max-width: 992px) { body { background-color: blue; } } /* On screens that are 600px or less, set the background color to olive */ @media screen and (max-width: 600px) { body { background-color: olive; } }
CSS Media Queries - More Examples
This is a list of the known screen sizes so that you can customise your CSS for mobile devices.
For example, a Google Pixel...
@media screen and (device-width: 360px) and (device-height: 640px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (orientation: portrait) { }
https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/media-queries-for-standard-devices/
Test Pages
Resize you browser window and watch the magic happen...
https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.asp?filename=trycss3_media_bg
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <style> body { background-color: yellow; } @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) { body { background-color: lightblue; } } </style> </head> <body> <h1>The @media Rule</h1>
Resize the browser window. When the width of this document is 600 pixels or less, the background-color is "lightblue", otherwise it is "yellow".
</body> </html>
Menu Descriptions
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-add-menu-descriptions-in-your-wordpress-themes/
Custom PHP Code
Paste the PHP code into your theme's file:
<?php echo do_shortcode('[smartslider3 slider=1]'); ?>
Disable Avatars Gravatar
Every page load will try to contact gravatar.com to load a user's avatar. To speed things up, disable avatars...
Settings > Discussion > untick Show Avatars > Save Settings > Log Out
Make Twenty Nineteen Full Width
https://benjaminintal.com/2018/12/11/how-to-make-twenty-nineteens-content-full-width/
Responsive CSS Templates
https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_rwd_templates.asp
Simple One Page Theme
https://www.famethemes.com/themes/onepress/
https://raratheme.com/wordpress-themes/business-one-page/
https://demo.themegrill.com/flash-one-page/
https://www.inkthemesdemo.com/wptheme/free-one-page-wordpress-theme/
Nice Themes
Google Fonts
Security Scan
FTP Details
NEWEST
FEBRUARY 2021 - FIX FOR FTP CHROOT
New tweak = put the chroot'd path to the base, content and plugin directories.
Also, use the 'ftpsockets' method.
/** FTP Tweaks */ define('FS_METHOD', 'ftpsockets'); define('FTP_SSL', 'false'); define('FTP_HOST', '123.456.789.0:21'); define('FTP_USER', 'username'); define('FTP_PASS', 'password'); define('FTP_BASE', '/html/'); define('FTP_CONTENT_DIR', '/html/wp-content/'); define('FTP_PLUGIN_DIR ', '/html/wp-content/plugins/');
NEWISH
/** FTP Tweaks */ define('FS_METHOD', 'ftpext'); define('FTP_HOST', 'ftp.example.org'); define('FTP_USER', 'username'); define('FTP_PASS', 'password'); define('FTP_BASE', '/path/to/wordpress/');
Full list of FTP variables...
define('FS_METHOD', 'ftpext'); define('FTP_BASE', '/path/to/wordpress/'); define('FTP_CONTENT_DIR', '/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/'); define('FTP_PLUGIN_DIR ', '/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/'); define('FTP_PUBKEY', '/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub'); define('FTP_PRIKEY', '/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa'); define('FTP_USER', 'username'); define('FTP_PASS', 'password'); define('FTP_HOST', 'ftp.example.org'); define('FTP_SSL', false);
https://wordpress.org/support/article/editing-wp-config-php/
Version 5 Gutenberg Editor
https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/handbook/designers-developers/
About Page
https://www.domain.com/wp-admin/about.php
Hacking
WPscan - Open Source WordPress scanner
Attacking WordPress - /readme.html
11 Top Reasons Why WordPress Sites Get Hacked (and How to Prevent it)
How To Hack A WordPress Web Site
WordPress Releases
https://wordpress.org/download/releases/
WordPress Releases and PHP Requirements
PHP Compatibility and WordPress Versions
WordPress with Lighttpd
Installation
need to add
- add php repo
- add mysql repo
- add extra php modules for new 'site health' (php7.3-bcmath, php-imagick)
https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/handbook/handbook/server-environment/#php-extensions
sudo -i apt-get install lighttpd php-cgi php-mysql mysql-server lighty-enable-mod fastcgi lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php wget -O wordpress-latest.tar.gz http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz tar --strip-components=1 -xzvf wordpress-latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/domain.co.uk/html/ cd /var/www/domain.co.uk/html mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php chown -R ftpuser1:www-data . find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} + find . -type d -exec chmod 775 {} + chmod 660 wp-config.php
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/05/proper-wordpress-filesystem-permissions-ownerships
FIXES THE RECENT WORDPRESS 5 BUG OF NOT SAVING PAGES
$HTTP["host"] =~ "domain.co.uk" { url.rewrite-if-not-file = ( # Exclude directories "^/(wp-admin|wp-includes|wp-content|gallery2|.well-known)/(.*)" => "$0", # Exclude root php files "^/(.*.php)" => "$0", # Handle permalinks and feeds "^/(.*)$" => "/index.php/$1" ) }
WordPress with NginX
Docker WordPress with NginX and PHP-FPM
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-with-lemp-on-ubuntu-18-04
NOTES
sudo apt-get install nano sudo apt-get install nginx sudo apt-get install mysql-server sudo mysql_secure_installation sudo apt-get install php-fpm php-mysql sudo apt-get install php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc sudo apt-get install curl
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-mcrypt-for-php-7-2/
Tuning Performance
https://mmoapi.com/post/tuning-nginx-php-fpm-and-system-sysctl-to-increase-website-performance
Sitemaps
# Rewrites for Yoast SEO XML Sitemap rewrite ^/sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 last; rewrite ^/([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n=$2 last;
https://yoast.com/help/xml-sitemaps-nginx/
Rest API Fix
This seems to be a NginX bug with the Gutenberg Editor and is part of the Tools > Site Health error "REST API is not working correctly."
