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Google's Reported Attack Site!
After cleaning, updating and hardening your Wordpress, you may proceed to request a Malware Review from Google:- * Sign into Webmaster Tools with your Google account.http://www.google.com/webmasters [http://www.google.com/webmasters] * On the dashboard, select the site you want reviewed. * O...
Recover a Hacked WordPress Site
Restore from Backup: If you have backups for your WordPress site, then it may be best to restore from an earlier point when the site wasn't hacked. In shared hosting environment, we do not provide restoration on demand as the backup was meant for disaster recovery. MALWARE SCANNING AND REMOVAL ...
Cleaning up old post meta data in WordPress
Over time, as posts are updated, created, or deleted, the _wp_postmeta_ table can become large and inhibit your website performance. follow the step below to clean up the old data * Before continuing, make a backup up of your database. * Login to cpanel. * Next, scroll down to the DATABASES...
Changing the Site URL and Home Settings
* Login to WordPress admin dashboard * Click on SETTINGS >> GENERAL * Fill in your WORDPRESS ADDRESS (URL) and SITE ADDRESS(URL) and click Save * Fill in your WordPress Address and Site Address and click Save. If you're having issues accessing your WordPress dashboard, you can have WordPres...
How to Create Wordpress Administrator Account using MySql
To create Wordpress administrator account in Wordpress, simply enter the following SQL query in the database. * Please make sure to change the database name and appropriate values. INSERT INTO `DATABASENAME`.`WP_USERS` (`ID`, `USER_LOGIN`, `USER_PASS`, `USER_NICENAME`, `USER_EMAIL`, `USER_URL`, ...
WordPress administrator password reset
1. Login into cPanel 2. Log into the PHPMyAdmin. 3. Locate the WordPress database 4. Browse to to wp_users table. 5. Edit the user that you could like to modify the password. 6. Change the user_pass field and choose MD5 type, enter your new password. 7. Select on Go button. 8. You will be able to lo...
WordPress theme change via phpMyAdmin
1. Go into the cPanel, look for the Databases section and click the PHPMyAdmin link. 2. Select your WordPress database. (If you aren't sure which database to select, check your wp-config.php file in the root location of your WordPress installation) 3. Select the 'wp_options' table (if you have an...
How to fix WordPress blank page
If your WordPress showing blank page, below will be the possible problem and solution.   OPTION 1: DISABLE ALL PLUGIN There is 2 method to doing so: * rename the plugin folder that located at wp-content/plugin. * Disable WordPress Plugin from Database(PHPMyAdmin). * Log into your P...
How to Disable Theme Editor and Plugin Editor in WordPress Admin ...
WordPress allows you to edit your plugin and theme files directly through its admin panel. Although handy, this is dangerous because a single typo can render your website blank. Moreover, you may want to give admin access to people that don't need to edit code. All you need to do is to disable the...
How To Enable WordPress Debugging
If you are attempting to debug an issue on your WordPress installation, it will be very useful to enable the debugging to get a deeper look into any errors which may be getting thrown. By default, WordPress is not enabled to display or log errors. Debugging can be turned on by setting a few options ...
How to migrate Wordpress Site
Below is the guidelines on how to migrate Wordpress site 1. Back up your website files in the old server 2. Export the WordPress database from the phpMyadmin 3. Create the WordPress Database on your new server 4. Update the new database details in wp-config.php File a. Change The Database ...
WordPress Site Works, But Cannot Upload Images
You may be seeing an error message "UNABLE TO CREATE DIRECTORY. IS ITS PARENT DIRECTORY WRITABLE BY THE SERVER?" The most common causes is incorrect Folder permissions. 1. To correct this, login to the control panel and go to the File Manager icon or Log into FTP client. 2. Ensure the permissi...
I have made some updates on my site but they are no changes showi...
This issue is most often caused by the cache of WordPress. To see your changes, you should clear your WordPress cache. The cache is located in a folder called "wp-cache/". You must delete the content of this folder and reload your website. Please also ensure to clear your browser cache such as Go...
Wordpress Common Malware Threats
As the most popular content management system (CMS), WordPress site are a common target for hackers, spammers, and other malicious parties. That is why it is vital to take measures to make your website more secure. The goal of most hackers is to infect your website with malware. Common malware...
How to install Wordpress from cPanel
1. Login to the cPanel, http://yourdomain.com/cpanel 2. Go to Software -> Softaculous (or Site software) 3. Choose Wordpress -> Install Enter the following:- Choose Protocol: http:// Choose Domain: yourdomain.com In Directory: Site Name:
Wordpress Core Files
When you install WordPress, you are actually installing a group of files (WordPress core) that become the admin interface of the website. For troubleshooting, it will be very useful to have an understanding of what you are looking at when you are trying to find an offending file. We can divide t...
How to disable WordPress plugins from the database?
You are able to disable all WordPress plugins from your database. This is useful when you have problems with your WordPress and not being able to log in to the admin area or having blank pages. To disable all plugins via database, you may follow below steps. * Log in to PHPMYADMIN * Select yo...
How to change a WordPress theme?
Once you have installed Wordpress, you are able to choose or install any theme through Wordpress dashboard. After you have installed new Wordpress theme, you can preview and activate it from your Wordpress admin area http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin by go to:- APPEARANCE --> THEMES Choose the Th...
How to add post in Wordpress?
You can easily adding a new post in Wordpress. Below the steps you can follow:- * Login to your Wordpress admin dashboard * Go to POST --> ADD NEW * Write in your Post's title and text * When you are ready to publish, click the PUBLISH button. If not, you may save it as Draft Once done, y...
How to add a widget to the Wordpress?
Creating and adding a widget to Wordpress sidebar is an easy process. You may follow below steps to add in the Widget:- * Login to your Wordpress admin dashboard * Go to APPEARANCE --> WIDGETS * Click ADD button next to each Widget you wish to add * Once you have addedd the desired widge...
How to Install Wordpress Theme?
To install Wordpress Theme, please follow below steps:- * Login to the admin dashboard, http://domain.com/wp-admin [http://domain.com/wp-admin] * Once there, go to APPREANCE --> THEMES * Click on ADD NEW button at the top * You may choose which theme meet your website requirements * Re...
How to use Post via Email feature in Wordpress?
First of all, you need to have a valid email account which you can use with it. The next step is to add this valid account in your Wordpress. You may follow below steps:- * Login to your Wordpress dashboard, http://domain.com/wp-admin [http://domain.com/wp-admin] * Go to SETTINGS --> WRITING...
How to change my Wordpress Subheading?
For your information, the majority of Wordpress themes take the subheading text of your website from your blog's tagline. In order to edit this, you may follow below steps:- * Login to your Wordpress dashboard, http://domain.com/wp-admin [http://domain.com/wp-admin] * Go to SETTINGS --> GENE...
How to adjust the reading settings in Wordpress?
* Login to Wordpress dashboard, http://domain.com/wp-admin [http://domain.com/wp-admin] * Go to Settings --> Reading * Here you can adjust the front page settings of your website* You can also adjust the number of posts of your blog pages, the number of posts your feeds show, as well as the en...