WordPress Tips & Tricks – Marius Hosting

Manually Update A New Version Of WordPress In Your Synology

30 April 20253 January 2025 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Suppose you have installed WordPress via the Synology NAS Package Center and you have noticed that the installed version is outdated. How can you upgrade your outdated Synology WordPress version to a newer version? Updating WordPress to the latest version (6.8.1) is rather easy. Synology WordPress Package vs Official WordPress Files: When WordPress.org releases a … Read more about Manually Update A New Version Of WordPress In Your Synology

Synology WordPress 6.5

3 April 2024 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

On April 2, 2024, WordPress 6.5 was released to the public. The latest and greatest version of WordPress is WordPress 6.5 code name “Regina” and it’s in honor of Regina Carter. This version is available for “download” from wordpress.org but not in the Synology Package Center. So, if you want to download and install WordPress 6.5 on … Read more about Synology WordPress 6.5

How to Install Matomo on Your Synology NAS

15 January 202525 January 2024 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Matomo is a free and open source web analytics application developed by a team of international developers that runs on a PHP/MySQL webserver. It tracks online visits to one or more websites and displays reports on these visits for analysis. It’s very similar to Google Analytics, but you can host it on your Synology NAS. … Read more about How to Install Matomo on Your Synology NAS

Synology: Increase MariaDB Max Connections and Packet Size

30 May 202421 August 2023 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Do you know that MariaDB is configured by default to handle up to 150 connections? One additional connection is used to operate root access, but, if it’s not used for this purpose, then the maximum number of connections for MariaDB is 151. The number of connections that can be accepted by MariaDB/MySQL is determined by … Read more about Synology: Increase MariaDB Max Connections and Packet Size

Synology WordPress 6.3

9 August 2023 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

On August 8, 2023, WordPress 6.3 was released to the public. The latest and greatest version of WordPress is WordPress 6.3 code name “Lionel” and it’s in honor of Lionel Hampton. This version is available for “download” from wordpress.org but not in the Synology Package Center. So, if you want to download and install WordPress 6.3 on … Read more about Synology WordPress 6.3

Synology: WordPress not Sending Emails (Solved)

6 June 202325 January 2023 by Marius Bogdan Lixandru

Have you ever had to change a WordPress user email and waited for the confirmation email, with the link to click to confirm the change, but the email never arrived in your inbox? Or did you ever change your WordPress password and wait for the confirmation email which never arrived in your inbox? Or have … Read more about Synology: WordPress not Sending Emails (Solved)