Shashank Dubey

How to Scan Vulnerabilities on WordPress Using VirtualBox

Running a vulnerability scan against a live WordPress site is a bad idea if you have not tested the scan first. Aggressive plugin enumeration, … Read more

Shashank Dubey · September 19, 2024 · 10 min read

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How to Add a Navigation Bar to the Header in WordPress

Most WordPress themes wire header navigation up automatically, but a bare theme, a builder-managed header, or missing code can leave the space empty. Here's how to add a real menu location, style it as a horizontal bar, and handle mobile and logged-in states properly.

September 19, 2024 · 10 min read

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How to Disable WP-Cron in WordPress

WP-Cron doesn't run on a schedule, it fires on page loads, which is why disabling it without a replacement quietly breaks scheduled posts. Here's the correct setup, plus multi-server and monitoring gotchas.

September 19, 2024 · 10 min read

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How to Access WordPress Admin with a Fatal Error Warning

A fatal error blocking wp-admin usually gets fixed with a panicked backup restore. Check your email for the Recovery Mode link WordPress core already offers first, then isolate the actual plugin or theme responsible in minutes.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

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How to Push Specific Pages within WordPress

Pushing a page usually gets confused between two different goals: indexing (mechanical, controllable) and ranking (slow, not controllable by any single setting). Here's what actually moves each one, including the sitemap priority myth Google has debunked.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

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Should You Remove Polyfill from WordPress?

The polyfill question turned into a security question after the 2024 polyfill.io CDN compromise. Here's how to audit what's actually loading, what's safe, and what to remove.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

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Is WordPress Free?

WordPress the software costs nothing. The website built on it rarely does. Here's a real budget breakdown, including the cost people always forget to count: their own time.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

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How to Have Two Lines of Text in Your WordPress Header

A hardcoded br tag looks like the fast way to get two lines in a WordPress header, and it breaks accessibility and mobile wrapping. Here's the proper two-element approach, plus the sticky header height gotcha nobody checks.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

Change the Background Color of Your Site Header

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How to change background color of my site header in WordPress

A header color change looks like a five-minute job until specificity, sticky-state selectors, or a cached page make it look like nothing happened. Here's the reliable path plus what actually breaks it.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

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Are WordPress hooks coding mechanisms

WordPress hooks are coding mechanisms, but the failures around them are silent by design. Here's what actually breaks: priority collisions, missing accepted_args, and hooking too early in the load sequence.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

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What’s a bold new font style used in WordPress

Most typography advice stops at picking a nice font. Here's what actually matters for bold fonts on WordPress: variable fonts, GDPR-safe self-hosting, font-display, and the layout shift nobody accounts for.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

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How to Mask URLs for Subdomains in WordPress

URL masking looks simple until you realize most tutorials confuse redirects with true proxying. Here's how to mask a WordPress subdomain correctly, on Apache and Nginx, and where the setup usually breaks.

September 18, 2024 · 10 min read

Author: Shashank Dubey

How to Scan Vulnerabilities on WordPress Using VirtualBox

How to Add a Navigation Bar to the Header in WordPress

How to Disable WP-Cron in WordPress

How to Access WordPress Admin with a Fatal Error Warning

How to Push Specific Pages within WordPress

Should You Remove Polyfill from WordPress?

Is WordPress Free?

How to Have Two Lines of Text in Your WordPress Header

How to change background color of my site header in WordPress

Are WordPress hooks coding mechanisms

What’s a bold new font style used in WordPress

How to Mask URLs for Subdomains in WordPress