Hosting your WordPress website on your Synology NAS brings hosting costs to zero. Today I will teach you how to prevent image hotlinking on your WordPress website hosted on your Synology NAS. First of all, image hotlinking is when someone embeds your images on their website by linking them directly from your website. This can … Read more about WordPress: How to Prevent Image Hotlinking
Starting with version 4.2 WordPress has changed the database character set from utf8_general_ci to utf8mb4_unicode_ci (which was necessary, for example, for full emoji support) if a few requirements have been met. In this article I will teach you how to manually make the switch from utf8_general_ci to utf8mb4_unicode_ci using phpMyAdmin if you did not meet … Read more about phpMyAdmin: How to Convert utf8_general_ci Database to utf8mb4_unicode_ci
WordPress version 5.5.3 was released today after a bug was discovered in the previous WordPress version 5.5.2 released yesterday. When people try to install a new fresh version of WordPress, they get the following message: Your site has updated to WordPress 5.5.3-alpha-49449. The new maintenance released today “5.5.3” fixes an issue present in WordPress 5.5.2 … Read more about Synology: WordPress 5.5.3
On October 29, 2020, WordPress 5.5.2 was released to the public. This version is available for “download” from wordpress.org and not in the Synology Package Center. So, if you want to download and install WordPress 5.5.2 on your Synology NAS, you have to follow my step by step guide on how to manually update a … Read more about Synology: WordPress 5.5.2
Should you? The answer is No. I’ve seen more and more people excited about using Docker to host a WordPress site on their Synology NAS. My opinion about it? Don’t use Docker or other dubious avenues if you intend to grow that blog. You want to grow your blog? Build on the basic packages that … Read more about Synology: Should I Use Docker to Host a WordPress Blog?
If you have WordPress installed on your Synology with DSM 6.2.4, surely you have wondered which of the php extensions you need to activate for it to work. Below is a short guide that explains what you need to activate. First of all, open the application called Web Station. Once opened, go to PHP Settings … Read more about Synology PHP 7.3 Settings and Extensions for WordPress