Jesin's Blog https://websistent.com/ Welcome to the Portal of Technology Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:57:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 WP CLI fix “Warning: Some code is trying to do a URL redirect.” error https://websistent.com/fix-warning-some-code-is-trying-to-do-a-url-redirect/ https://websistent.com/fix-warning-some-code-is-trying-to-do-a-url-redirect/#respond Sun, 22 Jul 2018 14:00:41 +0000 https://websistent.com/?p=2798 The WordPress command-line interface is incredibly useful when changing the domain URL of a website. When working on a client’s website I encountered the following warning when I ran the wp search-replace command. Googling this warning message brought up several links to GitHub which all recommended using the --user=someadmin parameter. I tried that too but […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/fix-warning-some-code-is-trying-to-do-a-url-redirect/feed/ 0 How to setup AutoSSL on a free ServerPilot plan https://websistent.com/setup-autossl-free-serverpilot-plan/ https://websistent.com/setup-autossl-free-serverpilot-plan/#comments Mon, 08 May 2017 21:59:24 +0000 http://websistent.com/?p=2726 ServerPilot the lightweight hosted control panel integrates well with Let’s Encrypt to generate free SSL certificates with a click of a button. ServerPilot calls this feature AutoSSL and makes it available only on the Coach plan that costs $10/month/server. But by using some custom Nginx configuration we can get Let’s Encrypt working on the free […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/setup-autossl-free-serverpilot-plan/feed/ 11 How to add the HSTS header only for HTTPS requests on Nginx https://websistent.com/add-the-hsts-header-only-for-https-requests-nginx/ https://websistent.com/add-the-hsts-header-only-for-https-requests-nginx/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2016 22:01:14 +0000 http://websistent.com/?p=2714 HTTP Strict Transport Security is a mechanism through which web servers declare themselves to be accessible only over secure connections (HTTPS). This mechanism is implemented by configuring the web server to send a HSTS header in its responses. A typical HSTS header looks like the following: The RFC standard for HTTP Strict Transport Security – […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/add-the-hsts-header-only-for-https-requests-nginx/feed/ 0 How to setup SSL certificates on a free ServerPilot plan https://websistent.com/setup-ssl-certificates-free-serverpilot-plan/ https://websistent.com/setup-ssl-certificates-free-serverpilot-plan/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:06:34 +0000 http://websistent.com/?p=2634 Installing SSL certificates on ServerPilot requires a paid plan. But thanks to the amount of customizability offered by ServerPilot’s config files we can configure SSL certificates on the free plan. Create a directory for each domain’s SSL certificate files. Generate a private key in this directory. Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Use this CSR […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/setup-ssl-certificates-free-serverpilot-plan/feed/ 2 How to configure Linode Longview on ServerPilot https://websistent.com/configure-linode-longview-on-serverpilot/ https://websistent.com/configure-linode-longview-on-serverpilot/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:34:09 +0000 http://websistent.com/?p=2636 Longview is a system statistics graphing service by Linode. The statistics for CPU, memory, network, Disk I/O, MySQL, Apache and Nginx are collected by an agent program and are graphed in the Linode control panel. This service can also be used on servers that are not hosted on Linode. This article will show you how […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/configure-linode-longview-on-serverpilot/feed/ 6 How to install PHPMyAdmin on an Nginx Web Server https://websistent.com/install-phpmyadmin-nginx/ https://websistent.com/install-phpmyadmin-nginx/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:23:00 +0000 http://websistent.com/?p=2614 This article will show you how to install the latest version of PHPMyAdmin on Nginx. We will be obtaining the latest stable version of PHPMyAdmin from the GitHub repository and periodically pull updates for it via Git. Create a directory for PHPMyAdmin and change its ownership to the www-data user. Clone the “STABLE” branch of […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/install-phpmyadmin-nginx/feed/ 6 How to setup mod_security with ServerPilot https://websistent.com/setup-mod_security-serverpilot/ https://websistent.com/setup-mod_security-serverpilot/#comments Mon, 04 May 2015 16:43:49 +0000 http://websistent.com/?p=2590 Serverpilot is a hosted control panel for setting up and managing LAMP/LEMP stacks on Ubuntu servers. Just like any other control panel it can be installed with a single command. ServerPilot is simple to use and does not install unnecessary packages like other commercial control panels. I had written an article for DigitalOcean on setting […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/setup-mod_security-serverpilot/feed/ 14 Avast Antivirus Redistributable Download Link https://websistent.com/avast-redistributable-download-link/ https://websistent.com/avast-redistributable-download-link/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:01:14 +0000 http://websistent.com/?p=2584 The download link available on the official Avast website links to the web installer of Avast free antivirus. Installing Avast using this file requires an active Internet connection for the full package to be downloaded. Googling “Avast redistributable download” brought up a lot of spammy looking websites which hosted the file on file sharing sites. […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/avast-redistributable-download-link/feed/ 2 How to prevent WordPress comment Spam using JavaScript https://websistent.com/prevent-wordpress-comment-spam-using-javascript/ https://websistent.com/prevent-wordpress-comment-spam-using-javascript/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2015 13:24:03 +0000 http://jesin.tk/?p=2507 Akismet does a great job in catching comment spam but it is still inserted into the database causing it to bloat over time. So I developed a small WordPress plugin that stops 99% of the comment spam (atleast for me). It uses JavaScript to dynamically add a “hidden” input field to the comments form. A […]

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]]> https://websistent.com/prevent-wordpress-comment-spam-using-javascript/feed/ 0 Please fix your WP.org Plugin screenshots https://websistent.com/fix-your-wp-org-plugin-screenshots/ https://websistent.com/fix-your-wp-org-plugin-screenshots/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:37:48 +0000 http://jesin.tk/?p=2510 This is a mistake committed even by people I consider the Gods of WordPress (as you’ll see in the screenshot below) and plugins with a million downloads. Even the plugin’s created by the plugin reviewers weren’t spared. Rather than a mistake I would say they all overlooked this minor setting that can ruin a plugin […]

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