Yes, you can safely delete that file. It’s a template of what a minimal wp-config.php looks like, so as soon as you have a working wp-config, you don’t need it. It will never be restored unless you reinstall WordPress from scratch, e.g. by downloading and unpacking a clean WordPress installation. If for some reason you … Read more
The constant to output errors to screen is actually define( ‘WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY’, true ); WP_DEBUG_LOG would generate a debug.log in your wp-content directory, not in your site root.
So what’s the point? Surely this would only be an issue if the attacker had already broken in, and turned off php support? If an attacker has already done this then this particular hardening is pointless. An attacker is unlikely to turn off PHP execution though as that would require more effort and would actually … Read more
The first part (add_filter()) tells WordPress to use the direct-write method. The second part (define()) tells WordPress to apply 0751 permissions to any directory it creates. More information here. I would not consider using the Direct Write method to be safe to use in a live, public, shared-hosting environment. Also, it might not – and … Read more
You don’t need a rewrite rule in .htaccess to add www back in. Remove the rewrite rule, remove all the defines in wp-config and try to login. If that doesn’t work, delete permalinks in .htaccess to force them back to default. After you’re in, add the www in Dashboard>>Settings and save. Then reset permalinks.
Here is how you make your config.php manually: In your download there should be a wp-config-sample.php. Open this is a text editor. Fill in your database connection details. Go to https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ and get the code. Copy the above cope and paste into the sample file over the top of the existing defines Save the file … Read more
Answer: Don’t disable it, use it to do the redirection you want. If you have a subdomain install, then you cannot do this at all, the www is a subdomain. If you have a sub-directory install and want all the sites to be www, then edit your wp-config.php and change the DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE to be your … Read more
Ok, based on that, I’m almost positive that you need to re-enable permalinks for your site. You are probably missing your .htaccess file or it is missing WordPress’s rewrite rules. Go to your admin and find Settings > Permalinks. Select an option, and click “Save Changes” twice (there is a quirk that this avoids). This … Read more
The default theme directory is registered like this in wp-settings.php // Register the default theme directory root register_theme_directory( get_theme_root() ); where function get_theme_root( $stylesheet_or_template = false ) { global $wp_theme_directories; if ( $stylesheet_or_template && $theme_root = get_raw_theme_root( $stylesheet_or_template ) ) { // Always prepend WP_CONTENT_DIR unless the root currently registered as a theme directory. // … Read more
My advice is to not do long running bulk-operations over a web-connection in the first place. PHP works just fine from the command line. Write your one-time script to do whatever it is that you need it to do. If you need access to WordPress functions in that process, then include the wp-load.php file at … Read more