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WordPress is arguably the most reliable and simple CMS used across the globe and appreciated by beginners as well as advanced users. However, if you own multiple WordPress sites, you may experience the management complications that will expose your site(s) of security threats or lack of updated performance benefits. It is due to the increased chances of human errors because of repetitive steps, switching between different interfaces and multiple login requirements.

Single WP management dashboards like wpCentral help the users to easily manage multiple aspects of their several WordPress sites right from updating the themes and reviewing security to advanced plug-in management. In this guide, you will learn How to install WordPress using wpCentral

WordPress Installation through wpCentral

·         Sign in to your wpCentral panel using your registered credentials

·         Ensure that the domain on which the WordPress is to be installed, is already added to you wpCentral account. If needed, you can follow this guide for the instructions.

·         In the left panel click on Install WordPress option and you will be taken to the installation form.

·         Enter the required details like domain name, protocol, database name, admin login details, language, directory, etc.

·         For installing the script in domain root leave the directory field blank.

·         In the Advanced options section you will get the option to select your backup locations. Select it via Settings page where the installation backups need to be stored.

This is an optional field to specify your own backup location. You can leave it empty if you want to use the default location (automatically created by wpCentral) for backup storage.

           

After completing all the details click install button.

After successful installation you will get the installation links. It will also install the wpCentral plug-in on your website and the site is added to the wpCentral panel allowing you to manage it directly via the single dashboard of wpCentral · Clicking on the provided link will directly take you to the selected site’s page or homepage.

Conclusion

There are different smart tools that make it much easier to install WordPress without any technical complication. wpCentral is one such tool that takes the complexity out of WordPress installation procedure. wpCentral saves your time and efforts by enabling you to install WordPress with just a few quick and easy steps.

Remembering the login credentials and entering them every time for signing in to your WP site can annoy your audience. One of the best ways to make things easier for them is one-click login that allows them to log in the account with a single click using their Google account. Along with saving time and efforts it also relieves the users from the need of remembering login credentials of their account on your WP site.

The benefits of single click login with Google accounts

To remain updated with the latest mail communication, internet users prefer not to log out of their Gmail account. Hence by linking their Gmail account to your WP account via single click login, you empower them to quickly log into their WP account using single click step.

Step by step guide to enable single click login

·         Install Google Apps Login plug-in and activate it

·         Open settings and select Google Apps Login Page in the WordPress admin area. Now provide the client ID and code in main Setup tab

·         Open Google Developer Console to obtain the details

·         Click Start a project and then on New project on the popup dialog box

·         In the relevant boxes, type the desired project name and the location (i.e., the official domain name) where you wish to save it

·         You can skip typing the location if you are creating from personal account

·         Now click on Create button that will take you to APIs and Services dashboard

·         Click credentials and then on OAuth consent screen page

·         Enter your email address that you used to create the project and the site URL

·         Click Save

·         You will be redirected to credential page. Click Create credentials and copy OAuth client ID

·         In Application type select Web Application. Type your domain name in the JavaScript origins field

·         In Authorised redirect URLs, type http://www.example.com/wp-login.php

·         Click on create to see the client ID and client Secret information

·         Copy the above information

·         Go to plugins settings in WordPress admin area and paste the above mentioned keys in client ID and client secret respectively.

·         Logout from your account

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How to enable secure login with Loginizer?

One of the favourite technique employed by hackers is to repeated login
attempts and each time employing different advanced techniques to breach the
matching login credential pairs. Limiting the maximum login attempts can be an
effective remedy here. You can temporarily lock the user by blocking his IP
after he has reached a specific number of attempts (for instance 4 attempts or
5 attempts).

Along with deciding the maximum number of permissible attempts you can also
set the locking period like 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour or even the entire
day.

Loginizer is one of the excellent plugins for limiting login attempts by
automatically blocking the IPs after reaching maximum attempts. It also offers
you advanced features to take your security to the next level with the help of
features like reCAPTCHA, 2-factor login, logging without password, etc.

