It may seem counterintuitive, but there will be times when you need to restrict access to the content on your WordPress site. You can do this through a variety of means. You can make a page private. You can set your site to “noindex”. You can also create landing pages that only select individuals are […]
How to fully uninstall a WordPress plugin
Plugins can be a great boon to WordPress sites, but there are times they outlive their usefulness. If a plugin fulfills a function you don’t need anymore, stops being updated, or appears to slow your site down, it may be time to remove it. Normally to delete a plugin you would go to the Plugins […]
WPWeekly Episode 310 – Community Management, PHP, and Hello Dolly
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I discuss the news of the week including, the removal of offensive lyrics in Hello Dolly, a request for plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions, and changes coming in WordPress 4.9.5. We also talk about community management, the difference between comments and forums, and finally, John shares his concerns on how …
HTML to WordPress Theme Tutorial: Step 1 – Converting Your HTML to PHP
For many of us, our first experience of coding for WordPress is when we write our first theme. After all, every WordPress site needs a theme, and if you want something bespoke then it makes sense to code it yourself. When I started out with WordPress in 2010, I’d never worked with a content management […]
WordPress Multisite vs. A Management Tool: Which Do You Need?
For the most part, you’re going to meet clients with a business or other online-friendly venture that they want you to create a website for. And, so you develop and perhaps even later manage the WordPress site on their behalf. This is especially more common when you’re first starting a WordPress business and want to […]
In WordPress 4.9.5, Users Will Be Two Clicks Away From Installing and Activating Gutenberg From the Dashboard
At the end of last month, Matt Cromwell, Head of Support and Community Outreach for GiveWP and an administrator for the Advanced WordPress Facebook group, hosted a question and answer session about Gutenberg with Matt Mullenweg. Mullenweg was asked a few times if he could provide a concrete date on when Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0 would be ready. While a …
Why Two-Factor Authentication Isn’t Always Totally Secure
In 15 minutes, you can lose your phone service, identity and money. All it takes is insecure two-factor authentication and human error. Two-factor authentication is an additional method of security that’s used to supplement your login credentials on websites that have it enabled. It requires you to confirm you’re logging in with a physical device […]
Why Gutenberg and Why Now?
Tevya Washburn has been building websites for more than 20 years and building them on WordPress for 10. He bootstrapped his website maintenance and support company, WordXpress, that he’s worked on full-time for more than seven years. Late last year he launched his first premium plugin, and presented at WordCamp Salt Lake City. He lives in Caldwell, ID and is …
What You Need to Know to Conduct an SEO Audit in WordPress
You’ve developed a beautiful WordPress site for your client. It launched. They’re pleased with what you did. Now what? Well, obviously it’s time to start working your magic for other clients in need of awesome WordPress sites. Build. Launch. Repeat. But is this how your project life cycle always has to go? I don’t think […]
Where Will Your Next Blog Post Inspiration Come From?
As a WordPress developer, you’re familiar with where to go to find the latest wireframing templates, CSS snippets, and JavaScript libraries. That’s what you do, so it makes sense you’d know where to find tools that help you get the job done more quickly and easily. But what about when it comes to writing content […]