Change all your lines with this...
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
To this...
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
Restart NginX and PHP FPM...
sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm.service nginx.service
Registration Page
/wp-login.php?action=register
Backup
https://managewp.com/features/backup
https://websitesetup.org/wordpress-backup/
WordPress Site Management
WordPress MultiSite
https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/ultimate-guide-multisite/
Network Activate Plugins
On a WordPress multisite, only Super Admins can install plugins. After the installation, super admins have these options...
- Network Activate – Using this option super admins can activate a plugin across the network.
- Activate – They can also activate a plugin for the main/root site.
- Individual Sites – Lastly they can allow individual site administrators to activate plugins themselves.
When you log in to your WordPress multisite's main site, you will be able to see two different plugins screen.
The first one is on the main admin sidebar. It is for plugins installed and available for activation on your main site.
The second plugins screen is located under My Sites » Network Admin » Plugins. This is where you will install new plugins and manage them for the entire network.
Add Plugins Menu for Child Sites in WordPress Multisite
To enable plugin’s menu for individual sites, you need to switch to Network Admin dashboard.
Switching to network admin dashboard
On the network admin dashboard, visit Settings » Network Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see the checkbox to enable plugins menu.
WP CLI
Show list of sites...
export WP_CLI_CACHE_DIR=/var/www/domain.co.uk/.wp-cli/cache; sudo -u www-data -E wp --path='/var/www/domain.co.uk/html/' site list
Show options for a multisite site...
export WP_CLI_CACHE_DIR=/var/www/domain.co.uk/.wp-cli/cache; sudo -u www-data -E wp --path='/var/www/domain.co.uk/html/' --url='http://mysubdomain.domain.co.uk/' option get siteurl
Change option for a multisite site...
export WP_CLI_CACHE_DIR=/var/www/domain.co.uk/.wp-cli/cache; sudo -u www-data -E wp --path='/var/www/domain.co.uk/html/' --url='http://mysubdomain.domain.co.uk/' option update siteurl 'http://mysubdomain.domain.com'
Help With Making Changes
https://www.siteground.com/kb/change-domain-wordpress-multisite/
Move Posts To Different Types
- Posts to Pages
- Pages to Posts
- Default Post Type to Custom Post Type
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-type-switcher/
Custom Post Types and Categories and Taxonomies
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-exportimport-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-categories-to-a-custom-post-type-in-wordpress/
Import Posts with Images
https://wordpress.org/plugins/export-featured-images/
https://kellenmace.com/include-featured-images-with-posts-using-wordpress-exportimport-tool/
DEBUGGING
The following code, inserted in your wp-config.php file, will log all errors, notices, and warnings to a file called debug.log in the wp-content directory.
It will also hide the errors so they do not interrupt page generation.
// Enable WP_DEBUG mode define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); // Enable Debug logging to the /wp-content/debug.log file define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true ); // Disable display of errors and warnings define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false ); @ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 ); // Use dev versions of core JS and CSS files (only needed if you are modifying these core files) define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', true );
NOTE: You must insert this BEFORE /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ in the wp-config.php file.
Google Maps
https://www.embedgooglemap.net/
HOWTO: Create Folders Within Media Library
https://maxgalleria.com/add-organize-media-library-folders/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-plus/
HOWTO: Download Older Versions of WordPress Plugins
https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/download-older-versions-of-wordpress-plugins/
HOWTO: Increase PHP Memory Limit (UpdraftPlus Error)
If you see this error when you use the wp cli ...
