xmlrpc.php is part of WordPress that is rarely used by any site, but poses a security risk. There has been a high level of attacks targeting this file so my advice it so secure your WordPress website by disabling this file completely. You can do so by adding this code to the bottom of your …

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Here are some tips Check the transcript log of your FTP client. In the example below the server was telling me that I needed to be using SSL/TLS, which did solve the problem.

<?php // Get the points from the ACF field $points = get_sub_field(‘points’); // Add new line to each point $points = explode(“\n”, $points); // Now convert to HTML ?> <ul><?php foreach($points as $point) : ?> <li><?php echo $point ?></li><?php endforeach; ?> </ul>

WooCommerce is a powerful but complex system, and larger installations often have some additional plugins or custmisations. After updating the WooCommerce plugin, or any other related plugins, it’s important to test your store to ensure everything works as expected and any bugs are identified and fixed. Here’s a handy list to help get your store …

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CSS that get’s rid of the annoying outline for mouse users but preserves it for keyboard users, and is ignored by browsers that don’t support :focus-visible. :focus:not(:focus-visible) { outline: none } Source @LeaVerou

Sometimes even with the WP_DEBUG setting set to false you will see PHP error messages. This is normally because of the PHP setup configuration on the server. If you are seeing warnings that are causing issues with your theme add the code below to your wp-config.php file and all errors will be hidden. ini_set(‘display_errors’, ‘Off’);ini_set(‘error_reporting’, …

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If Mailtrap is not sending on your WordPress site and you are getting a Gateway Timeout error, try changing the Mailtrap SMTP port to 465. This worked for my Siteground hosted WordPress site. Ports 2525 and 25 would cause the Gateway Timeout error.

You can add a custom style sheet to format the WordPress editor using add_editor_style. A frustrating problem with this technique is that browsers will typically cache this css file pretty hard, and so it’s tricky to see that changes you made appear in the editor. This is how you would typically add a custom style …

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The Visual Composer Single Image component defaults the Image Size to ‘thumbnail’. This really isn’t very useful, especially if your clients are using Visual Composer to build pages. An Image Size of ‘large’, ‘medium’, or even a custom image size, is much more useful. If you’ve set ‘large’ to be the same width as your main content …

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