Hidden File Upload Gotchas That Can Break a Website Uploading a text file or replacing a configuration file may look like a simple task, but small hidden differences in encoding, line endings, ownership, permissions, or formatting can cause major website problems. A file can look completely normal in a text editor and still contain invisible…
A persistent malware infection on a client’s WordPress install turned out to be part of a wider compromise affecting several sites under the same cPanel account. The most visibly affected site will be referred to in this article as: infected-example.com The cPanel account will be referred to as: accountname The server hostname, IP addresses, real…
Linux system administrators have hundreds of terminal commands available, but a relatively small group handles most everyday server-management and troubleshooting work. The following list was distilled from sysadmin forums, community discussions and professional Linux resources. It is not a scientific ranking—no central database records every command entered by every administrator—but these commands appeared repeatedly across…
I recently dealt with a persistent malware infection affecting dozens of WordPress websites hosted under a single cPanel account. The affected sites were protected by Imunify360, ModSecurity, Wordfence and custom .htaccess rules. Standard WordPress permissions were also in place: Despite these measures, new files and directories continued to appear. Existing files were overwritten, wp-content permissions…
You do not need root access to install a WordPress plugin from cPanel Terminal. If your hosting provider gives you Terminal or SSH access and WP-CLI is installed, you can check, install and activate a WordPress.org plugin from the command line. The reusable Bash script in this guide works inside a normal cPanel account. It…
A dependency-free terminal monitor that tails OpenAI Codex session .jsonl files and displays live input, cached-input, output, reasoning, total-token, estimated Codex-credit, and dollar-cost usage. I made this so I could monitor in real time my Codex costs, after getting a ‘bill’ shock on what I thought was a simple task 🙂 1. Extract this folder…
