Set Up Valet on macOS for Local WordPress Development
This is a guide on how to set up Laravel Valet on macOS for a WordPress local development environment. Using Valet as a WordPress local development solution has the main benefits of speed, being lightweight and using fewer configurations to go wrong than say a solution like Vagrant. There is a 2nd related article that…
Read MoreTweaking RunCloud Servers After Deployment
Here are some references for various fix ups or tweaks that I apply to servers with the RunCloud control panel. These are not all done inclusively, it depends on the need. Change root password The root password initially generated by your host provider might be on the weaker side always best to change and strengthen it.…
Read MoreAdding 7G WAF Firewall for NGINX to CloudPanel
The 7G WAF firewall by Jeff Starr at Perishable Press is a great addition for server level WAF protection, here is a guide on how to add it to CloudPanel‘s NGINX stack. Download the 7G WAF NGNIX version Download the 7G WAF or from the origin page here. Extract the archive and find the 2…
Read MoreDisable default WordPress emails on WordPress, themes and plugin updates
The PHP constants below will disable the default WordPress emails on WordPress, themes and plugin updates. They should be added into your wp-config.php file. // Disable WordPress core update emails add_filter( ‘auto_core_update_send_email’, ‘__return_false’ ); // Disable WordPress plugin update emails add_filter( ‘auto_plugin_update_send_email’, ‘__return_false’ ); // Disable WordPress theme update emails add_filter( ‘auto_theme_update_send_email’, ‘__return_false’ );
Read MoreGetting Browsersync running with Gulp 4 and Valet on macOS
Get Browsersync going with Gulp 4+ and Valet as a local development environment. With Gulp 4+ there has been some code upgrades that require any older gulp.js files to be updated, this guide looks at making Browsersync work with Gulp with the local development tool being Valet. nodejs Ensure you already have nodejs and npm…
Read MoreConverting MySQL/MariaDB database tables from MyISAM to InnoDB
The InnoDB storage engine in MySQL/MariaDB is more performant than MyISAM – here are a few ways to change that database structure, using both the command line and also some WordPress plugins. Changing from MyISAM to InnoDB via the command line If you have wp-cli installed on your webserver you can check for MyISAM tables…
Read MoreSet Memory Limit for PHP CLI on RunCloud, OpenLiteSpeed
On a RunCloud instance, PHP CLI is a separate server setting which is a toggle control to set the version of PHP that applies to using PHP commands on the command line for the whole server. You can set it by selecting the server in the RunCloud panel then Settings > PHP-CLI Version > PHP…
Read MoreSyncing RunCloud and Cloudflare firewalls for fail2ban IPs
This guide looks at adding a proxied Cloudflare service to a server set up with RunCloud and fail2ban with a WordPress jail conf set up. Once you start using Cloudflare as a CDN solution for your hosting, you are adding another firewall into the equation, albeit a very good one, but you may want to…
Read MoreAdd a WooCommerce missing action hook with shortcode in Beaver Builder
Some themes or plugins remove native action hooks in WordPress / WooCommerce, however you can add them back in the layout with another action hook or shortcode insertion. Beaver Builder is missing some WooCommerce action hooks one such one is woocommerce_before_shop_loop_item_title , you can add that back to the WooCommerce loop by doing a custom…
Read MoreAligning the last element in a Beaver Builder Posts Module
Here is how to align the last element across multiple columns in Beaver Builder Posts Module with Flexbox – this would typically be a button or a read more link. In the Posts Module ensure Equal Heights is enabled as this will give the correct same size height for the columns. Then click on Edit…
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