Split WP install between 2 databases?
Yes, but that is out of quick and easy realm. See HyperDB in Codex and repository for starters.
server
WordPress keeps asking for connection information in localhost
Parts of WordPress use (s)FTP to transfer files. Updates, for example, use (s)FTP. Media uploads do not, at least not unless something has changed in 3.7. If you are connecting to an (s)FTP server you have to provide the credentials that that server needs. Your file permissions won’t come into play until after that connection … 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
security+best practices: root or www-data on a wordpress content folder?
I fixed this by running this command: cd /var/www/html/ sudo chown -Rv www-data:www-data * Changed ownership back to www-data instead of root. This article helped me: http://johnqunknown.me/fixing-wordpress-a-mini-tutorial/
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
How to properly secure my WordPress installation?
Links: http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress http://perishablepress.com/press/tag/security/ (lots of great articles) http://www.wpsecure.net/secure-wordpress/
Implement ssl to a WP docker container [closed]
Implement ssl to a WP docker container [closed]
WordPress .htaccess subdirectory problem
Even though static files and directories do work with a mod_rewrite’d wordpress installation in the servers root you might need to exclude your CodeIgniter subdirectory from that mod_rewrite lineup. You can do so by placing an additional .htaccess file into the CodeIgniter directory and disable mod_rewrite in there: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine off </IfModule> Related: apache … Read more
Multisite behind Varnish
I found a fix here: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15936 You basically need to modify wp-includes/ms-settings.php like this (remove ‘-‘ lines; add the ‘+’ line): @@ -26,18 +26,8 @@ if ( !isset( $current_site ) || !isset( $current_blog ) ) { + $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] = preg_replace( ‘|:\d+$|’, ”, $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ); $domain = addslashes( $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] ); – if ( false !== strpos( … Read more
How to monitor server for error establishing a database connection
You can actually use Pingdom to check for this kind of error, rather than a straight forward check for a response from the server you can configure the check to look for a particular string on the page. For instance, if your page has some kind of consistent bit of text on the homepage then … Read more