Read these articles to learn how to customize and optimize your WordPress installation.
There are certain scenarios where you may want to change WordPress site URLs. This article shows you how to change WordPress site URL using phpMyAdmin.
A2 Hosting provides several ways to log in to the WordPress dashboard. Learn about all of them in this article.
If you are locked out of your WordPress administrator account and cannot use the e-mail password recovery feature, you can still change the password. This article shows three methods for resetting the password: using Softaculous, using the WP-CLI command line program, and modifying the MySQL database directly.
Learn how to fix a problem that may occur when you try to add images to a WordPress post. You must ensure the image files have the correct file permissions.
This article shows you how to optimize your WordPress installation by enabling caching and performance metrics. The W3 Total Cache and GTmetrix plugins enable you to do this and more.
CAPTCHA protection helps secure your WordPress site, and reduces the amount of spamming by bots and other malicious actors. Learn how to add CAPTCHAs to your site here.
There is a huge number of plugins available that you can use to extend WordPress functionality. Learn how to use some of these plugins, such as Query Monitor, P3, and 2Checkout, and troubleshoot plugin issues in these articles.
The WP-CLI tool enables you to do many WordPress administrative tasks from the command line, and you can also use it in cron jobs to automate tasks. This article shows you how to use WP-CLI at the command line and in a cron job to take care of tasks like changing a user password, backing up and repairing a WordPress database, and more.
When you try to view a WordPress site, you may receive an "Error establishing a database connection" message. This article covers how to resolve this problem by updating the database configuration settings for WordPress.
This article provides step-by-step instructions for adding an external RSS feed to your site from the WordPress administrator interface.
Learn in this article how to determine the current WordPress version a site is running. This article shows you how to check the WordPress version with two methods: using the administration interface and checking the version.php file.
Pingbacks and trackbacks are convenient ways to enable communication between blogs, but they can also lead to spam links on your site. Learn how to enable and disable these features in this article.
WordPress includes thousands of free themes that you can use to customize your web site's appearance. Learn how to install themes both manually and using the WordPress administration interface in this article.
Keeping a WordPress site updated is important for stability and security reasons. Learn how to update WordPress using the administration interface in this article.
Backing up WordPress is an important part of maintaining your site. This article covers why, how, and when to backup WordPress.
Learn how to troubleshoot the problem where WordPress displays a blank page, also sometimes known as the "white screen of death."
Learn how to change the username for a WordPress account by modifying the database directly in phpMyAdmin.
Learn how to manage WordPress comments using the WordPress administration interface, and how to delete bulk amounts of comments using phpMyAdmin.
Learn how to optimize the trash settings in WordPress in this article. Doing this helps reduce database usage, and can help improve performance.
You can change the auto-save interval that WordPress uses to automatically save post edits. Learn how in this article.
You can easily change the settings that WordPress uses to display dates and times on your site, and this article shows you how.
You may receive a "Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance" message in your web browser when you try to view your WordPress site. Learn about this issue and how to resolve it in this article.
WordPress provides several settings in the wp-config.php file that you can use to help debug themes, databases, and more. Learn about these settings in this article.
Learn how to enable maintenance mode in WordPress, as well as how to customize the page WordPress displays when it is in maintenance mode.
Learn how to both configure and disable a cron job for WordPress and ensure scheduled tasks and other features work in a timely manner.
You can schedule a WordPress post to be published automatically in the future, and this article shows you how.
Learn how to use Google Analytics with your WordPress site to obtain statistics about visitor traffic. This article covers two methods for adding Google Analytics to a WordPress site: using a plugin and editing the theme.
Learn how to use Matomo (formerly Piwik) with your WordPress site to obtain statistics about visitor traffic. This article covers two methods for integrating Matomo with WordPress: using a plugin, and editing the theme directly.
You can easily protect a WordPress post page with a password to prevent casual visitors from accessing content. Learn how in this article.
Learn how configuring the permalink structure can make your WordPress site easier to use, and friendlier to search engines.
This article shows how you can quickly and easily optimize your WordPress installation using the A2 Optimized for WordPress plugin. Learn how to install, configure, update, and remove the plugin.
This article covers how to migrate an existing WordPress site to your A2 Hosting account. Learn all of the steps you need to take to ensure your WordPress files, database, custom settings, and domain settings are migrated correctly.
