Blocking external requests in WordPress

A WordPress website can be virtually anything that you want it to be. For some kinds of functionality you might need to tap in to other sites or services as well. For example checking actual prices with a supplier, seeing what the weather is like, etc. While these kinds of […]

What the .well-known folder is used for

Inside your ~/public folder you might find a .well-known directory. This is a directory commonly used as a web-based protocol to fetch your “site-wide metadata” about a host before making a request. If you don’t see that folder that doesn’t mean something is wrong, it just means it hasn’t been […]

How to Fix the Too Many Redirects Error Message

You might have come over this error: AH00124: Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use ‘LimitInternalRecursion’ to increase the limit if necessary. Use ‘LogLevel debug’ to get a backtrace. Or maybe noticed this in the browser: This happens because the site redirects you […]

Can you restart the database server for me?

Restarting the database service is hardly ever necessary, and is not the way to resolve database issues. The most common cause for questions about database restarts are stuck queries. Stuck and long running database queries Stalled queries, or long-running queries can be managed in PhpMyAdmin by selecting the database, then […]