There are a ton of WordPress themes and plugins out there fit for the hungry writer trying to grow her following from scratch. But, there’s something you’ll want to take care of first: finding human readers to drive to your site. Too often, people build a website because someone says they have to, and they […] View original post at …
How to Launch a Crowdfunding Campaign with WordPress
New business ventures are always exciting. You have a unique idea or solution. People seem to be really excited about it. But you need money to get the new business idea off the ground. You could go to investors or the bank to generate capital, but they need to see that there’s real interest in […] View original post at …
Understanding How WordPress Outputs Code From Child Themes
If you’ve ever needed to make tweaks to a third party theme, or you’re using a theme framework, you’ll be familiar with child themes. They’re a powerful feature of WordPress, giving you the flexibility to make customizations to any parent theme without losing them when the theme is updated. I use them to make edits […] View original post at …
How to Seamlessly Add Product Reviews to Your WordPress Website
WordPress websites that act as the digital “salesperson” for a company need to d0 more than just talk about how awesome the business or product is. Consumers are demanding to hear from real-life customers who have been in their shoes. They want to know what they thought of the product, how it delivered on what […] View original post at …
How to Display Random Posts from Different Categories using WP_Query
Sometimes you want to mix things up a little when displaying posts on your site, maybe by making the list random instead of just showing the last five posts like every other site in town. The great news is that if you add a custom query to your page using the WP_Query class, you can […] View original post at …
Big Updates: WordPress, WPMU DEV, and the GDPR
The next version of WordPress drops today, version 4.9.6, and it is all about data privacy and getting ready for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You’ve probably been inundated with notifications about updated privacy policies and information on the GDPR the last few weeks and months, which actually went into effect back in […] View original post at …
How to Successfully Launch a Retargeting Campaign Using WordPress
Retargeting (or remarketing) is something we’re all familiar with as consumers. You visit a website and browse the various products, services, or content published within it. You think, “Oh, that looks interesting. I may need to do something with this.” But then you leave. Maybe you didn’t like the price or you got distracted by […] View original post at …
A Tour of the Gutenberg Editor for WordPress
It’s the year’s hot topic – Project Gutenberg. If you haven’t tried it out yet, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. If you’re not already aware of it, Gutenberg is a new interface for editing posts and pages in WordPress. It’s currently a plugin, but there are plans to integrate it […] View original post at …
How to Set Up an Affiliate or Referral Program on Your WordPress Site
Wouldn’t it be nice if a WordPress site could be something more than just the digital face of one’s brand? That’s why you develop websites in the first place–to help companies do more with their digital presence. In other words, to generate more leads and conversions for their business. But is that enough? Is the […] View original post at …
How to Get the Most out of Your WordPress Page Builder with Hummingbird
If you’ve been around WordPress for a while you are also very much familiar with page builders. They are known for two things: Giving you the freedom to create a drag-and-drop site rather than having to script it from scratch They are heavy – creating a lot more load on your website (in terms of […] View original post at …