Complete guide for maintaining, optimising WordPress websites for optimum performance, maximum speed for loading webpages, maximum security for preventing website hacking & highjacking by intruders

Introduction   I have been using WordPress for almost more than 5 years now.   I will explain in below post step by step procedure to harden, secure & optimise WordPress for best performance & security.   So First thing first,   Introduction to WordPress   What is WordPress: WordPress is a free and open-source …

How to fix WordPress.com Jetpack error called Your website needs to be publicly accessible to use Jetpack: site_inaccessible. Error Details: The Jetpack server was unable to communicate with your site [HTTP 404]. Ask your web host if they allow connections from WordPress.com

As we know WordPress community exist on wordpress.com & wordpress.org   WordPress.org is downloadable CMS (Content Management System) distribution for self hosted used by web designers & web developers.   Being CMS lead developer Automattic want’s it’s wordpress.com experience available to it’s wordpress.org users. So they developed plugin like JetPack for WordPress self hosted websites. …

How to fix error ‘Safari can’t open page – because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy.’

  This happens to most of WordPress blogs when you sign in to your website’s Admin (wp-admin) page & whenever you try to navigate to different page or open a new page this error get displayed every time you do it.   Error: Safari can’t open page – because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. …

Increasing page views per visit (session) ratio by sticky top navigation bar, here is how to create sticky navigation bar that becomes fixed to the top after scrolling

It is well known tried & tested method to have sticky navigation bar at top when you have responsive website design & layout.   A fixed navigation bar at top helps mobile user or desktop website user to have fixed area where he can find navigation icons & links through which he can browse & …

Twitter Follow button is not loading or it is taking indefinite time to load, Here it is how to fix this with easy solution?

To increase user interaction, web traffic & user sharing we all add Twitter Follow button to encourage user to follow the WebMaster on twitter to get future updates about new blog articles through Tweets on Twitter.   But few day back I found out that my website was facing problems due to single Twitter follow …

How to fix WordPress Automatic Update Error called ‘[function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in’ & another error called ‘Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required’, ‘(include_path=’.:/usr/local/php-5.3.27/share/pear’)’.

When WordPress.Org releases new update to it’s WordPress standalone CMS (Content Management System) for that you may have set your website to get your installation updated automatically or you may like to do it your self at your preferred time. What ever case may be.   But because of server load on part of your …

How to Stop SPAM by blocking SPAM sender’s IP Address, An ultimate solution to block SPAM forever by using order allow deny ip in .htaccess

Before Moving Forward Read Important Note Below:   .htaccess deny rules are meant to block web requests (HTTP, HTTPS) to the directory in which the .htaccess is placed. Spam messages are sent via SMTP, and this protocol is not affected by the .htaccess file on your website. The .htaccess file will only work to prevent …

How to fix ‘Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content’ error on Google PageSpeed for your WordPress Website

Here is how you may want to tune up your WordPress website performance i.e. how much time it takes to download your website from server to your visitors’ computer, mobile or tablet.   In era of responsive design we tend to embed more than one Javascript or CSS files such as bootstrap css & js …

How to change opacity or transparency of Background Color in CSS without affecting text, images or other web properties

There are instances when you think that would be great idea if you can able to change opacity of background color of div without affecting text, image & other web properties present inside same div of HTML & CSS.   Yes, that is possible… Here is the Answer:   What you normally do is specify …

How to enable HTTP persistent connection or HTTP keep-alive for your website for faster page speed using .htaccess file

As Wikipedia explains:   HTTP persistent connection, also called HTTP keep-alive, or HTTP connection reuse, is the idea of using a single TCP connection to send and receive multiple HTTP requests/responses, as opposed to opening a new connection for every single request/response pair. The newer SPDY protocol uses the same idea and takes it further …