MySQL Database User: Which Privileges are needed?

For normal WordPress operations, such as posting blog posts, uploading media files, posting comments, creating new WordPress users and installing WordPress plugins, the MySQL database user only needs data read and data write privileges to the MySQL database; SELECT,...

Securing WordPress

Security in WordPress is taken very seriously, but as with any other system there are potential security issues that may arise if some basic security precautions aren’t taken. This article will go through some common forms of vulnerabilities, and the things you...

How do I redirect my site using a .htaccess file?

This document will explain how to create a .htaccess file to redirect your site or site content. This will not redirect any emails for your domains. 1. Create an empty text file using a text editor such as notepad, and save it as htaccess.txt. NOTE: The reason you...

Using .htaccess rewrite rules

The Apache module mod_rewrite allows you to rewrite URL requests that come into your server and is based on a regular-expression parser. The examples presented here show how to: Direct requests for one subdirectory to a different subdirectory or the primary directory...

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