We have seen that to be able to upload plugins to your wordpress, you need to install a ftp programme like vsftpd. When you feed in the ftp information, you will run into this problem: Downloading install package from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/twitter-mentions-as-comments.1.5.2.zip…Unpacking the package…Could not create directory. /var/www/wp-content/upgrade/twitter-mentions-as-comments.tmpReturn to Plugin Installer I solved the problem this way:
SSH Commands To Check The VPS Performance
Here are some common SSH commands done through putty to check the performance of the VPS Checking the processor used for the VPS [abc@vps2 ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfoprocessor : 0vendor_id : GenuineIntelcpu family : 6model : 44model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 970 @ 3.20GHzstepping : 2cpu MHz : 3200.539cache size : 12288 KB To
Quick Cache & Nginx
Quick Cache is one of my favourite WordPress cache plugins because it works very well without requiring any configuration and delivers a noticeable quickness with which the web pages are delivered. You can check whether Quick Cache is working by seeing the “source” of the page. At the bottom, you will see This Quick Cache
Avoid WordPress Asking FTP Credentials When You Install/ Upgrade Plugins
When you want to install or upgrade a plugin, wordpress will display a message stating: To perform the requested action WordPress needs to access your web server.Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed.If you do not remember your credentials you should contact your web host This problem is solved by installing Vsftpd (Very Secure FTP
How To Create Back-Up Of VPS Server
In creating a back-up of a VPS server, there are three things you must take care of: (i) All the files must be backed up; (ii) The MySql database should be backed up; (iii) A copy of the data base should be either downloaded onto your computer and/or transferred to another VPS so that if
Install PHPMyadmin on VPS
PHPMyadmin is an invaluable tool for managing MySql databases. Installing PhpMyadmin on your VPS is very easy: (i) Go to the PHPMyadmin site to see which is the latest version. Currently, it is 3.5.1-all-languages.tar.gz. So, lets download the file: wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/phpmyadmin/phpMyAdmin/3.5.1/phpMyAdmin-3.5.1-all-languages.tar.gz Now unpack it: tar xvfz phpMyAdmin-3.5.1-all-languages.tar.gz It will unpack to a folder called phpmyadmin
Create a phpinfo file
A php info file is one that gives you a wealth of information on your installation. To create the file, open notepad and enter the following code in it. Save the file as phpinfo.php and upload it to the root of your site so that it is accessible through the browser. Access the phpinfo.php file
Nginx WordPress Permalinks
If one use apache, then there is nothing to worry about about WordPress Permalinks because Apache’s mod_rewrite enables WordPress to add the rewrite rules to the .htaccess file. If you are using nginx, then a slight modification is required to be made to the config file. It is very easy to do. (i) Find the
WordPress Theme: Show Only Excerpt On Home Page
WordPress Theme: How to show only the excerpt on the home page instead of the entire post: By default the twentyten theme shows the entire post on the front page. This can be controlled by using the “more” tag in the post so that only the text upto the “more” tag is shown and a
Why the new bitly design sucks
Bitly is my favourite url shortener. A few things I like particularly about it are: (i) it has had a very simple & uncluttered design; (ii) you can customize the shortened url. So instead of some gibberish like bit.ly/xyres, you can use bit.ly/cool_post(iii) you can monitor the number of clicks each link is getting and