WordPress isn’t just for blogs. It can be used to make easy to update websites. A WordPress website can also contain a blog. The difference between a WordPress website and a WordPress blog is that a WordPress website has a static homepage not just a list of blog posts. For this guide you need to…
Before so much happened on social media, social interaction happened on blogs. Whole conversations would happen in blog comments. Things have changed a bit since then. Today it may be a good idea to disable comments in WordPress. How to disable comments in WordPress In WordPress you can disable comments a few different ways. You…
Can you build a WordPress site offline? Yes, absolutely and today I am going to show you how. Why you would build a WordPress site offline: Test new themes or plugins without breaking your live site. Redesign your WordPress site. Build a new site without people seeing it unfinished or having to pay for hosting….
The importance of a WordPress sitemap may be less than it once was. However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have one. Luckily it is easy to use a WordPress sitemap plugin to generate your sitemap. Once you go through some initial steps, you never have to think about it again. Table of contents: Best WordPress…
When you go through any WordPress forum or Facebook group, you are bound to see complaints about site speed. You will also see lots of these questions: How do I fix a slow WordPress site? Why is my site running slow? How can I improve my WordPress website performance? The list goes on and on….
Google Analytics is a free service from Google that lets you track visitors to your website. You can get lots of details, including where your traffic is coming from and clues as to why people are bouncing off your site. There are a few ways to add Google analytics to your WordPress site. Some are…
An anchor link is a link that allows you to jump to a specific spot on a web page. Usually used to jump to a specific heading (think table of contents) but can be used to jump to any html element. The steps for creating an anchor link vary depending on if you are using…
WordPress Page vs Post is one of the first questions most new WordPress users ask. You will use posts for most of your content. However, every WordPress website does have pages. In this post I will cover the differences between WordPress pages and posts, as well as when to use each. The difference between pages…