Anyone running a website built on WordPress will have no doubt come across bots trying to access wp-login.php and xmlrpc.php for malicious means. As long as you are using a strong username and password the chances of these bots being able to gain access to your website via a cracked password are slim but they can cause other problems such as overloading your website and causing you to get a telling off from your web host….not us obviously, we are…
Keeping WordPress and its associated plugins and themes up to date plays a big part in keeping your installation secure. Unfortunately the human race is pretty lazy and as such we simply don’t bother clicking on that “Update” button and before we know it we’ve got an out of date WordPress installation on our hands that could lead to all sorts of security issues down the line. But don’t worry, help is at hand. It’s never been as easy to…
Calling all WordPress Geeks, we have something for you to play with! We’ve just installed WP-CLI on all of our shared and reseller servers. This is in response to all the requests we have received from customers asking how on earth they can install and manage wordpress from the command line, rather than via the usual WordPress GUI. Okay, the above may not be 100% true. We actually installed it because we’re a set of geeks and thought it would…
Christmas is a time for many things – presents, family, friends, food and…….a new WordPress page editor? That’s right, this festive season WordPress is spreading Christmas cheer by releasing WordPress 5.0 to the masses and there’s one thing that you will notice right away. GUTENBERG! For many WordPress users, Gutenberg is about as welcome as a Vegan around a Christmas table (sorry Vegans!). When you first try and create a new post or page after upgrading to WordPress 5.0, you…
WordPress updates are a semi-regular occurrence. They come and go, and generally you find that not much has changed from an end user perspective. WordPress 5.0 is going to be different. When you upgrade to 5.0 you will almost certainly notice a massive difference the first time you go to edit a post or a page. This is because WordPress 5.0 is going to ship with a brand new page builder. This new WYSIWYG page builder goes by the name…
WordPress has been a Godsend for people who are looking to set up a website without having any previous experience in the field. Unfortunately, this does tend to lead to people unknowingly creating bloated, resource heavy websites which lead to web server issues and also sluggish website performance. This page gives you a list of easy to follow tips that you can implement on your WordPress website to improve performance. Please do read through this guide in full and implement…
As of February 2017, over 24% of the worlds websites are being powered by WordPress. Unfortunately, with so many websites using WordPress, it has become a prime target for hackers and, as such, it’s vital to take the following additional security steps to secure your WordPress website. We’ve been hosting tens of thousands of WordPress websites since 2007 and whilst there is no way to make your website 100% hack proof, by following the steps below you should be well…
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to install WordPress quickly and easily in just a few steps from your cPanel using Softaculous. First of all, you should login to your cPanel and locate the Softaculous Apps Installer under the Software section, click on this….. Hover your mouse over the WordPress icon in Softaculous and click Install Now lets deal with the first three boxes as shown in the image below 1. Choose Protocol You should really ensure that https:// is…
