Title: silveringking's Replies | WordPress.org --- # silveringking [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Problem with php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-php-9/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-php-9/#post-9543156) * I tried to restore the .htaccess by writing the following .htaccess: * > # BEGIN WordPress > RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / > RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{ > REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress * However it doesn’t work for me. What should I do? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Problem with php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-php-9/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-php-9/#post-9542259) * There is no add handler, I have 3 orig files all of those redirect to a new htaccess, but none has anything but a message saying to check htaccess X * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Problem with php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-php-9/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-php-9/#post-9540662) * Hi, I once backed up my wordpress with duplicator, it seems I lost the original. htaccess (or I cannot find it) and I have 4 files that say original, example: * htaccess.170823161829.orig * How do I recreated it? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [WordPress doesn’t update after changing database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/#post-9455102) * Hi, I solved while waiting, I just needed to change permissions from root to the correct user and group. * Thanks! * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [WordPress doesn’t update after changing database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/#post-9454072) * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/nSNgWhp) * Does this help? I can’t guess with this. Anyway, yes I uploaded the backup from duplicator via scp with root, I had some problems with my sftp account, I still have them (but that’s another story), all my dirs are owned by root because of this. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [WordPress doesn’t update after changing database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/#post-9452194) * I don’t know how to check the Apache/Nginx process, I work on debian how do I check it? But `wp-content` is owned by root, maybe that is the problem, no? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [WordPress doesn’t update after changing database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-update-after-changing-database/#post-9452005) * The error was * `Update Failed: Could not create directory.` * But my plugins dir is with 755 if I am not wrong so it is correct, if you need me I can enable debugging. * Just so you remember I changed completely my database, now is a different database with new name, user and pass. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Tools to maximize views](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tools-to-maximize-views/) * Thread Starter [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/) * (@silveringking) * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tools-to-maximize-views/#post-8225421) * [@tsure](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsure/) Thank you for you fast reply, I’m not willing to spend money on a Digital Marketing consultant, because the objective is to have fun while writing and not becoming really serious I am however set up a twitter account and see what happens, I’m not expecting going viral from one moment to the other or becoming viral at all. Thanks anyway for the other tips, I will be following them, even if I don’t even know really well what SEO is 🙂 . - This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [silveringking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/silveringking/). Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total)