Which Resources will Help you Learn WordPress Inside and Out?
When you’re new to WordPress or hoping to improve your knowledge of using the site, it’s important to know what resources are available to you. Setting up a new blog for the first time is a great idea for business owners to improve their credibility and attract visitors to their site, but it’s challenging when you don’t know how this all works yet. Rather than trying to seek out training websites, you can take a WordPress course or online class. People used to be forced to hack through Codex while figuring things out during live projects, but now, there are …
How will Adding a Swifty Bar Help with User Engagement on Your WordPress Site?
The Swift Bar is a great feature on WordPress because it can help with user engagement. If you haven’t added one yet, it’s time to do so because it’s proving to really work. While using the point system and post reactions are common ways to boost engagement, add the swift bar can encourage your users to share your content on their favorite social media pages as well as share their thoughts on what you have to say. The simple sticky footer at the bottom of your posts is the simplest way to motivate your users to share your work on …
Will Using the WP Smush Plugin Speed Up WordPress?
If you haven’t heard of the Smush Plugin in WordPress, this is a great tool for speeding up the site for you. It works as an image compression plugin and having the ability to compress images is a key component to making your site run faster. Obviously pages with many bulky, large images load slowly which is a huge problem for your bounce rate. Your search ranking is based on things like your site’s speed and mobile-friendliness so it’s of utter importance that you take every precaution to avoid errors like content that doesn’t load properly on phones or sites …
Which WordPress Code Editors are Best for Windows and Mac?
When you’re trying to decide the best code editor to use for modifying your WordPress files, people typically tend to use plain text editors like Notepad. There are better editors out there though with features like advanced finding and replacing, syntax highlighting, and even FTP integration. For Mac and Windows users, you need to know which code editors are going to be compatible and the best for you. Here is a look at the best ones to check out starting with the obvious Notepad all of the way to options you may not have realized like Sublime Text and BBEdit. …
A Quick Guide to Starting a Fashion Store with WordPress
Running a fashion store online is a great opportunity to sell great products and reach a huge customer base compared to running a brick and mortar location. You can start a fashion right on WordPress and join the multi-million industry of online fashion retailers. If you have a great idea for a fashion store and need to know the ins and outs of how to start one, you can do so easily through your very own WordPress site. Here is a look at how you should start one, what it should look like, and which plugins you’ll definitely want to …
What are the Best Reasons to Sell Ads on a WordPress Site?
Are you currently selling ads on your WordPress site? It’s one common way to monetize a website but it’s not always the best route for every user. If you need your site to be profitable, there are other solutions to monetize the site. Some people try to do ads and it ends up going horribly. You don’t want to take away from your site’s content but for those that find a way to do it well, they can bring in a great income to cover the site’s expenses and more. If you want to try ads and see how it …
How to Easily Improve the Quality of Your WordPress Plugins and Themes?
Is your WordPress site suffering from poor quality plugins and themes? People have been talking about the quality of the code in ThemeForest’s themes and now WordPress users are questioning the quality of the plugins and themes they are purchasing and downloading. A successful plugin and theme would be well-coded, secure and reliable. WordPress developers really need to work hard to create code that is up to these standards so that users aren’t suffering trying to use poor-quality themes or plugins they rely on to run their business. Here is a look at what makes quality code and how to …
What can you Expect in WordPress 4.4?
With WordPress constantly updating with awesome improvement, you are probably wondering what to expect for WordPress 4.4. After version 4.3 was released, the momentum was at full speed for developing version 4.4 and it’s finally going to be released in December of 2015. Now you can enjoy great new features and updates like a new default WordPress theme called Twenty Sixteen and better embeds. Here is a look at what to expect for WordPress 4.4. A new default theme for WordPress You’ve probably noticed the default theme for WordPress has changed every year since 2010 and the tradition continues with …
7 Top Magazine and Blog Themes for the Holidays
With the holiday season arriving, it’s time to start thinking about some fresh blog and magazine theme for your WordPress account. For November and December, you’ll want to start inspiring the holiday spirit with your audience. Theme releases are out like crazy right now to celebrate the holiday season and it’s a great time to look at what the blog and magazine theme options that are available to you. From Festively, a festive theme that will add some holiday cheer to your online magazine to Florence, a classic blog theme that will offer a clean, distraction-free place for users to …
Top WordPress Themes for Fitness Centers and Gyms
For gyms and fitness centers that are using WordPress to blog and promote about their business, it’s a great way to put your name out there. The issue for these businesses is to know how to design the theme behind their WordPress website. They need a way to sell their gym, get people to want to come there and to convince people that it’s the right choice for their next fitness center membership. With the New Year around the corner, it’s a great time to get your WordPress website all set for those that are going to make the New …