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate xxxxx bytes)
... then you can fix it by adding this to the wp-config.php file just before the "/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */" line:-
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');
https://updraftplus.com/faqs/deal-fatal-error-allowed-memory-size-errors/
HOWTO: Disable wp-cron.php WP_CRON
WordPress uses a file called wp-cron.php as a virtual cron job, or scheduled task in order to automate things like publishing scheduled posts, checking for plugin or theme updates, sending email notifications and more.
By default WordPress is set up to call wp-cron.php every time someone visits your WordPress website when a scheduled task is present, to basically ask "is it time to do anything yet?".
On low traffic sites this is perfectly fine, but when visitors roll in, checking multiple times for scheduled tasks can be very inefficient and lead to resource usage problems for your server, plus make your website load slower.
To fix this, change the following setting in your wp-config.php file...
define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);
Then, create a cron job to call the script...
crontab -e @hourly cd /var/www/website.co.uk/html/ && sudo -u www-data php wp-cron.php
or
@hourly curl --silent https://www.website.co.uk/wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron
Thanks - https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/wordpress/disabling-the-wp-cronphp-in-wordpress
HOWTO: Disable WordPress User Account
- Method 1 - change the user's role to 'No Role For This Site'
- Method 2 - install the Disable Users Plugin and disable that user.
Thanks - https://9seeds.com/how-to-disable-wordpress-user-accounts/
Hide Page Title On Home Page Only
body.home header.entry-header { display: none; }
HOWTO: Hide Page Title Per Basis
style.css
.page-id-1826 .entry-title {display: none;}
Thanks - https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-hide-page-title-or-post-title-on-a-case-by-case-basis/
HOWTO: Download Latest Version
wget -O wordpress-latest.tar.gz http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
HOWTO: Update Admin User Password Command Line
mysql -u root -p wordpress_database -e "UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass=MD5('MyNewPassword') WHERE ID='1';"
HOWTO: Extract WordPress Without First Directory
sudo tar --strip-components=1 -xzvf latest.tar.gz -C /path/to/directory/
e.g.
sudo tar --strip-components=1 -xzvf latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/domain.com/html/
HOWTO: Correct Ownership And Permissions Of BITNAMI Wordpress Files
sudo chown -R daemon:daemon /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs sudo find /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; sudo find /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart php-fpm
https://morganhvidt.com/fix-permissions-wordpress-bitnami-gcp/
HOWTO: Install Different PHP Modules on BITNAMI WordPress
Bitnami stacks already include a number of PHP modules, which are installed but not active. Before installing a new module, check that it is not already included. If it exists, simply enable it in the PHP configuration file.
Imagick
The Imagick module is installed in Bitnami stacks, but is not enabled by default. To enable it, follow these steps:
Uncomment or add the following line to the /opt/bitnami/php/etc/php.ini file:
... extension=imagick.so ...
Restart the Apache server and/or the PHP-FPM service (if available):
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart php-fpm
HOWTO: Correct Ownership And Permissions Of Wordpress Files
You need to make the user the FTP login and the group the user Apache or Lighttpd runs as...
sudo chown -R fred:www-data /var/www/fred.com/html/
Change to the correct directory...
cd /var/www/fred.com/html/
For secure permissions...
sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} + sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} + sudo chmod 640 wp-config.php
For relaxed permissions...
sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} + sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 775 {} + sudo chmod 660 wp-config.php
HOWTO: Disable Update Check For A Single Plugin
Open the main plugin file and change the version number to 9.9.9
HOWTO: Create MySQL Database
- log in to mysql
- create database
- set user and password and permissions
- log out of mysql
mysql -u root -p create database wordpress; GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE ON wordpress.* to 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' identified by 'mypassword'; quit;
HOWTO: Generate Salt Keys
https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/
HOWTO: Complete Configuration
cd /var/www/domain.com/html sudo rm -iv index.html sudo mv -v wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php sudo nano wp-config.php define('DB_NAME', 'wordpressdatabase'); define('DB_USER', 'wordpressuser'); define('DB_PASSWORD', 'mYPassWOrd'); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); /** Authentication Unique Keys and Salts. REPLACE LINES WITH YOUR LINES FROM SALT LINK ABOVE
Now load the web site in your web browser and complete installation.
HOWTO: Enable Updates Via SSH / SFTP
sudo aptitude install libssh2-php
Then, restart your web server software.
Thanks - https://snowulf.com/2010/06/29/wordpress-enabling-sshsftp-updates/
HOWTO: Update Via Command Line
WP CLI is a command line tool for managing your WordPress installation.
Install
NEW
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiagohillebrandt/wp-cli sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get -s install wp-cli sudo apt-get -y install wp-cli sudo -u www-data wp --info
OLD
For use with Docker containers...
