After running this blog on WordPress since 2007, I've finally moved it to a static site. The trigger was my old hosting provider shutting down their data center at the end of March 2026. My server was getting old, too.
Rather than migrating WordPress somewhere else, I decided to go …
Why WordPress Asks for Connection Info
You can also add this to wp-config.php to get rid of the FTP prompt in case you have write permissions but WordPress does not understand it correctly:
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
The stock mod_auth_mysql package in Ubuntu is not able to authenticate against the phpass password hashes stored in the WordPress database.
There seems to be a patch lying around to enable phpass authentication in mod_auth_mysql. Its inclusion in mod_auth_mysql has been requested a long time ago, and again more recently …
I wanted to make the indivitual post pages 100% wide, and also the headings a bit bigger. Here's the CSS to do it:
/* Make individual posts full-width */ .singular.page .hentry {padding:1em;} .singular .entry-header, .singular .entry-content, .singular footer.entry-meta, .singular #comments-title { width: 100%; } /* Fix the edit button placement */ .singular …
As a first excercise in creating WordPress plugins, I decided to write an extremely simple widget which can be used to lure spammers' address harvester bots to honeypots, for example ones set up using the Project Honey Pot web site. If you want to help fight spam, just sign up …
To force SSL logins and the administration interface, edit wp-config.php and add these before the "/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */" line:
define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
You must set up Apache to use SSL of course.
A lot more info can …