Want to keep your website’s viewers tuned in? Whether it be a tutorial, welcome message, or the latest viral cat video – Videos are your ticket. WordPress video plugins can give your content the type of value and enhancements that simple video embedding doesn’t provide. Grab some popcorn, because in this post we’ll be binge-showcasing some of the best free …
WordPress Post Formats… Is There Life After Gutenberg?
Post formats premiered in WordPress back in 2011, allowing you to inject some life into your blog section. Sadly, a lot of themes no longer support them. But with a pinch of Gutenberg and a sprinkle of code, you can still mold your blog section into the masterpiece it should be. Post formats were last featured in WordPress’ Twenty Seventeen …
How to Add Google Search Console to WordPress
So, are you thinking of adding WordPress to Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools)? If so, read on as we let you know how to do this using free plugins and get set up with Google, too. Google Search Console was made to help webmasters check indexing status and optimize visibility of their websites — which is definitely a …
Make WordPress A Better CMS With These Plugins
If you’re developing a complex WordPress site for clients, need to deal with content policies and flows, want to make the user interface easier to work with, or add custom content without writing code, you may well need a CMS plugin. CMS plugins give WordPress additional Content Management System functionality and appearance. The way in which they do this varies …
How to Create an Online Course with WordPress and LMS Plugins
Creating online courses in WordPress is easier than ever with the help of some amazing LMS (Learning Management Systems) plugins. It’s a great business model, considering the low startup costs, profits, ability to share your knowledge, and flexibility. What’s that? I think I hear the school bell ringing. So, let’s get to it… Here’s a bit of what I’ll be …
Customizing WordPress User Roles With Branda
Human beings may be created equal, but admin users–not so much. Some admins know their roles and stick to them, while others behave like over-stimulated children in a toy store, touching everything in sight until something breaks. In this post, we’ll show you how to use Branda, WPMU DEV’s ultimate white label branding plugin, to customize the default WordPress user …
How To Choose The Best CDN For WordPress
If you’re serious about speeding up your site and you’ve optimized the heck out of it (smushed images, minified CSS and JavaScript, set up a caching plugin…), it’s time to think about signing up to a content delivery network, or CDN. A Content Delivery Network (CDN) will drastically reduce server lag by storing static resources on a network of faster …
Choosing The Best WordPress Table Plugin
So you’ve got a lot of data you want to present to your readers. Using tables seem like the obvious choice right? The problem is, tables are unsupported by the classic WordPress Visual Editor. The solution? Plugins of course! In this post, I’ll be covering the following: Why tables are an issue with WordPress. What makes a WordPress table plugin …
Post to WordPress by Email: 3 Alternatives While Postie is Suspended
The ability to post to WordPress via email has been around for a long time. However, the surge in mobile technology has made posting by email more relevant than ever before, especially for people on the go. Whether you run a news site or blog with daily updates, an eCommerce store, restaurant, or any kind of business really, composing and …
10 Most Popular Free WordPress Slider Plugins Reviewed
Finding the perfect slider for your site is by no means an easy task. At last count, there were over 900+ sliders in the WordPress Plugin Repository. Who’s got time to test every plugin? To help you separate the wheat from the chaff, I’ve ranked and reviewed the top 10 most popular free slider plugins available in the repository. These …