WordPress without updates?

[Scorpion Ghost]

haha you don't need to be an expert to change a file extension from .html to .php

Yeah but you need to know that that's the problem. And when you figure out that that's the problem, you need to know if making that change could create some problems.

I've never seen an .html file being used like that. I didn't know if, perhaps, that file needs to be .html because reasons.

I didn't make this site. I took an already made template, edited the shit out of it, and made a working site. That's how I make all my sites. But I don't know many basic things, so I get to asking myself if I should or shouldn't do this or that (such as changing a file from .html to .php).

Because I don't know the shit behind it, so I don't know if it would have any negative consequences. This is fucking code, you forget to close a bracket somewhere and your entire site goes down. It's fragile as shit dude. Every detail matters.

 

[MasterOfMasks]

Yeah but you need to know that that's the problem. And when you figure out that that's the problem, you need to know if making that change could create some problems.

I've never seen an .html file being used like that. I didn't know if, perhaps, that file needs to be .html because reasons.

I didn't make this site. I took an already made template, edited the shit out of it, and made a working site. That's how I make all my sites. But I don't know many basic things, so I get to asking myself if I should or shouldn't do this or that (such as changing a file from .html to .php).

Because I don't know the shit behind it, so I don't know if it would have any negative consequences. This is fucking code, you forget to close a bracket somewhere and your entire site goes down. It's fragile as shit dude. Every detail matters.

Yeah i understand.

Actually, you could also let them be as .html and use a server-side script to rewrite the files as .php so php code can be run with those .html files

 

[Scorpion Ghost]

Yeah i understand.

Actually, you could also let them be as .html and use a server-side script to rewrite the files as .php so php code can be run with those .html files

Yeah I read on stackoverflow, someone said you can either turn it to .php, or just javascripting something something.

Turning it to .php seemed like the easier choice

And after I did, I checked the page and the site, and everything seemed to work, so I considered it a success and a done deal

 

[MasterOfMasks]

Yeah I read on stackoverflow, someone said you can either turn it to .php, or just javascripting something something.

Turning it to .php seemed like the easier choice

And after I did, I checked the page and the site, and everything seemed to work, so I considered it a success and a done deal

Yeah you can use js to set up the year in every page. The code is similar to php tbh

 

[Scorpion Ghost]

Yeah you can use js to set up the year in every page. The code is similar to php tbh

Yeah, I'm sure you can do it. But I'm good, thank you

 

[MasterOfMasks]

Yeah, I'm sure you can do it. But I'm good, thank you

You might want to look into the js solution, so you don't have to depend on php alone

 

[Scorpion Ghost]

You might want to look into the js solution, so you don't have to depend on php alone

Oh my God, it just never ends

I'm good bro. I have things to do. We'll cross that bridge if and when we get to it

 

[MasterOfMasks]

Oh my God, it just never ends

I'm good bro. I have things to do. We'll cross that bridge if and when we get to it

Alright,, man. It's always good to have backup solutions

 

[Scorpion Ghost]

Alright,, man. It's always good to have backup solutions

Indeed

 

[MasterOfMasks]

Once you’ve been hacked and ended up having to rebuild your entire site, then you don’t mind installing those security updates because it’s much easier.

correct. that's why php + html rocks. you won't get hacked and you keep your site very fast

 

[buhebutlerpp]

there are two choices for you: use a stop update plugin to stop all the updates. enable scheduled automatic updates so don't bother about manual updates.

 

[WebWorx_Media]

Is anyone running with older versions of WordPress and doing just fine? I don't like the idea of constant updates. I like to keep things simple.

Do we really need to constantly update WordPress for security reasons? Isn't Cloudflare enough?

I would not really recommend this because WordPress has security issues, though it is getting better. You also need to keep all plugins up to date because hacker can exploit those to take over your site. I knod of know why you would want to do this but it is a very bad idea.

 

[WebWorx_Media]

my best advice is to stick to php + html and throw wordpress away. too clunky and makes things slow

WordPress seems to be the future. It is still young but account for nearly 50% of websites on the world wide web and the share is growing year on year. Security is also getting better so I think that in a decade is will be the number one website platform.

 

[PawanYadav8511]

It's better to update.

 

[rafark]

Wordpress has so many security issues that you have to try to stay remotely current

When you have a lot of plugins updating is not as easy as it sounds since some plugins might not be compatible with the latest version. Some devs take a while to update their plugins. If you have a big site with lots of plugins and data you should wait a few days or weeks. Always make sure you have backups before updating.