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Other tips, tricks, and utilities that are hosting or computer related.

Block bad bot traffic
Some bot traffic isn't desirable. You can block it by adding the following to your .htaccess file.
Changing control panel skin
When interacting with the control panel, it will appear using a specific "skin". This skin is configurable, tho the examples of this site will use the default skin, Evolution. We highly recommend leaving the skin set to Evolution. It provides a better user experience and this documentation only provides examples for the Evolution skin. Changing from Evolution…
Backing up your data
You are able to take as many backups as you like, as frequently as you like, with as much or as little of your data in them as you like. One common scenario is to take a backup of your website data & database data before performing a major update to your website. Another scenario…
Securing WordPress
These configuration options will block some of the more primitive brute force attacks on WordPress. Place them in an .htaccess file in the root of your website (domains/yourdomain.com/public_html). Denying Author Scans Author scans are frequently a mechanism for determining a username to start bruce-forcing the password. Avoid this by blocking author scans. Place this inside a .htaccess…

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