WordPress, the world’s favourite software to build websites and run a blog, used to be fairly easy to learn. That’s not the case anymore. The main reason WordPress has got so hard to use is because of the new editing interface. Personally, I find it tricky to use because of the number of clicks needed to do something and because…
As is so often the case with WordPress, making a change to your website is really simple but doing so could have major consequences on your traffic or the way your site performs. In the case of switching a document type from Post to Page (or vice versa) you must first take into consideration the permalink structure you’re using. Especially…
If you want to use WordPress to build a self-hosted website or start a blog, you have a choice of two flavors: WordPress.org and WordPress.com. What are the differences between the two? WordPress.org provides you with the software you need to start a WordPress-powered website or build an app. You’ll need to download the software and either build your site…
Have you spent hours creating a killer blog post to later realise there’s a spelling mistake in the URL? Me too. The big question is – what do you do about it? The first choice is to leave it alone and to forget all about it. The second choice is to fix the spelling mistake. But doing that could cause a problem or…
If you’re running a website on the self-hosted version of WordPress, you probably know how easy it is to break it. You might install a plugin that conflicts with another. You might add or remove code that stops your site functioning properly. You might disable a feature you like simply by switching themes. All of these things and more happen…
The default language on a self-hosted WordPress website (or blog) is United States English. If you’re from the UK, for example, and prefer using words like “bin” instead of “trash” or “hi” instead of “howdy”, or you’re in another part of the world where the predominant language isn’t English, you might like to change the default language to something more appealing to…
When it comes to choosing a premium WordPress theme for your website, you have an abundance of options available to you. This page showcases some of the major online stores in the premium themes space and outlines their major features, offers, and terms. The list isn’t complete – new shops and studios open (and close) all the time – so…
Let’s get one thing straight, right from the get-go – starting a blog is easy. Starting a blog and growing that blog into a money making machine is damn hard. But it’s possible if you give it time. How much time? It depends on a few factors but typically it takes about two years to generate a decent a monthly…
Want to know how to build a website or blog? This beginner’s guide walks you through each step of the process. You could have a brand new website in a few hours! We’ll look at domain names, hosting, and the software you need to create a website. We’ll also look at the basic setup of that software so you can…
Sometimes it makes sense to block search engines from indexing your website. For example, you might buy a brand new domain name and build your WordPress website on a live server to save the hassle of moving it once it’s finished (make sense for beginners), or you might want to redesign an existing site on a temporary subdomain. In some…
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