WordPress is among the most frequently used content management systems for blogs, forums and other online publishing platforms. With one million users its popularity means that it is also a hive for criminal activity with hackers scanning websites for possible weak areas. The only way to prevent hackers from gaining back door access is by taking adequate safety precautions.
The flexibility of WordPress is both a blessing and a curse. It is all too easy to get entangled in a thicket of incompatible plugins. Then the site stops loading properly or fails to load completely. Wouldn’t it be nice to just start all over again? However, resetting a WordPress site is a complex undertaking. We’ll show you how to do it properly.
Having trouble logging in to the admin area of your website and the password recovery via email option does not work? We'll show you how to change your admin password with phpMyAdmin in this article.
A website menu is a core element to make it easier for your website visitors to navigate your pages and find the information they’re looking for. If your site is built with WordPress, you can create a WordPress menu in the admin section of the CMS. We show you how to create a WordPress menu, add items, and edit or delete them in this step-by-step guide.
Using a WordPress child theme means you can make changes to your main theme without any risk of them being overwritten if the theme is updated. If you’re planning to make major changes to the CSS or the structure of your layout, it’s definitely worth creating a WordPress child theme. Let’s take a look at the key components of child themes and how they work.
Calendar modules on websites inform users about the dates of different events. Which calendar plugins can you use to integrate a calendar with event dates, a vacation home rental calendar for bookings, or a sporting event with a limited number of participants into a WordPress website? What requirements and costs need to be considered?
WordPress Facebook plugins let you embed the social network into existing WordPress websites and support sharing of content to Facebook. These plugins can boost the reach of your website, but are not always compliant with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation. Read on to find out more about the most commonly used plugins.
Special WordPress blog themes let you create interesting and visually stunning online logs. Which of the many WordPress blog templates are particularly suitable? What are the advantages and disadvantages of blog themes for WordPress? What makes them different from others and makes them so great for blogging? The price-performance ratio of WordPress blog templates shouldn’t be overlooked.
There are countless blogs online and thanks to easy and free blogging software, anyone can become an author. In our blogging series, we take you through the basics as you create your own professional blog. After discussing the technical aspects of a blog in part 1, and the importance of finding the right topic in part 2, the next step is to analyze your target market. After all, you can only...
"Error establishing a database connection": this WordPress database error can drive website operators and internet users mad! What do you do when your WordPress site displays this error message? We explain how to locate the error and which steps you need to take to fix it. Our instructions will help you to understand why this error occurs and what you have to do in order to make your website work...
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