Every now and then you need to take your website down for back-end updates, changes, or other various reasons that require the website to be temporarily disabled. With the WordPress toolset provided in our Managed WordPress Hosting — you can easily enable “maintenance” mode to place your website in a temporarily disabled state to prevent […]
The WP-CLI is a very diverse toolset that can be installed at the command line for managing WordPress websites. If you’re familiar with using such tools at the command line level then the information to follow should be relatively easy. However, if this is not something you’ve done before then we hope this helps you […]
This article will cover a few different ways to upgrade your WordPress website. Please note that upgrading WordPress is considered developmental and any issues that may occurs as result, KnownHost can not be held responsible for. To check and see what version of WordPress you have installed, check out our How can I check what versions […]
If you forget the admin password to your WordPress site, you may need to reset it. Although normally resetting the password can be done from within WordPress, that isn’t much help if the reason you need it changed is because you do not know the old one. Here, we go over how to change the WordPress […]
Installing WordPress plugins often means searching for the best plugins to achieve your goals. However, “best” means different things to different people. Are you looking for plugins with the most features? Want the fastest loading times? Trying to get by without spending anything? You can add functionality, improve performance, make a site easier to manage […]
There are three ways of installing WordPress plugins, two from within the WordPress Admin pages and one using file transfer such as FTP, SFTP or SCP. None of these are particularly more difficult than the other, but nevertheless, we’ll cover how to install WordPress plugins step by step using each of the methods listed. Method #A […]
There are hundreds of WordPress security plugins to choose from, with some trying to do one thing only and others trying to do it all. Given the fact that security plugins will often make fundamental changes to folder locations, database prefixes, user ID’s and enumeration obfuscate file locations and restrict login access, it’s always prudent […]
If you’d like to change the maximum upload file size limit for WordPress, check out the below step-by-step guide that reveals how to check the current limit, what three configuration settings can limit max uploads, and what you can do to increase the WordPress upload limit. Note: Some hosting companies restrict memory, file upload size, and […]
Although changing a theme in WordPress isn’t incredibly difficult, there are a few risks associated with doing so which must be addressed before making any changes. Before Changing Themes Making the WordPress Theme Change After You Change WordPress Theme Conclusion Have a WordPress website? Check out our Managed WordPress Hosting and see if we are […]
If you’ve decided to take the plunge and use a custom theme in WordPress but would like a quick step-by-step guide to making life easier, then read on. These steps assume that you’ve already acquired the custom WordPress theme and have it as a zip file on your local computer. It’s always a good idea […]