One of the WordPress features that baffles newbies and experienced users is Categories and Tags. It’s not hard to understand why – who knew, in the beginning, that every post must belong to at least one category? WordPress does it for you; hence the oh-so-ugly Uncategorized category. There’s no hint to the importance of creating new categories so you can…. Continue Reading
The Handiest of Email Support: A WPHelpDesk Plugin Review
Imagine a world where you, as a consumer, still had to dial a helpline and wait around listening to corny music while the rest of your life wasted away. Think about how frustrating it is to speak with a person reading from a script, who might actually provide you more help if they just had a chance to look at…. Continue Reading
How To Scan Your WordPress Site For Malware And Threats
These days, where online crime is starting to overtake crime in real life, it’s important to learn how to protect yourself and your website, especially if your income relies on it. Anyone with a website is a potential target, but anyone with a completely unchanged, standard version of WordPress (with the username admin and a generic password) has a big…. 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
What’s Coming in WordPress 4.2 – Emojis, Theme Switcher, And Other Tweaks
WordPress has recently released the 4.2 Beta versions that promise some significant improvements. A few new features are also introduced for the upcoming final release in April. As it is one of the most popular open-source blogging and content management systems, developers, and bloggers are eagerly testing the Beta versions on a staging environment. I encourage you to use the…. Continue Reading
Optin Forms Plugin: An Amazing and Free Email Signup Plugin
You’ll hear it said all the time: “The money is in the list.” To someone who doesn’t know too much about online marketing and making a living from online work, this may raise a few eyebrows. However, the reason why so many seasoned online entrepreneurs swear by their email list is because they’ve personally experienced the power that is The…. Continue Reading
15 Best WordPress Courses to Hone Your Craft
How would you rate your WordPress knowledge? Are you a beginner? Intermediate? Jedi Knight? It turns out everyone has to start somewhere with WordPress, and luckily there are tons of options to choose from if you are interested in WordPress courses. I started my WordPress journey back in college, playing around with some random websites I created while jumping back and…. Continue Reading
10 Best Wedding WordPress Themes for the Big Day
Are you preparing to walk down that aisle and spend the rest of your life with the person of your dreams? Do you have a few clients that are asking for you to build a wedding website for them to share photos of the flower girl, people dancing at night, and the striking dresses? Over 2 million marriages happen every…. Continue Reading
How to Build an eCommerce Store with Shopkeeper Theme
It’s not always the easiest thing to choose an online store WordPress theme, since you don’t want to make the wrong decision and then get stuck with a theme that doesn’t fit your brand or something that just makes it difficult for people to checkout quickly. The process doesn’t become any easier when you browse through ThemeForest, because although it’s…. Continue Reading
How to Backup Your WordPress Site with blogVault
Just the other day, one of my clients and a close friend had a nasty run in with hackers. They threw DDOS attacks at his website, and as a security precaution, his web host shut him down for a couple days. From the emails we exchanged, I could tell it was a frustrating and horrifying experience for him. Luckily for him,…. Continue Reading
