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When you create a managed WordPress instance with GoDaddy, they gift you a few “system plugins” that can’t be easily removed. This bundle includes the very basic, and now unsupported(!), Limit Login Attempts plugin. There are many better plugins out there to achieve what GoDaddy gives you out of the box so let’s get right … Read moreRemove GoDaddy’s WordPress plugin
Description Redirects all HTTP requests to the HTTPS version and fixes insecure links and resources without altering the database (also works with CloudFlare). Join our FREE Facebook group for support Worth a 5-star review? Thank you! Plugin Homepage Plugin GitHub SlickStack THE LONG VERSION WARNING: You must have an SSL certificate installed on your server … Read moreWordPress Plugin: Force HTTPS (SSL Redirect & Fix Insecure Content)
Here you can find different ways of installing Spotify for Linux. Spotify for Linux is a labor of love from our engineers that wanted to listen to Spotify on their Linux development machines. They work on it in their spare time and it is currently not a platform that we actively support. The experience may … Read moreSpotify for Linux
Full error: Fatal error: Call to undefined method Jetpack_Simple_Payments::is_enabled_jetpack_simple_payments() in wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/widgets/simple-payments.php on line 480 Steps to reproduce the issue This issue happens when updating from Jetpack 6.2.1 to Jetpack 6.3.2. More info. Based on the error itself, I think the update process is not complete, so it shows that error. There are more thoughts from @kraftbj in … Read moreFatal Error: jetpack/modules/widgets/simple-payments.php on line 480
Traditionally ubuntu supported a fairly blunt method of suspend and hibernate. Neither would integrate well with other apps and sometimes not even work on some machines. The new method doesn’t require root and notifies all applications listening for power events. Systemd Method Starting with Ubuntu 16.04, systemctl call must be used (See Suspend command in Ubuntu 16.04) systemctl … Read moreHow can I suspend/hibernate from command line?
If you tried the command startx, but the error command not found was returned, then to install a graphical desktop, in case it is not installed, you would type this: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
The below command outputs a lot status and statistical information about the battery. The /org/…path can be found with the command upower -e (–enumerate). upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 Example output: native-path: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT0 vendor: NOTEBOOK model: BAT serial: 0001 power supply: yes updated: Thu Feb 9 18:42:15 2012 (1 seconds ago) has history: yes has statistics: yes battery present: yes … Read moreHow to check battery status using terminal?
Traditionally, the command sudo shutdown now will take you to the runlevel 1 (recovery mode); this will happen for both Upstart and SysV init. To get what you want, i.e., to shut down the computer properly, you need to give the -h switch to shutdown. One thing to note here is that halt will close all the processes, turn off the CPUs … Read moreWhy doesn’t running “sudo shutdown now” shut down?
As described here (ubuntuhandbook.org – Boot into text console ubuntu) you need to edit /etc/default/grub to have the next boot end up in text mode. In summary you will set these parameters: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”text” GRUB_TERMINAL=console After saving changes you need to run: sudo update-grub sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target Undoing text-mode To undo sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target simply type sudo systemctl … Read moreHow to start Ubuntu in Console mode
You could disable the display manager service with systemctl for example if your display manager is lightdm the run sudo systemctl disable lightdm.service. This will prevent the service from starting at boot. I forgot to mention how to start the GUI, Its as simple as starting the service sudo systemctl start lightdm.service