WordPress

I have seen many WordPress websites getting xmlrpc.php attack. This is actually a type of brute force attack. Attackers try to login to your WordPress website using xmlrpc.php

We generally grant all database permissions to wordpress database user. This is not a good security practice. We should grant only those database permissions which are actually required by WordPress for proper functioning.

I recently upgraded one of my WordPress website to PHP version 7.2
Everything was working fine, but when I checked error_log file, I found many PHP error messages like:

Sucuri Security is a great plugin to improve security of your WordPress website. The main functions of Sucuri Security plugin are:

• Check core WordPress files for any modification
• Audit Log
• Scan website
• Blacklist Check
• Harden WordPress
• Send Alert Mails

Default WordPress Post Excerpt Length

By default excerpt length of posts is set to return 55 words. But you may wish to change this value. In this tutorial, I will explain how to change the post excerpt length in WordPress.

Where is description of menu items

WordPress menu system has a built-in feature to add descriptions to each menu items. By default this feature is hidden.

In this WordPress tutorial, I will explain how to:

• Register menu
• Display menu in your theme.

WordPress has a inbuilt search form to search content on the website. In this tutorial we will learn how we can add WordPress core search form in a theme.

I have already explained how to create custom post / content type in WordPress. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create categories for our custom post type.

Default Post Types in WordPress

By default, WordPress comes with two main post types.

1. Post: Mainly used for creating blog posts.
2. Page: Used for creating basic / standard pages like About, Contact etc.