How to Automate Commands with Cron Jobs

Cron jobs allow you to automate certain commands or scripts on your site. You can set a command or script to run at a specific time every day, week, etc. For example, you could set a cron job to delete temporary files every week to free up disk space. Notes: Exercise caution when you schedule cron jobs. If you schedule…

Difference between a Domain, Website, and Email Hosting

Your online presence may be comprised of different elements, including your domain name, website or hosted content, and email address. But what is the difference between these elements and how does that impact your online presence? What is a Domain Name? A domain, such as hostingcolumn.com is a human-readable series of letters and numbers that translate into an Internet Protocol, or…

How to Keep a Website Secure?

It’s important to to be proactive and take steps to help reduce the risk of reinfection. While no one can promise you the risk will ever be zero, there are many things that you can do to protect your website. Web Application Firewall (WAF) There are a growing number of software vulnerabilities being exploited by attacks. Trying to keep up…

How to Disable a WordPress Plugin with FTP

In this post, learn how to disable a WordPress plugin with FTP (File Transfer Protocol) & how to add a favicon when you are not able to login to WordPress Dashboard. Sometimes you need to deactivate a plugin while troubleshooting an issue on your WordPress website. If you’re unable to log in to WordPress, you can disable plugins with FTP….

WordPress Website Common Tasks

After you install WordPress in Linux Hosting, you can start building your website. Below are the most common tasks you should complete, with links to articles and videos that will take you through these tasks step by step. Pick The Template WordPress uses themes to define the look and feel of your site. A theme is installed and active by…