How do I correctly transfer my site from one domain to another?

These two pages on the WordPress codex give a good overview changing URLs: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress However to cut a long story short, what I always do is the following: Back everything up Copy this handy little file to the root of your site: https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/ Run it It should pick up all of your settings, so … Read more

Admin Top Bar Not Showing On Front End

It certainly can be a theme related ‘problem’. To prevent unexpected problems in a theme, I frequently disable the admin bar while working on it. Look in functions.php (or similar) for code that looks like this and remove it: function my_function_admin_bar() { return false; } add_filter(‘show_admin_bar’, ‘my_function_admin_bar’);

Hide admin toolbar based on a query string

You should be able to just add the filter inside of a conditional: <?php if ($_GET[‘hidetoolbar’]) { add_filter(‘show_admin_bar’, ‘__return_false’); } ?> or, since conditionally adding action handlers and filters is sometimes frowned upon, you could add your own function as a filter and then put your conditional inside that: <?php function my_manage_toolbar() { if ($_GET[‘hidetoolbar’]) … Read more

500 internal server error on wp-admin only

500 can be caused due to these -> Corrupted WP core files Corrupted .htaccess files Problematic plugins PHP memory limit issues Problematic theme As you already I have re-copied the .htaccess file and put in what WordPress recommended. I have stripped the plugins from the site through FTP. I think Upload fresh copy of wp-admin … Read more