Here is a query you can use to query all posts in WordPress not having a Yoast SEO meta description yet. You can run this on your MySQL prompt or in phpMyAdmin.
If XCloner Logger option is enabled, it will store a log file inside the xcloner-XXXXX folder inside the backup archive. The file is named xcloner-xxxxx.log. This can generate a huge amount of temporary files and log files on your file system. This short article provides you one SQL statement to disable XCloner log directly in your WordPress MySQL database, using phpMyAdmin.
In recent days, there are a number of reports about broken Yoast SEO database operations, related to the DeleteDuplicateIndexables function. The PHP function is located in the file wordpress-seo\src\config\migrations\20200507054848_DeleteDuplicateIndexables.php, and in this post I'll provide you with a possible fix for this statement. Read on.
Here is how to change Akismet interval to three (3) days instead of 15 days for deleting spam comments, using the akismet_delete_comment_interval filter in your WordPress functions.php
Reduce Wordfence and WordPress CPU usage by checking settings and disabling Live Traffic View. This'll improve the performance and speed of your WordPress website.
Did you know you can automatically flush opcode caches like Redis when you publishing a post or page in WordPress? Doing so ensures you and your visitors see the newly created content immediately. No more stale / cached content in WP
How to increase the memory limit for your WordPress website, the right way. The WordPress memory limit can be increased by the WP_MEMORY_LIMIT variable in wp-config.php. However, I see this done wrong over and over again in WordPress plugins and themes. In a worst case scenario this may even decrease the available amount of memory for WordPress! So be careful with the advice you follow. In this post I show you a correct way of setting WordPress WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and PHP memory_limit settings.
Recently the WordPress Jetpack email sharing service is often abused by spammers. They use the Send to Email Address for sending spam. All these kind of "Tell a Friend" scripts are abused a lot. Here is how to disable email share service in Jetpack.
Learn the importance of checking and verifying WordPress Core PHP files md5 checksums against WordPress' checksums API, using this standalone PHP file.
If stale or cached content is still an issue with OPcache then here is how to add a must-use plugin that will clear it before you upgrade. This little WordPress Must Use Plugin tries to flush opcode caches, making your live a bit easier when updating WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes.
WinCache, or Windows Cache Extension for PHP, is a PHP accelerator that is used to significantly increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows Server IIS. Besides increasing the speed of PHP applications, WinCache decreases CPU usage making it a win win situation extension.
Load test and benchmark WordPress loading speed with ApacheBench. The ab command is a small benchmark utility that comes with Apache. It's a really simple HTTP load generating tool, ideal for a simple WordPress load & speed test.