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October 2020 WordPress - Rename the Posts section in Admin The PHP script below can be added to the WordPress Theme functions.php file. It will rename the standard “posts” section to “stories”. Replace ‘stories’/’story’ with... August 2020 Notes on Transferring a WordPress site to AWS Some notes on transferring an existing WordPress site to Amazon Web Services and some common issues. MySQL Import Fail If the import fails on import... November 2019 WordPress Security - Nginx Hardening Techniques for hardening WordPress Sites running on an Nginx server to enhance security. Limit Access to Admin Panel Limit XMLRPC Access This will lock down... November 2019 WordPress Security - Hardening Introduction and Plugins This post is designed to give an overview of some of the techniques for hardening or securing WordPress from malicious attacks and hacking. Security in... October 2019 [Notes] WordPress + React Docker Starter Kit I’ve been experimenting with a Headless WordPress + React Starter Kit from Postlight. It’s an automated toolset to create a powerful web publishing tool. Headerless... January 2018 Why is WordPress so popular? WordPress is a free and open source software used by millions of people around the world to create websites and blogs. The most popular features... December 2016 Testing YouTube embedded video responsiveness in WordPress It turns out YouTube video uploads have come a long way since I last tried them out. This is a test post with no discernibly... November 2016 WordPress Code: Completely disable comments using functions.php How to completely disable comments using functions.php The code below will completely disable any commenting and trackback features in WordPress. It is in response to the usual issue whereby you think comments... February 2016 PHP: Use WordPress blog tags to find related posts A simple script that can be used to pull related-type posts for a WordPress blog post. The related aspect is based on the fist tag... August 2015 How to link to a PDF in WordPress WordPress is designed to be simple and easy to use. Adding linking to a downloadable document is no different. Open a post or page and...