Change WordPress Database Table Prefix Back To wp_

Wordpress Table Prefix

Here is how to change the WordPress database tables back to the default wp_ prefix. First thing is to change the php constant table prefix in wp-config.php Change the wp-config.php constant $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; Change the table prefixes in phpMyAdmin Next open your WordPress database in phpMyadmin, select all the tables and choose the option…

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Change Number of Posts Displaying on a Custom Post Type (CPT) Archive Page

Pre Get Posts Display

To change the number of posts that appear in an archive page for a custom post type you can change the number using the pre_get_posts action with some passed in parameters. Normally the number of posts displayed per page is defaulted to the setting in the Dashboard Reading Settings > Blog pages show at most –…

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Hide WordPress Admin Toolbar Based On User Role

You can hide the WordPress admin toolbar to logged in users based on their user role and capabilities. First of all you can hide the toolbar on all front end pages from all users by adding to your functions.php add_filter( ‘show_admin_bar’, ‘__return_false’ ); Lets say you wanted regular subscriber users not to see the toolbar when…

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Block xmlrpc.php WordPress running on OpenLiteSpeed using .htaccess

Block Xmlrpc Open Litespeed

You can block the xmlrpc.php WordPress file when running on OpenLiteSpeed by adding a rewrite rule in the .htaccess file. This will reduce the brute force threat of bots making multiple resource requests. Add to your webroot .htaccess file either add it in a mod_rewrite existing block or add a new one: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteRule…

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Block wp-login.php and xmlrpc.php via fail2ban on RunCloud

Fail2ban Wordpress Runcloud

How to ban IP addresses that are brute forcing your wp-login.php and xmlrpc.php on a WordPress install with fail2ban on a RunCloud server. Email yourself any fail2ban IP addresses. Add a WordPress fail2ban filter Create a wordpress.conf file in /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/ [Definition] failregex = ^<HOST> .* “POST .*wp-login.php ^<HOST> .* “POST .*xmlrpc.php ignoreregex = If using…

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