One of the best ways for companies and websites to generate revenue and keep bringing back readers and customers is with a powerful email list building strategy. The market is filled with plugins and tools for building your mailing list, but not many of them match up to the professional stylings and quick lead generation tools offered by the Thrive Lead…. Continue Reading
How Many WordPress Plugins Should You Have on a Site?
Do you have any idea how many WordPress plugins you should actually have on your site? This is the age old question that confuses WordPress beginners and usually creates a bit of a debate between WordPress developers, because all WordPress users are interested in plugins for things like comment spam moderation and landing pages. Plugins are one of the main…. Continue Reading
How to Move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org
Are you interested in making the move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org? WordPress.com is like a watered down version of WordPress.org. Yes, it’s weird that they couldn’t come up with some more differentiated names for the products, but WordPress.com is typically for people just starting off with their blogs. It’s used by people who want to test the waters and see…. Continue Reading
Dishing Out Great Deals with Daily Deal WordPress Themes and Plugins
Groupon started the revolution in January of 2008, and now we’ve seen thousands of daily deal and group buying websites emerge to provide discounts to customers all over the world. The idea is simple; sell items for 50 to 90% off, and bring in loads of customers to businesses in certain markets or locals. Consumers benefit from absurd prices, companies…. Continue Reading
How to Notify Post Author of New Comments in WordPress
I don’t run any multi-author sites but I work for plenty of people who do. I noticed the other day that on some sites I receive an email when users comment and on others I don’t. This got me thinking about why this happened. I’m pretty sure I subscribe to comments on some of the posts, but most of the…. Continue Reading
How to Create a Custom WordPress Login Page with Caldera Custom Login Plugin
The custom WordPress login page is not a new concept, but plugins have come and gone, clearing the way for some of the nicer designed custom login page options. That said, I want to show you how to make your own custom WordPress login page with the help of the Caldera Custom Login plugin. This is a premium plugin, but…. Continue Reading
How To Secure Your WordPress Site: WordPress Security 101
Most hackers don’t want to steal the information you have on your websites. They want to make a stealthy move into your site in order to access the servers. They use these servers to send out spam emails, which in turn potentially helps them profit from gathering financial information from other people. If a hacker sends spam emails from your…. Continue Reading
How to Move From Blogger.com to WordPress.org
When you run a website on Blogger you may start to realize that it doesn’t have all the customization options that you can find on WordPress. Sure, Blogger has some nice widgets and addons, but in the long run, you don’t actually own the website on Blogger. Blogger owns your site, hosts it on their servers and maintains it for…. Continue Reading
Choosing a WordPress Theme – The Ultimate Guide
One of the first times I chose a WordPress theme I ended up spending $50 and the theme hardly worked for me. I needed a WordPress theme for a client. This client requested that the theme had fonts and designs that represent their company well, that being a law firm. It needed a space to capture emails at the top,…. Continue Reading
How to Find and Display Page, Post, Category, or Tag ID in WordPress
Since every post, page, category and tag on your WordPress website has a unique ID, wouldn’t you like to know how these IDs can be used? Well, most people don’t find these IDs very useful, but for developers and people who run high traffic sites or multiple website for clients, the IDs can come in handy. You may use an…. Continue Reading