WordPress supports many different languages. Learn how to change the WordPress language (both manually and with a plugin) in this article.
Learn how to change the WordPress e-mail notification settings for comments and comment moderation.
You can quickly and easily install WordPress on one of your account's subdomains by creating a subdomain using cPanel and installing WordPress to cPanel with Softaculous, and this article shows you how.
Learn how to use the ManageWP plugin to set up a dedicated testing environment (or "sandbox") for safely testing and experimenting with WordPress.
The WordPress heartbeat may cause performance issues. This article describes what the heartbeat is, and how you can configure it by using a plugin.
You have purchased and installed an SSL certificate, and now you want to use it with WordPress. This article shows you how to set WordPress up to always use SSL connections, both from the administration interface and by modifying the database directly.
This article discusses using APC or OPcache with WordPress.
If you use a caching plugin for WordPress, you may have to clear the cache occasionally, and this article shows you how.
This article shows you how to disable the Gutenberg WordPress plugin in WordPress 5.0 by installing the Classic Editor plugin.
Learn how to configure WordPress to send e-mail messages from your A2 Hosting account. This article covers two methods you can use to send e-mail: third-party plugins and the WordPress API.
Learn how to use widgets in WordPress to quickly and easily add functionality to your site's sidebar.
Learn how you can add subscribers directly to your MailChimp mailing lists from WordPress by either using a plugin (and how to install and configure the plugin), or by adding HTML form code to a widget.
If you are experiencing problems with WordPress, it can be hard to know where to start looking for solutions. This article walks you through possible solutions, such as disabling plugins and themes, enabling debugging, as well as other common issues, and how to enhance your site's performance.
Learn how to accelerate your WordPress site with the WP Rocket plugin. This article shows you how to install and configure the WP Rocket plugin for your site.
You can use Softaculous to import a WordPress installation from another server, and this article shows you how.
Learn how to manually install the WP-CLI (WordPress Command Line Interface) tool on your account. Please note that this article only applies to certain types of hosting accounts.
You can easily enhance your WordPress site with a custom logo. This article shows you how.
Learn how to help secure your WordPress site with an SSL certificate and HTTPS connections.
You may have already installed WordPress in a subdirectory on your account. If so, you can configure your account so the primary domain automatically redirects to the WordPress site. This article shows you how to use .htaccess file redirection rules to do so.
Reduce load times for your home page when using WordPress with WooCommerce. This article shows you how.
Learn how to change the WordPress theme manually. You may need to do this if the administration dashboard is inaccessible, for example. This article covers two methods for changing the theme: renaming and copying theme folders, and modifying the WordPress database directly.
Learn how to create and set up a multisite network for WordPress and simplify site administration. This article covers how to enable and configure multisite networking for WordPress.
Learn how to display the user count on WordPress pages by adding a brief code snippet to the functions.php file of your theme.
Learn how to create custom shortcodes in WordPress by adding a brief code snippet to the functions.php file of your theme.
Learn how to limit the number of search results displayed per page in WordPress by adding a brief code snippet to the functions.php file of your theme.
Learn how to automatically show the current year in WordPress posts by adding a brief code snippet to the functions.php file of your theme.
This article shows how to modify PHP settings for WordPress using the Custom PHP Settings plugin.
Learn how to remove the default WordPress footer on the admin dashboard and replace it with your custom text. This article shows you how to get your customised footer for the WordPress admin dashboard using a Theme editor plugin.
Learn how to direct your new users to an important conversion page on your WordPress Site. This article shows you how to get your new users after registration to a blog section with a simple code PHP code snippet.
Learn how to remove the welcome panel on the WordPress dashboard. This guide describes three different ways to remove this panel to save space on the WordPress dashboard.
Learn how to extend WordPress login sessions to avoid keying in login credentials multiple times in a short time. This article shows you how to remain logged in with just a simple edit in the WordPress theme files.
Learn how to disable login errors and display generic messages to users. This article shows how to disable the login errors with a simple code snippet on the theme files.
Learn how to delay RSS feed publishing time on WordPress for RSS content audit. This article describes simple steps to adjust the RSS feed publishing time with a simple code snippet.
Learn how to disable URL from the comment sections on WordPress to avoid spam links.
