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WordPress .htaccess security best practices in Apache 2.4.6+

Apache Access Control done right in WordPress .htaccess, ‘Allow/Deny from all’ versus ‘Require All Granted/Denied’

Disable contact form & send email copy in Joomla through MySQL / PhpMyAdmin

March 26, 2019 / JanR / 0 Comments

When spam is sent CC using Joomla forms, it’s important to disable either the option to send an email copy, or the complete form. This post shows you how.

Disable XCloner log directy in WordPress MySQL wp_options table

February 20, 2019 / JanR / 0 Comments

UPDATE wp_options
	SET option_value = '0'
	WHERE wp_options.option_name = 'xcloner_enable_log';

See the ITFAQ.nl post “WordPress “XCloner – Backup and Restore” log uitschakelen in de MySQL-database” for this information in Dutch.

Set a correct WP_MEMORY_LIMIT value in wp-config.php

February 15, 2019 / JanR / 0 Comments

You can tune your WordPress blog speed and performance by setting a correct WP_MEMORY_LIMIT in your wp-config.php file. Here is how:

Gutenberg backtick to code bug

August 6, 2018 / JanR / 0 Comments

When I type the `last backtick first, does this all transform to code?`

When I type the first backtick first, does this all transform to code?

When using Firefox and typing in the `last backtick first, what happens then?`

Reference, bug report: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/8579

Ease WordPress Plugin updates by clearing PHP opcode caches first

November 27, 2017 / JanR / 0 Comments

WordPress updates, like Core-, plugin- and themes, sometimes fail because of enabled PHP opcode caches. Popular PHP opcode caches are OPcache, WinCache and APC. Flushing these opcode caches first eases the WordPress update process. And here is a Must Use Plugin to flush OPcache cache …

Bacon Ipsum

July 28, 2017 / JanR / 0 Comments

Spicy jalapeno bacon ipsum dolor amet tongue ham pork loin shankle ribeye cow t-bone pastrami. Burgdoggen ribeye pancetta, bresaola frankfurter venison alcatra short loin corned beef. Chicken sausage capicola shankle, ground round brisket drumstick burgdoggen meatloaf alcatra. Salami ham alcatra chicken t-bone pork belly.

Test Post with a Tag with Commas

October 20, 2016 / JanR / 0 Comments

As the title says, this is a WordPress post with a comma separated tag. Sometimes this comes in handy, for example when you want to display a taxonomy called “restaurant, bar” or a city and it’s country: “Groningen, the Netherlands”. This is all done using a simple WordPress filter, are you interested in the code?

Create smaller WP-Super-Cache supercache files

June 28, 2016 / JanR / 0 Comments

Currently, Vanilla-WP runs with WP-Super-Cache enabled, and my abandoned Database Cache disabled. The fun part of WP-Super-Cache as caching plugin is, it allows the usage of plugins. Yes, a plugin for a plugin 🙂 . One of those plugins is WPSCMin, by Joel Hardi.

“Optimize WordPress MySQL tables through Cron, behind the scenes”

March 27, 2016 / JanR / 0 Comments

Optimize WordPress MySQL tables through Cron, behind the scenes provides and describes a plugin to regularly optimize your MySQL database tables, to improve WordPress performance.