The document root folder is the root folder of your site. For Ubuntu servers it's in /var/www/html and is owned by www-data user. For other sites that are hosted on the server it's usually one of these: The document root folder may or may not necessarily be the one where WordPress is installed because it […]
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We noticed that this error: No matching template found shows up with different WordPress themes. We tried cleaning up the cache, changing to other default WordPress themes but it didn't work. Solution Try installing a different theme to see if the problem will still persist. If you have access to wp-cli you can run this
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Does your code have enough memory to handle most/all errors? We have some code that catches when the sites crash with 'Allowed memory size exhausted' error in PHP. It turned out that when a code in a plugin/theme has an infinite loop or tries to consume too much memory it exhausts it all.This turned out
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Well, you shouldn’t be 🙂 Did you know or remember that WordPress has a less scary box where you can write you blog post drafts? It’s right in your WordPress Dashboard. You can use it to create drafts of your blog posts. It consists of just two boxes without any formatting and you can just
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xdebug is an awesome debugging extension and it has saved me so much time when developing and also when troubleshooting php scripts and WordPress plugins. When you’re working with xdebug in your PHP development environment and using functions like var_dump() to output some debugging data (logging is better but sometimes you have to do it),
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This tutorial assumes that you are using Apache web server and php as an apache module. The steps may differ if you have a different set up. For example nginx, php-fpm + apache, docker etc. As of this writing the old version is PHP 7.4 and the new PHP version is 8.3. You may need
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Usually when WordPress updates itself or if it's a fresh installation it would generate this Welcome to WordPress huge banner.It takes a lot of space. If you're a beginner you may take a look at it for a few seconds but no more than that. If you're more advanced WordPress user you'll go straight to
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Why disable certain PHP functions When securing a PHP server, it's critical to disable some functions that allow attackers to execute harmful commands or scripts. PHP Functions like exec, system, and shell_exec are used to execute external commands which poses a security risk. This could be called by a script you uploaded or by a
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Introduction In the realm of web development, one challenge that consistently emerges is ensuring seamless interaction between different origins or domains. This is where CORS, or Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, steps into the spotlight. As web developers, we often find ourselves in situations where our applications need to request resources from a domain other than the
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So you've decided to try WordPress Multisite?Awesome! WordPress Multisite has its uses even though many people don't usually recommend it.It is probably because not many WordPress plugins are compatible with it. You can use WordPress multisite for different subsections of the site. e.g. support, help, developer docs etc. i.e. everything that's related to a product
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