Changing the password of a WordPress website user account is actioned from the profile page. Begin by logging into the WordPress website. In admin view. At the top right hand corner of the page click on the reference to your name, for example Howdy Neil. An expanded drop down shows 3 menu options: Name Edit […]
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Updating WordPress and Revolution Slider I was left with a blank box where the slider user to be. In the last few days WordPress has updated to version 4.3. Also the Revolution Slider has progressed to version 5.0.3. Enabling Firebug in the browser I selected Console, and refreshed the page to see the reported errors. […]
WordPress Localhost Page Not Found
For a WordPress website installed on the local computer I was seeing a 404 Not Found error when navigating to a page. I had selected the option Common Settings by Post Name on the Settings page Permalink Settings. As an example I was unable to navigate to the page http://localhost/wordpress/about-us/ The error shown on the […]
Child Theme Template is Missing
Creating a new WordPress child theme gave the error error: Template is missing Viewing the page of installed WordPress themes, all were showing, except my new child theme. Shown below the others was the error message. Reviewing the file style.css located in the child theme directory I could see no reference to a template. Correcting […]
Force Admin Pages to use SSL
A simple edit of the wp-config.php file, in the root of the WordPress website, will force the access to the WordPress admin pages to be encrypted. The entry to be added to the wp-config.php file is define(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, true); To make the change to the file either edit through your website hosting control panel or download […]
WordPress Website Admin Orientation
The WordPress admin view presents a top menu of notable actions and customisations and a left menu for the addition editing and configuration of the installed features of the website. Having logged into your new WordPress website where do you start? The successful WordPress login will take you to an existing admin page, or if […]
Timthumb.php NetworkError 400 Bad Request
Timthumb was giving the WordPress error NetworkError: 400 Bad Request. More fully this error showed as: NetworkError: 400 Bad Request – http://10.0.0.1/mysite.co.uk/wp-content/themes/apples/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://10.0.0.1/mysite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bananas.jpeg&h=65&w=65&zc=1 Searching on the Internet for possible causes of this error I found that timthumb requires a cache directory. The file timthumb.php, most likely included with your theme, but possibly also included with a […]
SSL Logins and Admin Access
A WordPress login and admin view can be converted to make use of encryption, using SSL and a certificate. Having added an SSH certificate to your WordPress website through the website control panel the WordPress installation needs to be told to use SSL as opposed to the default insecure login. To tell WordPress to use […]
Page Doesn’t Appear in Menu
Having published a new WordPress page, the page doesn’t appear in the menu. Looking for help to show a missing, newly published, web page may be resolved by reviewing the configuration of the admin menu page. Often WordPress websites use a custom menu to govern the pages to be presented. Not all pages, for example […]
How to Increase WordPress Memory Limit
Some WordPress plugins may require an increased memory limit, for example WooCommerce has a value of 64MB. The WordPress memory limit may be increased by modifying configuration files. 3 files where the WordPress memory limit may be set: php.ini .htaccess wp-config.php Any of these files may be edited to achieve the increase in the WordPress […]