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar chmod +x wp-cli.phar mv wp-cli.phar wp chown root:root wp chmod 0700 wp ./wp --allow-root --info ./wp --allow-root plugin deactivate --all ./wp --allow-root user list
IONOS Tweaks
Out of the box, the IONOS Linux hosting seems to use PHP 7.3 for wp-cli ...
wp cli info
To fix this, select your PHP version in the admin panel - e.g. 7.4
Log in to your hosting server using SSH, then check to make sure this test works ...
/usr/bin/php7.4-cli /usr/share/php/wp-cli/wp-cli-2.6.0.phar cli info
Then, assign a terminal shall alias to 'wp' for the second test and run 'wp' ...
alias wp='/usr/bin/php7.4-cli /usr/share/php/wp-cli/wp-cli-2.6.0.phar' wp cli info
Then, create a few files to automatically load the alias and fix it ...
nano ~/.bash_profile alias ll='ls -lah' alias wp='/usr/bin/php7.4-cli /usr/share/php/wp-cli/wp-cli-2.6.0.phar'
nano ~/.bashrc source ~/.bash_profile
Log out, then back in and type ...
wp cli info
... and it should now show the later version of PHP being used.
Commands
wp --info wp core version wp core check-update wp core update wp core update-db wp core verify-checksums wp theme update --all wp plugin update --all wp language core update wp language theme --all update wp language plugin --all update
Complete CLI Setup
# # using wp command line tool to make a wordpress web site # # create directories and log files sudo mkdir -p /var/www/www.domain.co.uk/{html,logs,.wp-cli/cache} sudo touch /var/www/www.domain.co.uk/logs/{access,error}.log sudo chmod g+w /var/www/www.domain.co.uk/logs/{access,error}.log sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/www.domain.co.uk/ # change to working directory cd /var/www/www.domain.co.uk/html/ # create environment variables export WP_CLI_CACHE_DIR=/var/www/www.domain.co.uk/.wp-cli/cache # check wp cli working sudo -u www-data -E wp --info # download the core wordpress files sudo -u www-data -E wp core download --locale=en_GB # check the core wordpress files sudo -u www-data -E wp core verify-checksums # create a wordpress mysql database sudo mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE DATABASE wwwdomaincouk; CREATE USER 'wwwdomaincouk' IDENTIFIED BY 'SuperPassword'; GRANT ALL ON wwwdomaincouk.* TO 'wwwdomaincouk'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" # create a wordpress configuration file sudo -u www-data -E wp core config --dbname='wwwdomaincouk' --dbuser='wwwdomaincouk' --dbpass='SuperPassword' --dbhost='localhost' --dbprefix='wp_' # complete the installation process sudo -u www-data -E wp core install --url='http://www.domain.co.uk' --title='Web Site Name' --admin_user='joe.bloggs' --admin_password='MyGoodPassword' --admin_email='me@domain.co.uk' # check web site working on command line and admin dashboard works curl -I http://www.domain.co.uk # check for updates sudo -u www-data -E wp core version sudo -u www-data -E wp core update sudo -u www-data -E wp core update-db sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin list sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin update --all sudo -u www-data -E wp theme list sudo -u www-data -E wp theme update --all sudo -u www-data -E wp language core list --status=active sudo -u www-data -E wp language core update sudo -u www-data -E wp language plugin list --all --status=active sudo -u www-data -E wp language plugin update --all sudo -u www-data -E wp language theme list --all --status=active sudo -u www-data -E wp language theme update --all # add new user sudo -u www-data -E wp user create john.doe john.doe@domain.co.uk --role=administrator --first_name=John --last_name=Doe --nickname=John --display_name=John # list users sudo -u www-data -E wp user list
As Another User On Server
cd /path/to/wordpress/ sudo -u www-data -E wp --help sudo -u www-data -E wp core --help sudo -u www-data -E wp core check-update sudo -u www-data -E wp core download sudo -u www-data -E wp core is-installed sudo -u www-data -E wp core update sudo -u www-data -E wp core update-db sudo -u www-data -E wp core verify-checksums sudo -u www-data -E wp core version sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin --help sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin list sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin update sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin update --all sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin status sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin activate --all sudo -u www-data -E wp plugin status sudo -u www-data -E wp theme --help sudo -u www-data -E wp theme list sudo -u www-data -E wp theme update --all sudo -u www-data -E wp theme list sudo -u www-data -E wp theme delete twentysixteen sudo -u www-data -E wp theme delete twentyseventeen sudo -u www-data -E wp theme list sudo -u www-data -E wp theme search Intentionally sudo -u www-data -E wp theme install intentionally-blank sudo -u www-data -E wp theme activate intentionally-blank sudo -u www-data -E wp language plugin --all update sudo -u www-data -E wp language theme --all update sudo -u www-data -E wp language core update
Config List Settings
wp config get
Config List File Location
wp config path
Database Show Tables Sizes
wp db size --tables
Database Optimise
wp db optimize
Database Repair
wp db repair
Database Export
wp db export
Database Export With Filename
wp db export ./filename.sql
Database Search
wp db query "SELECT * FROM wp_options"
Clear Cache
wp cache flush
Plugin Install
Install...
