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Composer on shared hosting: installing it and running it

Composer is not installed as a command on the server, but you do not need it that way. You download a single file, composer.phar, into your account and run it…

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What to back up before you update WordPress, plugins or PHP

Before an update, save three things: the database, the wp-content folder (plus wp-config.php and .htaccess) and a note of the versions you have now. It takes five minutes and is…

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Automatic daily backup or your own copy: which one saves you, and when

Short answer: they are not alternatives, they cover different problems. The automatic daily backup handles most everyday disasters (a deleted file, a plugin that broke the site). Your own copy,…

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The scan says clean but the site still redirects: where an infection hides

The short answer: a scan only sees what it knows how to recognise. A modern infection hides outside the files you look at first (in the database, in an .htaccess,…

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Restoring a single e-mail account or folder

To put deleted messages back, open JetBackup (cPanel, Files section), choose the copy from a date before the deletion and restore only the e-mail folder concerned, not the whole account.…

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MySQL or MariaDB: which one runs here, and does it matter

Shared hosting here runs MariaDB, not Oracle’s MySQL Server. At the time of writing the version is 10.11.16. For almost every site that makes no difference: MariaDB started as a…

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Creating a database user and giving it the right privileges

A database without a user is no use to anyone, and a user with too many privileges is an open door. In cPanel you do it in MySQL Databases: create…

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Looking inside an old backup without restoring over the live site

To look at an old copy without touching the live site, use JetBackup’s Download instead of Restore: the copy is prepared for you to download, you open it on your…

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Security headers explained: what they do and how to add them in .htaccess

The short answer: security headers are small instructions your site sends the browser with every page (“do not let anyone put me inside another site”, “do not guess the type…

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Which PHP version should your site use

Use the newest version your application says it supports, and never one that PHP itself no longer maintains. Here the version is chosen per folder in Select PHP Version, from…