·          The users will be prompted for their username and email address and a temporary login link will be mailed to them

·         An authorization code will be mailed to the users and they will be required to enter the same (also o the name an password) for logging in))

·         Twin factor authorization provision via an app (authy, Google authenticator and other popular apps(

·         Prompting users for the answer to a challenge question before being able to login

·         ReCAPTCHA – Google’reCAPTCHA can be configured for the Login screen, Comments Section, Registration Form, etc. to prevent automated brute force attacks. Supports

·         Google reCAPTCHA for a better level of security 

·         Renaming the login page of wp-admin url

·         Disable XML-RPC – An option to simply disable XML-RPC in WordPress. Most of the WordPress users don’t need XML-RPC and can disable it to prevent automated brute force attacks.
Disabling or renaming XML RPC

·         Automatically blacklisting specific common usernames like administrator, admin, etc..

·         Disabling new registration and automatically blacklisting

·         Along with blacklisting or whitelisting IP/IP range it can also send you an email about the maximum lockouts an extends the account and detect maximum lockout

Conclusion

With the help of Google On Click Login you can save the time and efforts of your site visitors by enabling them to use their gmail account to log in securely with just a single click. It saves them from remembering their login credentials or entering the same every time they wish to post a comment or perform other member-specific activities.

WordPress is the most popular CMS across the globe due to its user-friendly features and functionalities. If you are also interested in developing your site on WordPress then you should first download it. In this blog, we will tell you how to install a WordPress manually locally with the help of AMPPS.

What is AMPPS?

AMPPS is a solution stack of Apache, MySQL, MongoDB, PHP, Perl and Python for Windows NT, Linux and macOS. It comes with 442[3] PHP web applications, over 1000[] PHP classes and versions of PHP. AMPPS is created by Softaculous Ltd. a company founded in 2009 which makes the Softaculous Auto Installer. AMPPS is used to develop on PHP, MySQL applications like WordPress,[5] Joomla, and Drupal.

AMPPS is a free software package that is equipped with everything needed for running WordPress. It has the programming language PHP, Database MySQL, and the web servers Apache.

Steps for WordPress installation

•    Start with downloading the AMPPS version and be patient while it downloads as the file is quite heavy.

•    The downloading process is quite intuitive and does not need any special explanation

•    Control center is the default page you would see upon opening the app fro the first time

•    You will see two green buttons meant for starting Apache and MySQL respectively. Click on the buttons to get started

Make sure that you have started WordPress Apache and MySQL. Make sure to check the success message in the status bar. Now open http://localhost/ in your internet browser

•    Visit AMPPS Home for further process by clicking on the house icon.

•    Type http://localhost/amppsNow click on the link Add Domain For the testing/example purpose four reserved domain extensions can be used

click on the link Add Domain For the testing/example purpose four reserved domain extensions can be used

.test

.example

.invalid

.local host

In this example, we will use Your site. example domain

•    Open add domain screen and enter the desired domain http://localhost/ampps/index.php?act=ampps_domainadd As the screenshot

Check for the below-mentioned stats

•    Is Domain Add-on or Parked? Check it

•    Add an SSL entry? Let it remain unchecked

•    Add an entry to Host File? Check it

•    Look for the option Add Domain and click it.

•    Now open http://wordpress.localhost/ that will display a page containing empty directory index

•    Download WordPress and unzip in your directory path

•    Go to the wordpres.org and look for the WordPress core files. Download them as zip files and unzip in the above-mentioned directory.

The path is: /Applications/AMPPS/www/WordPress.localhost

•    Post file extracting the WordPress installation screen would be displayed when you visit the domain name. Now select the WordPress language selects screen and then proceed to set u the database. Step 6: Set up a database selection in phpMyAdmin

•     open http://localhost/phpmyadmin

•     And click the new link in the left pane on the top Click new and type myname as an example

•    Click create. Upon getting information message of the database is successfully created on WordPress.localhost.

