Magento 1

Learn how to enable CAPTCHA for user creation in Magento 1.x. We recommend enabling CAPTCHA for user creation and password retrieval to help prevent malicious attempts that can generate spam.

Various methods of hardening your Magento store’s security, though many of these apply to any content management system (CMS).

Optimize your website by enabling system error logging in Magento 1. Follow our guide to generate Magento logs and investigate errors efficiently.

How to set the proper permissions for files within a Magento 1 installation.

Learn about Turpentine, developed by Nexcess to improve how Magento and Varnish work together.

Varnish accelerates content-heavy websites and works with both static and dynamic content. It is a reverse web proxy caching system that intercepts all queries before reaching the web server.

Magento 1 cron jobs will occasionally freeze. You may notice the cron job has failed to run at its designated time or times. Find a hanging cron job and flush it so it can run as scheduled.

This article covers how to set up outgoing SMTP email for Magento. Configure your Magento SMTP email settings with our guidance.

Learn how to patch your Magento 1 store. As a Magento store administrator, it is your responsibility to stay current on patch releases. Apply Magento patches immediately upon release when feasible.

If you have a need to conserve disk space with regard to your Magento store, consider the list of safe candidates for deletion in this article — all of which take up large amounts of disk space.