Finding Your Database Name in WordPress Updated on November 12, 2024 by Scott Mitchell The vast majority of settings and features can be handled within the WordPress Administration section. However, when troubleshooting or under extreme circumstances, you may need to work directly with the database. Most hosting accounts contain more than one database, so you will need to know exactly which database to work with. This article will demonstrate Read More >
List of Programs in Softaculous Instant Installer Updated on April 23, 2026 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The Softaculous Instant Installer provides an easy way for you to install programs on your server. This allows you an easier method to maintain, update, remove, backup, and restore web applications on your web server. Softaculous comes with all of our shared hosting plans. cPanel-managed VPS/Dedicated server administrators can purchase Softaculous in the Account Management Read More >
Creating a Link In WordPress Updated on October 28, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When working with WordPress pages and posts you may want to create a link (also known as a “hyperlink”) to another website (an external link), or even another page or post on your site (an internal link). Internal and external links are part of the backbone of the web, making communication of related information possible Read More >
How to Limit or Disable WordPress Revisions Updated on October 19, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article I’m going to talk about WordPress revisions and why you might possibly want to limit or disable the revision history of your WordPress pages and posts. WordPress provides revision control on any pages or posts that you create which allow you to go back and see previous edits that you’ve written over Read More >
Log out of WordPress admin dashboard when not in use Updated on August 12, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article I’ll quickly discuss why you should be logging out of your WordPress admin dashboard when not in use. There can be multiple requests that your web-browser sends to the /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php script while you are logged into the WordPress admin dashboard, and leaving your computer unattended over the course of the day those requests Read More >
Importing Blogger data into WordPress Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Customers that initially built their blog sites with Google Blogger (Blogspot) can have the blog information imported into their WordPress software by using the “Import” feature in the WordPress dashboard. WordPress has a built in “Import” feature that allows you to import different blogs like Blogspot, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and even WordPress. The import process is Read More >
WordPress: “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell If you are updating your WordPress site via the automatic update script, you may run across an anomaly where you receive a maintenance message on your site. The message reads “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” and occurs on every page on your site, including the admin login. While this message is supposed to be temporary, Read More >
How to add images and image links to your WordPress sidebar Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell The sidebar is a wonderful piece of real estate on your site to place relevant content that may not fit directly on a page or post. Most content in a sidebar is text, however you can certainly add some diversity by making some of those text links into buttons or image links. Adding an image Read More >
Adding Meta Data to your WordPress sidebar Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell The sidebar of a website, although traditionally used for navigation links and ads, can be used for any data you would like to place there. The most common use in WordPress is to display other posts links, archives, and categories for further navigation into the site. You can, however, use the sidebar to put anything Read More >
Adding Nested Links to your sidebar in WordPress Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Default and older WordPress themes use nested lists to present their sidebar information. A nested list is simply a list of unordered items inside one another. A simple example of a nested list is below: Flowers Lilies Roses Dogs Boxer Poodle You may have your own nested lists you wish to add to your sidebar Read More >
How to Purchase a Softaculous License Key in AMP Updated on September 28, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll discuss how your can purchase a Softaculous license key to have the popular auto installer addon for cPanel added to your VPS or dedicated server. Softaculous comes free on every Shared Hosting and Managed VPS XGB RAM account. You’ll only need to purchase a license if you’d like to use it Read More >
How to disable blogging features in WordPress Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Because WordPress is a blogging software, WordPress themes come default with blogging features. Many people use WordPress as a Content Management System, so the blogging features in WordPress are undesirable for those who want just a basic website. There is always more than one way to do this; however, this article will explain how throug Read More >
How to install phpBB with Softaculous Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell Welcome to our phpBB introductory installation tutorial. In this article we will show you how to install phpBB 3.0 using the Softaculous software installer tool. This is found in all shared accounts inside the cPanel. Follow the steps below to use Softaculous to install your phpBB 3.0. If you are not hosting with InMotion Hosting, Read More >
Completely disabling Comments from WordPress in the code Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor WordPress by default has comments enabled for most themes. The comments can be disabled in the WordPress Dashboard Settings > Discussion page; however, this does not remove the comments from the page entirely. What happens when the comments are disabled is, the site will display “Comments are closed”. Comments can be removed completely be Commenting Read More >
How to Re-Install WordPress after a Hack Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll discuss the steps you’d want to take regarding how to re-Install WordPress after a hack, to get your site back up and running quickly. In most cases when a WordPress site is hacked, it is because you are not running the latest secure version of WordPress, or one of the plugins Read More >
How to duplicate a WordPress Site for Development and Testing Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor It’s best to test major changes on a duplicate WordPress website before doing so on a live website. There are multiple ways to accomplish this including the Softaculous Staging option or the TotalUpkeep Backup plugin. Below we’ll outline how to manually create a copy of a WordPress site for testing. Warning: This tutorial is made Read More >
How to Import Programs into Softaculous Updated on October 27, 2021 by Brad Markle If you’ve previously installed a program manually or with another web application installer such as Fantastico, you can import this program into Softaculous so that you can use the program management features available. This will make it easier to backup, restore, and update your web applications, which are all very important aspects of website maintenance. Read More >
How to Uninstall Software Using Softaculous Updated on January 22, 2026 by Brad Markle Softaculous helps make installing software very easy, but it also makes uninstalling programs simple too. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to uninstall software program using Softaculous. Uninstalling Software Programs with Softaculous
How to manage software installed using Softaculous Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle If you’ve used Softaculous to install several different programs onto your account, you can easily manage all of those programs from the Scripts Installations page. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to access this overview page, and we’ll also explain the features available. To visit your installed scripts overview page in Softaculous Log into Read More >
How to Backup Your Website With Softaculous Updated on November 29, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor If you used Softaculous to install a program, you can also use Softaculous to generate a backup of your website. It’s important to backup both your website files and your website’s database, and Softtaculous makes both of these tasks easy. In this tutorial, we’ll cover creating, and Downloading a backup. Our next tutorial will show Read More >
