WordPress has built in functions that deal with dates and times. A few of these of these functions are the_date, the_time, and the_modified_time. Let’s look at each of these, and how they work. We’ll also show you a chart of how to write dates and times in PHP, so you can output those exactly as […]
Dates and Times In WordPress
Automatically Change The Copyright Year In WordPress
A common question for website owners is “How do I automatically change the copyright year in WordPress?” Most WordPress themes have a place in the footer for copyright information or site credits. Sometimes this is in the footer.php file, sometimes it’s not. It depends on the theme. I’d like to show you not only how […]
Change Return To Shop Link In WooCommerce
WordPress currently powers over 43% of all websites. The most popular e-commerce plugin on WordPress is WooCommerce, by a wide margin. So it’s natural that you might to modify some of the user interface copy that comes with WooCommerce out of the box. Recently, a reader asked how would you change the Return To Shop […]
Using A Child Theme In WordPress Development
There are many reasons you should be using a child theme when working with a premium WordPress theme that you want to alter. Professional WordPress developers will always use a child theme when customizing an existing theme. Inexperienced developers will make changes directly on a premium theme. This has some negative consequences. If you’re already […]
The Dangers Of Cowboy Coding
Cowboy coding is not a term that is familiar to business owners. There are even some web developers for whom this is a strange term. But it is something that you should be on the lookout for, as a business owner, or as a web developer. Just like the lawless frontiers of the Wild West, […]
Good Website Design Requires An Investment
There’s a lot of confusion about what the price of a professional website should be. Generally speaking, the price of a well-designed website is more than the price of a poorly designed website. While it’s true you can find someone to build your website, no matter what your budget is, remember this— It’s not the […]
How To Improve Your Ranking In Local SEO
Most businesses want to improve their SEO. They want to be found in Google and other search engines by local customers. Ranking on the first page of Google has obvious financial advantages — as opposed to being buried on the tenth page search results. Getting to the first page in local search requires on page […]
Custom Excerpt Length In WordPress
Most WordPress themes have a means of displaying past articles with some teaser content, followed by a call to action link, inviting users to read further. There are two main options when it comes to outputting this teaser content, the functions the_content() and the_excerpt(). Before we go over how to set a custom excerpt length […]
Replace the_excerpt Ellipsis With Custom Link in WP
If you you are using the_excerpt() in your WordPress templates, you probably already know it cuts off at 55 words, and is followed by […]. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could replace that ugly trailing ellipsis with your own custom Read More link? Never fear, that’s exactly what we will show you today. You […]
Best Practices For Call To Action Buttons
Call to action buttons are exactly what they sound like — buttons on forms that entice your customers to take action. CTAs are usually succinct messages like Subscribe on an email newsletter sign-up, or Buy Now on an online shopping cart. Here are some very simple best practices for these calls-to-action that allow you get […]