Articles about WordPress usage, customization, security, and development.
In a default WordPress installation, the robots.txt file does not exist in your web site’s root directory. WordPress dynamically generates robots.txt content for your web site when it receives a request for the robots.txt file. The technique shown in this article will modify the contents of WordPress’ dynamically generated robots.txt contents.
This article outlines how to create a Fail2Ban filter that reads security events directy from the Ninjafirewall WP plugin’s log file directory, and bans IP addresses for events marked HIGH or CRITICAL.
This article provides a solution to the problem of WordPress users losing custom security roles after a user profile update.
Learn how to fix problems that can occur on your WordPress site when you use DISABLE_WP_CRON with a “real” cron job.
The WordPress codex mentions using Unix Domain Sockets for database connections. But does it improve performance? This article explains how to use Unix Domain Sockets and tests their performance.