The most regularly seen attack type is script injection (XSS attack), rogue scripts are injected into the webpage for malicious purposes. This includes redirects to third-party websites, collecting user data, downloading malware to visitors, etc. WordPress has a bunch of useful developer functions that are used to sanitize data (Validating Sanitizing and Escaping User Data) … Read full article →
Here are the most common types of WordPress malware attacks. Permanent malware eradication entails conducting a thorough investigation and determining the type of attack that occurred, how it occurred, and permanently closing that door. This is known as root cause analysis and vulnerability fix in the security world. 🔀 Cross-site scripting (XSS) The most regularly … Read full article →
When cleaning websites that have large databases, regular text editors can’t even open the database dumps (Notepad++ supports files up to 2GB in size). So to run a search and replace on large database dumps I suggest using regex-replace line-by-line in PHP, or setting up WPCLI and running regex search & replace. Here is a … Read full article →
According to publicwww about 5000 websites are known to be infected with this type of WordPress malware. It is similar to legendarytable.com malware and adds js code into every post and page so that visitors are redirected to third-party websites. Check if infected To check if your website is infected, open PHPMyAdmin, select your database, … Read full article →
The .htaccess file is a configuration file that is used by the Apache web server to control various aspects of how the server functions. In WordPress, the .htaccess file is used to control various settings related to the permalinks of your website, as well as to protect your website from various types of attacks. The … Read full article →
One of the most important checkout fields for online stores that is also prone to oversight is phone verification. Order confirmation and delivery can both be made much simpler with proper phone verification. In WooCommerce, the phone number field provides an HTML check for a straightforward number: But by ensuring that the number contains a … Read full article →
To check if a plugin is active in WordPress, you can use if ( is_plugin_active( ‘plugin-directory/plugin-file.php’ ) ) { if ( is_plugin_active( ‘akismet/akismet.php’ ) ) { // plugin is active } else { // plugin is inactive } You can also use the get_plugins() function to retrieve all the plugins installed on the site and … Read full article →
WooCommerce plugin uses the wp_actionsscheduler_actions table in the database to log scheduled actions such as cron’s running, product synchronization, upgrade, etc. These actions should be deleted once they are executed but this doesn’t always happen, in most cases, this table uses an InnoDB database engine with a row-level locking feature meaning that multiple queries can … Read full article →
Here is how you can create a WordPress plugin with a shortcode to display the user’s IP address: <?php /* * Plugin Name: IP * Plugin URI: https://wpxss.com/application/ip * Description: Provides a shortcode to display the user’s IP address. * Version: 1.0 * Author: Stefan Pejcic * Author URI: https://pejcic.rs */ function ip_shortcode( $atts ) … Read full article →
WordPress is an awesome content management system. You can install it in one click, you can find professional-looking themes for as little as a few dollars, and you can use a wide range of plugins for added functions and features. Nonetheless, WordPress websites can become sluggish sometimes, chasing impatient visitors away. This article is going … Read full article →