Spam comments are just part of life when using WordPress, but it's not all that difficult to distinguish between spam and real comments. In most casses spam comments are automated and follow a basic pattern: Generically compliment the WordPress site even if the comment isn't relevant to the postAppear to be a legitimate comment, but list a spam, phishing or … [Read more...] about How to tell when you get a spam comment in WordPress
To Lorem Ipsum or to Samuel L. Ipsm
So What the Heck is Lorem Ipsum? Used in publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum is filler text that helps demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation. By replacing meaningful content with placeholder text, viewers are able to focus on graphic aspects such as font, typography, and page layout without being distracted by the content. It … [Read more...] about To Lorem Ipsum or to Samuel L. Ipsm
Change the WordPress Dashboard Footer Text
Add the following code to your WordPress theme's function.php file, or a functionality plugin to replace the WordPress Dashboard footer message with your own. Replace "Your own text" with your message. … [Read more...] about Change the WordPress Dashboard Footer Text
Website files upload with FTP but they don’t change
You keep trying to upload new files with FileZilla to your website but they never update. FileZilla appears to be running correctly and you see the files being uploaded and replaced but still no changes. The most likely causes of this issue are: You do not have proper permissions configured for your website.You have exceeded your site's file quota so the server isn't … [Read more...] about Website files upload with FTP but they don’t change
Add Personalized WordPress Dashboard Widgets
Add the following code to your WordPress theme's function.php file, or a functionality plugin and then modify it with your message. … [Read more...] about Add Personalized WordPress Dashboard Widgets
Remove WordPress Posts Columns
Add the following code to your WordPress theme's function.php file, or a functionality plugin to remove WP Posts Columns. … [Read more...] about Remove WordPress Posts Columns
WordPress Admin Menu a Mess in Chrome
*Update - This issue has been resolved, simply update Chrome and/or WordPress. I'm not certain when this issue with the WordPress admin menu actually arose, but I just started to see it over the past few days; it may be specific to Chrome on Windows 10 as I have yet to see the problem occur on a previous version of Windows. Details about this issue with WordPress on … [Read more...] about WordPress Admin Menu a Mess in Chrome
FileZilla uploads slowed to a Crawl on Windows 10
After upgrading to windows 10 from Windows 7 I discovered that FileZilla upload speeds had dropped to a crawl. A 350 MB file took 7 hours to upload! Obviously something was wrong, so I hit Google. Unfortunately, nothing was coming up that would explain the problem - of course it may have helped to remember the old saying "Correlation Is Not Causation). In … [Read more...] about FileZilla uploads slowed to a Crawl on Windows 10
Create Custom Field to Remove Authorbox in Genesis Child Theme.
Add the following code to single.php in a Genesis Child Theme to create a Custom Field to Remove the Authorbox. … [Read more...] about Create Custom Field to Remove Authorbox in Genesis Child Theme.
Disable WordPress Theme Changing
Add the following code to your WordPress theme's function.php file, or a functionality plugin to prevent Users from changing the WordPress theme in the Dashboard. … [Read more...] about Disable WordPress Theme Changing