Andrei Chira
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WordPress security guide – how to keep your site safe
I’ve been using WordPress since 2008. Throughout this time, I’ve been fortunate enough to never face a hacked or infected site of my own. But luck is not a security strategy. While my experience has been secure, many WordPress site owners worry about hacking and infections, a genuine concern that drives the need for proactive…
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A deep dive into the “Fake Cloudflare Verification” WordPress malware
This article presents a detailed technical autopsy of a sophisticated malware campaign targeting WordPress websites, designed to trick visitors into compromising their own computers. The attack culminates in a fake “Cloudflare Verification” page that uses social engineering to convince victims to run malicious commands in their terminal. If you’ve encountered a page like the one…
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Simplenet is now Kiravo. Same craft, new name.
We’ve got a fresh new name, but the same rock-solid WordPress hosting you trust. Why change the Simplenet brand name? When my wife and I launched Simplenet, I had just left an IT company named Cybernet, and the name Simplenet was a play on that. Also, back then, our focus was to get small businesses…
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How to Enable Debugging in WordPress
The debug mode in WordPress is a troubleshooting feature that helps identify and fix errors on a WordPress site. When enabled, it displays PHP errors, warnings, and notices that occur during code execution. You can enable debugging for WordPress in several ways: Let’s go through each method in detail. How to Enable Debug Mode in…
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Introducing the Simplenet WordPress block theme
We are starting 2025 with a significant achievement: our first WordPress theme, Simplenet, has been accepted into the official WordPress.org repository! This accomplishment holds special meaning for me, considering that I am not a programmer, and the process of creating a theme from scratch has been a true learning adventure. I’ve been working with WordPress…
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How to Run WordPress in Your Browser
WordPress Playground is an open-source experiment to provide a running WordPress instance directly in your browser. You no longer need an experimental website on a local development machine to test themes and plugins. I firmly believe there is no more convenient method than WordPress Playground because it runs in your browser and doesn’t require a…
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WordPress Turns 20—What to Expect Next?
WordPress, the leading content management system (CMS) by a significant margin, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. From its humble beginnings as a blogging platform in 2003, WordPress has evolved into a versatile and widely-used tool for creating websites of all types. As we commemorate this milestone, it is worth considering what the future…
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WordPress Block Themes – The Complete Guide
WordPress is twenty years old and signs are that it will stay here for many years. This age is unbelievable in the world of software. It’s like a creature from the prehistoric ages living nowadays. WordPress dominance is based on the perpetual care of users to keep it updated. For instance, there is a complex…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Headless WordPress
WordPress is almost two decades old, and it seems that it will continue to stay for many years. A digital product that is still relevant after two decades is almost unparalleled. Many content management systems (CMSs) were launched after WordPress’ birthday—May 27th, 2003—and are already forgotten, even by their founders. Besides, Internet users are impatient…
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How to Manage Multiple WordPress Sites Efficiently
Efficiently managing multiple WordPress sites is a top priority for all freelancers and agencies. You can spend hours logging in to each site, updating the core, themes, and plugins, editing files, strengthening the security, creating backup copies, and so on. However, some cool tools can simplify these tasks and save you precious time. Developers constantly…
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WordPress site redirecting to another site? How to fix it!
If you’ve been frantically googling “Why is my WP site redirecting my users to another website?” you’re most likely a victim of WordPress Redirect Hacking, one of the many innovative hacking methods hackers deploy. To understand this better, you need to understand how WordPress-targeting hackers work. In this article, we’ll also tell you how it…
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How to translate a WordPress website
Translating your WordPress website is a logical step for those wanting to sell or do business in new markets. Ensuring your website visitors can read the content of your site in their native language is beneficial in a number of ways, allowing you to reach new customers, improve your SEO rankings, and build better customer experiences. Whilst…