wp plugin install wordpress-seo
Install and activate...
wp plugin install wordpress-seo --activate
Install and activate a particular version...
wp plugin install wordpress-seo --version=4.8 --activate
Install and activate multiple plugins...
wp plugin install advanced-custom-fields jetpack --activate
Install and activate from your own location...
wp plugin install https://www.domain.com/path/to/my/myplugin.zip --activate
Plugin Deactivate
Deactivate...
wp plugin deactivate wordpress-seo
Deactivate all plugins (good for debugging a problem!)...
wp plugin deactivate --all
Plugin Update
Update...
wp plugin update wordpress-seo
Update all plugins...
wp plugin update --all
Site Blank
wp site empty
Site Blank and Delete Media Uploads
wp site empty --uploads wp site empty --uploads --yes
Theme Child Create
wp scaffold child-theme NEW-CHILD-SLUG --parent_theme=SLUG --theme_name=TITLE
Help
https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/wp-cli/
Update Admin Email Address
wp option update admin_email 'me@domain.co.uk' wp option update new_admin_email 'me@domain.co.uk'
User List
sudo -u www-data wp user list
User Create
wp user create <user-login> <user-email> [--role=<role>] [--user_pass=<password>] [--user_registered=<yyyy-mm-dd-hh-ii-ss>] [--display_name=<name>] [--user_nicename=<nice_name>] [--user_url=<url>] [--nickname=<nickname>] [--first_name=<first_name>] [--last_name=<last_name>] [--description=<description>] [--rich_editing=<rich_editing>] [--send-email] [--porcelain]
sudo -u www-data wp user create joe.bloggs joe@bloggs.com --role=editor --display_name=Joe Bloggs --first_name=Joe --last_name=Bloggs
User Reset Password
1. Move into the /wordpress directory and type
sudo -u www-data wp user list
to see all users. Find the ID of the user you'd like to update.
2. Then, update the user
sudo -u www-data wp user update 1 --user_pass=changeme --skip-email
replacing "1" with the id of the user you want to update.
Check A Post For Type
sudo -u www-data wp post get 230
Show WordPress URL
wp option get home wp option get siteurl
Change WordPress URL
wp option update home 'http://example.com' wp option update siteurl 'http://example.com'
Search and Replace and View Changes
sudo -u www-data wp search-replace 'Lorem ' 'Lorum ' --dry-run --report-changed-only --log
Search and Replace WordPress Database Change URL
sudo -u wpusername wp search-replace 'http://test.domain.co.uk' 'http://www.domain.co.uk' --dry-run sudo -u wpusername wp search-replace 'http://test.domain.co.uk' 'http://www.domain.co.uk'
or for auto SSL sites...
sudo -u wpusername wp search-replace 'http://test.domain.co.uk' 'https://www.domain.co.uk' --dry-run sudo -u wpusername wp search-replace 'http://test.domain.co.uk' 'https://www.domain.co.uk'
Export All Users
This will export all users to a CSV...
sudo -u daemon -E wp --path=/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/2 user list --format=csv >user_list.csv
Block A User
- change their password
- change their role
- change their email address
export WP_CLI_CACHE_DIR=/var/www/www.domain.co.uk/.wp-cli/cache/ sudo -u www-data wp --path=/var/www/www.domain.co.uk/html/ user list sudo -u www-data wp --path=/var/www/www.domain.co.uk/html/ user update 2 --user_pass=iphoh3Qu --skip-email sudo -u www-data wp --path=/var/www/www.domain.co.uk/html/ user update 2 --role= --skip-email sudo -u www-data wp --path=/var/www/www.domain.co.uk/html/ user update 2 --user_email=different.email@domain.co.uk --skip-email sudo -u www-data wp --path=/var/www/www.domain.co.uk/html/ user list
Delete All Subscribers
For this trick, you have to combine 2 commands in to 1... generate the list of users + feed that result to the delete command...
$ wp user delete $(wp user list --role=subscriber --field=ID) --reassign=2
Do the Export All Users first!
