Notes
Disabling a plugin in Joomla 3.x from the command line can be done using the following steps:
Navigate to the root directory of your Joomla installation.
Type the following command to open the MySQL command prompt:
mysql
use username_database;
Replace username_database with the name of your Joomla database.… Read the rest
Update prefix to your own
INSERT INTO `js_users` (`name`, `username`, `password`, `params`, `registerDate`, `lastvisitDate`, `lastResetTime`) VALUES ('Administrator2', 'admin2', 'd2064d358136996bd22421584a7cb33e:trd7TvKHx6dMeoMmBVxYmg0vuXEA4199', '', NOW(), NOW(), NOW());
INSERT INTO `js_user_usergroup_map` (`user_id`,`group_id`) VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(),'8');You now should be able to login your dashboard with the following credentials:
Username: admin2 Password: secret
You will have to reset these credentials once you logged in your dashboard as its not secure to have it
Source: https://docs.joomla.org/How_do_you_recover_or_reset_your_admin_password%3F… Read the rest
cd your public_html/ and create OLD_JOOMLA/ folder
mkdir OLD_JOOMLA/
This will move Joomla's files/folders into the OLD_JOOMLA/ folder
mv web.config.txt tmp/ templates/ robots.txt README.txt plugins/ modules/ media/ logs/ LICENSE.txt libraries/ layouts/ language/ index.php includes/ images/ htaccess.txt .htaccess error_log .htaccess docs/ configuration.php… Read the rest
Run where Joomla is installed
grep "RELEASE" ./libraries/joomla/version.php ./libraries/cms/version/version.php ./includes/version.php ./libraries/src/Version.php --color… Read the rest
Your got message with the following text:
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Please check your server that handles PayPal Instant Payment Notification (IPN) messages. Messages sent to the following URL(s) are not being received:
http://yourdomain.com/url
If you do not recognize this URL, you may be using a service provider that is using IPN on your behalf.… Read the rest
Means you have a root previlegies:
mysql database_name;
mysql> update jos_users set password = MD5("strong_password_here") where id = 111;id = 111 – must match to the account for which you want to reset password
Done!
On shared hosting you can got your Joomla! website suspended if its popular and not optimized . Joomla! CMS uses many components and extensions that can cause an overloading of shared server .… Read the rest