What Causes of Loco Translate Removes 526 Old Strings, Then Adds Them Back

Loco Translate repeatedly removing 526 obsolete plugin strings from a POT template and then adding the same strings back when the language PO file is synced, indicating mismatched translation sources or templates.

A WordPress plugin translation project may show something like: After translating all of them in Loco Translate, you update the template and Loco reports: So far, that can be completely normal. But then you open the language .po file, press Sync, and those same hundreds of strings appear again. For example: That is not a … Read more

Wordfence Scan Fails With cURL Error 35 and “Unexpected EOF While Reading

Wordfence cURL error 35 caused by a failed TLS connection from a WordPress hosting server to noc1 and noc4 Wordfence services, with current IP addresses and firewall troubleshooting steps.

A Wordfence scan may fail with: and the same error can appear under: when WordPress tries to connect to: If firewall rules also stop updating, this becomes more than a scanner issue. The combination: strongly points to an outbound network/TLS problem between the web server and Wordfence’s infrastructure. Wordfence’s documentation confirms that scans require the … Read more

How to Isolate Divi 5 Image Overlay Settings Not Working on the Frontend

Divi 5 Image Carousel overlay settings appearing correctly in the Visual Builder but reverting to default overlay styling on the live frontend.

If an image carousel looks correct inside the Divi 5 Visual Builder but its Image Overlay settings revert to the default appearance on the live site, this is not necessarily something you configured incorrectly. A typical case looks like this: but on the live page: If you have already: then you have already eliminated most … Read more

Loco Translate Shows 1,000+ Translated Strings but the Plugin Admin Interface Stays English

Loco Translate showing over 1,000 translated plugin strings while the WordPress admin interface remains English because the plugin's JavaScript translations are not being loaded.

A frustrating WordPress translation problem can look like this: If none of the translated strings appear inside the plugin’s wp-admin interface, translating more strings is unlikely to solve the problem. There are several possible causes, but with modern WordPress plugins the most important question is: Is the plugin’s admin interface generated by PHP, or is … Read more

Keep a Dynamic Sidebar From Being Cached in WordPress

WordPress sidebar using Content No Cache and WP Fastest Cache so a rotating image remains dynamic while the rest of the page stays cached.

A rotating sidebar can work perfectly until full-page caching is enabled. For example, suppose PHP randomly chooses one of several sidebar images whenever a WordPress page loads: Without page caching, the next page request can produce Image D, then Image A, and so on. After enabling WP Fastest Cache, however, the generated page HTML is … Read more

Bunny Stream Video Is Too Small in WordPress? Here’s Which URL to Use

Bunny Stream video appearing too small in WordPress, showing which Bunny URL to use and how to create a responsive full-width 16:9 player.

When adding a Bunny Stream video to WordPress, two problems can appear at the same time: For example, the video details may show: HLS Playlist URLThumbnail URLPreview Animation URL (WebP)Video IDOEmbed This makes it unclear which value should actually be pasted into WordPress. The important thing is that those values serve different purposes. For a … Read more

How to Recover an EventON License When the Original Purchaser Has Left the Organization

EventON license account recovery process for an organisation that lost access to the original purchaser's email and only has a masked license key, followed by upgrading EventON 2.6.17 to the current release.

Losing access to a premium WordPress plugin account is particularly difficult when the person who originally bought the license has left the organisation. With EventON, you may end up in this situation: EventON is installed and working↓Original employee has left↓Original purchasing email is inaccessible↓WordPress shows only a masked purchase/license key↓EventON account/download portal cannot be accessed↓Plugin … Read more

Add a Different Cursor on Links and Disable Cursor Effects in the Divi Visual Builder

Cursor Style & Animation using a different custom cursor on link and button hover while automatically disabling custom cursor effects inside the Divi Visual Builder.

The Cursor Style & Animation plugin provides several cursor styles, custom cursor images, and Trail, Particle, Ripple, and Magnetic effects. Two useful improvements become apparent when using it on a real site: Both requests make sense. As of August 21, 2026, the public WordPress.org release is still Cursor Style & Animation 1.0.0. Its documented controls … Read more

WPS Hide Login Redirection URL Not Working for wp-login.php?

WPS Hide Login redirects /wp-admin/ to the configured Redirection URL but routes /wp-login.php to a WordPress 404 through a different code path.

If you use WPS Hide Login and configure its Redirection URL setting, the description makes the expected behavior quite clear: Redirect URL when someone tries to access the wp-login.phppage and the wp-admin directory while not logged in. However, you may find that: /wp-admin/→ redirects to your configured page while: /wp-login.php→ does not redirect to that … Read more

Rate Limit Only Successful Contact Form 7 Submissions With Cloudflare

Contact Form 7 and Cloudflare rate limiting setup where validation failures return HTTP 200 but only successful mail_sent responses receive a custom header and increment the rate-limit counter.

If Contact Form 7 submits through: /wp-json/contact-form-7/v1/contact-forms/1234/feedback it is tempting to create a Cloudflare rate-limiting rule such as: POST requests to /feedback→ maximum 3 requests per 10 minutes There is a problem. Contact Form 7 uses the same REST endpoint for both: Valid submission and: Validation failure So a visitor who accidentally misses three required … Read more