Below are the common configurations for any redirection.
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Disable XML-RPC to Prevent Brute Force Attack!
XML-RPC is a remote procedure call (RPC) protocol which uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism. XML-RPC also refers generically to the use of XML for remote procedure call, independently of the specific protocol. With WordPress XML-RPC support, you can post to your WordPress blog using many popular Weblog Clients. This…
[Continue reading]Creating a Child Theme in WordPress
Child theme has become one of the best practices in inheriting styles from another WordPress theme, mostly for themes you purchased or installed from the WordPress theme directory. This is to prevent overriding to changes you have made once new updates are available. To do so, simply create another folder next to your theme folder. Use…
[Continue reading]Using iMacros to Update WordPress Posts Published Date
Google loves fresh contents so do users. If your article’s date shows “Last Year” or older than that, users will think your content is out of date and most of the time they will leave your page immediately. Moreover, if you don’t publish content regularly and all your previous posts are too old, Google will…
[Continue reading]Force HTTP to HTTPS Using 301 Permanently Redirect in .htaccess file
Sometimes installing plugins for every type of purpose you want is wrong. Some small tasks could be done by just a very small tweak. When you have just enabled SSL for your website, some of the URLs to your previous content might be still in HTTP. We can force them to redirect to HTTPs. To…
[Continue reading]Protect WordPress Sites from WP Scan
WP Scan is a tool to scan for vulnerable parts on your WordPress website. It checks various kinds of files and directories to make sure you don’t leave the backdoor behind. WP Scan is capable to: Scan in general Guess WordPress login name and password List all plugins the site is using List what theme…
[Continue reading]Install Ruby Gem in Mac OSX
Whenever Apple releases its new OSX, most of the software that was previously installed were gone such as Git or Ruby Gem that is needed to run Compass for front-end development. To fix it, simply re-install the Ruby Gem by running the following command:
[Continue reading]Facebook Open Graph Plugin for WordPress that Works
Building a website that could be shared on Facebook nicely is promising right now. I have written a fully working Facebook Open Graph plugin for WordPress as below:
[Continue reading]Using SCP in Mac
There are times when we need to upload files via command line. Luckily, Mac offers an SCP software built-in unlike Windows that you’ll need to install WinSCP.
[Continue reading]Adding Tags Filter to the Posts List
By default, WordPress does not ship the tag filter capability to its posts list whilst, in many cases, we need it to quickly access to the content type we have classified.
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