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Initialization Script for “Standard” Aspects of a WordPress Website?
I am about to have to write a script to take a fresh install of WordPress 3.0.1 and add-in all the initial features for a website. This is for a company that installs lots of similar websites and they ...
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What plugins do you commonly install on a fresh WordPress install?
I'm looking at finding out what plugins others install most of the time on a fresh WordPress install; the plugins that add value to pretty much any website that is running WordPress.
My list of ...
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Are there any downsides to installing WordPress on Windows versus Linux?
We're planning on installing WordPress on Windows Server 2008 to be consistent with the rest of our servers and leverage administrative expertise.
The server will not be running anything else. Are ...
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How can I create a bash install script for my Wordpress sites setup (WP+plugins+theme)?
I build a lot of websites with Wordpress, and my initial setup is basically always the same :
Latest version of WP
Latest versions of about 5 plugins
My naked development theme
Instead of ...
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Automatically enable custom theme, plugins and default content on installation?
I'm using wordpress for a large non-profit with many sites. I'd like to decrease the amount of installation steps for the people setting up their sites. Is it possible to make a WP install that ...
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Any post install tips after installing Wordpress 3.0.1?
Any post install tips after installing Wordpress 3.0.1? which would be useful for any wordpress installation , where we will use wordpress as a CMS for a website. and blog page will not as a home ...
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Combine multiple plugins into one?
I've collected a few plugins that each have specific functionality I need for what would otherwise be a single large plugin.
Is it possible to bundle these into a single installable zip?
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Should I remove install.php and install-helper.php?
Is keeping wp-admin/install.php and wp-admin/install-helper.php a security leak on the newer versions of wordpress? By default file permission on those files are 644.
If there is any leak, what kind ...
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A way to automatically install pages on theme install?
I'm trying to build a theme which would require specific pages to be included. Is there a way to automatically create pages and assign them to their page templates when a theme is installed?
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How to automatically install default Wordpress plugins?
I setup a decent number of Wordpress installations clients/friends. There are a number of plugins that I use on every instance. Is there a good way to automatically have these plugins installed on ...
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Populate content on install
I would like to know if there's a way to populate a Wordpress site with some dummy content while installation process is going on. Let's say a few sample pages, a fews posts, taxonomy and that's it.
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Plugins to clone wordpress site and move to another url
Are there any possible plugins that could clone an entire Wordpress site and install it in another location?
I build sites on one url, then to show the client and move it to another url to show it.
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How to Check the Directory Where WordPress is Installed?
I have a client who has a live WordPress site.
I logged into their FTP and it's hard to tell what directory it is actually installed.
How can I verify through WordPress interface in what directory ...
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What specific database privileges does WordPress need?
I want to create a new database user for my WordPress installation. Usually on localhost, i can just use root, but it is good practice to use a user with as little rights as possible.
What are those ...
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Installing wp3.2.1 on IIS; getting empty sessions
i have to install wordpress 3.2.1 on IIS 5.0 (yeah, i know...) here. Brand new default wordpress installation, no plugins ore previous versions installed.
So, i downloaded the 3.2.1.zip and the ...
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Make plugin uninstalable on older versions of WordPress
So, if a plugin should not ever be installed on an older version of WordPress, whats the best way to go about it? What I normally do is something like this:
if ( ! function_exists( 'get_post_format' ...
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Custom WordPress Installation
I am wondering whether there is an updated version of the methods described in the post below for customising the WordPress install.
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Does plugin uninstall always put Wordpress back into original state?
What is a plugin lifetime within a deployed instance of Wordpress?
Namely:
do the plugins modify existing files or do they only use defined extension points within wordpress?
are plugins allowed to ...
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WordPress package configuration in Ubuntu Server?
So I wanted to play with some Linux-only PHP performance tools and installed Ubuntu Server 10.10 in VirtualBox (for the record I have little clue about Linux, never used it extensively).
Turned out ...
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On Install, which code sets the 'home' option?
I'm just doing some wordpress development and wondered for a brand new install, which code within core is generating the first value that get's filled into the home option?
I'm looking for the code ...
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Can WordPress be installed at the root level, if a homepage called index.php already exists?
Can WordPress be installed at the root level, if a homepage called index.php already exists?
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Subdomain and subdirectories together in one installation
I'm currently want to develop my design company website and choosing wordpress as my CMS.
How do I should install the wordpress when I want the domain structure like this:
Blog = blog.example.com
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How do I install two versions of WordPress on 1 server?
I am installing on a local machine using localhost. I have a "learning" version of WordPress @ http://localhost/wordpress and I want to create another version of WordPress (@ ...
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Wordpress Installation for multi-domains with nginx and php-fpm
I am new to Wordpress. I googled around but could not find precise steps to install Wordpress with nginx multi-site configuration.
I want to install wordpress 3.3.1 on Ubuntu 11.10. I already ...
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Two domains on one Wordpress Installation
I recently changed the base domain on my Wordpress website from http://www.fsdegrees.com to http://www.56degrees.co.uk. I would like to create various of 301 from old domain to new one, but for some ...
