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SSL Login

I wrote self-signed SSL login with WordPress for iPhone because my WordPress login used SSL. It’s easy to secure WordPress with SSL. Add define(‘FORCE_SSL_LOGIN’,true); to wp-config.php after the SSL installed in the server.

You must add

define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN',true);

after /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ and before

 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');

in wp-config.php

Self-signed SSL Login with WordPress for iPhone

Automattic released WordPress for iPhone, an iphone app that lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages and manage comments on your blog from iphones or ipod touches

(the image above taken from the Official WordPress for iPhone site)

WordPress for iPhone version 2.2 now in the App Store.

You will see WordPress logo on your iPhone or iPod Touch menu after installation. You can add wordpress.org or self-hosted WordPress to WordPress for iPhone. The iPhone app supported SSL and non-SSL login.

There is a type of SSL certificate, self-signed SSL certificate . A self-signed certificate is an identity certificate that is signed by its own creator. You can create self-signed SSL with OPENSSL and install it in your server

Self-signed SSL login need a workaround to get it work because it will popup Communication Error Untrust Server Certificate, it makes unable to add a SSL protected blog.

I had installed self-signed SSL certificate before I added SSL option to wp-config.php,

define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);

I added a WordPress blog to WordPress for iPhone after I had deactivated the SSL option in wp-config.php. I could logged in to the blog, read comment and post.

I activated the SSL option again. I’m using self-signed SSL Login with WordPress for iPhone now.

Disable WordPress Feed

I released Private Only 1.8 few hours ago. I have updated the built-in Block Feed feature. The sub plugin name Private Only, Disable Feed replaced that.

The Private Only, Disable Feed is a sub plugin of Private Only to disable or enable feed within private blogs or private sites, but we can apply it to non-private WordPress blogs or sites as a independent plugin.

It means we can install the Private Only, Disable Feed in WordPress blogs or sites without Private Only.

Install
1.Download Private Only plugin from WordPress.org plugin directory
2.Extract the Private Only zip file
3.Open plugin drectory, copy disablefeed.php  to wp-content/plugins dir
4.Activate Private Only, Disable Feed via Plugin page in WP-Admin

How to modify a warning from Private Only, Disable Feed when someone access Feed?

Open disablefeed.php, find wp_die( __(‘<strong>Error:</strong> Feed unavailable!’) );, you change that to wp_die( __(‘No feed available,please visit our <a href=”‘. get_bloginfo(‘url’) .’”>homepage</a>!’) );

You can use code inside Private Only, Disable Feed-the plugin, apply it to your theme. It is useful for CMS themes.Copy Private Only, Disable Feed block code into your theme’s functions.php