Connection with Database

•    Now select the language and then continue Now click let’s go. On the database credentials screen, input the following information:

•    Database Name: The name you have chosen

•    Username: root

•    Password: MySQL

•    Database Host: localhost

•    Table Prefix: wp_

•    There are default username and password combination

•    Don’t use MySQL root in the live server s it is not advisable

•    As you would go through these steps a wp-confog.php file will be created by WordPress to facilitate the connection with the database. Once connected you would need to fill in the WP site information

•    Here you can specify the information like site login credentials and email address

•    To be on the safe side it is recommended to try off the search engine visibility. (toughs technically not mandatory)

•    You would be taken to the WP dashboard as you will click install WordPress. This dashboard allows you to control the features of the wp site you just installed

Note: While it is good to know about the manual method of installing WordPress, it consumes more time and efforts and is also prone to human errors. So if you are looking for the best way to install WordPress is with the help of single-click WordPress installation options.

For instance, instead of going through this entire process you can easily install WordPress using a reputed platform like wpCentral.com.

Conclusion

Installing WordPress is not as difficult as many people think. You just need to follow the instructions properly. Still if you find it difficult to manually install the WordPress then you can take help of auto installers that compress the entire installation process in just a single click.

WordPress templates themes are quite popular among both technical and nontechnical users. However, if you wish to develop a theme all by yourself you would need to understand more about how it functions and the first thing is to understand the WordPress theme hierarchy. A theme is a vast term that includes multiple elements including but not limited to images, style sheets, JavaScript and templates. The streamlined combination and display of these elements determine the final look of your WP site.

The benefits of learning about WordPress template hierarchy

As opposed to common notion you don’t have to be a genius for creating your WordPress theme. However, it is important to get yourself acquainted with the hierarchy of WordPress. To put in short a single template file or combination of different template files are employed to create the pages of a WordPress website. These template files are fetched from a specific area of the WP web page.

The particular areas of your website are affected by the templates with specific filenames and help you in identifying the template names used for specific item type.

Hence if you want to go deeper into the WordPress and wish to develop your theme the very first thing is to get acquainted with the WordPress template hierarchy.

For the different pages, WordPress uses a specific naming pattern. Following is the hierarchy level in the appropriate order that will help you understand the same more clearly.

Homepage

By default the homepage shows your site’s latest blog post but you can also modify it by going to the reading page in the settings page (in you WP admin)

·         front-page.php – The WordPress will search this file if you use static front page and will employ it for showing the front page

·         Home.php – for the users having a static front page but don’t have front-page.php template in the theme, the WordPress will find a home.php file. It also employs it to show blog posts on your home page

·         index.php – In case both the front-page.php and home.php are not available, the WordPress falls back to index.php, WP’s default fallback template for displaying any of the site’s pages.

Single post

WP goes through these files for showing the single post

·         single-{post-type}-{slug}.php – for showing/altering a specific individual post in any post type. Example post type: ‘features’, post slug: Apple-phone, WordPress would find single-features-Apple-phone.php.

·         single-{post-type}.php – WordPress will then search for the template to display this specific type of post. For example, post type: features, then WordPress would look for single-features.php.

·         Single.php – Next, WordPress will go to single.php.

·         Singular.php – This is the best substitute for a single item display from any post type.

·         Index.php –As the last fallback the WordPress will go to index.php.

Single page Template Files

WordPress pages are one of the default post types. They allow you to create static pages in your website instead of posts. See our guide on the difference between posts vs. pages.

·         Custom Page Template – This is the page that has been assigned to a specific page.

·         page-{slug}.php – For the page slug reach-us, WordPress will use page-reach-us.php.

·         page-{id}.php – For the page ID 19, the WordPress will find template file page-19.php.

·         Page.php – This template is used for displaying all the static pages.

·         Singular.php – All single post type ultimately fall back to this file as the default substitute

·         Index.php – As mentioned this is the ultimate default option.

Template files for Category archives

 The category related page is showed using these templates:

·         category-{slug}.php – For displaying category archive page for a particular category. For category slug features, WordPress will find the category-features.php template.

·         category-{id}.php – Next the WordPress will search the templates with its ID. For the category ID 19, WordPress will search category-19.php.

·         Category.php – This is used as the default template to display all category archive pages.

