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To check a WordPress database’s charset and collation, run wp db query "SELECT @@character_set_database, @@collation_database;" for the database default, then query information_schema.TABLES for each table, because tables can differ from the default. A modern site should use utf8mb4, with…
If you run WordPress in 2026, hosting is no longer a commodity decision. It is a product decision, a security decision, and a revenue decision. I work in hosting support and DevOps every day, and I keep seeing the…
WordPress 7.0 bundles the PHP AI Client and the Abilities API directly in core. Here's the real API surface (wp_supports_ai(), wp_ai_client_prompt(), the PromptBuilder) and what it means for how you should build AI features now.
To reinstall WordPress without losing content, replace only the core files. With SSH, run wp core download –version="$(wp core version)" –skip-content –force, then wp core verify-checksums. Without SSH, use Dashboard > Updates > Re-install, or upload fresh wp-admin and…