Migrating your WordPress site content to Ghost

Partially due to the founder of Ghost being a prior WordPress developer, it has been made quite simple to import your WordPress content into Ghost. Thankfully, a plugin has been developed to import your WordPress post content into Ghost. Within minutes, all of your WordPress posts will be imported into your new Ghost installation. Exporting Read More >

BMo Expo WordPress and NextGEN Gallery plugin

In this tutorial: Installation Configuration Usage The BMo Expo WordPress and NextGEN Gallery plugin allows you to easily replace your default WordPress or NextGEN galleries into your site with very impressive gallery designs. This is perfect if you want to add a bit more functionality to your galleries without much effort. As it seamlessy integrates Read More >

PrettyGallery plugin for WordPress

In this article we will teach you how to install, configure, and implement the PrettyGallery WordPress plugin to display attractive galleries on your site. Before beginning, be sure that you are logged into your WordPress dashboard. What is the PrettyGallery plugin? PrettyGallery is a very simply plugin that you can use to embed galleries into Read More >

Q and A Focus Plus FAQ plugin for WordPress

In this article, we will teach you how to install, configure, and implement the Q and A Focus Plus FAQ plugin to add an FAQ section to your WordPress site. Before beginning, be sure that you are logged into your WordPress admin dashboard. What is the Q and A Focus Plus FAQ plugin for WordPress? Read More >

WordPress Instagram Plugins – Instagram Picture

Some of the links for this particular plugin are no longer available through WordPress and the author last updated the plugin in 2013-11-8. The plugin is still available through WordPress.org, but please use with caution. In this tutorial: Installation Configuration Updating Photos Using Instagram Picture In this article, we will walk you through the process Read More >

WordPress 3.7 Beta 1 Summary

WordPress 3.7 Beta 1 is available for testing. Go to the WordPress beta download site to get the latest versions. You can also use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin. WordPress 3.7 Beta 1 Update News Here’s a quick summary of the feature list. Note that it appears 3.7 will release in October with some tweaks Read More >

How to enable Auto Upgrade feature in Softaculous

Softaculous has installed a feature as of version 4.2.1 for the automatic update of certain prgrams. If you are going to use any of these programs, you can enable this option during the installation. It can also be enabled on programs you have previously installed. Below you will find the list of programs that allow Read More >

How to clone your site with Softaculous

There are times when you may want to have a test copy of your WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, or other site. Or you may simply want to move your site from one folder to another. Doing either of these can be very involved with such things as copying files, databases, changing configurations, etc. Softaculous, however has Read More >

Disable WordPress XML-RPC requests

WordPress uses an implementation of the XML-RPC protocol in order to extend functionality to software clients. This Remote Procedure Calling protocol allows commands to be run, with data returned formatted in XML. Beginning with WordPress 3.5 the XML-RPC functionality is enabled by default, without a way to disable. Do I need WordPress XML-RPC? Most users Read More >

FAQ – Installing programs with Softaculous

Can I install more than one program on my account? Yes, you can install more than one program on your account. You can install programs onto subdomains, addon domains, and in separate folders. The following table gives examples of what your URLs will look like for each option, as well as how you would set Read More >

Stopping man-in-the-middle attacks on VPS accounts

In their continuing efforts to maintain secure servers, our systems team has recently posted a security maintenance alert that affects all VPS hosting accounts. The issue concerns what are known as “man-in-the-middle” attacks that target Secure Shell(SSH) access. Note that there have been no breaches of security, but this is a recommendation in order to Read More >

WordPress Vulnerabilities

Recently, new vulnerabilities affecting WordPress have been identified. All customers who use WordPress are advised to upgrade to the latest version (3.5.2) immediately. You can view our full walk-through guide on Updating WordPress here in our Support Center. Below is a list and explanation of the vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-2173 A denial of service was found in Read More >

Add New Media in WordPress 3.5.1

WordPress allows you to add media of different types to your pages and posts. Media types include graphics, audio, video and text files. The following article explains how to insert media using the Add Media option built into the Administrator Dashboard. Inserting Media in WordPress 3.5.1 Logging into your WordPress Dashboard. In the left hand Read More >

Latest Updates – WordPress 3.6 Beta 3

WordPress 3.6 is now in Beta 3 and there have been several notable changes. You can find the development timeline here. The changes that I will note below include the drag-and-drop upload, the quote format update for the Twenty Thirteen theme, and embed support for music-streaming services Rdio and Spotify. Highlight on Updates in WordPress Read More >

How to Change Your WordPress Admin Username

As you may have noticed from your work in WordPress, you cannot change a WordPress username from the admin dashboard. You can only change the email address and password for an account. However, for security reasons, it may be wise to change your username once in a while. So how can you do it safely Read More >

Adding HTML to a WordPress Page/Post

In this tutorial, we’ll show you all the methods for viewing and adding HTML code to a Page or Post in WordPress. There may be times when you want to use HTML in your WordPress website. For example, you can code a hyperlink by hand or view the entire post in HTML and make several Read More >

Changing a User’s Role In WordPress

When you are running a website in WordPress, there may be times when you want to change a User’s role. For example, you may want to allow a subscriber to contribute to your site. In this tutorial we will show you how to change the Role of a WordPress User in the Dashboard. In my Read More >