Can a Free WordPress support ticket system work as well as a paid WordPress support ticket plugin? It definitely can! Just follow this simple tutorial… A good helpdesk ticketing system should allow your business to handle and rank multiple customer support inquiries and manage these so your customers get faster replies from the right support...
Building a site locally is a good idea, but just hearing the word ‘migration’ can strike fear into even the noblest of hearts. Luckily, migrating from local to live is easier than you might think… Oct 2020: We tested all the best WordPress hosts! Find out how we compare.View Results I don’t need to spend...
According to an annual survey by the Entertainment Software Association in 2021, there are now a total 226.6 million video game players in the U.S. of all ages, growing nearly 6% from 214.4 million in 2020. Among other key findings from the survey: About 55% of those surveyed identify as male (vs. 59% last year)...
If you’ve started building your own theme, or maybe even creating a child theme to customize another theme, then you’ll have learned all about template files and the theme template hierarchy. But what about the theme functions.php file? The functions file is where you put all of the functionality your theme needs that doesn’t relate just...
WordPress Twenty Sixteen theme is actively used on over 1,500 sites hosted by WPMU DEV. This guide looks at the theme that has been described as “a modernized approach of an ever-popular layout.” Yes, it’s a blog theme. With its horizontal header and optional right sidebar, it’s reminiscent of the Twenty Ten theme. But while...
Engaging your visitors is vital to growing your audience, and enabling comments is one way to help you achieve this. There are many comment plugins out there which integrate with many social media sites, but one of the most popular commenting options available is Disqus. It offers many impressive features, such as active logins for an extended period and...
Here at WPMU DEV, we use the word “WordPress” a lot (for obvious reasons!). And when we do mention “WordPress” (there I go again!), I think it’s safe to say that most readers understand that we’re talking about WordPress.org, the self-hosted content management system. If you’re brand spanking new to WordPress, however, you may not...
