how to make wordpress header image clickable
how to make wordpress header image clickable How to make wordpress header image clickable Your WordPress theme most likely has a header. This header can display your navigation menu, social media icons, search bars, etc. Many WordPress themes, however, don’t come with a header that is clickable. Headers come in a variety of sizes and […]
how to add footer widget area in wordpress
how to add footer widget area in wordpress I was in a bit of a pickle when a client needed me to add social media icons to the footer area and the theme I was using didn’t come with widget areas. So how does one add a widget to the footer area when your theme […]
backup mysql database with cron job
backup mysql database with cron job If you run multiple WordPress websites on your web server like I do, you will need to make regular backups. A blog database changes daily and if your server blows up without no recent backups…..well, I would hate to be in that persons shoes. Here I will describe how […]
how to increase wordpress maximum upload size
how to increase wordpress maximum upload size WordPress default for upload size is 2M and there are multiple ways you can try to increase it. If you pay for a hosting provider then you will have to be able to access server configuration files via ftp, file manager, ssh, etc. Solution 1: using .htaccess way […]
hide the wordpress admin bar
hide the wordpress admin bar I recently came across a client that needed a website where users must login to view the site. The users, however, had no reason to see the admin panel or use it. The snippet of code below will eliminate the admin panel for users labeled as “subscribers”. This code goes in […]
how to create sftp user
how to create sftp user If your running Ubuntu Server 14.04.1 as a web server you may need to create ftp or sftp users. You may need to create a user because your wordpress installation went wrong and you need the theme creator to look it over. Maybe you need multiple ftp users because your […]
cannot login to wordpress admin
cannot login to wordpress admin Can’t login due to redirect loop If you have multiple WordPress installs on your server you may come across redirect loops. Once you’ve increased the number of your multisite installs beyond one, then you’re likely to be unable to login as you’ll get stuck in a redirect loop. That is, every […]
wp_memory_limit wordpress
wp_memory_limit wordpress There may be times when you receive an error such as this: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 122880 bytes) in /myphpfile.php on line 127 If you run woocommerce (like me), you may get a message in your woocommerce system status saying that you should increase your […]
make phpmyadmin secure
make phpmyadmin secure By default, phpMyAdmin installs its web interface to a well-known location, like yourhost.com/phpMyAdmin. In order to make the phpMyAdmin installation more secure, it is a good idea to change this to a different, unique name. In order to do so, open the apache.conf file in the phpMyAdmin’s configuration directory. On many Linux […]
woocommerce shop page layout
woocommerce shop page layout For the most part, WooCommerce templates will integrate nicely with most WordPress themes. Where you may run into problems is when the default WooCommerce content wrappers do not match your chosen themes. This will manifest itself by breaking your layout on WooCommerce pages and shifting your sidebars into incorrect positions. This […]