Can I install plugins manually on WP.com? [closed]
Short answer – no, not really. Though there are already a lot pre-installed and you can suggest new ones if you’d like. Check this article out: http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
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Can’t restore my wordpress site from zip back up file
You need the files and a database, so here you are missing the database. follow these steps: http://www.wpexplorer.com/migrating-wordpress-website/
hardened wordpress linux install
Heavily edited from the above link How to Harden your Word Press if you’re a server admin Bear in mind I am not an expert on Word Press nor even a user of it: you will probably not be able to automatically self update word press (which is by default a massive security issue since … Read more
I can’t install theme: theme install failed
Your theme’s stylesheet must contain a commented-out header with the theme’s name: /*Theme Name: nameoftheme*/
How does a WordPress installation become ‘alive’?
Its not entirely dormant, wp has a cron system to automate scheduled tasks. So even if noone accesses it it will keep plugging away at scheduled tasks. *** as long ad someone has accessed the site to trigger it. It will run until all tasks completed or the max execution time for scripts on the … Read more
Installing WordPress on a long temporary URL from host
check ‘permalinks’ and check wp-content/themes –> make it 777 permissions
Are two installations of WordPress on the same domain (no subdomains) ok?
Yes you can, but the “gotcha” to look for are the default htaccess rewrite rules that wordpress uses. With them the “front” wordpress is going to try to parse all url which are not mapped to actual files and therefor will mask the urls of the second site. You will have to manually edit the … Read more
The right way to go about creating a WordPress site from a static site which has WordPress installs in its subdirectory
Well it depends what is suitable for you, as you said : I’ve added in two WordPress installs in subdirectories, one being a blog page and another being an eCommerce site and now you want to make your static site dynamic with WordPress, you have options, either you can merge all your sites in one … Read more
Is it ok to have one wordpress installation for server.com and www.server.com?
This is something you can do with your DNS / Domain Name Host. You choose in WordPress (WP-Admin > Settings > General ) if you want to use www.somename.com or just somename.com If you login in to your Domain Name Host (I use 123-reg) then look for Manage DNS CNAME / A / TXT records … Read more
How to rename the WordPress wp-login.php running on IIS6?
I wrote a blog post a while back, this is a quick and dirty hack to make hackers think your wp-login.php is a 404 page. http://dave.kz/hide-your-wp-login-page-from-hackers/. (From blog post) Basically, I’ve added… header(“HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found”); to the top of the wp-login.php page. Hopefully the attacker is looking for a 200 HTTP response. In … Read more