Customize

Security Info

• Reduce the Count of installed and used Wordpress Plugins, LESS is MORE!
• Do never use PHP Upload Plugins like "Gallery" cause most of them are scanned by Hackers to Access the File Systems of the Webserver !!!
• Check Folder Rights like Images where Uploads are stored!
• Use a minimum of Plugins to redesign and relocate internal Links! Cause Search Bots don't know how to read!
• A Basic Setup is FAST and CLEAN READABLE by Bots Scripts and ranked up by Speed (I/O)!

Date Remove on Posts

to remove date of posts edit functions.php

function theme_remove_post_dates() {
    add_filter('the_date', '__return_false');
    add_filter('the_time', '__return_false');
    add_filter('the_modified_date', '__return_false');
} add_action('loop_start', 'theme_remove_post_dates');

Hardening Wordpress

Force SSL Logins to Login Pages add to wp-config.php

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

Delete trash after 30 days

Add to wp-config.php

define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 30);

Disable Wordpress Cron

Add to wp-config.php

define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);

Reduce Revsions History

Add to wp-config.php

define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 3);

Auto Save Intervall on Edit

Auto Save every 2 Minutes

define('AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 120);

Disable Auto Wordpress Updates

Must be done cause it can destroy your Blog!

define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );

Wordpress MySQL Database User Privileges

enter on MySQL Console as DB-Admin!

GRANT SELECT , INSERT , UPDATE , DELETE ON  wordpress.* TO 'user'@'localhost';

Customized Search Form

create a file called searchform.php at your theme folder and enter:

<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php echo home_url( '/' ); ?>">
<div><label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">Search for:</label>
<input type="text" value="search = HOWTO" name="s" id="s" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Search & Hit Enter') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Search & H$ </div></form>

The Placeholder Message Text can be set at area "search = Howto"

Customize Wordpress Tag Cloud Widget

edit functions.php at yor Theme Path and insert at the end:

function custom_tag_cloud_widget($args) {
	$args['number'] = 0; //adding a 0 will display all tags
	$args['largest'] = 18; //largest tag
	$args['smallest'] = 10; //smallest tag
	$args['unit'] = 'px'; //tag font unit
	return $args;
}
add_filter( 'widget_tag_cloud_args', 'custom_tag_cloud_widget' );