Tag: wp
WordPress: Which privileges are needed by MySQL Database User
The famous 5 minutes installation for WordPress state that: Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it Most installation instruction for WordPress on the web state that you can GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES to that user. Q. What are the…
Share WordPress Posts or Pages via Email link
A simple link that open users default email client to send that WordPress Post or Page as an email to a friend or colleague. It displays an excerpt in the email body
Fix Broken WordPress.com stats
Broken WordPress.com stats show no visitor come to your site. This problem is related to WordPress template function name wp_footer Add the following to footer.php file, put it before Note: Automattic bundle wordpress.com stats with Jetpack, please switch to Jetpack from the old wordpress.com stats plugin
Protect .htaccess file
When avisitor tries to obtain access to .htaccess file, server automatically generates a 403 forbidden error. However, we can apply an extra layer of security to .htaccess Add the following Note: htaccess file permissions is 644 (chmod)
Limiting Access to Admin folder via .htaccess
Some CMS have admin folder. It’s an important folder because it has all the files that deal with administration. If the security of the files in it is compromised, bad things can happen. One effective option to reducing the risk of a security breach on the Admin folder is by limiting the IP addresses that…