ptasker

Just to note, there is a Trac ticket in for this. I’ve mentioned that there is an ongoing issue with this plugin and I’ve witnessed it myself. It’s generally not a good idea to override core plugins with your own code, though I do understand the frustration.

Thanks for the work on this David. I will take a look and let you know.

Thanks,

Peter

I’d also change your DB password, if you can.

I’ve used the define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’, true); with W3 Total Cache and had no issues. It just doesn’t allow you to edit theme files. The cache files are typically stored outside of a theme.

It depends. If the DB is on the same server, it could be localhost, but with some hosts, it’s a different domain. This article says that it is localhost for Host Gator. https://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/how-to-connect-to-the-mysql-database

Problems with email are likely related to your hosting setup at ipage. I would submit a support ticket with them first to see if they can help out.

I would change your FTP/SFTP password and WP Login details.

Also, disable file editing in wp-admin by adding this to your wp-config:

define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true);

Sucuri also has a good plugin to scan/fix vulnerabilities like this.

If you go to https://sweet-insights.com/wp-admin/ there’s a database connection problem error being displayed. You’ll have to change your database connection details in the wp-config.php file.

Ok well welcome to the world of WordPress. I would highly recommend reading up on theming WordPress and how to modify existing themes.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Stepping_Into_Templates
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Themes

You will probably have to edit the style.css file in the theme are trying to edit. Themes are located in /wp-content/themes/your-theme. Might also have to edit header.php.

Why not edit the permalink on a post by post basis? You could just trim the permalinks that are too long. Could also try modifying the .htaccess https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks#Long_Permalinks

Couple of things. /public_html/ is typically your webroot on a Linux server. I would remove the files from the directory above it as the wp-config.php files may interfere with each other. Also make sure you .htacess is writable by wordpress i.e. chmod 777