Write the “/wp-admin” end of the URL and hit enter to visit the WordPress login page. And then you can log into the WordPress admin area using your credentials such as username (or email) & password. If your website URL is “example.com” then your login URL will be “example.com/wp-admin” and once you hit the URL, you’ll see the login page like this screenshot below. Input your login username/email & password, and hit the “Log In” button. If your login credentials are correct, they will redirect you to the WordPress admin dashboard. From there, you can create posts, and pages and […]
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HTACCESS file is located at the root of your WordPress installation. That means the “.htaccess” file lives in the same directory as the “wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes.” Htaccess file naming convention This file does not have any name actually. The “htaccess” is the file-extension (for example .jpg, .txt, .doc, etc). The .htaccess file is written in Apache language (actually Apache Directive). Htaccess stands for “Hypertext Access.” And the “.” (dot) makes it hidden in the Unix system/environment. Default htaccess for wordpress If you save your permalink twice, WordPress will create/recreate a ‘.htaccess’ file on the root. So if you need to […]
Read More →There are two different ways to install & activate a WordPress plugin. The first method is to install a free plugin from the WordPress repository. And the second method is by uploading a plugin. You have to use this second option when you purchase a premium plugin from somewhere else. I will show you both options. Let’s get started. How to install a free plugin from the WordPress repository? Step-1: On your WordPress dashboard, navigate to “Plugins” and then click on “Add New.” Step-2: Search for the type of plugin you want to install. For example- you’re thinking to install […]
Read More →By default, the “Excerpt” field is available for WordPress posts but it’s not available on pages. So if you want to add the Excerpt field on pages, write/paste the following 1 line of code to your “functions.php.” Save your file. Go to edit any of your pages and now you’ll see the Excerpt field. How to display the Excerpt texts on the front end You’ve added some text on the excerpt field (on the back end) and now you want to display the text on the front end. To do that copy & paste the following PHP code where you […]
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To install a WordPress theme, follow these simple steps: Step 1: Navigate to “Appearance » Themes” Login to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to “Appearance » Themes.” See the picture below. Step 2: Click on the button “Add New” Click on the button to install a new one. See the image below as a reference. Step 3: Search for the theme you were looking for Type on the input field to search. See the screenshot below as a reference. Step 4: Install your desired theme Once you find the desired theme, click the “Install” button. See the screenshot below. Step […]
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WordPress checks for 30 items (approximate) to determine the “Site Health.” However, most websites passed many of them without any extra effort. But there are some cases where you need to fix issues to improve site health. To check the report, log in to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to “Tools → Site Health” and see if there is any problem. How to improve “Site Health?” Below you’ll find the most common issues that negatively impact your site health & the ways to fix them. Not all recommended security headers are installed If your website loads over SSL or if […]
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There are a couple of ways you can take a complete backup of your WordPress website. In this post, I will show you the easiest way to take a complete backup of your WordPress website. How to backup your WordPress website? Step-1: Install & activate the “All-in-One WP Migration” plugin. Step-2: Prepare to export Step-3: Export the backup in FILE Step-4: Wait until it creates the backup It will take some time to create & compress the backup of your entire site. The time depends on the size of your website. Step-5: Download the backup Once it has been done […]
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The Extra theme does not allow you to edit the footer credit via the customizer. But you can edit the Extra theme footer credit in a few different ways. Let me show you the easiest way to edit the footer credit. Code explanation If you inspect the element for the footer credit text, you’ll see an HTML markup like this: If you look at the above code, you’ll see that it has a CSS ID of “footer-info” in the P-Tag. So, I am targeting the entire P-Tag with the CSS ID and replacing the content using the jQuery html() method. […]
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Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance occurs when WordPress fails to complete the update of a certain theme, plugin, or the version of WordPress itself. In the update process, WordPress enables the maintenance mood, and it disappears once the update is complete. But if you see that your website is under the maintenance mood for a long time than expected, then you have to disable the scheduled maintenance manually. Otherwise, no action is required and the scheduled maintenance will disappear automatically. You can think of a long time if it’s more than 5 minutes or so. To deactivate the scheduled maintenance, […]
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You’ll see this fatal error of “Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in….” when you try to update your WordPress theme, plugin, or WordPress itself. This error generally occurs in Localhost. However, 30 seconds is enough to execute any good script but in your localhost (XAMPP/WAMP/MAMP/etc) it may take more than 30 seconds. The problem can also happen on live websites as well. And sometimes you may have issues uploading photos and other files to the WordPress media library. Also, page builders like Divi, Elementor, etc need a minimum PHP max_execution_time such as 120. And if your site does […]
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