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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 12Fortunately you can install PHP…

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…

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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 tableswp db resetThis will remove all existing WordPress tables and…

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Reset Forgotten Admin Password on macOS Monterey and macOS Big Sur

The passwords for all accounts on macOS Monterey 12, Big Sur 11.2, Catalina, Mojave, macOS High Sierra and Sierra, OSX 10.11 El Capitan, OSX 10.10 Yosemite, OSX 10.9 Mavericks and OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion including admin and standard user accounts…

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Add full screen window canvas to back to icons when searching in Beaver Builder

In a recent Beaver Builder update the canvas size for an icon search was humbly shrunk as some users didn’t like the vast open lands of icon city.With a bit of CSS code injected into the backend, the icon canvas…

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Completely hide WooCommerce products from shop, product search and WordPress search

You can hide a WooCommerce product from the shop page and product search by choosing ‘Hidden’ in the ‘Catalog visibility’ options from the Publish metabox on a product page in the backend. This is good and it hides the product…