How to Disable File Editing in the WordPress Admin Panel?
Today in this video we will walk you through the steps to disable file editing option from WordPress admin panel. If you scan your WordPress admin panel, you may find an option to edit your WordPress theme's coding files, and so does for the plugins. It's possible that hackers can inject some malicious code to these files and the website may never be as it is now. It's essential to stop such access directly to the coding files of your WordPress website through its admin area. To remove the file editing option from the WordPress admin panel, Follow these steps. Step::1 Open cPanel and look for the file manager. Step 2Make sure you open the public_html directory, make people also call it a root directory. Step::3 Search for the wp-config.php file by scrolling down and right-click to edit. Step::4 Once you choose to edit, you can see a popup to confirm the editing of this file. It's a necessary step because cPanel authenticates your access. Click Edit; a new tab opens in the browser. Step::5 You can see a bunch of coding lines. Well, no need to be scared, all you need is copy the code and paste it at the bottom of all the other codes of the file. define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true ); Step::6 Click Save Changes from the top-right corner of the screen to save the file. Step::7 Now login again to the admin panel of your website and check if you see the Editor option for themes and plugins. If not, you have successfully disabled the file editing from WordPress dashboard. From now onwards, no one will be able to edit the coding file of your WordPress themes and plugins, not even you. For more information, kindly follow us on social media like Twitter and Facebook and for video tutorials, subscribe to our YouTube channel -https://youtube.com/redserverhost.com Facebook Page- https://facebook.com/redserverhost Twitter Page- https://twitter.com/redserverhost.com Official Website- https://redserverhost.com Thank you for watching the video. We hope this was helpful to you all. If you have any suggestions or problems related to this video, please let us know via the comment section below.
Today in this video we will walk you through the steps to disable file editing option from WordPress admin panel. If you scan your WordPress admin panel, you may find an option to edit your WordPress theme's coding files, and so does for the plugins. It's possible that hackers can inject some malicious code to these files and the website may never be as it is now. It's essential to stop such access directly to the coding files of your WordPress website through its admin area. To remove the file editing option from the WordPress admin panel, Follow these steps. Step::1 Open cPanel and look for the file manager. Step 2Make sure you open the public_html directory, make people also call it a root directory. Step::3 Search for the wp-config.php file by scrolling down and right-click to edit. Step::4 Once you choose to edit, you can see a popup to confirm the editing of this file. It's a necessary step because cPanel authenticates your access. Click Edit; a new tab opens in the browser. Step::5 You can see a bunch of coding lines. Well, no need to be scared, all you need is copy the code and paste it at the bottom of all the other codes of the file. define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true ); Step::6 Click Save Changes from the top-right corner of the screen to save the file. Step::7 Now login again to the admin panel of your website and check if you see the Editor option for themes and plugins. If not, you have successfully disabled the file editing from WordPress dashboard. From now onwards, no one will be able to edit the coding file of your WordPress themes and plugins, not even you. For more information, kindly follow us on social media like Twitter and Facebook and for video tutorials, subscribe to our YouTube channel -https://youtube.com/redserverhost.com Facebook Page- https://facebook.com/redserverhost Twitter Page- https://twitter.com/redserverhost.com Official Website- https://redserverhost.com Thank you for watching the video. We hope this was helpful to you all. If you have any suggestions or problems related to this video, please let us know via the comment section below.