WordPress localhost not working

I am new to wordpress so please assist. I know there have been some questions regarding this already there but it did not work hence asking for assistance I have cloned a live repo and saved it in my WAMP www folder which I normally use for other php sites and refer it using localhost/project/ … Read more

WordPress: “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons” when trying to upload standard image files

Does anyone know of any workaround for this? I’m trying to upload .jpg and .png files, both file types allowed in standard WordPress settings, but I get the above error. The workarounds I’ve googled so far don’t work as WordPress no longer sees the files i’m uploading as images. These are the plugin: Disable Real … Read more

With “magic quotes” disabled, why does PHP/WordPress continue to auto-escape my POST data?

I think I found it. Problem (bug): http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18322 Solution: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/stripslashes_deep Note: As suggested by @Alexandar O’Mara, you might want to reconsider overwriting the superglobals like this. If it’s appropriate for your situation, for example, you might just “strip locally” using an alternative like $post = array_map(‘stripslashes_deep’, $_POST); Also see @quickshiftin’s excellent answer.