Plugins can be a great boon to WordPress sites, but there are times they outlive their usefulness. If a plugin fulfills a function you don’t need anymore, stops being updated, or appears to slow your site down, it may be time to remove it. Normally to delete a plugin you would go to the Plugins […] View original post at …
How to Manage Your WordPress Site and Content When You’re Locked Out
Getting hacked has become synonymous with starting fresh, losing your content and access to your website. Thing is, you can have it all and a bag of chips. Computer chips. Okay, maybe not a bag of computer chips, but you don’t have to scrap your entire site you worked so hard on after it’s been […] View original post at …
Repairing Corrupted, Broken or Missing Files and Databases in WordPress
Have you found that your WordPress site’s on the fritz and all you can say is “I didn’t do anything, I swear!?” Yet, you see errors that say your files or database are broken, missing or corrupted. Anything from posts and categories sporadically disappearing and reappearing to error messages like: “Warning: require_once(path/to/file.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open […] View original post at …
Changing Your WordPress Database Prefix to Improve Security
WordPress database tables all begin with the wp_ prefix by default. Security gurus often recommend changing the prefix to secure your site, but is it really worth doing? Or is it all sizzle and no steak? The idea is that changing the database prefix helps avoid nasty SQL injections since hackers usually use queries with the standard settings in their …
MySQL and WordPress: Understanding How Databases Work
WordPress uses MySQL, an open source database management system, to store and retrieve all of your website’s information, from the content of your posts and pages to your comments, usernames and passwords. If you need to visualize it, think of your site’s database as a filing cabinet and MySQL as the company that made it. MySQL is a popular choice …
How to Fix “Error Establishing Database Connection” for WordPress
If WordPress is throwing up a message telling you “Error establishing database connection” on an otherwise blank page, it means your database cannot be reached. And, obviously, your site it down. But you probably already figured that. In most cases, this error appears because the credentials you entered for your database aren’t correct, you made a mistake installing or migrating your …
Hacked? How to Get Back Into the WordPress Admin
So your website has been hacked and you can’t log in, no matter what username and password combination you try. Fortunately, you’re not completely screwed – your database offers a convenient backdoor to help you regain access. If you find that your site has been hacked, or you’ve simply forgotten your password and the admin email for your account is …