WordPress
Install, secure, speed up, migrate and fix WordPress sites.
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Manage WordPress sites from cPanel (WP Toolkit and Softaculous)
An overview of the WordPress tools in cPanel: find your installations, log in without a password, update, secure, back up and clone sites from WP Toolkit or Softaculous.
Migrate a WordPress site to MdmHost
Move an existing WordPress site to MdmHost hosting without downtime: copy files and database, update wp-config, test with a hosts file and switch DNS.
Optimise images in WordPress for faster pages
Make WordPress images smaller without visible quality loss: resize before upload, compress and convert to WebP, lazy load, and clean up unused image sizes.
Replace WP-Cron with a real cron job in cPanel
Make WordPress scheduled tasks reliable and lighter: disable visitor-triggered WP-Cron and run wp-cron.php from a cPanel cron job every few minutes.
Reset a lost WordPress admin password
Get back into WordPress when you forgot the admin password: use the reset link, phpMyAdmin, WP-CLI or Softaculous, and secure the account afterwards.
Search and replace URLs in the WordPress database safely
Replace old URLs or text across a WordPress database without breaking serialised data, using WP-CLI or a plugin, with a dry run and backup first.
Send WordPress email through SMTP
Make WordPress emails arrive reliably: create a cPanel mailbox, configure an SMTP plugin with the right host, port and encryption, test delivery and fix SPF and DKIM.
Set up WordPress Multisite on cPanel hosting
Turn a WordPress install into a Multisite network on cPanel: choose subdomains or subfolders, edit wp-config.php and .htaccess, add sites and map custom domains.
Speed up WordPress on MdmHost hosting
A practical checklist to make WordPress load fast on LiteSpeed hosting: caching, PHP version, images, plugins, database clean-up and measuring results.
Stop comment and form spam on WordPress
Reduce WordPress comment and contact form spam: discussion settings, moderation rules, anti-spam plugins, honeypots and CAPTCHA, and cleaning up existing spam.
Submit your WordPress sitemap to Google Search Console
Get WordPress indexed: find the built-in or SEO plugin sitemap, verify your site in Google Search Console with DNS in cPanel, submit the sitemap and fix indexing issues.
Update WordPress core, plugins and themes safely
Update WordPress without breaking your site: back up first, test on staging, update in the right order, check PHP compatibility and roll back if needed.
WooCommerce on cPanel hosting: setup and performance checklist
Run a WooCommerce shop smoothly on MdmHost: PHP and limits, caching exclusions, real cron, SSL, transactional email, backups before updates and keeping the database lean.
WordPress hosting vs regular web hosting: what is the difference?
What "WordPress hosting" usually adds over standard cPanel hosting: caching, WordPress management tools, security and updates, and how to judge whether you need it.
WordPress site down? A step-by-step checklist
Work out why a WordPress site is offline: check if it is down for everyone, domain and DNS, SSL, hosting account status, resource limits, PHP errors and the database.
WordPress Site Health explained: fix the common warnings
Understand WordPress Site Health status and info: what each common critical issue and recommendation means on cPanel hosting, and how to fix or safely ignore it.
WordPress user roles and permissions explained
Give every WordPress user the right access: what Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor and Subscriber can do, adding users safely, and auditing accounts.
WP-CLI basics: manage WordPress from the command line
Use WP-CLI over SSH on cPanel hosting: check versions, update core and plugins, manage users, search and replace, export databases and clear caches fast.
wp-config.php explained: the settings that matter
Understand and edit wp-config.php: database settings, table prefix, security keys, debug options, memory limits, URLs and other useful WordPress constants.
Write, publish and delete posts in WordPress (including bulk delete)
Remove the sample post and comment, write and publish your first post in the block editor, schedule posts, and delete or bulk delete posts and restore them from Trash.
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