In previous post, I mentioned a security tip called “Password Protect WordPress Admin Directory (wp-admin) for Enhanced Security“. Beside http://your-url/wp-admin, there is another login link to your site, which is http://your-url/wp-login.php. Matter of fact, http://your-url/wp-admin still requires access to file…
Everyone knows WordPress well type http://URL/wp-admin for login, so does hacker. Other than using stronger password, there is another way to protect yourself. That is “password protect admin directory”. It adds and additional level of security, works somewhat like two-step…
Managing so many WordPress websites, dealing with Terminal & command lines is inevitable. I use Mac OS X, so Terminal app and SSH command are the tools get me connected with remote machines occasionally. Although Coda 2 is my main…
wp_nav_manu() displays a navigation menu. We can call different menu by assigning a different $menu. But the is no straightforward function to get only a submenu. For example, we may want to display a submenu on the sidebar for easier navigation.…
Recently, I have few WordPress websites run into White Screen of Death (WSOD) without doing anything by either client or me. The error message can only be observed once WordPress is set to Debug mode. (Change WP_DEBUG to True in…
Not just another regular update, WordPress 3.7 made automatic background updates a reality. Gone are the days of manually updating WordPress to tighten up web site security or fixing bugs, background updates can keep your WordPress installation updated with this…
Many of WordPress users install Jetpack plugin on their WordPress websites. I am not going to discuss whether you should or should not install Jetpack, but reminding you to revisit the Jetpack plugin configuration page, and tailor down to meet…
My client wants online video streaming directly from his Dropbox account to WordPress site, SECURELY. It is fairly easy to get content from Dropbox’s public folder. To read content from any folder that is not publicly shared, one needs to…
WordPress is testing background update. One of my site running on WordPress 3.7 alpha has been quietly updated to 3.7 beta. I didn’t even know until I received an update notification email. WordPress is Testing Automatic Background Update in 3.7…
If you are keen to WordPress performance, you should have known CDN (Content Delivery Network). The purpose is to deploy website content across multiple servers, to make webpage load faster from end user’s perspective. I am not writing this to…