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Output a Custom Taxonomy Archive by using Loop in WordPress
You can’t use a WordPress archive taxonomy page for a custom taxonomy as the custom terms are the archive – but you may want a sort of global taxonomy page that contains all the custom terms. Here is a custom taxonomy loop code snippet, which allows you to output a set of custom taxonomy terms…
Keep WordPress database leaner by removing autoloaded options from wp_options table
In WordPress a number of autoloaded options are loaded on every page, this gathers over time with deleted themes, plugins etc and can slow down a site. Typically most options that are installed in the database are permanently stored. These options which are autoloaded are loaded on very WordPress page. To see the total size…
Change WooCommerce Checkout Page To A 2-Column Layout
The default WooCommerce checkout page layout doesn’t make great use of a 2nd right hand column and looks a bit disjointed. Here is some CSS that can push the product order data to the 2nd column balancing the layout more evenly, making for a better user experience whilst checking out. The CSS kicks in at…
Set up WordPress cron to run via server cron in cPanel, Cloudways and RunCloud
By default the WordPress tasks that have been set up to run with wp-cron.php only run when a WordPress page is visited by a user, if the site has low traffic then tasks make take a while to action, if the site is high traffic and has caching then this can also cause reliability issues,…
Set up malware scanner LMD Maldet and ClamAV on a RunCloud instance
How to set up a malware scanner with LMD Maldet and ClamAV on a RunCloud server instance. One of the popular and open source malware scanners is an app called Linux Malware Detect and works well scanning any Linux web server, it keeps a daily updated database of known malware exploits from an updated registry…
Flush DNS cache locally in macOS Monterey, Big Sur, OSX, Linux and Windows
When URLs are just not resolving the way you want, it may be time to time to clear or flush the DNS nameserver local cache – enter the relevant command in the Terminal/command line for the macOS operating system you are on. How to flush the local DNS cache macOS Monterey 12.0.0 sudo dscacheutil -flushcache;…
Add and install PHP to macOS Monterey 12 with Homebrew
The latest macOS version Monterey 12 has removed PHP altogether from its operating system, there is a comment in the Apache config file httpd.conf that says: #PHP was deprecated in macOS 11 and removed from macOS 12 Fortunately you can install PHP and all the different PHP versions including 5.7, 7.4 and 8 with some…
Enable the root user in macOS Monterey and earlier macOS versions
Here is how you enable the root user in macOS Monterey and earlier macOS versions, the macOS root user is disabled by default when the OS is installed. As an admin user launch System Preferences from the Apple Menu and go to the User and Groups pane, you will need to authenticate first by clicking on the padlock icon down the bottom left, then…
Using wp-cli commands to create and import WordPress databases
You can use wp-cli to do a number of tasks around the WordPress database including creation and importing, below are a few commands and what they do. Remove all existing WordPress tables wp db reset This will remove all existing WordPress tables and leave the db empty, but you still have a db. Delete the…