This is an example from a Bitnami WordPress install, using the user 'daemon' and the full path for completeness...
sudo -u daemon -E wp --path=/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/2 user delete $(sudo -u daemon -E wp --path=/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/2 user list --role=subscriber --field=ID) --reassign=23
Delete Comments
wp comment delete $(wp comment list --status=spam --format=ids) --force
or
wp comment delete $(wp comment list --format=ids) --force
Perform Commands Remotely
WP-CLI accepts an --ssh=[<scheme>][<user>@]<host>[:<port>][<path>] global parameter for running a command against a remote WordPress install.
First, install wp-cli on your computer...
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiagohillebrandt/wp-cli sudo apt-get -y install wp-cli sudo -u www-data wp --info
Then, use a host entry in your ~/.ssh/config file for your server, then you can run this...
wp --ssh=host --user=jbloggs --path='/var/www/domain.com/html' core version
https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/guides/running-commands-remotely/
Migrate Copy Your Site
WP-CLI
https://rocketgeek.com/basics/using-wp-cli-to-migrate-copy-your-site/
All-in-One WP Migration
Fixed Old Version of All In One WP Migration 6.77 - use this to get around the paid for features...
- Install this version 6.77 of the plug-in on the staging host
- Create a backup on staging site
- Copy the wpress file to your new host
- Install this version 6.77 of the plug-in on the new host
- Create a quick backup to make the directory
- Move the wpress file to that directory (wp-content/ai1wm-backups/)
- Click on All-in-One WP Migration Backups
- Choose the file and click Restore :)
Convert to Multisite
wp core multisite-convert --subdomains wp site list
https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/core/multisite-convert/
https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/site/
BackWPup
wp backwpup start <job-id>
https://backwpup.com/docs/starting-backup-job-immediately-or-scheduled/
Duplicate Post or Page
wp post create --from-post=123 --post_title='Different Title' --post_type=post wp post create --from-post=321 --post_title='Another Title' --post_type=page
https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/create/
HOWTO: CREATE: Child Themes
- FTP in to site
- Navigate to wp-content | themes
- Create a new folder for the child theme, for example twentyfifteen-child (where twentyfifteen is the name of your parent theme)
- Create a text file named style.css
- Copy and paste the text from Example 1 below in to the style.css file.
Example 1:
/* Theme Name: Example Theme URI: http://example.co.uk Description: Custom child theme Author: Why me of course Author URI: http://anotherexample.com Template: theme-child Version: 0.1 */ @import url("../theme/style.css");
- Next alter the text so it matches the details of the website the parent theme.
Example 2:
/* Theme Name: twentyeleven-child Theme URI: http://mywebsite.co.uk Description: Custom child theme Author: Fred Dibnah Author URI: http://dibnah-inc.com Template: twentyeleven Version: 0.1 */ @import url("../twentyeleven/style.css");
- FTP style.css to wp-content | themes | twentyfifteen-child
- In the WordPress control panel navigate to Appearance | Themes
HOWTO: REMOVE: Comment Box From An Existing Page
- All Pages
- Select the 'Quick Edit' option
- Un-tick 'Allow Comments'
HOWTO: ALTER: Site URL
There are various methods to change the Site URL manually. Any of these methods will work and perform much the same function.
1. Edit wp-config.php
It is possible to set the site URL manually in the wp-config.php file.
Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where "example.com" is the correct location of your site.
define('WP_HOME','http://example.com'); define('WP_SITEURL','http://example.com');
2. MySQL
Edit home and siteurl from the wp_options table using PHPMyAdmin or similar.
3. wp Command Line
A. You can use the official WP command line tool to alter the 'home', 'siteurl' options.
cd /path/to/wordpress/files sudo -u user wp option get home sudo -u user wp option get siteurl sudo -u user wp option update home 'http://www.domain.co.uk' sudo -u user wp option update siteurl 'http://www.domain.co.uk'
https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/option/
B. You can also use the command line to alter every part of the MySQL Database.
cd /path/to/wordpress/files sudo -u user wp search-replace 'http://test.domain.co.uk' 'http://www.domain.co.uk' --dry-run sudo -u user wp search-replace 'http://test.domain.co.uk' 'http://www.domain.co.uk'
https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/search-replace/
HOWTO: htaccess Extra Security Tweaks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # extra security tweaks RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L] RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3] RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L] RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L] RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L] </IfModule>
http://wordpress.org/download/
HOWTO: Disable All Plugins Via PHPMyAdmin Or MySQL
mysql> update wp_options set option_value = "a:0:{}" where option_name = 'active_plugins';
Thanks to - http://www.webhostinghero.com/manually-disable-wordpress-plugins/
HOWTO: WordPress Security
Plugins
- WordFence
- reCAPTCHA
- Health Check
- Hide My WP WordPress and How to set up Hide my WP for Bitnami Servers
Wordfence
Hands down, the best.
