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How to reset WordPress adminstrator’s password using phpMyAdmin
Dec 13th
Its is recommended that this method of setting password is used only as last resort. Because there is a standard way of resetting password using “Lost your password?” option by which you get a mail containing newly generated random password.
WordPress saves MD5 hash of plain passwords. For thos who don’t know what is MD5, it is a digest algorithm (cryptography) that generates fixed length digest for a variable length input. So you will not see plain passwords in WordPress database. This feature ensures even the administrator user unable to know the passwords of subscribed users.
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How to resolve “POST to /wp-admin/post.php not supported” error in WordPress
Feb 1st
Sometimes while posting in WordPress blog software, users encounter the following error and fail to submit the new post or edited post.
Method Not Implemented POST to /wp-admin/post.php not supported. Apache/2.2.0 (XenOS) Server at techpulp.com Port 80
This error is due to mod_security which is enabled on your Apache server. The mod_security helps protect your website and is called Open Source Web Application Firewall. It comes with a big set of rules against which each server request is matched to detect any hacker trying to compromise your website. In a way mod_security is very good to have it enabled as a security measure. but More >
How to resolve WordPress error – Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1
Dec 8th
Sometimes the following warning from PHP continually repeats for about 20 times and appears on top of each page.
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1 in /var/www/wp-includes/classes.php on line 104
Warning: preg_match(): Compilation failed: nothing to repeat at offset 1 in /var/www/wp-includes/classes.php on line 105
These warning messages consume all the visible space in the browser making the real content not to appear. At first sight, it appears as if only errors are shown in the browser.
This can be resolved by moving back and forth from two different Permalinks structures. First login to your WordPress as administrator and go More >
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