Block WordPress User Enumeration with nginx Completely

There are several WordPress user enumeration methods that exist for listing information about WordPress users on a site publicly. User enumeration is considered a security vulnerability and can be scanned with several security scanner tools like WP Scan (GitHub). These are the current URL examples for WordPress user enumeration we are currently aware of in … Learn more…

Install PHP 8.0 FPM on Ubuntu 18.04 for WordPress

The PHP 8 benchmarks are looking really sexy! More performance improvements are always welcome over PHP 7.4 🙂 Check out this in-depth list of the new PHP 8 features. Remember to test the new PHP 8.0 in a staging environment for your WordPress or WooCommerce site first, ideally on a separate server. If you need … Learn more…

Clean WordPress Database after Removing Elementor Page Builder

When you uninstall plugins from WordPress a lot can be leftover in the database. This makes the database unnecessarily large and could even slow down queries. It is always a good idea to clean your WordPress database after removing plugins. I recently switched a site from Elementor to GenerateBlocks to improve performance so naturally I … Learn more…