It has been a few months since I made the switch to Genesis theme framework. Previously, I was using the Thesis theme by Chris Pearson. I used that framework for a year and a half, learned all the hooks, made some money by providing thesis customization service, and was happy with it until the DIY folks decided to launch the…. Continue Reading
WordPress Post Formats Explained: What They Are and How You Can Use Them
Despite the decision to remove post formats from the WordPress core for version 3.6, this popular feature of WP will still be available as a plugin. This is similar to the way the link manager was treated in the release of version 3.5. This means that if you’ve yet to embrace post formats and are curious to know more about…. Continue Reading
Enable Easy File Storage and Sharing with BuddyPress Using the BuddyDrive Plugin
If you’re fed up of storing the files you are working on in your inbox, treating your email account like some kind of file repository, and you don’t want to entrust your files with, or push your collaborators onto, another cloud storage service then a BuddyPress site and a newly released plugin called BuddyDrive might just be the answer. Of…. Continue Reading
How to Add a 3 Column Widgetized Footer in Genesis Theme
Note: The latest version of Genesis theme comes with 3 columns widget, so no need to add any extra code. Genesis is one of the most popular theme frameworks in the WordPress industry. Around half of my sites are running on Genesis framework including WPKube. If you want to learn more about Genesis and frameworks, in general, you should check…. Continue Reading
How to Display Social Media Buttons with count in WordPress
The social media icon is a beautiful part of any WordPress website, since it combines style, simplicity, and functionality to bring more people into your community without distracting them from the rest of the content on your site. If you take a look at your website(s) right now, where are your social media icons? Do you have any? Are they…. Continue Reading
Best WordPress Resources For First Time WordPress Users
WordPress is become very popular over the past couple years and today it powers more then 20% of sites on the Internet; no other content management system comes close to its widespread usage. It’s so robust that you can easily create just any type of website without spending much money. There are still a lot of people who don’t much about…. Continue Reading
Back to the future with WordPress transients API
If 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…. Continue Reading
5 Powerful WordPress Plugins to Help Prevent Content Theft
In this post you’re going to learn about the different ways in which your blog content is been stolen without attribution for the benefit of others and which plugins you can use to stop it. The unfortunate truth of being a blogger and content publisher is that there are a select group of people that constantly rip off our content,…. Continue Reading
How to Fix the Missed Schedule Error in WordPress
So, you’ve spent countless hours crafting informative, entertaining, and all-around high quality content for your blog. You’ve also developed a loyal audience that has come to expect blog posts from you on a regular basis by using all the best WordPress tools out there you can. Only, you want to take a vacation. Or appeal to those in different time…. Continue Reading
How to Remove the Website Field From the Comment Form
Last 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…. Continue Reading
