For last few months, I have started putting more efforts on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to reduce dependency on Google for generating traffic. I have used sites like Twitter and Facebook, extensively to drive traffic to WPKube and build connections with other bloggers. Last month, I ended up getting more than 5,000 visitors from Twitter, alone….. Continue Reading
How to Add a Sticky Floating Sidebar Widget in WordPress
Elements that float with the screen as a user scrolls tend to have a higher click through rate. This is why authority websites such as Quick Sprout, ManageWP, and Shopify use the floating widgets – it improves the conversion rate. In this post, we’ll show you, how you can add a sticky floating sidebar widget in WordPress using the Q2W3…. Continue Reading
Elegant Themes Support Uncovered
In our recent review of the Elegant Themes service, a few readers commented that the support provided was lacking. Being the investigative reporters that we are, we decided to do some research and find out if there was any substance to the claims. In fact it is quite common for blog posts reviewing the Elegant Themes service to receive many…. Continue Reading
The WPKube Guide to Standalone Themes vs Theme Frameworks
With over thousands of immensely popular premium WordPress themes available and the continuous state of WordPress’ development, sometimes it might be difficult to decide between WordPress themes. After all, the reader’s visual experience plays a crucial role in building your site’s reputation. Today we’re going to look into some of the factors which will help you decide in buying a…. Continue Reading
Genesis WordPress Theme Framework By StudioPress
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
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
