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<?php

/* Environment */
define( 'WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'production' );
define( 'WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE', '' );

/* Database connection */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'your_own_database_name' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'your_own_database_user' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'your_own_database_password' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );
define( 'DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4' );
define( 'DB_COLLATE', 'utf8mb4_general_ci' );

/* Tables */
$table_prefix = 'wpnkl8mx_';

/* Security */
/* Security Keys */
define( 'AUTH_KEY', '1Rg=^l38sp,0]yzJM1=iqY.6A4E)Daq-VA_CI={gmPOk-0T7w:Zzp4.tRi81*I;E' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'C^ic8ly(b-]YT5]p=*4?fm4;#BxJBnbdu~kb(KkgiwTKOcv<Ct&6yasx_Er4njpO' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_KEY', '!k8X1Be9baHt8A_0:dW2BAJrx&47Ad.}!QYngeqY>De/D?@)VASK=}$|JKRq&~9f' );
define( 'NONCE_KEY', '0yON+H4VXv=*#[I0B5X)l&eNrJVTJC3p~@R&0Sn!GUt19v!5S:e=xlQQ#k^/f@qV' );
define( 'AUTH_SALT', 'y/>m#-ar,bp=IOcz~4%^=A9/44eEAUVu]gc5t+g.KClNbI{V-8R&n|v8?pH3P,<F' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'F&{1_ZVb7_{DhUCh:Fu$B|V=~sjSk&H/k!+~c;k@abN5)z{_]zg}_{8NYZ)4k-)%' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'IAky;F3LZ@l1by7hLyz4%1%={d*}Gp@O,3ULi}i=G*2D^2]F^@iVNAgq>sA[5J9z' );
define( 'NONCE_SALT', '0j6q7)X=9f9/=xsA-[_V,AagxJ=z@ZyqT4.H?b[(v1NhxLWM,#6Bga;&0}Dt97gd' );
/* HTTPS */
define( 'WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER', false );
define( 'WP_DISABLE_ADMIN_EMAIL_VERIFY_SCREEN', false );

/* URL / Path */

/* Cookies */
define( 'TEST_COOKIE', 'wordpress_test_cookie' );
define( 'COOKIEHASH', 'J4UhUlanekmaE4FiWKNxRIWJ9GXLhidEhWYsrjT3dnktawp2aHKEGQe3t6r9Gy06' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_COOKIE', 'wordpress_logged_in_J4UhUlanekmaE4FiWKNxRIWJ9GXLhidEhWYsrjT3dnktawp2aHKEGQe3t6r9Gy06' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE', 'wordpress_logged_in_J4UhUlanekmaE4FiWKNxRIWJ9GXLhidEhWYsrjT3dnktawp2aHKEGQe3t6r9Gy06' );
define( 'AUTH_COOKIE', 'wordpress_J4UhUlanekmaE4FiWKNxRIWJ9GXLhidEhWYsrjT3dnktawp2aHKEGQe3t6r9Gy06' );
define( 'PASS_COOKIE', 'wordpresspass_J4UhUlanekmaE4FiWKNxRIWJ9GXLhidEhWYsrjT3dnktawp2aHKEGQe3t6r9Gy06' );
define( 'USER_COOKIE', 'wordpressuser_J4UhUlanekmaE4FiWKNxRIWJ9GXLhidEhWYsrjT3dnktawp2aHKEGQe3t6r9Gy06' );
define( 'RECOVERY_MODE_COOKIE', 'wordpress_rec_J4UhUlanekmaE4FiWKNxRIWJ9GXLhidEhWYsrjT3dnktawp2aHKEGQe3t6r9Gy06' );

/* Content */
define( 'AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 30 );
define( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS', 5 );
define( 'MEDIA_TRASH', true );
define( 'WP_ALLOW_COLLABORATION', false );
define( 'EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 7 );
define( 'WP_MAIL_INTERVAL', 86400 );

/* Memory */
define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '128M' );
define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );

/* Updating */
define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', false );
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', 'minor' );
define( 'CORE_UPGRADE_SKIP_NEW_BUNDLED', true );

/* File edition */
define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', false );
define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true );
define( 'IMAGE_EDIT_OVERWRITE', true );

/* Performance */
define( 'WP_CACHE', true );
define( 'WP_CACHE_KEY_SALT', 'wms6hcu00acuneshvy:' );
define( 'COMPRESS_CSS', true );
define( 'COMPRESS_SCRIPTS', true );
define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );
define( 'ENFORCE_GZIP', true );

