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How to Fix Wordpress Posts Missed Schedule Issue

Bala Krishna — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:58:52 +0000

Word Press have missed schedule issue from 2.7 version onwards. Word Press post scheduling was working fine upto 2.6.5 version as many of users reported on web. You can schedule wordpress post to publish on a specified time. but when time comes post can not publish and shows missed schedule in the admin area. According to WP guys, this is not the issue that Word Press guys can fix. This issue comes when your web server can not properly execute wp-cron process. New wordpress wp-cron method run wp-cron in separate process that rely on web server configuration. Everytime Word Press loads it looks for wp-cron whether it should be run or not based on the time it was last run.

Here are some reason that prevent Word Press to run wp-cron correctly.

Server doesn’t have DNS, and so it can’t figure out who “example.com” is, even though it is *itself*.
Server administrators, in a misguided attempt at security, have blocked “loopback” requests, so it can’t actually make a call back to itself.
Server is running something called “mod_security” or similar, which actively blocks the call due to brain-dead configuration.

There is simple to complex workaround to solve this issue. This problem automatically fix when your server is configured to run wp-cron properly but it require server root access and extensive server administration knowledge. So server configuration method is simply not for everyone to use. There is simple workaround to fix this issue that force wordpress to run wp-cron using alternative method that does not rely on web server configuration. To fix the issue add below line in the wp-config.php file. This line can be add anywhere in the wp-config.php file.

define(‘ALTERNATE_WP_CRON’, true);

This should restore wordpress schedule functionality.

Facebook Share Count Button Wordpress Plugin

Bala Krishna — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:54:55 +0000

Facebook introduced new facebook share count button that allow bloggers and website owners to add Facebook connect button with share count button easily. �This new button tool track your content on Facebook better. If you are running wordpress then you can add this button easily on WordPress blog using WordPress Facebook Share Count plugin. Wordpress plugin provides detailed tracked data of shares in the admin area such as Share Counts, Like Counts, Comment Counts and Click Counts.�You will have complete control over appearance and placement of the button through its admin interface. You can choose type of� Share button you would like to display, and location of the button.

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How to Fix Wordpress MU Redirect Loop Installation Error

Bala Krishna — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:10:34 +0000

I recently encounter this issue on my client wordpress mu blog. �When i open main blog page after installation an infinite loop occur and stop at dead end in�Firefox. I searched a lot about this on wordpress forum.�Surprising, issue is stated everywhere in the forums and blog but no solution was suggested.

Why Redirect Loop?

The issue arise�because�database was not created during wordpress�installation but�word press�config file was written. WordPress�uses wp-config.php file to store database configuration. �If WordPress find this file in the �installation directory then no further installation procedure begin. WordPress now look at DB to load default blog but there is no table in the database. Again, control goes to install procedure but WordPress understand blog already installed�because�WordPress config file is present in root folder. Once again WordPress try to load blog from database and redirect loop occur. �I hope WordPress guys will fix this in future releases.

The Fix

The fix is very simple. Simply, rename or�delete WordPress config file and re-install wordpress mu. �Make sure database user you are using during installation have sufficient permission to create and manipulate database tables.

Fix WordPress RSS Feed XML Parsing Errors – XML or text declaration not at start of entity

Bala Krishna — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:41:37 +0000

Today, i �discovered that my blog feed was showing error in Firefox and other browsers. �This error comes if white space of empty line at the start of xml feed content. Your xml feed content should start with xml declaration without white space or empty line. Blank lines or white space can be introduced by theme code, plugins, wordpress code or wordpress configuration file. A quick fix is check files you have recently edited.

How to Fix

Deactivate all plug-ins loaded and activate plug-in one by one to catch exact plug-in creating problem.
Try disabling wordpress cache plug-ins. Wordpress cache plugin don’t work well with some hosting.
Check your theme files, wp-config.php file for blank lines. It is hard and time consuming to check all wordpress core files. Thanks yo fiyaga for usefull wordpress plugin “Fix RSS Feed” that automatically detect blank or white space in the wordpress core files.
Make sure to ping your feed in feedburner or similar service you are using.

