Despite the fact WordPress has been around for a while, and the method of adding scripts to themes and plugins has been the same for years, there is still some confusion around how exactly you’re supposed to add scripts. So let’s clear it up. Since jQuery is still the most commonly used Javascript framework, let’s take a look at how …
Trackbacks vs Pingbacks vs Webmentions for WordPress
Wouldn’t it be great it there was a standardized way to notify other websites when you link to them? It’d be even better to get an automatic notification when someone else linked to your site. Linkbacks do just that, and there are three different types of linkbacks you can use with your WordPress website. If you’ve spent any time at …
5 Free CSS Plugins for Live Editing Your WordPress Site
Fine tuning how your WordPress site looks on the front-end is faster and easier – not to mention more satisfying – when you can see your changes live as you make them. And the best way to live edit CSS is, of course, with a plugin. Custom CSS plugins are plentiful in the WordPress Plugin Directory. If you’re looking for …
As of Today, We’re Giving Everything Away… For Free!
Happy Friday 🙂 We’re now giving away every single one of our premium plugins and themes 100% free for you to keep and enjoy forever. We’re breaking WordPress. For waaaay too long premium plugins and themes have been constrained by, you know, being “premium.” How do you know whether you like a plugin or enjoy a theme framework when you …
WordPress Multisite Masterclass: Activation and Configuration
Welcome back to our six-part WordPress Multisite masterclass. In part two of this series, you’ll learn how to activate Multisite and get your network up and running. I’ll walk you through the installation process, then show you how to create sites on your network, add users, install themes and plugins and configure your network settings. In this series, you’ll learn …
17 WordPress, Design and Development Email Newsletters You Want in Your Inbox
I read a lot of email newsletters. So many, in fact, that I’m resigned to the fact I’ll never reach inbox zero, and I’m totally fine with that. Why? Because newsletters are awesome, they really are, and I sign up for new ones all the time. I can’t get enough of them. What’s not to like about a curated collection …
Building Customized URLs in WordPress: Permalinks, Query Vars and URL Rewriting
The Rewrite API for WordPress is an important feature that you probably don’t read much about, yet you’re no doubt using without even realizing it. The API provides the functionality for creating your own unique links – permalinks – for your website. In this tutorial, I’ll explain permalinks in-depth – what they are, why they are permanent, their possible structures, …
How to Get More People to Share Your Content on Social Media With WordPress
There’s a formula all of the best bloggers follow: valuable content + proper search engine optimization + semantic relevancy = great rankings in search engine results and high visitor engagement. However, just writing valuable content and following the best SEO and semantic search practices are not enough. In order for your great content to be seen, it needs to be shared. And …
Facebook Instant Articles vs AMP vs Apple News for WordPress
A mobile content revolution is afoot. Content distribution giants like Facebook, Google, and Apple are delivering content to mobile users in new and innovative ways, leaving content publishers scrambling to keep up. It wasn’t very long ago that having a fully-responsive site was enough, but that is no longer true. In the past month, AMP articles have been added to …
Making Your WordPress Password Hashing Stronger with bcrypt
The WordPress core is secure but you can make the passwords stored in your site’s database even more secure by upgrading from MD5-based password hashing to bcrypt. While some may say otherwise, the WordPress core really is secure, and it’s not that hard to keep your WordPress website safe from most common attacks by using a unique admin username and …