WHMCS is a leading web hosting automation system. Using WHMCS, we can manage billing as well as support system using it. As of WHMCS Version 6.0, a new feature is added PayPal Subscription Automation. A new option has been added under Setup > General Settings > Invoices tab called Automatic Subscription Management. Once enabled,...
SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
While installing WordPress plugin or upgrading WordPress from your WordPress admin area, you may receive an error related to SSL certificate. You may receive following error or similar error message in your WordPress admin area: Download failed.: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate There could be many reasons for such error...
Understanding The MEAN Stack
Inspired by an article I recently read over at the HostPresto Community I’ve decided to give you an insight into MEAN. MEAN is a free and open source software stack or development platform written in Javascript as a means to produce dynamic web sites and web-based applications. MEAN consists of four main components which...
Configure MariaDB for remote client access
By default MariaDB is listening to 127.0.0.1 using bind-address directive for the security reasons. If you were using old MySQL and just upgraded to MariaDB, it is possible that TCP/IP networking is disabled on your server using skip-networking directive. skip-networking tells MariaDB to run without any of the TCP/IP networking options. MariaDB is bound...
How to export/import a MySQL database via SSH
If you have a large database, you may face the issue to export/import large SQL database using phpMyAdmin or other interface. In this article we will show you how to export/import SQL database via SSH. You can follow this steps if you have SSH access for your account. 1. Exporting a MySQL database via...
Add an admin account in WordPress via MySQL
There can be times when your WordPress admin user is hijacked or your account is locked out accidental. In such case, you may need to add a new admin user for your WordPress installation. In this article, we will consider that you have cPanel hosting control panel. However the steps can also work for...
How to fix WordPress blank page issue
WordPress is a powerful blogging tool as well as it can be used for CMS as well by using third party plugins and themes. The most common issue with WordPress is blank page issue. There are many root causes for WordPress blank page. Today we will discuss all possible issue which can cause WordPress...
Leverage browser caching to speed up website loading
Browser caching is an important factor to load your website quickly. If you test your website using online speed test tools like Google PageSpeed, you will get a message stating that you should leverage browser caching for some static contents to speed up website loading. It is recommended you set appropriate cache expiry for...
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS rewrite rule
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS rewrite rule As you know Google announced that they will consider SSL factor in their serach algorithm. That means, if you have SSL certificate for your website, it may get benefit in search ranking. Today, we will discuss, how can we redirect all HTTP request to HTTPS. Before you follow...
Google Mobilegeddon is on its way
Couple of months ago, Google started to notify webmasters for mobile friendly website. If the website is not mobile friendly, they were notifying all users via Google Webmaster Tools. Google has Rolling out the mobile-friendly update to begin globally rolling out the mobile-friendly update on April 21st 2015. That means, they will give priority...
SMF Unapproved post notification will not go away (Topics value -1)
SMF (Simple Machines Forum) is widely used forum script. You can install SMF if your hosting server supports PHP and MySQL Recently I enabled post moderation in my forum and noticed unusual things. Apart from post moderation, I am also using Akismet mod for SMF forum. Whenever it detects any spam, we can directly...
How to reset Parallels Plesk admin password on Windows
If you have existing password for your admin account, you can reset your Parallels Plesk admin password from your control panel. However in case if you have list your Parallels Plesk admin password, you will have to follow the below steps to reset your admin password. There is a utility plesksrvclient.exe available in Windows...
How to reset Parallels Plesk admin password on Linux
If you have existing password for your admin account, you can reset your Parallels Plesk admin password from your control panel. However in case if you have list your Parallels Plesk admin password, you will have to follow the below steps to reset your admin passwrord. The following steps are applicable to Plesk versions...
Deactivate WordPress Plugins using phpMyAdmin
We can deactivate WordPress plugins from WordPress admin area but if you are installing any plugin and your admin area stopped working, you can disable WordPress plugin directly from your WordPress database. In this article, we will explain how to deactivate WordPress plugin from MySQL database using phpMyAdmin. Before you perform this steps, make...