Security from Bad User Agents
Protecting your site by blocking bad “User Agents”. Troubleshoot pages being incorrectly blocked and add exceptions for user agents you want.
Don’t Use HideMyWP
HideMyWP has lousy security suggestions. Don’t use it.
Checking if Plugins Pass Basic “Good Programming” Test
Simple ways to validate basic WordPress plugin quality, whether the plugin follows minimal good programming standards.
Check Plugins are Multi-Site Compatible
Is a plugin compatible with WordPress in Multi-Site mode? What should plugin authors check?
SVU Episodes
SVU Episodes
Configuring XAMPP for Multiple Web Sites
Configuring XAMPP for Multiple Web Sites, have a full Apache server on your Windows computer, for web site development. XAMPP configuration with Windows Hosts file.
IIS Servers Do Not Always Set Document Root
If your IIS server doesn’t set PHP $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’], here’s how you can set it in a configuration file so all your PHP programs have it.
Should Big Banks be Split?
I support businesses making profits, growing the business, employing people, making the owners money. But bad decisions in business have consequences. Huge bad decisions in huge businesses should have huge consequences. Banks used to be valued based on the value of...Using PHP Packages without Composer
Using PHP Composer packages if you don’t have Composer. Standard PHP code to access files (but without the version checking Composer has).
PHP Unzip bug makes WordPress Updates hang
Problems with WordPress Update hanging? Or plugins failing with compression? Might be the version of PHP on your server, having bugs in Unzip.
XAMPP “Limit Not Allowed” in .htaccess
Quick Version: In \xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf Find each occurrence of AllowOverride None Change it to AllowOverride All In \xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf Make the same change. How I Have XAMPP Set Up I have XAMPP, a full Apache web server for Windows,...Example of Error Reporting from Error 403:Permission Denied
Get Web Server Errors reported via email and log file. 404, 403, and some 500 errors.