Connecting your WordPress Media Library with Google Drive
If you use Google Drive, it may be helpful if you can connect it with your WordPress media library. Since this tool is free and you get 15 GB of cloud storage, it may also be something you’re considering using. Android phone users already know they can upload pictures to their Google Drive directly from their phone. However, what Google Drive users may not know is that you can do this with WordPress, too. It’s possible to connect your Google Drive with WordPress. Here’s how it’s done. Create a Public Access Folder in Google Drive Before you do anything else, …
Adding a Facebook-Type Timeline to Your WordPress Website
The Facebook Timeline has become very popular and will allow you to make your website look very attractive. It can help with the flow of the blog posts and make it a bit more social. Many WordPress users think they have to use a specific theme to make their site look like a Facebook Timeline. This isn’t true and with the Timeline Ultimate plugin, you can make your site look like it has a Facebook timeline without changing your theme. Installing the Timeline Ultimate Plugin Just like any other WordPress plugin, you can either upload the .zip folder you’ve downloaded …
Can you Use Icon Fonts in WordPress Without HTML?
Icon Fonts are a very popular thing and allow the users to use vector icons as their font. This is something many web designers use because of the way they look compared to a bitmap image. They can be resized easily and they work with nearly all the top WordPress themes. In this WordPress tutorial, you will discover how to use the icon fonts in WordPress without needing any HTML or CSS experience. This isn’t a difficult task and any beginner can use these fonts pretty easily. Using the WP Visual Icon Fonts Plugin for WordPress Before you go any …
A Beginner’s Guide to Showing Simple Notices in WordPress
When you go to a popular blog or website, you may have noticed they tend to show you a message before you read the content. Typically, this is called a simple notice or a pop-up. You can close it and move onto the site, but for the website owner, it’s an opportunity to advertise, greet new users or show an announcement to their followers. In this WordPress tutorial, you will discover how you can use these simple notices to increase user engagement. Displaying these notices in WordPress isn’t difficult and any user can do it. Using the Simple Notices WordPress …
What Every WordPress Users Should Know About Site-Specific WordPress Plugins
Site-specific WordPress plugins can help you customize your website in many ways. You can add a ton of extra functionality and create a WordPress website that does just what you want it to do. However, most beginners won’t understand what this term is all about. In this WordPress Tutorial, you will discover what a site-specific plugin is, how it works and how you can create one for your WordPress website. What are Site-Specific Plugins? A site-specific WordPress plugin is one that the site owner creates to add snippets of code into the functions of the website. These plugins usually help …
Should You Enable Automatic Updates for Major Releases of WordPress?
Updates in WordPress are often vital to your security. Some of the updates just add a few features, but many of the major updates will actually fill in some of the security holes. These are very important and you need to make sure you enable automatic updates for major releases of WordPress. In this WordPress Tutorial, you will discover how to set your major WordPress Releases to update automatically. You may have already disabled automatic updates because of the customization of your website. However, this post will show you how to turn on the major updates, so that you don’t …
Can you Change the Author URL Slug in WordPress?
Changing the Author URL Slug in WordPress is pretty easy. The default URL for your author page provides an SEO friendly structure, if you make the right changes in your permalinks section. In this WordPress Tutorial, you will discover how to change the URL Slug and URL Base for your author URL. What is a URL Slug? The slug, in WordPress terminology is the part of the URL that comes at the end of the URL. It’s usually the title of a post or page with a “-” separating every word. The post slug can easily be changed when you …
A Guide to Displaying Last Week’s Post on Your WordPress Blog
If you’d like to display your most recent blog posts, but you want to do it by displaying your last week’s posts, you can do so with the help of a WordPress plugin. Yes, this can be coded into our WordPress website, but it’s much easier to use a plugin for beginners. In this WordPress tutorial, we will show you how to use the recent posts widget extended plugin to let you show different sets of recent posts on your WordPress blog. The Recent Posts Widget Extended Plugin The first major updated to this plugin is on the way and …
Can You Receive Email Notifications Whenever a Post is Changed in WordPress?
If you’re trying to run a multi-author WordPress website, you may want to receive a notification whenever a post has been changed. This will help you to stay on top of everything and keep your site running smoothly. In this WordPress tutorial, we will show you how to set up WordPress for email notifications whenever a post changes. These emails will be automatic and instant, which will allow you to stay up-to-date with all the changes on the site. Using the Email Post Changes Plugin The easiest way to make sure you get a notification for any post changes is …
Can You Let Your WordPress Users Upload Pictures in the Comments Section?
Using images in any way can be very powerful. Comments are another very powerful part of your WordPress blog. When you combine the two of these and allow users to post pictures in the comment section, you can really explode your blog. In this WordPress tutorial, you will discover how to allow your WordPress users to upload images in the comment section. The main benefit you will gain from this is better user engagement, which can lead to a number of other benefits. Using the Comment Images Plugin As with most things, allowing users to upload images in the comment …