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Password protecting a directory with .htaccess and wordpress

I’ve come across this problem a number of times, of course each time I think “this will be fixed next time”.  Unfortunately it’s not the case.  What’s the problem then? You have a directory that you want to password protect, lets call it “secrets”.  It resides in /home/mysite/public_html/secrets/ on the server.  Now fortunately you are [...]

How to put wordpress into maintenance mode.

Sometimes you might need to put wordpress into maintenance mode – this replaces your site with a basic message saying that the site is temporarily unavailable.