Single Must Use Plugins Directory for local development
Yes, you can set the WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR constant in the config file of each of the sites (and WPMU_PLUGIN_URL for the url). By default it is defined as: WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/mu-plugins’
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Site broken after using URL Change in Admin
Best way If you have access to the site via FTP, then this method will help you quickly get a site back up and running, if you changed those values incorrectly. FTP to the site, and get a copy of the active theme’s functions.php file. You’re going to edit it in a simple text editor … Read more
Multisite Network menu links not updating
Pat J’s answer is correct but left out one important step. In wp-config.php the DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE constant must be updated or the behavior that brandozz explains will occur. When updating domains for a WordPress Multisite: Update the DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE constant in wp-config.php define(‘DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE’, ‘my-domain-name.com’); In DB table named “wp_sitemeta” update “siteurl” meta key In DB tables named … Read more
enable SFTP via SSH keys in wordpress
For connection through ssh, you have to specify the ssh user using FTP_USER define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘ssh’ ); define( ‘FTP_BASE’, ‘/home/user/wordpress’ ); define( ‘FTP_PUBKEY’, ‘/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa.pub’ ); define( ‘FTP_PRIKEY’, ‘/home/user/.ssh/id_rsa’ ); define( ‘FTP_USER’, ‘user’ ); define( ‘FTP_HOST’, ‘localhost:22’ ); I think you also need to define FTP_BASE. You also need to enable ssh upgrade access. From the … Read more
Is there any point setting the keys and salts in wp-config.php?
If I choose to leave this up to WP, what should I actually put in wp-config.php? Sounds like something you can easily find out. My guess: if you don’t have the define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ..) etc. statements, the system will not work. Some sources (this SO answer, for example) appear to state that putting the keys and … Read more
Can you limit the memory usage of a particular plugin?
No and even if you could, if the plugin ran out of available memory then the entire page generation would stop due to the fatal error. You’re better off fixing the plugin itself to not use as much memory or to just further increase the total memory allocated to WordPress/PHP.
Securing wp-config leads to sensitive information leak on wp-settings
Hm, core WP files are usually die properly if opened directly. It probably slipped developers to include check in this one or something. The simple ways to fix this (and not really WP-specific) would be to: configure PHP on server to not display errors by default; restrict access to file with .htaccess or other means.
How to use if condition to change $table_prefix in wp_config.php
Pam, It sounds like you are facing some major challenges, but I would highly recommend not messing with the table prefix. Doing so will lead to a series of problems, which will require hack after hack to remedy leaving you with a substantial mess of a WordPress installation. There are some other things you can … Read more
Putting my site live
This question has been asked many many times before. Here’s the Codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL The easiest thing to do is add a couple of lines to your wp-config.php define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://example.com’); define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http://example.com’);
How does the “authentication unique keys and salts” feature work?
Basically, they’re hashing salts. They’re used to make the results of hashing much less predictable. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(cryptography) for info on salts. AUTH is used for the /wp-admin authentication cookie, SECURE_AUTH is for the same when using SSL, LOGGED_IN is used for identification to the “front-end” of the site. NONCE is used for the nonces that … Read more