You can upload a lot with the WordPress Media Uploader, but depending on the file extension the system will not allow everything on your server by default – for security reasons. ZIP files and PDFs are fine, but something more obscure – particularly non-standard extensions or executable files – are not. I like it that … Read more
I’ve noticed a weird bug in Plesk 12 on CentOS 7: when you connect via FTP, the wp-content folder does not show up – all other folders can be seen as usual. It’s a rather crucial folder for WordPress users. At first I had suspected a problem with the ProFTP service which is not the … Read more
Sometimes you need to replace a string in your database with another string, and it can be rather tedious to plough through a large table manually. Thankfully MySQL can execute raw queries such as find and replace. This comes in handy if you’ve moved a WordPress installation to another URL: you only need to tweak … Read more
I’ve just updated my P2 Header Ad plugin with some new options: you can now display the same ad again after the post content (before the comments) you can do this on single posts, and additionally on the front page if you like These options are not enabled by default and work best if you … Read more
WordPress 4.0 introduced a new way to browse Plugins in the admin interface: beautiful icons show up that make Plugins looks like Mini-Apps. When a user clicks on one they get a description right there and then without the need to browse to the WordPress site in a different tab. This gives easy and … Read more
In this screencast I’ll show you how to use the WordPress Toolkit in Plesk 12. I’ll demonstrate how to update WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes selectively and across the entire server directly from within Plesk. Among many other features I’ll also show you how to secure WordPress instances, install and remove themes, and how to exclude WordPress … Read more
In this screencast I’ll show you how to use TwentyThirteen, a simple yet powerful WordPress theme that looks gorgeous and is mobile friendly. I’ll explain Post Formats and their impact, how to show images in galleries and how to embed videos to your WordPress site too. I’ll finish it off by demonstrating how the site … Read more
I’ve used the WordPress Importer on many occasions – most of which gave me more grief than results. Usually I end up with a white screen telling me that there was an “Internal Server Error”. It basically means that something went wrong, but nobody knows what it was – and there is no way to … Read more
