Welcome to the WPKube’s WordPress Installation Tutorial Series where we take you back to the basics of installing WordPress. In our previous tutorial, we talked about how to install WordPress using an automatic installation software like Softaculous. But that had a string attached to it – you needed to have some kind of software. While it’s perfectly logical to use…. Continue Reading
The WPKube Guide to Essential Plugins and Add-ons For Genesis Framework
The Genesis Framework is one of the best selling frameworks around. Its lightweight code makes it perfect for better page load speeds and SEO in general. As a framework, Genesis supports child themes to help take your website to the next level. Being able to design using a child theme is a WordPress best practice. It sidesteps a whole bunch of…. Continue Reading
How to Add A Responsive Slider to your Genesis Child Theme
We already know a lot of people hate sliders, and does not like using them. But there are still many bloggers and marketers who prefer to ue sliders for promoting their best stuff on the website. In the past, we have covered 7 Best Slider WordPress Slider Plugins, many of them which are compatible with Genesis Framework. But none of…. Continue Reading
Making a Church Website With WordPress
More and more church websites are being made with WordPress. WordPress powers more than 20% of all websites in the world. This figure is incredible but not surprising. There are many advantages to making a website with WordPress and churches are taking notice. Churches are saying no to expensive proprietary church website solutions and yes to WordPress, a flexible platform that’s easy for church staff…. Continue Reading
Schedule and Automate WordPress Tasks with IFTTT
Setting up automated tasks for WordPress, like taking a backup every time a post is published or sharing posts in social media networks can be a real time consuming process. What if there was a service that could do it all for you? Something like a mute Siri? Just as you could ask Siri to wake you up at 7:30…. Continue Reading
ClassifiedEngine Ads Theme: Create a Classifieds Listings Site with WordPress
ClassifiedEngine is a premium WordPress theme from EngineThemes. The theme is well designed and comes with all the essential features that you will need to create a classified listings site with WordPress. Over the last few years, they have released some awesome products including Job Engine, Forum Engine, HotelEngine, and BookingEngine, and so far each of their themes has been…. Continue Reading
An Introduction to Custom Post Types in WordPress
If you’ve just started tinkering under the hood of WordPress, you’ve probably come across custom post types or you may have noticed that many themes come with their own custom post types. If you’re wondering what exactly a custom post type is and what is it for, you’re not alone! In fact, the phrase “custom post types” is a bit…. Continue Reading
Envato Marketplaces API Introduction for PHP – The Public Set
Hello guys! I’m excited to be writing my debut article for WPKube and today I’m going to talk to you about Envato’s Marketplaces API. Envato is the largest and, in my opinion, possibly one of the most relevant online companies today when it comes to premium WordPress items. With Themeforest.net currently standing at over 4000 premium WordPress themes and Codecanyon.net…. Continue Reading
How to Import Your WordPress Content From One Website to Another
Every time, I had to transfer a site from one server to another, I either used plugins such as Duplicator or Backup Buddy, or did it manually. It involved taking backups, manually copying the media files, uploading database, among other things, and took around 30 minutes or more depending on the size of the site. While this works, I think…. Continue Reading
7 Really Annoying Things About WordPress (and How to Fix Them)
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably a fan of WordPress. And yes, I love WordPress too, but nothing is perfect. Wearing my different hats of web designer, web developer, writer, researcher and blogger, there are plenty of things that annoy me on a regular basis about WordPress. Luckily, WordPress is updated frequently and it gets better with every update….. Continue Reading
