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 >
Clean Up WordPress comment spam Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll explain how you can clean up and remove spam comments from your WordPress database directly using phpMyAdmin. This is a bit more advanced than simply managing your comments in WordPress directly. A major benefit of doing it this way, is if you’re dealing with a large amount of spam comments mixed 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 >
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 >
