WordPress notes

Reset Admin Password

Create New Admin account

Show error in case white screen appears
Try adding this line to wp-config.php to see the errors on the page:

Change the site URL

Disable all plugins

Show users and Privileges

 

Update theme to Twenty Fourteen

 

Administration Over SSL
Add the below lines to the wp-config.php file above the ‘/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */’ line

This ensures the login AND the administration is done over SSL

You could also use the below .htaccess:

 

Find out how many SQL queries are executed every time a page is loaded.
Add the below to one of the theme files, I usually add to footer.php

 

Here are some configuration parameters you can add to your wp-config.php file for FTP.


xmlrpc.php

I’d recommend restricting xmlrpc.php POSTs to only IPs that need it by adding the following rules to the top of your .htaccess file, updating accordingly the line ‘allow from’ with a list of IPs space separated or simply completely remove that line to block its execution: