Here’s the file manager section:Įditing Files from within cPanel and Notepad++

All NameHero customers have access to the cPanel backend.

Luckily, there exists a way to edit these files, that doesn’t depend on logging into WordPress. Knowing all this, the best safest way to edit your plugin and theme files in WordPress is to use a file manager. It’s entirely possible for you to screw up something so bad that it slips past WordPress checks and you lose access to your admin screen. But even then, this doesn’t catch all mistakes. Now if you do something that breaks your site, WordPress informs you that your changes were not saved and your site can continue working. These days, WordPress tries to revert dangerous changes automatically. In the past, if you made a change to your plugin file that broke your site, you would be met with the dreaded “White Screen of Death”, and then unless you could find a way to revert the changes without logging into WordPress, there was nothing you could do. WordPress has come a long way in making the file editor stable. You can dismiss the warnings, but always remember that it’s a risk. When you log into your admin screen the first time, WordPress now even includes a warning advising you against making changes from this area. If you were relying on the admin section working to edit files, then when your admin area is inaccessible, you can’t revert the changes to fix your site!įor this reason, you must never edit files or themes from within WordPress even though you can. The problem with editing files this way is that if something goes wrong, your site can crash – including the admin section. You can edit both theme and plugin files this way. Making Changes to WordPress Plugins and Themes from the Dashboard

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