/* Cron */
define( 'DISABLE_WP_CRON', false );
define( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', false );
define( 'WP_CRON_LOCK_TIMEOUT', 60 );

/* FTP Access */

/* Plugins Must-Use */

/* Filtering */
define( 'DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML', false );
define( 'ALLOW_UNFILTERED_UPLOADS', false );

/* Feed reader */
define( 'MAGPIE_CACHE_ON', true );
define( 'MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR', 'cache' );
define( 'MAGPIE_CACHE_AGE', 3600 );
define( 'MAGPIE_CACHE_FRESH_ONLY', false );
define( 'MAGPIE_DEBUG', false );
define( 'MAGPIE_USER_AGENT', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:130.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/130.0' );
define( 'MAGPIE_FETCH_TIME_OUT', 5 );
define( 'MAGPIE_USE_GZIP', true );

/* MultiSite */
define( 'WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE', false );
define( 'WP_DEFAULT_THEME', 'twentytwenty' );

/* External URL Requests */
define( 'WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL', false );
if ( WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL ) {
    define( 'WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS', '*.wordpress.org,*.github.com' );
}

/* File permissions */

/* Proxy */

/* Debug */
define( 'WP_DEBUG', false );
if ( WP_DEBUG ) {
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
    define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', false );
}
define( 'SCRIPT_DEBUG', false );
define( 'SAVEQUERIES', false );

/* Do not change anything else after this line! Thank you! */

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) )
  define( 'ABSPATH', dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/' );
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php';

Environment

Environment type production (default): A site that is running live, connected to the internet and reachable on the internet.
staging: This is what you would use for staging environments, probably both connected to and reachable on the internet.
development: This is what you would use for development environments that are reachable on the internet, we automatically enable WP_DEBUG on environments where this is the environment type.
local: This (usually development) environment can reach the internet but is not be reachable from the internet.

Development Mode none (default): No development environment is set.
core: Used for Core development.
plugin: Used for a plugin development.
theme: Used for a theme development.
all: All of the them.

Database connection

Database name Database name used by WordPress.

Database username Username used to access database.

Database password Password used by username to access database.

Database host Host of your database server. A port number, Unix socket file path or pipe may be needed as well.

Database character set Database character set used by WordPress.

Database collation Database collation used by WordPress.

Database tables

Database table prefix Prefix placed before WordPress tables.

Custom user table Use a custom 'wp_user' table, without prefix.

Custom usermeta table Use a custom 'wp_usermeta' table, without prefix.

Security

Security keys Improve information encryption stored at user's cookies. Also, use WordPress API 'salt' generator.

HTTPS on login Force HTTPS on login page (/wp-login.php).

HTTPS on admin Force HTTPS on admin pages (/wp-admin/).

Fatal error handler Allows control over fatal errors.

PHP update URL URL with information about PHP updates/upgrades.

Admin Email Verification Screen Shows the Admin Email Verification Screen.

URL / Path

Site URL Your Wordpress site URL. Like https://www.example.com/blog. Without trailing slash.

Core files URL Your WordPress core files URL. Like https://www.example.com/wordpress. Without trailing slash.

'wp-content' absolute path Custom 'wp-content' absolute path. Like /home/example.com/public_html/wp-content. Without trailing slash.

'wp-content' URL Custom 'wp-content' URL. Like https://www.example.com/wp-content. Without trailing slash.

'plugins' absolute path Custom 'plugins' absolute path. Like /home/example.com/public_html/wp-content/plugins. Without trailing slash.

'plugins' URL Custom 'plugins' URL. Like https://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins. Without trailing slash.

'uploads' relative path Custom 'uploads' relative path. Like wp-content/uploads. Without start or trailing slash.

Cookies

Cookie domain Hostname to set up cookies. Like something.example.com.

Test cookie Value to check if cookies are active. Like wordpress_test_cookie.

Logged in cookie Cookie with logged in info. Like wordpress_logged_in_ + hash.

Secure auth cookie Cookie with secure auth info. Like wordpress_sec_ + hash.

Auth cookie Cookie with auth info. Like wordpress_ + hash.

Password cookie Cookie with password info. Like wordpresspass_ + hash.

User cookie Cookie with user info. Like wordpressuser_ + hash.

Recovery Mode cookie Cookie with Recovery Mode info. Like wordpress_rec_ + hash.

