WordPress

You get sample comments and posts in a fresh WordPress install. You can easily remove them in the following way. Log in to the WordPress dashboard. From the Dashboard menu, go to Posts and click on All Posts. Hover the mouse on the sample post and click on Trash. Now, do the same with the sample pages. Head to the Dashboard menu, hover your mouse on Posts, and click All Posts. Remove the sample pages. Similarly, you can remove sample comments. Choose Comments from the dashboard, hover your mouse over a comment and choose Trash. After you take these steps, your blog will be clean from sample comments and posts.

The WordPress plugin is not working correctly, or you want to reinstall it without losing data or removing the plugin. You can do this with both active and inactive plugins. Log in to the WordPress dashboard. From the Dashboard menu, go to Plugins and click on Plugin File Editor. From the drop-down menu of Select plugin to edit, choose the plugin and click on Select. In the file editor, locate the version line: Version: 1.7.2 Change it to: Version: 1.7.1 Only change the version from a higher to a lower number. Scroll down and click on Update File. Then go back to the Installed Plugins list. There should be an update for the plugin you edited. Click on Update now. You have forcefully updated/reinstalled the plugin without losing data.

WordPress plugins are very useful. You can easily install a plugin from the WordPress dashboard. Log in to the WordPress dashboard. From the Dashboard menu, go to Plugins and click on Add New. Use the Search filter to find the plugins. Type Security to find plugins related to it. The available plugins matching the keyword Security will appear. Click on Install Now, next to the plugin’s name. The installation can take a few moments. Once the Activate option appears, choose it. Note: After activating a plugin, a new menu of that plugin will be added to the Dashboard menu. If a plugin requires a setup, it will display an option to complete it.

You can change the display name of your WordPress account, which shows on WordPress posts and comments. Log in to the WordPress dashboard. From the Dashboard menu, go to Users and click on Profile. Locate Nickname and enter your new name. From the Display name publicly as, choose your newly added nickname from the drop-down menu. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Update Profile.

You can easily install a WordPress theme and activate it manually. Please, follow the steps below to do so. Log in to the WordPress dashboard. From the Dashboard menu, go to Appearance and click on Themes. Click on Add New. Choose Upload Theme. 5. Click on Browse and choose the theme from your computer. Click on Install Now. It will take a few moments to install. After that, click on Activate. Congratulations, you have installed and activated a new WordPress theme.