You can actually just delete the WordPress install folder or move it to another directory, then you have the folder to yourself, upload your coded site and you should be good. You could rename the wp-config.php file to wp-configX.php and also delete the .htaccess file if it is there and then have your site work … Read more
Problem with updating a plugin
Trying to use WordPress to move files between servers is like trying to use a car to mow the yard. It doesn’t work because they are the wrong tools. It can work, with a lot of custom code, but why bother? You’re going about it backwards. If you read about SSH and SCP, you will … Read more
There are a number of plugins used for this like CSV Import for WordPress and WP CSV to Database – Insert CSV file content into WordPress database
Upload files only on FTP
You can override your Header <head> … </head> in the header.php of your Theme. I prefere you create a Childtheme, if you don’t know how, let me google that for you 😉. And than simply copy your header.php from your Parent Theme in /wp-content/themes/your-theme to /wp-content/themes/your-child-theme (replace the theme dir with yours). And add your … Read more
Linux Permissions and Ownership for WordPress
Sorry. I found an answer that works. add define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’); to wp-config.php found at wordpress on localhost lamp doesn’t let me install plugins
It sounds like something is creating a cached version and serving as a static page. Try disabling all caching plugins and try again. Here are some examples of plugins to look out for: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/search/caching/ Once you have finished updates to your file then you can re-activate, or alternatively manually delete the cache in the plugin … Read more
If you want to share the same wordpress installation for multiple sites/blogs, I’d suggest looking at WordPress Networks. And if you need different domain names (and not just subpath or subdomain) you could go with the plugin called WordPress MU Domain Mapping. If you have lower level access to your server (and not just a … Read more