WordPress Security, Have You Been Hacked? (Check Your Database Users)
Have I been Hacked?
You may have been hacked if:
Spam is appearing in your posts or pages
Your passwords have changed
Content appears/disappears that you had nothing to do with
One or more of your plugins have started acting funky (ie: mailing plugin gets marked as spam, your twitter plugin starts displaying someone else's tweets, etc)
Your settings have changed
Your [...]
WordPress Database Error: Can’t Connect to Database
Get a big ugly message "Can't Connect to Database" (?)
Did you change your database password (or database username, database name?)
Probably, huh?
You need to update your wp_config.php file with the new password. Find the code that looks something like this: Make sure they are up to date.
define('DB_NAME', 'XXX'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'XXX'); // [...]
Trouble Shooting the WordPress White Screen of Death
You ever surf to your site or refresh after a change and discovered the WordPress White Screen of Death?
Well, you're not alone.
There are three common reasons why you are getting this white screen of death:
1. Your server is down. This can happen to the best of us. This is your web host's responsibility and if [...]
WordPress Display PHP errors
If you have the White Screen of Death, you've got invalid php, or else feel like something fishy is going on, you can display php errors by adding the following line to the top of your.htaccess file. (p.s. make sure your .htaccess is writable/executable, find out how here)
php_flag display_errors on
Important: once you've found out your [...]
WordPress Image Upload Error
Upload Image Error:
The uploaded file could not be moved to /usr/local/www/vhosts/domainname.com/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads.
If you are trying to upload images and get an error similar to this, you need to make sure your files are User, Group, World "Read, Write & Execute"
For images you should check your "uploads" file, files in the path previous, and files down [...]
Hiatus
Hey All,
I've been super busy working @ Cruzio, OOZ and Oz and getting ready to move to Washington! Sorry I've been lacking in the blog department. If anyone cares!? .
But check back soon for these upcoming blog posts:
Trouble shooting wordpress white screen of death!
Finding Creativity, a Tutorial
Best WordPress Theme Modifications
Premium WordPress Theme Giveaway
& more!
See [...]
