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    • Exclude your IP address from Google Analytics

      As a website owner, you should exclude your own IP addresses from Google Analytics to keep the data clean and accurate. When you’re working on your website such as testing pages or fixing bugs, Google Analytics will record your activity just like an actual visitor. This can mess up your statistics. By excluding your own… Read More

    • Edit wp‑config.php with FileZilla

      The wp-config.php file is a core file on every WordPress installation. It serves as a configuration file for authentication, database, and server settings. It is commonly modified to enable debugging and other advanced options. To modify wp-config.php, you must access the underlying file system containing the WordPress installation. There are various ways to access this… Read More

    • Edit wp‑config.php on GoDaddy

      On occasion you need to change your WordPress configuration file (wp-config.php). GoDaddy offers two ways for you to edit the file. The easiest way is to use the online File Browser offered by GoDaddy. Alternately, you can get SFTP credentials from GoDaddy and connect to your website with a client such as FileZilla. Instructions SFTP… Read More

    • Stop auto-filling the password box on the WooCommerce Edit Account page

      This code is designed to disable browser autofill for password fields on the WooCommerce “Edit Account” page for logged-in users. It does this by setting the autocomplete attribute of password fields to “new-password” using JavaScript. Why? A bad experience occurs when the browser auto-fills the password box on this page. The password box is supposed to remain blank unless the person wants to change… Read More

    • Redirect to a confirmation page when using an embedded Calendly calendar

      The redirection option supported by Calendly is not a great experience because it warns the user about the redirection. However, if you are using an embedded calendar, you can add a short script to redirect to a different page without the warning. Read More

    • Send WordPress emails through Microsoft 365 with FluentSMTP

      FluentSMTP is a free and open-source mail plugin for WordPress. It configures WordPress to send emails through an external mail service such as Microsoft 365 or Gmail. WordPress does have the ability to send emails directly, but an external service tends to have greater reliability and capacity. FluentSMTP can connect to many different email services;… Read More

    • A shortcode to display the billing company name of a user on a WooCommerce WordPress site

      Use this WordPress shortcode to display the name of the user’s company on a page. This shortcode is implemented as a snippet that you can use with FluentSnippets, WP Code, and other code snippet plugins. Usage Note: You can easily change the hx_ prefix by adjusting the code. As a best practice, you should always… Read More

    • Grant access to secrets in an Azure Key Vault

      One you have established an Azure Key Vault to store your secrets (such as a shared password or API key), you need to grant access to the vault so the users can fetch the secret as needed. Under the Azure RBAC model (role-based access control), you assign a role to a person who needs access.… Read More

    • Get SFTP credentials for a WordPress site on GoDaddy

      Follow these instructions to generate new SSH/SFTP credentials for a managed WordPress website on GoDaddy. You cannot recover old credentials, but you can generate new ones to replace them. Read More

    • Deactivate all WordPress plugins by renaming the plugins folder

      You can rename the WordPress plugins folder as a quick way to deactivate all plugins. This technique is typically used when a site is crashing, and you need to determine whether a plugin is causing the issue. If you rename the plugins folder and the site becomes accessible, you know the issue is probably due… Read More