By default, WordPress provides several REST API endpoints to site resources. This article describes how to restrict the REST API to authenticated users.
Learn how to link Twitter usernames to its respective Twitter page automatically from WordPress contents. This article shows how to connect to Twitter pages using a short code snippet.
Learn how to duplicate WordPress pages and posts in this article.
Learn how to add a new favicon ("favorite icon") to WordPress sites to leave an impression and identify the site for your users. This article shows how to add a favicon in a few steps.
Learn how to update PHP version for WordPress sites using Select PHP Version software on cPanel. Keeping PHP versions up to date improves WordPress site speed and security. This article shows you how to update the PHP version using software on cPanel.
Learn how to embed videos on WordPress posts or pages in two different ways. This article shows you how to embed YouTube videos on WordPress Post using oEmbed and iframe.
Learn how to use change fonts for paragraphs, headings on WordPress to improve the website design. This article will show you how to add Google Fonts to WordPress Themes and change the fonts using the Easy Google Fonts plugin.
WordPress includes many themes for customizing a web site's appearance. Sometimes, however, you may want to disable or even delete an installed theme. Learn how to do this manually and through the WordPress administration interface in this article.
Learn to delete a WordPress using Softaculous when your site has been hacked or moved to another platform. This article shows you how to backup and delete a WordPress site on A2 hosting using Softaculous.
Learn how to add copyright text on WordPress pages and blogs. This article shows you how to add a custom copyright text using a short PHP code snippet.
Learn how to create a Call to Action(CTA) button shortcode in WordPress theme files. This article shows you how to add a simple PHP code snippet to make the Call to Action(CTA) button shortcode and add them to WordPress content pages in simple steps
Learn how to add a Privacy Policy Page on WordPress. This article shows you how to create or use an existing privacy policy page and publish it on WordPress.
Learn how to add a navigation menu for WordPress sites in just a few steps. This article shows you how to add a navigation bar using the drag and drop interface on WordPress.
Learn how to edit the footer on your WordPress site. This article describes several ways to customize the WordPress footer, including the Theme Customizer, using a plugin, and editing the theme code directly.
Learn how to add a carousel slider for WordPress Sites. This article shows you how to install the Carousel Slider plugin and create a Carousel Slider slider for WordPress.
Learn how to add a default gravatar on WordPress. This article shows you how to add a new default gravatar with a short code snippet.
Learn how to disable JPEG compression in WordPress. This article shows you how to use a short PHP code snippet to disable JPEG compression.
Learn how to display gravatar using user email in WordPress posts and pages. This article shows how to use a PHP function to create a shortcode to add a gravatar on WordPress pages and posts.
This article describes how to change the domain name for an existing WordPress installation.
Learn how to disable REST API in WordPress. This article shows you how to use the Disable REST API plugin to whitelist endpoints registered with the REST API.
Learn how to customize the WordPress login page without any codes. This article shows you how to customize a login page using the Login Press plugin.
Learn how to use the Widget Block Editor to edit the WordPress widget area. This article shows you how to insert a block to the WordPress widget area.
Learn how to remove the WordPress branding from your WordPress Site. This article shows you how to remove the WordPress branding with a short PHP code snippet.
Learn how to allow contributors to upload files using the media menu in WordPress. This article shows you how to add the Media tab for contributors with a PHP code.
Learn how to add additional author profile fields in WordPress. This article shows you how to add a custom form field to the WordPress profile page using PHP code.
Learn how to add delete or spam links in the comment section for WordPress. This blog shows you how to add a delete and spam button in the WordPress comment using PHP code.
WordPress limits excerpts lengths to 55 words. This article shows you how to change the excerpts word count limit using a PHP function.
Learn how to change passwords for WordPress users. This article shows you how to change user passwords in WordPress using the admin dashboard.
Learn how to disable the default search function on WordPress sites. This article shows you how to use a short PHP function to disable the default search function.
Learn how to disable the WordPress admin for logged-in users. This article shows you how to disable the admin bar using a simple single line PHP script
Learn how to exclude WordPress pages from search results. This article shows you how to use a PHP function to exclude pages from the WordPress site
Learn how to insert default text to blog posts in WordPress. This article shows you how to add default text on WordPress blog posts using a simple PHP code.
Learn how to make a WordPress blog post's minimum word count. This article will show you how to use a short PHP code to set a minimum word count for blogs.
