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Several wordpress installations and multisite
I own a directory website with several hundreds of listings (shops). This platform is free for the visitors and now I would like to monetise it by making a totally new space, made for my clients (the ...
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Drop-in: prevent sample contents?
I want to prevent sample page, post & category, as well as default widgets on sidebar.
Below Drop-in will disable all including Permalinks.
My Drop-in in /wp-content/install.php:
<?php
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unable to use my wordpress site after moving
I downloaded my wordpress site and using it on localhost, but I couldn't. I changed my url in mysql db and followed this . still I do not have access to my website or wp-admin.
I have https://...
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wp core install database connection error
I am new to wordpress but not to programming to please bear with me. I am trying to get a new wordpress project up and running locally using the wp-cli.
But when I run the following command:
wp core ...
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Can my site use two different Wordpress installs for different pages?
I'm currently working on a site that has hundreds of indexed pages, and we want to change the site to a new theme.
Rather than going through and updating every single one of these pages, is it ...
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Installation failed: Destination folder already exists
I was sure I had installed Wordfence Security plug-in but it's not there, it says "You do not appear to have any plugins available at this time". So I went to install it but i get this message "...
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Installing wordpress on a subdomain of an already existing static website
I've been installing wordpress on a subdomain of an already existing static website www.example.com for my friend. I have installed it correctly on a subdomain www.sub.example.com, then he asked me to ...
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Accessing WordPress website on localhost through remote ip
I have enabled port forwarding and am able to access any folder in my htdocs folder. However, as soon as I try to access any folder that has WordPress installed in it from a remote network, it changes ...
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Change WordPress directory
I have a wordpress website in my server in let's say site.com/website.
Now let's say i want to change the directory name and rename it to site.com/wordpress. How can I do that? I just change the ...
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Restoring a Wordpress site
I deleted my wordpress public_html folder and the database that goes with it. There is a backup on the computer I am using and I figured I would learn how to restore the site by using this backup. Yes,...
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“Error establishing a database connection” while installing Wordpress locally
I'm sorry if this question has already been answered elsewhere.
I'm installing Wordpress on WAMP. Instead of using software like WAMPServer, I manually installed Apache, MySQL, and PHP. I keep ...
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WSOD for admin when using PHP 7
I recently transferred a site that was created on PHP 5.6.2 to a new hosting with PHP 7.0.29. The site transferred fine and the front end looked like it should but when I tried to access the Dashboard,...
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Moving from Microsoft Front Page 2003 to WordPress
Existing web host vanished!!
How move multi-paged photo-heavy performer fan site (mouseketeerlonnieburr.com) from Microsoft FrontPage 2003 to WordPress?
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Unusual WordPress Installation
I think my WordPress install is odd (is it?) and is causing problems for my site.
In the WordPress settings the ‘WordPress Address’ is https://printdiscuss.com/wp1
whereas the ‘Site Address’ is https:...
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Wordpress SSL Install Redirecting to non SSL
So I have set up a LetsEncrypt Cert for a new website. If there are no Wordpress files the HTTPS site loads fine (A tester file for example). If I download WordPress it try's to force me to HTTP. If I ...
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I can access to my wordpress page at work and via cellphone, but when I get home, I can't access to the website
I used hostgator to help me install a raw Wordpress, address is
www.nobibiusa.com
I can access to the website at work, through company's Internet and also through my cellphone network. But when I ...
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Cannot Install Wordpress Locally After Installing App
I have been successfully running Wordpress locally for a while on my Macbook with High Sierra. I am not using Xampp or Mamp, but rather using High Sierra's built in Apache and PHP, and installed MySQL....
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Subdomain Install issue
I am trying to install to a sub domain. I have installed the files and created the database OK. I then try to install but just get index of/. The next screen which I believe should be the language ...
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Reinstall WordPress from zero
So, i'm a member of a voluntary team in my university and we're having a wordpress website. I'm the only one who knows how to handle it so i'm responsible for everything about it. The problem is that ...
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How can I create a second multisite network in a subdirectory?
I currently have two Wordpress installations. One is in the web root directory and is a multisite installation using subdirectories, not subdomains. The other is a test site, in a subdirectory of the ...
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Php installation not working
After I downloaded the wordpress zip and unzipped it and opened the readme and clicked the link to install php this came up. I am not a programmer so none of this makes any sense to me. Please let me ...
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Re-design a website with WordPress: Subdomain or subdirectory?
I would like to re-design my Website (that is using another CMS at the moment) with WordPress.
Now I have 2 questions about the WordPress installation:
Should I develop it on a sub-domain (while my ...
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What is the best method of installing WP on multiple add-on domains?
I have a primary domain and approximately 10 separate URL's for different clients and applications. I created a folder on the primary domain /websites/ and installed WP onto each add-on domain for ...
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Creating a copy of a website in a subdirectory, wp-admin redirect problem
I have my Wordpress site installed on a root folder. Then I have a test subdirectory where I want to have a copy of my website. I did copy and move all of the files from my main website to the test ...
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wp-admin/install.php.org
I have two Wordpress sites I manage. One I recently had an issue with the white screen of death in the admin panel. I resolved the admin panel issue by adding this code:
('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false)...
