WordPress MU-Plugins: What They Are + Useful Must-Use Plugins For WP Web Developers

Do you need features to activate automatically and remain enabled on your website? Then consider adding these to WordPress as an mu-plugin…even create your own! In this tutorial, we’ll explore: What Are MU-Plugins? A Brief History of MU-Plugins MU-Plugin Features How to Change the Default Must-Use Plugins Directory When Not to Use MU-Plugins How to Create and Install MU-Plugins in …

Prevent Form & Comment Spam (for Free!) With Forminator

Ridding your site of Spam comments and registrations is an on-going battle. But if you arm yourself with the best defenses, you’ll be much better poised to win the war. Forminator is a free, easy-to-use WordPress form builder plugin that protects your forms from bogus comments and registrations at all times, using a combination of industry-leading anti-spam tools. Preventing form …

A Complete Guide to Email Marketing and Anti-Spam Laws

If you’re an email marketer, there are laws, and they are serious. So, to help you stay out of jail we have put together this article to help you understand anti-spam laws and cover some of the big dos and don’ts of email marketing. There are protocols internationally that help prevent spam when it comes to email marketing. Many of …

How To Set Up A Simple Membership-Only WordPress Site For Free

Learn how to set up a membership area on your website using built-in features of WordPress in this nifty step-by-step tutorial! Let’s say that you (or your client) want to set up a membership area on a WordPress site with little to no money to spend on web development (sounds familiar?) Whenever I hear someone mention that they want to …

Use This Test to Find Out Which Plugins are Slowing Down Your WordPress Site

When clients come to you complaining about a slow WordPress site, or you detect issues on your own using a speed testing tool, it’s important to take action fast. For every second your website fails to fully load, it compromises the user experience and costs you conversions. Let’s say you’ve done everything you can to speed up your client’s WordPress …