How to stop spam subscribers on WordPress email subscribe form?

Email subscription forms are very essential for any website to let visitors subscribe to new contents. Email subscription forms will also let website owners collect emails which can be used for online marketing. However, mail subscribe forms may also attract a lot of spam subscribers. In this post, we shall see how to stop spam subscribers on WordPress email subscribe form using free plugins.

Before we discuss how to stop spam subscribers, let's discuss briefly how to include a Subscribe Form in WordPress.

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How to configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin on port 8080 by default?

In this post we shall see How to configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin on port 8080 by default? XAMPP Control Panel tries to open the Apache and phpMyAdmin pages at http://localhost, which is using http port 80. After changing Apache http port from 80 to 8080, Apache and phpMyAdmin can no longer be opened on port 80. So by clicking on "Admin" button on the XAMPP Control Panel, Apache and phpMyAdmin pages will not open. Instead we will see that the site cannot be reached.

In such a case, we need to manually add port 8080 after localhost in the URL in the browser address bar. Or, we can also configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin to open on port 8080 by default when the Admin button on XAMPP Control Panel is clicked.

How to change Apache http port from 80 to 8080 in XAMPP?
Watch this short video for steps. Or refer to this article for the steps.


How to configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin on port 8080 by default?

As mentioned above, XAMPP Control Panel tries to open the Apache and phpMyAdmin pages at http://localhost, which is using http port 80. After changing Apache http port from 80 to 8080, Apache and phpMyAdmin can no longer be opened on port 80.

In such a case, we can also configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin to open on port 8080 by default when the Admin button on XAMPP Control Panel is clicked.

Watch this video how to configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin on port 8080 by default:

Steps to configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin on port 8080 by default

•  Stop services from XAMPP Control Panel
• Click on CONFIG on the XAMPP Control Panel
• Click on SERVICE AND PORT SETTINGS
• On the Apache tab, change the port from 80 to 8080
• Click save
• Click save
• Start Apache
• Start Apache and MySQL Services from XAMPP Control Panel
• Click on Admin button on XAMPP Control Panel corresponsing to Apache and phpMyAdmin
• Apache and phpMyAdmin pages should open automatically using the port 8080

Alternative: to configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin on port 8080 by default

You can configure XAMPP to open Apache and phpMyAdmin on port 8080 by default from XAMPP from the XAMPP userinterface itself as described in the video. Or you can also edit the settings in xampp-control.ini file as described below.

• Stop services from XAMPP Control Panel
• Navigate to C:\xampp
• Find the file xampp-control.ini
• Open the file xampp-control.ini in a notepad to edit
• Search for [ServicePorts]
• Under [ServicePorts], change Apache=80 to Apache=8080
• Save the file
• Start Apache and MySQL Services from XAMPP Control Panel
• Click on Admin button on XAMPP Control Panel corresponsing to Apache and phpMyAdmin
• Apache and phpMyAdmin pages should open automatically using the port 8080

Free Music Tracks For YouTube Videos From YouTube Audio Library For Offline Video Editing

If you are one of those people who create videos for YouTube, you may be hunting for background music tracks and sound effects. As we all know, using any music is a big no, no. If the music used is not royalty free, YouTube Content ID system will detect copyright violations on the music used in the video.

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