“The uploaded file was only partially uploaded” Error Background: Having functioned correctly for years, I was confronted with the ” Uploaded file was only partially uploaded” error when trying to upload media files for an article. This error seems to have occurred since upgrading to the latest version of WordPress – 4.1.1 Solution: Some solutions …

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This article describes how to securely fix the wordpress “Unable To Create Directory Error” This is a general permissions error and may be uncovered in a variety of situations; the most common of these is when trying to upload images: “Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads//. Is its parent directory writable by the server?” There are …

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This article describes how to fix the issue of the admin bar and dashboard icons not displaying correctly. This can be down to may different things and will affect many sites, not just wordpress. The first thing to do is to check the afflicted site in all of your browsers. Are you using Firefox? Does …

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We are still looking at hosting providers! We are more than happy with DigitalOcean‘s offering so far but have also just spied ServerGenie – a managed hosting provider based in Oklahoma. The company also now offers fully managed WordPress hosting that’s insanely fast and infinitely scalable.  Plans start at only $20 per month and include …

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The default table prefix for a wordpress install is ‘wp_’ – make it different! Any attacker attempting to access database tables will use the default naming convention first – don’t make it easier for them! Changing the table prefix on an existing site is quite involved so employ this from the outsetwhen you’re running through …

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