Moving my current wordpress blog to a subdomain

Check out this word-press plugin: Backup and Move. Backup And Move plugin allow blog administrators to create a complete backup of their blog and easy option for restore it on a different server, domain, location, etc. This plugin can make all the transitions of moving a wordpress blog , creating a complete backup and restoring … Read more

Can’t login after my site was moved to a new server

Yes cou can change it by accessing the database of your wordpress. It’s located in the wp_options table of your wp’ database. You’ll have to change two values; the siteurl (line 1) and the home (line 37). You can access it through the admin panel of your host and/or sometimes directly by typing in your … Read more

What are best practices for configuring a server for WordPress sites?

It’s a very loaded question, I’ll try my best here, keep in mind it’s 4am, so I’m just giving you highlights, not detailed explanations. Linux I’m assuming you’re using a recent version of Ubuntu Change the default SSH port from 22, to something else (/etc/ssh/sshd_config). Either enable AllowGroups or AllowUser in the sshd_config, Install fail2ban … Read more