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When WordPress Does Not Provide an .htaccess File for New Multisite Sites because of CPanel Fantastico Auto-Installer?
I have installed WordPress via an auto-installer and later configured it as multisite. But whenever I create the WordPress site using auto-installer it doesn't give me the .htaccess file by default. ...
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No configuration file found and no installation code available. Exiting
I am getting the following error when I try to access my Wordpress website. It was working quite fine previously. Could anyone help me on this.
No configuration file found and no installation code ...
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What is the most secure way to set up the MySQL user in WPMU?
I am setting up Subdomain based MU on my domain.Everything is hosted by me running on one CentOS/Webmin VPS. Will I be better off setting the MySQL user's domain as localhost, 127.0.0.1 or with a ...
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Can't use the built-in wordpress install/upgrade plugin feature
When I try to upgrade or install a plugin I get a successful message:
Downloading install package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jquery-lightbox-gallery.zip…
Unpacking the package…
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How to properly secure my Wordpress installation?
I'm currently on my own server (fredericpilon.com) with my own website.
Wordpress being kind of a big shot of CMS, it may be targeted by hacks.
Any tips and tricks on how to properly secure my ...
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wordpress on localhost lamp doesn't let me install plugins
i've installed a LAMP server on my ubunutu 11.04.
i've installed wordpress and hooked it right with the MySQL db.
i've changed the permissions of the www-data group to read and write files.
every ...
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Moving to directory creates path problems.. how to solve?
I've moved my installation from example.com/beta to example.com and I've noticed that there are a few broken images. Looking at the source, it appears that they are still looking in looking in the ...
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How to use if condition to change $table_prefix in wp_config.php
I am testing a very big database (perhaps wp_posts contains hundreds of thousands of rows). As such, the query time, especially the searching query, is extremely long. I'm thinking if there is any ...
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Multi-site vs seperate installs for just 3 blogs?
I'm new to Wordpress and in a few months will be attempting to set up three blogs. They most likely will be hosted on a Windows Server with IIS. (because the server is already there, and nobody else ...
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Installing WP twice in same Directory?
I have a website that has Wordpress installed in the root directory /
I have another website, that's contents is within that root directory, /seperatesite/ that stores a separate, small, splash page ...
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Install widget on plugin activation
Anyone know any resources to help me install my widget when my plugin is activated?
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Is there any way to allow a plugin to write over a previous version?
When installing a plugin, it will not install if the directory to which it is attempting to install already exists. This means that users of our plugin must first manually deactivate and delete the ...
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Export all content from wordpress
Evening all.
I've decided instead of upgrading the install of wordpress that I have, to just take the content (my writeups, comments, pages) and move them to the new site install. Is there an easy ...
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What causes an Unexpected HTTP Error within install plugins?
Within "install plugins" I'm receiving an error stating "An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request." When I do a plugin search it throws me back to my site's 404 page. Any idea what ...
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Novice WordPress Installation issues
I am trying to install WordPress on www.000webhost.com
I have uploaded the most recent version of WordPress to the server and created a MySQL database. However, When I visit my site, I select the ...
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How to Create a Custom WordPress Install Package?
I downloaded the latest version of WordPress (3.5) and created a custom theme. I plan to upload and install it for multiple clients. Is it possible to customize the default settings such as not have ...
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How to work locally on a copy of my wordpress?
I would like to redesign my wordpress site. I thought I do that first locally to get a feeling for it. So I compressed my live wordpress directory and transfered it locally. And took a backup of the ...
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Cannot get pages or posts to display
I am trying to set up Wordpress for a client who uses XO Communications as a host. However, getting Wordpress set up is driving me nuts. I keep getting this error message (wrapping message for ...
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How can I easily reduce the size of Wordpress installation from development to production?
Sometimes it happens that cheap but fast/reliable hosting plan has the drawback to have only 50MB/100 MB of local space, for files and database.
Now, before going to production, I delete manually ...
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Must I download entire WP directory for each separate instance/website that uses WP?
I'm no noob when it comes to website design or development. And am quite savvy with JQuery, XHTML and PHP. However, I admit I am quite noob-ish when it comes to WP...
I already have the WP directory ...
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Create a custom WP install with plugins, theme etc already installed?
Is it possible to create a Wordpress install that will automatically install with multiple pliugins, a particular theme and custom settings so when I setup multiple blogs I don't have install so much ...
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register_activation_hook and updating
I have used:
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'CrayonWP::install');
In install() I would like to check the plugin version being installed, and if it is below a certain version, I would like to ...
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one wordpress and database but mutiple subdomains
I want to create a multiple subdomains, but using only one wordpress and database installation. The difference of those subdomain sites are the colors and the blogs, but interms of functionalities, ...
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How to customize WordPress Plugin installation?
I have a WordPress plugin which I've built. This plugin contains a Pro version.
When user sign-up for the Pro version, he is getting a unique key.php file which he required to replace in the plugin ...
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Any way to check the integrity of a Wordpress site?
is there any way to check if the installation has gone well or if there is something wrong with the backend of WP?
I've gone into a few errors and I've tried to reinstall Wordpress within the ...
