Sticking virtual Post-it notes on your WordPress admin dashboard, posts, pages, and widgets is a great way to leave messages for other users on your site or add personal reminders. Here are some noteworthy plugins you’ll want to stick with… Whether you blog alone or manage a multi-author site, being able to stick virtual Post-it...
Plugins can be a great boon to WordPress sites, but there are times they outlive their usefulness. If a plugin fulfills a function you don’t need anymore, stops being updated, or appears to slow your site down, it may be time to remove it. Normally to delete a plugin you would go to the Plugins...
Are you keen to start modifying your website but feel completely lost at step one? WordPress tutorials are often simple, but start with phrases like “open your theme’s functions.php file,” which can instantly throw a beginner off track. Where is this file? Open it in what? Where is my theme? There’s absolutely no shame in not...
Have you ever tried to get two images to sit side-by-side in WordPress? Did it drive you crazy? If so, you’re not alone. It’s driven me crazy a number of times. The good news is, it might not be as maddening now as it was in the past. The bad news is, the good news above...
If you’ve finally bought the domain you’ve had your eyes on for some time or you’ve found an even better one for your Multisite network, you’ll need to make some adjustments to your WordPress installation before you can use it. If the physical location of your Multisite suits you fine and you don’t need to...
A “jump link” in WordPress is when you link to a specific spot, or target, on a page. Clicking that link takes you directly to the place you’ve specified. You might be familiar with this function in Microsoft Word, known as bookmarking. Jump links (or bookmarks) allow you to create content where readers can instantly...
Here’s a quick tip that helps you to restrict access to the plugin and theme updating capability within WordPress, as well as remove the ability for users to install new plugins and themes. Why would you want to do this? Perhaps you’ve set up a WordPress site for a client and you don’t want them...