·         Archive.php – The default template that WordPress uses to display the archive pages.

·         Index.php – The ultimate template.

Template files for tag archives

 The tag archive pages are displayed using these files

·         tag-{slug}.php – For the tag’s slug phones, WordPress will find tag-phones.php.

·         tag-{id}.php – For the tag’s ID 19, the WordPress will find tag-19.php template.

·         Tag.php – The default template for tag archives

·         Archive.php – This is the default template for any type archive page.

·         Index.php – The ultimate substitute

Template files for custom taxonomy archives

Categories and tags are two default WordPress taxonomies. Users can create their custom taxonomies as well. Here is how WordPress looks for templates to display custom taxonomy pages.

WordPress uses categories and tags as the default WordPress taxonomies but it is possible for you to create your taxonomy depending upon your specific requirements. However, here is how the WordPress searches the templates for displaying the taxonomy pages:

·         taxonomy-{taxonomy}-{term}.php – For the custom taxonomy niche, containing the term ‘technology’, WordPress will search taxonomy-niches-technology.php.

·         taxonomy-{taxonomy}.php – For the taxonomy niche, the WordPress would search taxonomy-niche.php.

·         Taxonomy.php – This is the default template for showing any custom taxonomy archives.

·         Archive.php – This is the default template for all the WP’s archive pages

·         index.php– The ultimate template

Template files for custom post types

 This is the way the WordPress searches templates for displaying custom post type archives.

·         archive-{post type}.php – If your post type is features, WordPress will search archive-features.php.

·         Archive.php – This is the default template used to display the archive pages in WordPress.

·         Index.php – The ultimate template of WP.

Template files for displaying author archives

For each WP author (of your site) the WordPress generate the archive pages. We are going to explain the path used by WP to search author archive pages:

·         author-{nichename}.php – For an author named Tom author-Tom.php.

·         author-{id}.php – If the user ID is 9, the WordPress will search author-9.php.

·         Author.php – This is the default template that displays the WordPress author archive pages.

·         Archive.php – This is the default template for displaying all the archive pages.

·         Index.php – The default template

Template files for date-based archives

If you want WordPress to display your posts based on a date based archive pages (specific months and years), then here is the way it does the same.

·         Date.php – This is the default template for the date-based archives.

·         Archive.php – This is the default template that displays author archive pages (in WP).

·         Index.php – The default ultimate template of WordPress.

Template files for search pages

·         search.php – This is the default page used to show the search results in WordPress

·         Searchform.php – The template for displaying search forms

·         Index.php – The ultimate template in WordPress.

Template files for 404 error pages

If the WordPress cannot look for the requested content it will show the page 404 error

·         404.php – Te 404 page is displayed using these default templates

·         Index.php – The ultimate default template in WordPress.

Template files for attachment pages

·         MIME_type.php – Put simply Mime Type in the file type and examples include image.php, video.php, application.php, pdf.php, etc.

·         Attachment.php – The attachment pages are displayed using this default template.

·         single-attachment.php – for displaying single attachment

·         Single.php – the single post type items are displayed using this default template

·         Index.php – The ultimate default

Template files for embeds

You can also render an embedded post in the WordPress Since WordPress 4.5

·         embed-{post-type}-{post format}.php – WordPress will search the post type and post format template. For the feature with video, WordPress will search embed-features-video.php.

·         embed-{post-type}.php – For the post type features, WordPress would find embed-features.php.

·         embed.php – The ultimate substitute for all templates. .

Conclusion

WordPress Template Hierarchy plays a vital role while learning the WordPress development. However its complexity can overwhelm a new learner, especially the ones who are from non-programming background. The best way to learn WordPress template hierarchy is to simplify the complex things and start learning in small phases.

Many times you come across a website with an awesome design and unique looks, and you strongly wish that your site should also have similar looks. The good news is that to a great extent it is now possible to apply the same looks to your own website. Many WordPress websites use the theme or pre-built layout with extended editing features. If you find out the exact theme used by a WordPress site then you can also purchase the same theme and change the looks of your site without any detailed or complex designing process. Now another question that comes to the mind is how to find the theme used by a WordPress website. In this blog we are going to discuss various ways in which you can easily find out the theme.

