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[Rx] Updating Local Development WordPress Version

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:27:31 +0000

Looks like updating Local WordPress version can be a painless. First, fully backup your local WordPress folder. Download the latest version of WordPress. Unzip it. Overwrite the local Wordpress files.

So far, so good.

[Rx] Using Wordpress Duplicator to Restore Local Database

Thu, 12 May 2016 04:06:52 +0000

Duplicator is a WordPress plugin to backup, migrate, copy or clone a site from one location to another.

I wrote a recipe up some time ago to do a localhost database restore using Duplicator, but never prettied it up. Since it might be of use to someone in the future (like me), I’m going to go head and publish it.

[Rx] Install WordPress Theme Unit Data

Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:32:01 +0000

When you’re in development it’s handy to have Wordpress filled up with dummy data.

In order to test out a theme, you need some basic content. WordPress already has some content available for testing so don’t have to dream it up yourself (Yay!) called Theme Unit Test.

[Rx] Creating a WordPress Undescores Starter Theme

Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:40:10 +0000

WordPress Underscores is an online tool for creating a starter theme.

It saves a lot of time because it inserts the name of the theme with an underscore in the variable names in a boilerplate theme. If you activate this theme, it’s just basic text and nothing else.

There’s still more to do to create a WP theme, but it certainly is better than rolling your own.

[Rx] Local Web Development - Installing WordPress on UniServer

Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:00:26 +0000

Back in the day, I was working with WordPress and wanted an easy way to develop locally. I got lucky and found a great piece of software… Uniform Server, an open source lightweight mobile WAMP server that I use as a local web development environment. Version I used back in the day, i was on: 12.0.1_Zero XII. After UniServer, I installed the latest WordPress.

[Rx] Fried Spam with a Side of WP Comments

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:43:16 +0000

I had WordPress comments turned on for awhile and had a ton of spam about penis enlargement, Nigerian relatives, and how Candy wanted to make my wildest fantasies come true. I didn’t think these added much value (sorry, Candy), so I found a WordPress plug-in that turned off ALL the comments, appropriately named Disable Comments.

This adds a new item under the WP dashboard settings. I selected to disable comments everywhere. Harsh? Tell me about it.

Okay, I kept this one cause of the art. 🙂