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By Greg Nowak, 3 May, 2026

WordPress 6.8 Password Hashing Makes Legacy Login Bridges a Paid Troubleshooting Problem

WordPress 6.8 changed how core hashes and verifies passwords, moving user passwords to bcrypt and shifting several security-key flows to the new fast-hash path. For sites with custom login APIs, SSO glue code, migration bridges, or direct database checks built around older hash assumptions, that creates a quiet but now

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  • wordpress
  • authentication
  • Troubleshooting
  • php
By Greg Nowak, 1 October, 2021

Check Defined Constants in PHP: Practical Code Snippet

A practical guide to checking defined constants in PHP safely, including a better current snippet for WordPress and server-side debugging with DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT.

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  • php
  • wordpress
  • Debugging
  • Server Ops
By Greg Nowak, 6 July, 2021

PHP Only on the Front Page

How to run PHP only on the homepage without fragile URI checks, with safer plain PHP examples and better options for WordPress, Symfony, and Laravel sites.

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  • php
  • Homepage Logic
  • wordpress
  • Symfony
  • Laravel
By Greg Nowak, 18 November, 2020

How to Fix Drush Symfony PHP Errors

This guide explains why the classic Drush and Symfony dispatch fatal error happens, how to fix it with a project-local Drush install, and how to troubleshoot legacy Drupal stacks without making dependency drift worse.

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  • Drupal
  • Drush
  • Composer
  • php
By Greg Nowak, 6 November, 2020

PHP Test If Front Page: Safer Homepage Detection

Need to detect the homepage in plain PHP? Start with $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], compare the parsed path instead of the raw request string, and normalize subfolder installs so the check survives real production URLs.

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  • php
  • programming
  • routing
  • web development
By Greg Nowak, 13 August, 2020

CodeIgniter Tips and Tricks for Secure Login and Password Resets

A practical guide to CodeIgniter authentication work that matters in live projects: Shield setup, safer password resets, cleaner validation, and lower-maintenance account flows.

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  • programming
  • php
  • codeigniter
  • application security
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