WordPress: Expose username fix and hide author page
It’s inevitable that hackers want to break into your site. With some of the WordPress-based sites I managed, I’m surprised to find that no matter what username changed to, even …
WordPress: Globally update URL
In WordPress, instead of using relative URL when referring to posts, pages and images used within the site, absolute url is used. This becomes a problem if your development site …
WordPress: Basic Essential Plugins
After working on a few WordPress based projects, I have come to conclusion that you can’t run a site out-of-box. It only has the basic features. Eventually users will want …
WordPress: An Alternative Manual Upgrade
There are a few reasons why I don’t like automatic upgrade. It updates the site directly. Even though there are backups, it’s a pain to roll back if something goes wrong. …
WordPress: Maintenance mode without a plugin and customized maintenance page
I know there are plugins for maintenance mode. I found a 3-part tutorial that shows how easy this can be done with just 2 files. This post simply documents how …