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Fastest way to install a multisite?
I setted up a Ubuntu-Nginx VPS machine with phpmyadmin and WP-CLI. I'm ready to start working with WordPress.
What's the fastest way to install a multisite?
Maybe with WP-CLI, maybe there's a ready, ...
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Automate dir and DB stack creation with WP-CLI
This is how I create a database stack and a directory for WordPress in my Ubuntu environment:
cat <<-DBSTACK | mysql -u root -p"${dbrootp}"
CREATE USER "${domain}"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY ...
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Shortest script to install a WordPress webapp on Nginx
The following script is the one I use on Ubuntu-Nginx environments, to get a WordPress webapp up and running.
I run it with a domain as an argument:
bash ~/nwsm.sh example.com
My question is what ...
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Why does chrome keep downloading a file instead of running the site?
I have installed Wordpress by downloading the latest version of Wordpress, installing WampServer (64 bit), setting up the DB, and successfully got through the famous 5-minute installation. This all ...
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Wordpress desktop app shows blank screen
I'm new two WordPress so this may be simple. Something I did caused the desktop application screen to go blank and stop/restarting the application did not fix it.
How can I fix the WordPress.com ...
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Did WordPress 4.9 remove all the defaults on installation?
When I was installing WordPress 4.8.x, I would get all sorts of defaults, plugins, pages, a sample posts...
Somehow, I just installed 4.9 and none of these things were installed. I got one default ...
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Can't access new WP install on subdirectory
I'm having this issue: I have a WP install on root. So far so good.
Now I'm installing another version on a subdirectory, and it doesn't work. I have done this many times before, but maybe because of ...
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Can’t install plugins after updating to WordPress 4.9
I’ve just updated a site to 4.9. Before I did that I searched for and installed the UpDraftPlus plugin to make a back up.
Since updating the software if I search for a plugin in the directory I get a ...
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Can I clone WP to another directory on the same server?
I want to do some changes on WP for a friend but I don't want to do it live. So I was thinking of cloning the current WP to another directory on the same server and then do work on that version (www....
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MySQL Connection Could Not Be Established
I am installing wordpress from cpanel. When i click install, i get an error messaging "MySQL connection could not be established"
Please can you advise how to resolve this error.
Thank you
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Wordpress showing install screen after max_questions error
I am working in a PHO environment in Heroku with ClearDB. At some point (really low), I get this error:
WordPress database error User 'XX' has exceeded the 'max_questions' resource (current value: ...
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Can not install or update anything in wordpress on localhost
I can not install or update anything (plugin, theme, wordpress update,login to jetpack etc) on my Wordpress installed on my localhost.
When ever I click on install or update, I always get this error ...
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Cannot launch WordPress
I installed WordPress using WAMP on a PC running Windows 10. At the end of the process I saw the "It Works!" message.
I have two new icons on my desktop. "MyPhpAdmin" which contains "It works!" (...
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Unable to install wordpress theme without ftp user & password
I have just installed wordpress, and I would like to also install a theme.
Unfortunately I am asked for an FTP username and password, when trying to install it from the admin interface.
As I ...
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Multiple Domains and Subdomains Using Multisite Installation
I have the following domains/subdomains. They are all related to each other, yet they must be on different domains/subdomains
example.com
www.example.com (redirects to example.com)
sub1.example.com
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Installing WordPress to root directory with existing static site. Concerns?
I’d like to update a simple static HTML site to WordPress. This would be my first WP site and I already have a theme in mind to use. The static HTML site has seven pages and an images sub folder in ...
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Can't restore my wordpress site from zip back up file
I used to have a terrible web manager, things just didn't work out. So I decided to host the thing myself. After having my website downed and kidnapped by this guy, he finally sent me a zip file that ...
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What is a wordpress instance [closed]
People are referring to the WordPress platform as the "WordPress instance". What do they mean by this? I've done some research but I couldn't find anything
Thanks in advance
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automation of plugin installations
My business is building and establishing websites for all kinds of businesses and companies.
So, every time I start a new site for a client of mine, I have to install the same plugins over and over ...
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I can't install theme: theme install failed
The package could not be installed. The style.css stylesheet doesn’t contain a valid theme header.
What do you guys think went wrong?
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Install plugin remotely
I have seen a couple services ( ManageWP, BlogVault ) where we supply them with the admin login details to our WordPress site and they programmatically install their respective plugin and then connect ...
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Multisite Installation is all the same site
I have set up my network effectively - but when I go to a subsite dashboard - it is still going to the main site dashboard - I literally changed a whole site and it overwrote my main site. I was able ...
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Getting an error while installing a plugin
when i install plugin i am getting error like that below :
Warning: An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with
WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have
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Does Wordpress Import/Export tool actually exports media (images) as well?
I need to reinstall WP from scratch due to malware.
Can reliably use the built-in Import/Export tool (Tools > Import/Export)?
It appears it only gives me an XML file. What can I do to ensure all ...
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Wordpress unable to write files in the server
History: I refer to this thread here https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/mpm-pre_fork-to-worker-changes-file-permissions.605399/#post-2454791 : "After changing the server MPM from Prefork into Worker ...
