How to Install Software Using Softaculous Updated on March 21, 2024 by Brad Markle Softaculous is a tool within your cPanel that you can use to easily install software such as WordPress or Joomla. Using Softaculous to install software is not just easy, it is a big time saver because it automates many of the tedious tasks involved with software installation. Important! Softaculous is not installed on Dedicated Hosting Read More >
WordPress Security – Preventing Brute Force Attacks on Admin Login Updated on October 14, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor There has been an increasing trend of brute force attacks on WordPress websites, and we recommend following the steps in our WordPress wp-login.php brute force attack news update for steps to take to lock down and secure your WordPress installation. Why is WordPress targeted? WordPress is one of the one most widely used website solutions Read More >
Better experience searching for and choosing a theme in WordPress 3.4 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle In the recent release of WordPress 3.4 Beta 1, The WordPress development team has taken extra steps to improve the theme installation process. In this article, we’ll cover the the theme installation process and point out the differences between WordPress 3.4 and prior versions of WordPress. Term vs. Keyword This does not appear to be Read More >
Add Custom Header with Images from Media Library in WordPress 3.4 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle The recent release of WordPress 3.4 Beta 1 includes a new feature referred to as Custom Header and Background Images from Media Library. When researching this further, we found that this new feature allows you to select an image from your Media Library as either your header or background image in WordPress 3.4. The screenshots Read More >
WordPress 3.4 Flexible Custom Header Sizes Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle The Beta 1 version of WordPress 3.4 was just released, and one of the new items included is the Flexible Custom Header Sizes feature within WordPress themes. This new feature allows WordPress 3.4 users to easily upload header images. With prior versions of WordPress, themes required header images to be uploaded at a specific width Read More >
WordPress 3.4 Theme Customizer with Previewer Tutorial Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle WordPress 3.4 Beta 1 was recently released and a new feature included is the Theme Customizer with Previewer. This tool combines several features already available, but helps tie everything into one easy to use tool. For example, instead of going to separate pages within your WordPress 3.4 dashboard to do things such as change your Read More >
How to Manually Install WordPress Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The easiest way to install WordPress is to use Softaculous. Softaculous is an installation application that is free with select InMotion Hosting subscriptions. You can also manually install WordPress using the steps below. The installation process includes downloading the WordPress files, creating a database, and configuring the installation. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through Read More >
How to Disable the WP-Cron (wp-cron.php) in WordPress Updated on January 22, 2026 by Jesse Owens WordPress uses a file called wp-cron.php as a virtual cron job in order to automate tasks like publishing scheduled posts, checking for plugin or theme updates, sending email notifications, and more. Why would you disable the WP-cron (wp-cron.php)? For many WordPress users, you can improve website performance when you disable the WP-cron in the WordPress Read More >
Using InMotion Hosting’s Memory Viewer WordPress Plugin Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle While WordPress is great software because of its ease of use, it does have a history of using excessive server resources (such as memory and/or cpu time) at times. This is not always the fault of WordPress directly, but instead it could be the result of either: a “bad” plugin a custom theme With so Read More >
How to Reset Your WordPress Admin Password Updated on November 14, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor If you have ever lost or forgotten your password to access the WordPress dashboard, it can be very frustrating. WordPress provides quite a few options to reset or change your WordPress password. If you’re unable to login after two attempts, consider waiting at least 15-30 minutes before trying again. Otherwise, you risk temporarily locking your Read More >
Restoring WordPress index files Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle A common technique for hackers is to target index files, such as index.php or index.html. Because index files usually load first when a website is visited, a hacked index file gives hackers a higher probability of their message / malicious code being loaded most often. If you’re attempting to restore your WordPress site after a Read More >
WordPress – Changing the Site URL and Home Settings Updated on January 22, 2026 by Jesse Owens If you need to migrate your WordPress site or change the domain name or location of your WordPress installation, it’s good to keep in mind how WordPress keeps track of itself via the WordPress Address and Site Address settings. These settings can be adjusted directly in the WordPress admin dashboard from Settings > General or Read More >
A Common Way to Fix the Blank page in WordPress sites Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Updating PHP.INI file Enabling Error Reporting How to View the Error Log We’ve had a lot of our customers and WordPress users, in general, have an issue where their site is showing a blank page. This blank page is typically caused by a PHP error. If you have your php.ini file set to hide PHP Read More >
WordPress Error: Failed to write file to disk Updated on February 23, 2022 by Brad Markle When troubleshooting error messages similar to “Failed to write file to disk”, the most common causes include: The server’s hard drive is full The server’s tmp folder is full There are not sufficient privileges set to the folder being written to This error, “Failed to write file to disk”, within WordPress generally means that the Read More >
Configuring WordPress After a Migration Updated on April 23, 2026 by InMotion Hosting Contributor So far in this tutorial you have migrated your WordPress database and copied the files associated with your website. The next step you will need to configure your WordPress settings so the files you just migrated can communicate correctly with the database. Until you perform this, your site will not display any content and you Read More >
Migrating your WordPress Database Updated on April 23, 2026 by Brad Markle In this lesson, we will show you how to migrate our WordPress website. In this fictional tutorial we will migrate a your-wordpress-site.com from HostABC to InMotion Hosting. As to provide no downtime during the migration process , we will not update the nameservers for your-wordpress-site.com, so the hosting will remain pointed to the previous host, Read More >
Intro to Migrating your WordPress Site Data Updated on April 23, 2026 by Brad Markle When migrating a WordPress site from a previous hosting provider to InMotion Hosting, there are some introductory topics that may benefit you if you understand them. In subsequent article we will discuss in detail the process further. However, we do want to cover some basics here. Access to Files and Databases In order to successfully Read More >
Installing a WordPress Theme from the Internet Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle If you find a theme via the internet you can easily install it using your WordPress dashboard. You will need to download the theme to your local computer and then proceed to upload it. Installing a Theme Manually in WordPress Search for and download a theme from the WordPress.org. Typically, it will be a compressed Read More >
Setting Up Permalinks on your WordPress Site Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Permalinks are permanent URLs to your individual posts and pages. Creating permanent links to your content can make it easier to share links and help Search Engine Optimization (SEO). There are multiple options on how to create the structure of permalinks such as date, article number, or another customized format. If you are troubleshooting a Read More >
Installing WordPress Using Your Temporary URL Updated on October 27, 2021 by Brad Markle WordPress is dynamically driven using your domain name. This means that WordPress Hosting site will not work correctly using your temporary URL if it was configured to be installed using your domain name. Take, for instance, if you are migrating an existing WordPress site from another host to InMotion Hosting, you will want to migrate Read More >