Content

Content autosave Autosave seconds (in post / pages...). WordPress default: 60 seconds.

Content revisions Content revisions. true for unlimited. WordPress default: unlimited.

Media trash Use trash for Media. WordPress default: disabled.

Allow collaboration (RTC) Allow real-time collaboration (RTC). true lets the user enable it. WordPress default: false.

Days to empty trash Days to empty trash content. WordPress default: 30 days.

Post by mail frequency Who posts by mail? WordPress default: 5 minutes.

Memory

Frontend memory limit Frontend memory limit. WordPress default: 40 MB.

Backend memory limit Backend memory limit. WordPress default: 256 MB.

Updating

Updater Allow WordPress automatic updating.

Core updater WordPress core automatic updating. Major versions (5.x); Minor versions (5.0.x); Candidate versions (5.x-rc); Beta versions (5.x-beta).

New bundled Install new bundled plugins or themes on updates.

Global tables upgrade Upgrade automatically the database tables when needed.
Warning: Disabling this option could create problems if you do not know how to upgrade manually.

File edition

File modification Enable or disable update and installation inside /wp-admin/.

Plugin/Theme editor Enable or disable the plugin/theme editor.

Cleanup image edits When you restore the original image, overwrites the set created.

Performance

Cache Allows use of cache.

Cache Key Salt Cache unique identificator.

CSS compression Compresses CSS.

Script compression Compresses scripts.

Script concatenation Concatenates scripts.

Enforce GZIP Forces GZIP compression for browsers.

Tasks

Internal WP-Cron Use the internal WP-Cron. Default: enabled.

Alternate WP-Cron If you have problems with the actual cron, try this. Default: disabled.

Alternate WP-Cron Cron timeout, in seconds. Default: 60 seconds.

FTP Access

FTP Method Enables feed reader cache.

Base path Absolute FTP path to WordPress core files.

Content path Absolute FTP path to content files.

Plugin path Absolute FTP path to plugin files.

SSH Public-Key Absolute FTP path to public key.

SSH Private-Key Absolute FTP path to private key.

User FTP or SSH username.

Password FTP or SSH password.

Host FTP or SSH hostname.

Secure FTP Allows SFTP connection (not SSH FTP).

Plugins Must-Use

MU plugin directory Full path, without trailing slash. Default: /wp-content/mu-plugins.

MU plugin URL Full URL, without trailing slash. Like https://www.example.com/wp-content/mu-plugins.

MU plugin directory (old compatibility) Relative to ABSPATH, without trailing slash. Default: wp-content/mu-plugins.

Filtering

HTML filtering Disables scripts and HTML tags. Default: enabled. Warning: Disabling this option could allow Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Uploads filtering Disables insecure files to be uploaded (like PHP files). Default: enabled. Warning: Disabling this option could allows big security risks.

Feed reader

Cache Enables feed reader cache.

Cache directory Feed reader cache directory. Relative path to /wp-content/. Like cache caching on /wp-content/cache.

Cache age How old the feed reader cache must be to invalidate?.

Debug Enables feed reader debugger.

User-Agent User-Agent to retrieve feeds.

Fetch timeout Fetch timeout, in seconds. Default: 5 seconds.

Use GZIP Use GZIP on fetching feeds.

MultiSite

WordPress MultiSite Enables WordPress MultiSite or Network or MultiNetwork.

Sites in subdomains Enabled means subdomains, disabled means folders.

Main site redirection Main URL if a sub-site does not exists. Like https://www.example.com/.

Default theme Default theme when a new site is created.

External requests

Block external URL requests Blocks HTTP external URL requests.

Accessible hosts List of hosts to which exceptionally you will have access.

File permissions

Override file permissions This was developed in response to the problem of the core update function failing with hosts running under suexec(). If a host uses restrictive file permissions (e.g. 400) for all user files, and refuses to access files which have group or world permissions set, these definitions could solve the problem.

Proxy

Host The proxy host or IP address.

Port The proxy port.

User The proxy username (if protected).

Password The proxy password (if protected).

Bypass hosts Hosts to bypass (if needed).

Debug

Debug WordPress Debug mode for errors and warnings.

Debug display Display errors and warnings on screen.

Debug log Log code errors and warnings.

Debug log path Changes default log file path with your path and file.

Debug scripts Log code errors and warnings.

Save SQL queries Save SQL database queries.