1st, the key should be generated once, not per request. The tutorial is suggesting you generate it via the library (probably via cli, or one off script you run in the browser) and then simple add: define(‘JOSH_ENCRYPT_KEY’, ‘the-random-key-you-generated-gets-copy-pasted-in-here-manually’); into your wp-config.php file, so you dont need the lib to be in scope at that point. … Read more
After reading several articles, discussing with the community, diving through the Akismet documentation and reviewing their plugin I’ve found if you want test to see if the plugin is active or deactivate you can use: if (function_exists(‘akismet_verify_key’)) : echo “true”; else : echo “false”; endif; After activating the plugin and entering the API key in … Read more
Seems like a good list you have going… Just a few that come to mind: SCRIPT_DEBUG to false on live and true on staging. WP_CACHE to true on live and false on staging. ping_sites to empty on staging to disable ping services. default_pingback_flag to 0 on staging to not send outgoing pingbacks. Maybe install a … Read more
This is how i set my content directory in wp-config.php // ======================== // Custom Content Directory // ======================== define( ‘WP_CONTENT_DIR’, dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/somedir’ ); define( ‘WP_CONTENT_URL’, ‘http://’ . $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] . ‘/somedir’ );
@PieterGoosen gave some good advice. Focus on that, But if you really wan it, then you can set debug ON temporarily on your website this way. In your wp-config.php use this instead. if ( isset( $_GET[‘debug’] ) && ‘debug’ == $_GET[‘debug’] ) { define( ‘WP_DEBUG’, true ); } Then access your website homepage/any page and … Read more
You can change that in wp-config (https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Empty_Trash): define( ‘EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS’, 1 ); // Integer is the amount of days
You will need to create an alias to your Dropbox folder so those files can be accessed on your server. This can be done in httpd.conf: Alias /dropbox /Users/seth/Dropbox Or you could make a direct alias to the real wp-content folder: Alias /wp-content /Users/seth/Dropbox/Xammp-Content/wordpress/wp-content/ Then set WP_CONTENT_URL in wp-config.php appropriately: define( ‘WP_CONTENT_URL’, ‘http://localhost/dropbox/Xammp-content/wordpress/wp-content’ );
First, rename the folder wp-content/plugins/wordpress-https to wp-content/plugins/wordpress-https-OFF so that WordPress can’t find it to run it. Second, add the following lines to your wp-config.php file, replacing the domain name with your domain name: define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://example.com/’ ); define( ‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://example.com/’ );
I would be careful doing this, because you are assuming all your database modifications will only happen within the admin backend, but that might not always be the case. The wp-cron comes to mind, but there are also some plugins that use front-end writes. So you might get nasty sync problems with your two databases, … Read more
There are a few variables that need to be changed in order for you to update to the new link on your WordPress site. As mentioned by Mark, try the following steps using the Search Replace DB tool: Go and download Interconnect IT’s Database Search & Replace Script here Unzip the file and drop the … Read more