If you are on a web server with limited capacities and not much free available disk space, you have several options to reduce your WordPress site’s size. If you are going to clone your website with WP Staging, you can choose the options below to lower your file system’s size. How to Free Up Disk … Continue reading “How to Reduce and Lower the Size of a WordPress Website”
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How to Hide or Remove the WordPress Admin Bar Effectively
The WordPress admin bar is a toolbar on top of your WordPress website that shows more or less useful information when you are logged in. Learn how to hide it for your users. The admin bar is visible in the backend all the time, but additionally, to that, it is also visible at the front … Continue reading “How to Hide or Remove the WordPress Admin Bar Effectively”
Update procedures for Ubuntu Server, Nginx and MySql
These update procedures contain only essential information and best practices for updating a running ubuntu server and keeping the downtime low. Ubuntu 16.04.6 to Ubuntu 18.04 Backup – If you use a cloud hoster like digitalocean, create a snapshot. It’s recommended to power off the VM before creating the snapshot for keeping file integrity. If … Continue reading “Update procedures for Ubuntu Server, Nginx and MySql”
Create & Restore WordPress Backups with WP Staging Snapshots
WP Staging Pro 3.0.2 has been released and comes with the long-awaited new snapshot feature! WP Staging snapshots allow you to create database backups. It creates a snapshot automatically every time you push your staging site to live. So, for instance, if something does not work as expected after a push or installing a new … Continue reading “Create & Restore WordPress Backups with WP Staging Snapshots”
WPML error due to missing index: Table wp_options is filled up with multiple entries of wpml_translation_services
One of our users was running WP Staging Pro alongside WPML (inc. translation management) on a couple of websites. On one, in particular, pushing the staging to live site using WP Staging Pro immediately causes the wp_options table to fill up with entries with the wp_name of ‘wpml_translation_services‘. As soon as these were deleted, no … Continue reading “WPML error due to missing index: Table wp_options is filled up with multiple entries of wpml_translation_services”
phpMyAdmin Repair and Optimize Database Tables Tutorial
Sometimes, it might be necessary to repair a MySQL database table. This can be the case if your WordPress site acts weirdly or slowly. So, for instance, when you notice that modified settings in your WordPress dashboard are not permanently saved, it could indicate a corrupted database table. Another indicator for a corrupted MySQL table … Continue reading “phpMyAdmin Repair and Optimize Database Tables Tutorial”
Linux & Docker Commands Reference & Troubleshooting
We’ve published these commands for our developers for reference purposes. They are publicly visible as it might be helpful for other developers as well: Docker #stop all containers: docker stop $(docker ps -a -q) # Restart docker service sudo systemctl restart docker.service Recreate all container docker-compose up –build –force-recreate –no-deps #stop all containers by force … Continue reading “Linux & Docker Commands Reference & Troubleshooting”
How to Block Google From Accessing a Staging Website
When you use a staging website for developing or testing purposes, you might be confronted with the question of what is the best way to protect your staging site from being indexed by Google. Since the first release of WP Staging, the staging site is protected by a custom authentication login prompt. We have always … Continue reading “How to Block Google From Accessing a Staging Website”
How to secure WordPress and Protect your Website from being Hacked
WordPress is the most popular content management system and website builder. That’s the reason why it is also the most attractive platform for bad guys and malicious plugins who target the WordPress platform. There is never a 100% guarantee that your site can not be hacked but there are some common steps you should go … Continue reading “How to secure WordPress and Protect your Website from being Hacked”
How to Repair mySQL Database with phpmyadmin and adminer
REPAIRING MYSQL DATABASES WITH PHPMYADMIN If your website behaves strangely, like throwing unknown errors, or cannot save settings permanently, then it is likely that your database has become corrupted. When this happens, you can try to repair database tables using one of the most popular database administration tools, phpMyAdmin or adminer. To repair MySQL database … Continue reading “How to Repair mySQL Database with phpmyadmin and adminer”