WordPress powers a massive portion of the web, but running it at a professional level - especially on Windows/IIS or high-performance Linux stacks - requires specific expertise. This sub-category focuses on the technical side of the world's most popular CMS: from MySQL/MariaDB tuning and PHP-FPM optimization to advanced caching strategies and security hardening.
Forget the basic plugin reviews; here we go under the hood. You'll find guides on managing WordPress via WP-CLI, automating updates, and protecting your installation from the latest vulnerabilities. If you are looking to host WordPress with the speed and security of an enterprise-grade application, these battle-tested configurations are for you.
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With thousands spam reactions, disabling (and removing) WordPress comments is often the only way to go. Here is how to disable WordPress comments in both the WordPress Dashboard interface and in your MySQL / MariaDB database.
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How to display commas in WordPress tags? And why have commas in WP taxonomies?
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Learn how to override wp-mail() and send secure email using authenticated SMTP and StartTLS from WordPress.
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How to identify, block, mitigate and leverage xmlrpc.php scans, brute-force, and user enumeration attacks on WordPress sites... Secure WordPress xmlprc.php interface and reduce service disruption.
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The autoload feature loads and caches all autoloaded options, if available, or all options. The default option is to autoload, and over time when the wp_options table grows, this degrades performance. Today I noticed a slow MySQL query coming from a WordPress database (WordPress wp_options table). This made me investigate and to optimize the WordPress wp_options table “autoload” feature.
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Delete WordPress spam comments and meta data in your database, easily with phpMyAdmin or mysql cli. Keep your WordPress database lean & mean!
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The less spammers hit your WordPress blog, the better your blog performs, is one of my opinions. A second is, the less unnecessary plugins you use on your WordPress blog, the better. So, a little while ago I decided to remove plugins like Stop Spammer Registration Plugin and do its work myself.
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Clean up WordPress post revisions easily with one (1) simple SQL statement. Delete WordPress post revisions, turn them off and speed up your WordPress blog.