Get archive link for a specific post type: <a href="<?php echo get_post_type_archive_link( ‘books’ ); ?>">Books List</a><a href="<?php echo get_post_type_archive_link( ‘books’ ); ?>">Books List</a> Set archive permalink for a custom post type when registering the cpt: $args = array( … ‘has_archive’ => ‘books-list’, // can be "true" or the permalink string ); register_post_type( ‘books’ , […]
Simple guide to migrate WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS: 1) Install free SSL certificate with Lets Encrypt 2) Enable SSL HTTP/2 for best performances 3) Change WordPress Site URL Open the Dashboard->Settings->General. Change http://www.yoursite.com to https://www.yoursite.com 4) Replace all http:// to https:// in post contents Use these MySQL queries to do the hard work: UPDATE […]
Some users have reported that the json URLs are sometimes indexed by Google: http://www.site.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A…http://www.site.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A… To disable WordPress embeds you can use this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-embeds/ You can also remove these references in HTML head: <link rel=’https://api.w.org/’ href=’http://example.com/wp-json/’ /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="http://example.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=…" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml+oembed" href="http://example.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=…" /><link rel=’https://api.w.org/’ href=’http://example.com/wp-json/’ /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="http://example.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=…" /> […]
If you get this warning message in your WordPress website: Notice: Constant WP_POST_REVISIONS already defined in /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php on line 95Notice: Constant WP_POST_REVISIONS already defined in /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php on line 95 Make sure that the definition of the constant WP_POST_REVISIONS is after WordPress has been loaded. Edit wp-config.php and make sure WP_POST_REVISIONS is defined after require_once(ABSPATH . […]
Need to update a WordPress plugin via UNIX shell prompt? Open the /wp-content/plugins directory, example: cd /var/www/wpsite.com/htdocs/wp-content/pluginscd /var/www/wpsite.com/htdocs/wp-content/plugins Let’s say you need to update WordPress SEO plugin, type: rm -rf wordpress-seo wget https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-seo.3.9.zip unzip *.zip rm -f *.ziprm -rf wordpress-seo wget https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-seo.3.9.zip unzip *.zip rm -f *.zip That’s all!
Need to update WordPress from UNIX shell prompt? Set the current directory to the root folder of WordPress installation: cd /var/www/wpsite.com/htdocs/cd /var/www/wpsite.com/htdocs/ Now type these commands to update WordPress to latest version: rm -rf wp-admin rm -rf wp-includes mv wp-config.php wp-config.bak rm -f *.php mv wp-config.bak wp-config.php wget -O latest.tar.gz https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz gunzip latest.tar.gz tar xf […]
To disable only the file editor (but allow for plugins and themes installation), simply add this line to your wp-config.php file (above the “ABSPATH” otherwise it won’t work): define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, true);define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, true);
Prevents users from being able to update or install plugins and themes, plus removes the “Editor” menu so users can’t edit files. Add this line to your wp-config.php file (above the “ABSPATH” otherwise it won’t work): define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_MODS’, true);define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_MODS’, true); To allow plugins and themes installation and updates but disable only the file editor, use this: […]
To change the siteurl of your WordPress site, use these SQL queries: UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, ‘http://www.oldsite.com’, ‘http://www.newsite.com’) WHERE option_name = ‘home’ OR option_name = ‘siteurl’; UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, ‘http://www.oldsite.com’, ‘http://www.newsite.com’); UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, ‘http://www.oldsite.com’, ‘http://www.newsite.com’); UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value, ‘http://www.oldsite.com’, ‘http://www.newsite.com’);UPDATE wp_options SET option_value […]
WordPress uses XML-RPC to remotely execute functions. For example, Jetpack and the WordPress mobile application use xmlrpc to remotely manage a WP site. However, also attackers try to exploit the xmlrpc.php file for bruteforce attacks. These attacks result in exhaustion of system resources causing services like PHP-FPM and MySQL to be unresponsive and as a […]