Wordfence CLI
Setup
Download ...
cd /root/docker/ git clone https://github.com/wordfence/wordfence-cli.git cd wordfence-cli/
Configure ...
docker run -v $(pwd):/root wordfence-cli:latest configure --configuration /root/.config/wordfence/wordfence-cli.ini --overwrite --default --accept-terms --request-license
Check ...
$ cat .config/wordfence/wordfence-cli.ini [DEFAULT] cache_directory = ~/.cache/wordfence license = 115e4a467b330ad5302cf1a50723f268e122a948d0e53f47d2417deeeea614xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [MALWARE_SCAN] workers = 1 docker run -v $(pwd):/root wordfence-cli:latest version Wordfence CLI 5.0.1 PCRE Supported: Yes - PCRE Version: 8.39 2016-06-14 (JIT Supported: Yes) Vectorscan Supported: No
Documentation ...
https://github.com/wordfence/wordfence-cli/blob/main/docs/Configuration.md
Usage
Password Protect Admin Folder Dashboard
Tutorials
The Ultimate WordPress Security Guide
Security Updates Mailing List
http://www.wordfence.com/subscribe-to-the-wordfence-email-list/
HOWTO: WordPress Core: Add Page Last Modified Date
Add this code to your footer.php file...
Last modified: <?php the_modified_date(); ?>
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_modified_date
Edit the file...
wp-content/plugins/wp-members/wp-members-dialogs.php
Search for 'powered by' and comment out both lines.
- Via FTP or your host's file manager, navigate to the wp-contents folder (directory)
- Via FTP or your host's file manager, rename the folder "plugins" to "plugins.hold"
- Login to your WordPress administration menus (/wp-admin)
- Via FTP or your host's file manager, rename "plugins.hold" back to "plugins"
http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting
DukaPress Shop Plugin
TO BE DONE.
HOWTO: SET: The Home Page As A Static Page Instead Of Post
- Create a new page, it does not have to be called home.
- Settings --> Reading --> Front page displays --> change from 'Your latest posts' to 'A static page (select below) and use the drop down menu to set the page required.
- Click 'Save Changes'.
- Optional: If you still want a 'Posts page' posts that option is also allowed for.
HOWTO: SET: Menus As A Non-Clickable Top Level Item
This method only applies if you are using the default menu provided in WordPress.
First off do not create a page for the non-clickable as there is no need.
- WP Menu --> Appearance --> Menus
- Links widget (under Pages in the left hand widget)
- In the URL box change the contents 'http://' to '#' (without the quotes)
- Add a label
- Click the 'Add to Menu' button
- Click the 'Save Menu' button
WorldPay
TO BE DONE.
Test Credit Card Numbers - http://www.worldpay.com/support/kb/bg/testandgolive/tgl5103.html
HOWTO: Permalinks (Page URL) - Alter
Go to:
Control Panel --> Settings --> Permalinks
Select 'Post name'
Finally click the 'Save Changes' button.
Or the more complicated method:
Add this to your .htaccess file...
# BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
Mobile Skin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/
HOWTO: REMOVE: 'Home' Button
The code you need to modify is located in the TwentyTen Theme's functions.php file.
$args['show_home'] = false;
PLUGIN: Yoast SEO
Use wp-cli
wp yoast index Indexing posts 100% [==============================] 0:00 / 0:00 Indexing terms 100% [==============================] 0:00 / 0:00 Indexing post type archives 100% [=================] 0:00 / 0:00 Indexing general objects 100% [====================] 0:00 / 0:00
To reset the index database, use this command ...
wp yoast index --reindex
https://developer.yoast.com/features/wp-cli/reindex-indexables/
Fix Incorrect URL On Breadcrumbs Links After Site Move
- Install the Yoast Test Helper plugin, found here https://wordpress.org/plugins/yoast-test-helper/
- Go to
Tools → Yoast Test
- Click the Reset Indexables tables and Migrations button
- Go to
SEO → Tools
- Click the Start SEO Optimisation button and let it complete
How To Hide Breadcrumbs On Home Page
body.home #breadcrumbs { display: none; }
Useful Links
Don't Show Home on Breadcrumbs
PLUGIN: Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode
https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/coming-soon/
PLUGIN: All-In-One WP Migration
/wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-wp-migration/constants.php
// ================= // = Max File Size = // ================= define( 'AI1WM_MAX_FILE_SIZE', 536870912 * 8 );
PLUGINS: Caching
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/the-best-wordpress-cache-plugins-and-how-to-use-them
HOWTO: FIX:
Error: Undefined index: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO with WP-CLI
Change the lines in your wp-config.php to these ...