Wordpress.TV – New Addition to Wordpress Family

Bala Krishna — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:42:32 +0000

Wordpress announced new Wordpress.TV where you can find all wordpress resources in audio visual form. You can find all WordCamp video, slideshows of presentation created by wordpress team and other wordpress experts, and interviews with media and fellow bloggers.

Wordpress.TV included several handy how-to tutorial video and more be in pipeline in future. You can request to add an audio visual resource if you find should be added on wordpress.tv.? I can also request if something missing and should be on site for wordpress community. Below is introductory video showing brief overview of the site.

Unix Timestamp Conversion Tool Launched

Bala Krishna — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:23:31 +0000

Just launched Unix Timestamp Conversion Tool. All of users of my website are welcome to test and use this tool. Please feel free to share your comments, bugs etc..

How to Highlight PHP Source Code in Wordpress Post

Bala Krishna — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:13:38 +0000

PHP Source Code Highlighter (syntaxhighlighter) Wordpress plugin allow you to post php code inside your wordpress post with syntax highlight and line number. The plugin preserve code formatting and do not encode character until you do manually.

Supports the following languages:

* C++ — `cpp`, `c`, `c++`
* C# — `c#`, `c-sharp`, `csharp`
* CSS — `css`
* Delphi — `delphi`, `pascal`
* Java — `java`
* JavaScript — `js`, `jscript`, `javascript`
* PHP — `php`
* Python — `py`, `python`
* Ruby — `rb`, `ruby`, `rails`, `ror`
* SQL — `sql`
* VB — `vb`, `vb.net`
* XML/HTML — `xml`, `html`, `xhtml`, `xslt`

How to Use Wordpress Syntax/Source Code Highlight Plugin

This plugin do not add any button in the editor to wrap code automatically. Hope this feature will be added soon. You need to wrap you code within add your php code here [/source code] tag.

Download: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/syntaxhighlighter.zip
Live Demo/Screenshot: http://www.bala-krishna.com/how-to-clean-special-characters-from-php-string

WordPress 2.6 Beta 1 Out

Bala Krishna — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:34:42 +0000

WordPress 2.6 Beta1 has been released for public. This version is sheduled to release in the middle of July. It has some new features.

Exciting Post Revisioning added to keep track of all your post history. You are now protected from accidental changes.
Added ability to change wordpress content directory location.
wp-config.php now can be move on out of your web root folder.
Ability to disable remote publishing.
Built-in word counting in the wordpress post editor.
Bulk delete, activate, and deactivate for plugins.
Check box range selection with shift-click.
Integrated TinyMCE 3.1.0.1, jQuery 1.2.6, jQuery UI 1.5 for better performance.
Drag-and-drop sortable galleries
Improved Manage Pages and Manage Categories admin pages.
Improved image editing dialog with newly added image customization features.
Google Gears implemented for static file caching
SSL support for the Admin Panel

Firefox HappyChecker Rapidshare Happy Hours Notifier Plugin

Bala Krishna — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:09:51 +0000

If you download from RapidShare frequently then this post might be useful for you. This plugin is very useful Firefox plugin that can be used to detect Rapidshare Happy Hour all time. The Rapidshare Happy Hours plugin is compaitable with FF3.0. It is helpful for users those who use free account on RapidShare. Plugin notify you with the popup box whenever HappyHours available.

Download Location: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7353

Wordpress 406 Not Acceptable Error Fix

Bala Krishna — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:38:06 +0000

I just received “Not Acceptable Error while i tried to edit post in Word Press 2.5. Earlier, It was working fine but in the previous post i get annoying error when i tried to save and continue my article. But soon i realize cause of the error. Again, the error was due to apache web server mod-security rules SecFilterEngine On. The exact text of the error is “Error 406, Not Acceptable. An appropriate representation of the requested resource /wp-admin/post.php could not be found on this server.�

Here is the quick fix the error:

Download .htaccess file from your root directory or create one if not exist.
Add following Line in .htaccess file.
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
If line already in your .htaccess file then place only block inside if module block.
Save file and upload file to your host root directory.
All done..