To Tab, or Not to Tab? That is the Question. I was recently working on a site rebuild for a client, and she wanted to rein in the number of pages on her old site. There were tons of drop down menus and the number of pages was starting to spiral out of control. That […]
Auto Post to Social Media from WordPress
Save Yourself Time: Auto Post to Social Media from WordPress If your blog is set up to auto post to social media from WordPress, it saves you from having to take the extra step of logging into Facebook (or Google+, or Twitter, etc.) and posting the link yourself. I know how busy small business owners […]
Get Related Posts for WordPress With A Shortcode
Looking for a shortcode to add related posts to your WordPress site? I’ve written a guest post over at Wise Woman Websites today all about having related posts on your WordPress website using a plugin. Related posts get people to stay on your site longer, which tells Google that you have interesting stuff that they […]
Adding a WordPress Photo Gallery to Your Website
Showcase your website’s photography in a gallery! There’s nothing like great photography to make a website unforgettable, right? While it’s true that great photography is important, how you display that photography is equally important. If you have good photos that are oddly placed on your site, or that are too small for people to really […]
Why You Need a Responsive Website
Do you have a Responsive Website? If not, you’d better look into changing that. Over 60% of web traffic is now done on mobile devices. That means your website better play nicely with small screens of various sizes. If it doesn’t, you’re losing a ton of people. A responsive website is one that will reformat […]
Need to Optimize a Ton of Images on Your WordPress Site?
Have You Done Enough to Optimize Images for WordPress on Your Website? If you’ve been making websites for even just a short amount of time, you’re bound to have figured out that large image files really slow down your website. “OK”, you probably said to yourself, “I’ll just use the ‘Save for Web and Device’ […]
WordPress Automatic Updates – They’re Not That Scary
The newest version of WordPress just came out and it got me thinking about WordPress automatic updates. Someone in a group I belong to asked how to prevent WordPress from automatically updating, and that made me realize that a lot of people who use WordPress probably don’t understand how the automatic updates work. Starting with […]
Scheduling Blogs Posts
Did you know that you can schedule blog posts to publish at a predetermined time? When I first started keeping a blog for a business, I thought it would be an overwhelming experience. I couldn’t imagine being tied to my computer at a certain time every week to make sure that I was publishing a […]
Why Plugins Aren’t Always the Best Option
Have you heard that having too many WordPress plugins will slow down your site, so you should try to limit the number of plugins you use? I’ve heard that a bunch of times, so I decided to do some research on the matter. Because if having plugins that can expand the functionality of your website […]
5 Essential WordPress Plugins
One of the great things about WordPress websites is the huge selection of Plugins that are available to extend the functionality of your website. Depending on what the purpose of your site is, there are any number of plugins that might become essential to you. But no matter what kind of website you have, these […]