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true); define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true); if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https'){ $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on'; }
https://randomadult.com/fix-undefined-index-http_x_forwarded_proto-with-wp-cli/
Missing Appearance Menus in Dashboard
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-fix-missing-appearance-menu-in-wordpress-admin/
Error: Minified React error #31
This seems to be a NginX bug with the Gutenberg Editor and is part of the Tools > Site Health error "REST API is not working correctly."
Change all your lines with this...
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
To this...
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
Restart NginX and PHP FPM...
sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm.service nginx.service
Error: Sorry, you are not allowed to edit posts in this post type
This is probably because it is a post type of revision...
sudo -u www-data wp post get 449 ... post_name | 230-revision-v1 post_type | revision
Error: changeset_post_save_failure
This is caused by a faulty PHP file in the WordPress installation and a possible MySQL database corruption.
Use wp command line to backup the database, then clear the database, then force upgrade the WP install.
sudo -i sudo -u www-data -E wp db export wp_db_export_file.sql chown www-data:www-data wp_db_export_file.sql cp -av wp_db_export_file.sql ~/ cp -av wp-config.php ~/ sudo -u www-data -E wp db reset --yes service mysql restart sudo -u www-data -E wp db import wp_db_export_file.sql sudo -u www-data -E wp db check sudo -u www-data -E wp db tables sudo -u www-data -E wp core update --force --locale=en_GB sudo -u www-data -E wp core update-db sudo -u www-data -E wp core verify-checksums --locale=en_GB
Error: Wordfence Update Error
If you see this error when updating Wordfence in the WordPress Dashboard...
Installing Plugin: Wordfence Security x.x.x Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordfence.x.x.x.zip… Unpacking the package… Could not copy file. wordfence/xxxxx/xxxxxx
You need to go to /wp-content/upgrade/ and delete all the wordfence folders/files in there. Chances are you won't be able to do that via FTP due to chown problems but will need shell access to your server to get rid of them. After that is done you will be able to upgrade without a problem.
cd /home/user/www/wp-content/ sudo rm -rfv upgrade/*
Thanks - https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-error-v-517
Wordfence Central
Head over to Wordfence Central, go to the Connection Issues tab. Clear out any sites that might be in here.
Now go back to your site and log in as an admin. Navigate to Tools > Diagnostics > Other Tests > Clear all Wordfence Central connection data. Clear the connection data, which it looks like you already tried, then from the Wordfence Dashboard, click on “Connect this site” in the Wordfence Central widget.
https://www.wordfence.com/help/central/connect/#troubleshooting-connection-issues also has some troubleshooting steps you could follow.
Lighttpd Permalinks
$HTTP["host"] =~ "www\.domain\.uk\.com$" { server.document-root = "/home/lighttpd/www.domain.uk.com/html" server.errorlog = "/home/lighttpd/www.domain.uk.com/logs/error.log" accesslog.filename = "/home/lighttpd/www.domain.uk.com/logs/access.log" url.rewrite-if-not-file = ( "^/(wp-.+).*/?" => "$0", "^/keyword/([A-Za-z_0-9\-]+)/?$" => "/index.php?keyword=$1", "^/.*?(\?.*)?$" => "/index.php$1" ) }
Thanks - http://antesarkkinen.com/blog/wordpress-with-lighttpd-pretty-url-permalinks-and-jetpack/
Error: PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT
Installing Plugin: Disable Author Pages 0.7 Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-author-pages.zip… Unpacking the package… The package could not be installed. PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find End of Central Dir Record signature
WP E-Commerce and Gold Cart Plugin
To reinstall for the new version...
- Go here - http://getshopped.org/extend/premium-upgrades-files/
- Put in API Key and then you can download (as of writing) version 2.9.3 of the gold cart.
- Unpack the /gold_cart_files/ folder to your hard disk
- FTP in and upload that whole folder to /public_html/wp-content/plugins
- Log in to the WP Admin Panel
- Go to Plugins and Activate the plugin
- Go to the Dashboard section and click on Store Upgrades
- Fill in your Name and API Key to activate the plugin
- Go to the Store > Presentations section to change drop-down View to Grid View
Updates On Hosting With 1&1
The problem I was having was the update would start, and then just stop after a few seconds.
Then in my wp-content folder I would see a bunch of failed downloads. They were the update zip files with a 0 byte size.
The Solution:
Add the following line to your .htaccess file in the root directory of your blog.
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
This will enable PHP version 5 + on your blog and then your update should take off.
http://www.big-webmaster.com/wordpress-automatic-update-with-1and1/
White Screen of Death
https://wpmayor.com/what-to-do-when-a-wordpress-plugin-causes-your-website-to-crash/