Two popular methods of detecting a WordPress theme are:

1.    Manually checking the WordPress theme of a site using an easy and quick DIY method

2.    Using online WP theme detectors for getting detailed information about the theme or plugins

The manual method of checking a WP theme

·         Right-click anywhere in the center of the website for which you wish to detect the theme to open the dropdown menu.

·         Click View Page Source that will open a new page in the next tab

·         Go to the new tab and press ctrl+f. Enter style.css in the search tool and click enter.

·         You will see a file link that looks like this: http://wpplugindirectory.org/wp-content/themes/wpplugindirectory/style.css?ver….

·         Click on it and a new file with other details (name, author and version) will be opened. This represents the theme header showing the details of the theme.

Note

·         In case the website is using the child theme you can see the details of the parent theme in the theme header

·         In that case, the parent theme name is defined in the header block parameter called Template.

WordPress theme detectors to check the WP theme

If you wish to get the comprehensive details about the theme or the plugins used by a specific website then it is best to go for the WordPress theme detectors. Here we will review the 3 best WP theme detectors with key details, pros, and cons.

ISITWP.com

Sometimes you might be interested in getting other associated details as well like the hosting provider and WHOIS data. In that case ISITWP. com could be a great option for you.

The tool detects the exact WordPress theme used by the website and can also determine whether it is a standard theme or a tailor-made version specifically created for a particular website. It also offers you an easy link to Google the other details of the theme and checks whether it is possible to download it.

Along with that it also detects the active plugins and offers comprehensive details in a user-friendly format including the plugins name, details (introduction and functions), downloading link and even the reviews that will help you in taking the right decision. 

Last but not the least it also offers you a comprehensive list of best WordPress plugins/tools that are neatly classified into purpose-specific categories like best eCommerce plugins, or best booking plugins. Clicking on any category will open the detailed comparison of some of the best tools in the category so that you can choose the one that perfectly fits your needs.

You would also appreciate the detailed information about starting a blog or making a WordPress website

Pros

·         Along  with these details, it also offers associated information like hosting provider and Whois link

·         Offers a detailed description of active plugins including download link and reviews

Cons

·         Takes some time for processing

·         Offers only basic information about the theme.

WhatWordpressThemeisthat.com

One of the highly trusted WP detector tools is What WordPress theme is that. While using any theme detector tool is more or less easy, it is the volume and value of the information provided by this theme detector that sets it apart from the others. Just visit the site and in the relevant text box type the website for why you wish to check the theme.

The tool is fully capable of recognizing the difference between the parent theme and the child theme and giving you the relevant information.

You can also expect it to tell you about the active plugins of the site that can help you to add a similar functionality on your site. Instead of being limited to the WordPress, it goes a mile ahead and also detects the theme built on Drupal or Joomla.

Pros

·         Quick to use

·         Simple interface

Cons

·         It can recognize specific plugins only

·         It doesn’t provide you sufficient details about the theme needed for practical benefits

WPthemedetector.com (WPTD)

WPTD is also a reliable option to check the details of the WP theme used by any website. Along with detecting the theme and active plugins, it also offers some other relevant details that can make things even easier for you and can help you to assess the theme reputation.

For instance, it fetches you the total number of websites made on the same theme, the detailed information about the plugins key statistics or the theme and whether or not the theme is available for download. All this data along with some key stats proactively help you in taking the informed decision.

Pros

·         The tool can even detect whether the theme is being used out of the box or it has been customized.

·         Offers comprehensive details and key stats needed for a wise decision

·         You get sufficient information regarding parent as well as child theme

Cons

·         It is slower when compared to other theme detectors

·         It is unable to fetch the information about inactive plugins used by the theme

Conclusion

With the help advanced techniques and smart tools you can detect the precise theme used by any WordPress website. It provides you the key information and associated details of the theme used by a specific website. If it is available for purchase you can buy the theme you like, add the content, tailor it to suit your taste and publish the site.