May17
I’ve come across a website today that i had to fix, one of the plugins (WordPress automatic upgrade) had run an update and then left WordPress stuck in maintenance mode. the error you get on WordPress is:
“The Site is currently undergoing maintenance, Sorry for the inconvenience WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin provided by Techie Buzz.”
Ive read a few different ways to fix it but here is what i did.
- Disable the plugin, rename it or delete it from your plugin directory, this will probably not fix the situation
- Go to the root of the blog and look for a page called index.php.waup.php, if this exists, then delete index.php and rename this file to index.php
This should get your WordPress working again…. Simples
I thought i would share a find ive had with everyone which i think is one of the best WordPress plug-ins ive seen for a while.
WPtouch iPhone Theme simply changes the theme of your blog to make it much more friendly and readable for people visiting on smart phones.
The idea is a very simple one and its nothing new but in a time when everyone can use the internet on a phone then i think it has become a must.
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Recently i have been looking into what third party comment moderation websites have to offer. I started looking when i noticed some blogs allowed you to use your twitter logins to log into a website and comment.
I like the idea of this, much like Gravatar, I like the consistency it provides when i may be commenting on a range of different blog’s, if I can log in with twitter then I will, if I cant then I wont bother logging in and if i need to register to comment i wont bother commenting at all.
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From time to time you may find the need to reset a wordpress password. In my experience it has been when a client has forgotten a password and nobody knows which email address the password reminder is sent to or someone the client no longer has contact with set up the blog.
At this point i must say that i have only used his as a last resort! This method consists of adding a line of code to head.php that when the page loads will be executed, changing the password.
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