WordPress without updates?
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MunnyMachine
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Wordpress has so many security issues that you have to try to stay remotely current
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Any reason for that? Why do you think updates are bad?
Simple like what? How do you keep things simple without updates?
Yes. It is as simple as it is.
No. It is as simple as it is.
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non-updated Wordpress, themes and plugins can really get you into trouble, so you need to update even 10 times a day if updates are available, which is one of the main reasons for which I don't like WP anymore... If you have several sites it's a PIA.
But I digress... the point is that yes, you need to update everything in your site that uses WP, not because the site might not function (most of the time it does) but because you're vulnerable to hacks, which I'm sure you agree that it's bad
But I digress... the point is that yes, you need to update everything in your site that uses WP, not because the site might not function (most of the time it does) but because you're vulnerable to hacks, which I'm sure you agree that it's bad
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Don’t.
blackhomer
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https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-cant-install-or-delete-plugins-update-wordpress-etc/ - Check this topic on WP Blog. I'd the same problem
fb3003
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one thing to note that new wordpress versions are much faster compared to the old ones. faster site, better user experience, more direct correlation on serp.
Stuart Sergio
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Wordpress has a so many security issues.
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We may be soulmates you and me.
I understand you and i feel the same way.
What you can do is, bring your site to a working state. Make sure everything works. Then disable all updates, and never update anything again.
Your site will continue to work, and you wont have any problems.
But, its not all fun and games. If any of your themes or plugins have some sort of security vulnerability, you can get hacked and malicious files placed in your site. Even if you spot and remove the malicious files, if the vulnerability is still there, it will happen again.
But honestly, you can probably ride like this for years and years with no problems whatsoever.
Because if you keep everything up to date, your entire life will devolve into this depressing existance where all you do is update something every other day, and then waste your time and money trying to fix all the problems that the update created for you.
Most people on this forum will tell you that you should stay up to date always. Theyll tell you that they never had any problems with updating anything. But these guys live on a planet thats different than the one i live on. Also most people on here dont really make any money, so their advice is, you know, grain of salt.
Anyway, all advice is grain of salt. But yes, staying up to date is like a cat chasing its own tail. May feel fun, but ultimately its a jerkoff.
So you have my permission to bring your site to a working state, and then disable those fucking annoying updates. Make sure to install wordfence, and always check any email you receive from wordfence, and if you notice it ever shows you newly created files, but you know you didnt create any new files, make sure to go find and delete them.
And going back to the beginning, try not to start off with nulled plugins and theme.
Good luck
MasterOfMasks
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my best advice is to stick to php + html and throw wordpress away. too clunky and makes things slow
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This is good advice too. This works too, and it works even better.
I have an HTML site that's almost 10 years old, and it still works with no problems. For all intents and purposes I didn't make any updates on it for 10 years (I did make updates, but mickey mouse ones like updating content and whatnot).
So if you really wanna have that long-term peace of mind, PHP+HTML is the answer. However, you won't get some of the toys that you can get with wordpress, so there's that...
MasterOfMasks
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true, but even then,, sometimes sites don't even need php at all, so just plain html, HECK,, PLAIN TEXT works lol.
No need for styles or anything. PLAIN TEXT works in google
Black Belt Spodermen
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If you go without updates to WordPress or plugins for a long time, you might see some cyber-attacks. My site was hacked due to the same and to this day, I can't use a few plugins because it works with those plugins and I am never able to remove the malware completely from my site.
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true, but even then,, sometimes sites don't even need php at all, so just plain html, HECK,, PLAIN TEXT works lol.
No need for styles or anything. PLAIN TEXT works in google
Right. Well, HTML and CSS we need, right?
In fact, this site I mentioned above is basically just HTML+CSS. The PHP is only there so that certain things can be pulled from a config.php file.
Just to give an example.
The site has a footer. And each footer has the year in it - "Copyright Mysite.com 2013-2022"
Now, the site has like 300 pages, and for a year or two when a new year comes in, I'd update each manually... Yeah, really... I didn't know anything about mass editing files or anything. This was years ago.
Then I used php to have that text displayed with PHP, and the PHP pulls the text from a config.php file. So now when a new year comes in, I open the config.php file, edit the text, and it's updated on all 300 pages.
So yeah, that's really good. PHP is all right. BUT, like I'm currently updating a site because my hosting provider is stopping support for PHP versions older than 7.3 or something. So I have some wordpress site that won't work properly, it needs older version of PHP to work.
I don't really know PHP, but I'd stick with PHP that's like basic, one that doesn't get affected by update insanity!
MasterOfMasks
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you could simply do the simple code :
<?php
echo date("Y");
?>
and it will always show the current year
No need for a config file to change the year man every year haha
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you could simply do the simple code :
<?php
echo date("Y");
?>
and it will always show the current year
No need for a config file to change the year man every year haha
For real? Well... you should have told me about this years ago. Why didn't you?
MasterOfMasks
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yeah man,, sometimes we have to read the php manual man hahaFor real? Well... you should have told me about this years ago. Why didn't you?
tons of small tricks like that to have your sites up to date automatically
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yeah man,, sometimes we have to read the php manual man haha
tons of small tricks like that to have your sites up to date automatically
Yeah, I don't read manuals. I just wait for you to tell me
Well, so that worked. This is what I had so far:
PHP:
<?php echo $footer_copyrights;?>And now I put this in:
PHP:
Copyright 2014-<?php echo date("Y");?> ©And to my surprise, it actually works.
But let me ask you, is this all browser and device compatible?
mw0
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Yes, nothing to do with the browser. You server is generating the text to send back to the client, and as far as the client is concerned, it's the same as if it were hardcoded.But let me ask you, is this all browser and device compatible?