Learn how to display the last updated date on your blog or pages. This article shows you how to get the last update date using a PHP function
Learn how to set maximum word count in WordPress blog posts. This article will show you how to use a short PHP code to set a maximum word count for blogs.
Learn how to show the total number of registered users on a WordPress site. This article will show you how to use PHP code to display the total number of registered users.
Learn how to remove WordPress version number from the dashboard footer. This article shows you how to remove version number using a short PHP function.
Learn how to protect WordPress sites from malicious URL requests. This article explains how to use a short code snippet to protect WordPress sites from malicious URL requests.
Discover how to disable WordPress update notifications. This article will show you how to hide WordPress update notifications using a short code.
You can block the deactivation of certain plugins on your WordPress site, especially if you have customised plugins for your clients. Learn how to install a simple PHP method to prevent deactivation of key WordPress plugins.
Learn how to use custom CSS scripts to detect browser type and personalise your WordPress site. This article will show you how to use a short PHP function to detect the browser type on Wordpress sites.
Learn how to migrate WordPress.com sites to self hosted WordPress sites in just a few simple steps.
Elementor is a visual editor for WordPress that allows you to design stunning websites by dragging and dropping elements. This article explains how to update WordPress URLs in Elementor.
Some WordPress plugins require more WP memory to run PHP scripts. Learn how to modify the wp-config.php file to increase the WordPress memory limit.
Learn how to set up the default HTML editor in WordPress. This article shows you how to change the default WYSIWYG editor to an HTML editor in WordPress using a short code snippet.
phpMyAdmin can be used to create a WordPress administrator user on a MySQL database. Learn how to use phpMyAdmin to create a WordPress admin user on MySQL.
The WordPress admin dashboard is dark by default. This color can be modified in the User profile. Changing the color scheme of the user profile does not require a separate plugin. This article describes how to change the WordPress admin dashboard's color palette.
WordPress includes a Site Health tool by default, which provides status and recommendations for repairing any threats in the WordPress installation. Learn how to access WordPress site health reports and fix errors using the Site Health tool.
WordPress allows you to use an image as the site's whole background. Adding a background to your website makes it more visually appealing. This tutorial will show you how to add and configure a background image for WordPress sites.
WordPress hides the option to change the author name by default. This article explains how to enable the author selection option for changing a blog's user name.
Learn how to delete unused WordPress plugin tables in MySQL using phpMyAdmin.
oEmbed is a format that allows a URL to be embedded on third-party websites.This article will show you how to disable the oEmbed functionality to prevent anyone from remotely embedding your WordPress blog post.
WordPress saves post revisions while you're writing a blog post, which uses up database space. This article will show you how to turn off auto save and save space.
Learn how to add custom CSS file in WordPress theme.
Learn how to add custom user profile fields in WordPress to store Twitter and Facebook information.
Learn how to add a password option to access a WordPress blog post.
Learn how to enable the Screen Options tab and access custom fields in WordPress.
Learn how to update WordPress site copyright date using a simple code snippet
Learn how to use custom CSS to highlight the author's replies in a blog answer thread in a distinct color.
Learn how to add a new category to your WordPress blog.
Learn how to configure Post Thumbnails or featured image in WordPress
Learn how to add a confirmation message when publishing content on WordPress posts and pages using a classic editor.
Learn how to enable debugging mode in WordPress.
Learn how to manage tags in WordPress.
Learn how to hide unused user profile fields in WordPress using CSS.
Learn how to configure custom permissions for WoredPress roles.
To help improve your site's performance, you can configure WordPress to use Redis. This article covers how to install and configure two WordPress plugins, Redis Object Cache and WP Redis. Please note that you must have a VPS or Dedicated Server to use Redis.
Learn how to enable WordPress table fix option to repair WordPress database issues.
Learn how to notify WordPress updates to only admin using a simple php script.
Google Fonts, also known as Google Web Fonts, is a collection of interactive application programming interfaces that enable users to use web fonts on their websites.Google Fonts Learn how to import custom Google Fonts in WordPress.
Learn more about the information that the A2 Optimized WP plugin collects.
For security and performance reasons, a static site is often preferable to a dynamically generated WordPress site. Learn how to generate a static site from an existing WordPress site in this article.
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