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Some WordPress tips

March 15, 2026July 2, 2020 by j2sw

If you are wanting to force non SSL to SSL. Add the following to your site’s .htaccess file Set proper file permissions Script from https://www.ryadel.com/en/set-file-system-permissions-wordpress-web-site-centos-7-chmod/ # # This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations # from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions # # execute it with the following command: # bash set-wordpress-permissions.sh /var/www/ # OWNER=apache #

My 3rd WordPress speedup tip

March 15, 2026September 14, 2019 by j2sw

Plugins can be a huge help to you, but which ones? With all the different ones out there it is hard to decide which one are not total junk

Another WordPress speedup tip

March 15, 2026September 14, 2019 by j2sw

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Speeding up your WordPress site

March 15, 2026September 13, 2019 by j2sw

Do you run a WordPress site? Looking to make it quicker? I ran this site through the following URL and was given several suggestions.

Redirect your WordPress blog to https

March 15, 2026June 28, 2019 by j2sw

One of the things you need to do in order to redirect from HTTP to HTTPS is to add this into your .htacess file at the root level of your WordPress install.