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How to Display Social Media Icons with counts in WordPress

Posted on April 2, 2013 By 8 Comments

How to Display Social Media Icons with counts in WordPressSocial Media sites are the second biggest source of traffic, more than 50% of my traffic comes from social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. To get traffic from these sites you need to engage with your audience. While people will always find the medium to connect with your blog, but how well the social media is integrated on your website plays a great role in attracting traffic.

One of the greatest ways to build social media following is by putting the follow buttons in the sidebar of your WordPress website. CONTINUE READING »

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How to Scan your WordPress site for Malwares and Threats

Posted on February 12, 2013 By 29 Comments

How to Scan your WordPress site for Malwares and ThreatsSetting up a WordPress site takes less than 10 minutes with all the essential plugins but hours to fix a small bug or error.

Wouldn’t you want to save those extra hours? I am assuming your answer is Yes.

You can easily save those extra hours or work by taking 10 minutes out of your schedule and scan your website for malwares and threats.

There are ton of free & paid tools that helps to protect our WordPress site from malwares & malicious code.CONTINUE READING »

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Back to the future with WordPress transients API

Posted on January 12, 2013 By 1 Comment

WordPress transients APIIf you use WordPress, you may have heard this word at least once: “transient”.

Good, you already achieved step one. But do you really know what transients are, and to use them?

I this quick post I’m going to explain what transients are and how to use them in your own developments. First of all, and this should be your first reflex, let’s go to the Codex. CONTINUE READING »

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How to Remove the Website Field From the Comment Form

Posted on October 20, 2012 By 13 Comments

How to Remove the Website Field From the Comment FormLast month, I made a lot of small improvements here at WP Kube and one of them was removing website field from the comment form.

Ever since I started the blog, I was getting a bunch of spam comments (and most of those were human spammers who were just commenting for backlinks).

I tried Livefyre & Disqus but didn’t liked it.CONTINUE READING »

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How to add Twitter @Anywhere Hovercard in WordPress

Posted on September 21, 2012 By 2 Comments

How to add Twitter Anywhere Hovercard in WordPressRecently, I got an email from a user asking: How to implement twitter @Anywhere Hovercard in WordPress. Adding @anywhere is relatively an easy process. You can either add the twitter anywhere hovercard manually or install a plugin.

Twitter Anywhere helps to get more traffic, more tweets and more engagement. It can convert the twitter username to links (like – @wpkube) and adds a lot more options.CONTINUE READING »

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How to Add Google+ Verified Authorship to your WordPress Blog

Posted on July 20, 2012 By 17 Comments

google+ authorship verifiedIf you have spend sometime blogging or reading other blogs, chances are you’re already know about the Google+ Verified Authorship and how it’s changing the search engine.

This is a small change but when implemented properly on WordPress blogs with authored content, this small addition can have a dramatic impact on how your content appears in Google’s search results. It takes less then 15 minutes to set up the Google+ authorship verified tag in the WordPress blog.CONTINUE READING »

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One Does Not Simply Add Facebook Plugins to WordPress

Posted on July 3, 2012 By 7 Comments

one does not simply add facebook pluginsEditor’s note: This post is written by guest author Austin W. Gunter, who is the Brand Ambassador of WP Engine’s Managed WordPress Hosting Platform.

Ok, lets start by getting one thing straight.

You don’t need another BS social media post telling you how to add widgets to WordPress.

There are thousands of those, and the last thing you need is someone telling you about the newest social fad.CONTINUE READING »

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How to Create Event Registration Forms for WordPress Using 123ContactForm

Posted on February 3, 2012 By 1 Comment

How to Create Event Registration Forms for WordPress Using 123ContactFormSo you ran out of blogging ideas? Today’s suggestion: hold an event! Just like social media communication, direct interaction with public by organizing events is part of the must do’s of a business. Whether your happening is a webinar or a physical meeting, you don’t need ticketing services anymore. Your WordPress page can receive registrations in a very handy way using a simple but effective form.

A lot of WordPress plugins help creating online registrations. The solution we share today is a web form created with 123 Contact Form. Using this service you will be able to register submitters in real time, automatically generate tickets and even receive payments with your form. Forms blend visually with any WordPress theme, as they can be styled using CSS.CONTINUE READING »

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