One of the most common security best practices these days seems to be moving wp-config.php one directory higher than the vhost’s document root. I’ve never really found a good explanation for that, but I’m assuming it’s to minimize the risk of a malicious or infected script within the webroot from reading the database password.
The short installation instruction for WordPress (“5 Minutes”) state that:
I wish to create something like CrunchBase.com
with WordPress.org (So to have one website that is a “database”, and another one, which is a blog, that connects to it).
I’ve checked around and haven’t seen an answer which works as of yet. I have a WP_Query with the following arguments:
I have the posts which have many custom defined meta fields.
On posts I am calling them on requirement using get_post_meta. Means for 10 meta fields I am using it 10 times.
@toscho left a comment to this answer which had me thinking again. How much trust should we have in the global scope, specially regarding the post globals like $post?
I’m developing some plugin where I would like to enable custom pages. In my case some custom page would contain a form like contact form (not literally). When user will fill out this form and send it, there should be the next step which will require more information. Lets say that the first page with form would be located at www.domain.tld/custom-page/ and after successful form submission, the user should be redirected to www.domain.tld/custom-page/second. Template with HTML elements and PHP code should be also custom.
I released a plugin that creates a shortcode and requires a JavaScript file and a CSS file to load on any page that contains that shortcode. I could just make the script/style load on all pages, but that’s not the best practice. I only want to load the files on pages that call the shortcode. I’ve found two methods of doing this, but both have problems.
Is there a way to add a arbitrary hyperlink to the WordPress admin menu (I mean the menu on the left when you log into the admin dashboard)? For example, can one add a link to Google?
I want to use WordPress as a CMS for a reasonably basic site rather than a blog. I have several pages and at the moment, I don’t intend to have a “news” page. While there are ways to make this work, the focus in the wp-admin console is clearly on new posts, and creating pages … Read more