There’s a huge problem with the way many WordPress themes are currently built, marketed, and sold. The ecosystem is beginning to change, ever so slowly, but major changes need to be made for the good of the WordPress platform, theme marketplaces, and the agencies and clients that rely on themes. The situation currently illustrating this […]
Why Bundling WordPress Plugins In Themes is Risky
When FTP Uploads Are Not Visible in WP Media Library
UPDATE March 23rd, 2018: Add From Server was closed as a plugin on the WordPress repo as of earlier today. No details yet on whether this was an action by the plugin author or the Plugin Review team. UPDATE March 28th, 2018 The plugin author had the plugin removed temporarily and stated the following: “Plugin […]
How To Improve Page Speed In WordPress
Today, I’d like to share some tips for improving your page speed in WordPress. Performance and optimizing for page speed are now as much a part of web development as writing code. There are several reasons performance matters. The most important is user experience. The faster your WordPress website loads, the less likely a user […]
Importing Large XML Files in WordPress with WXR Splitter
Importing large XML files in WordPress can be a pain. Fortunately, there is a great tool, WXR Splitter, that allows you to split a cumbersome XML file, and import multiple smaller files. Why might you need to split your XML files in the first place? When migrating a site from staging to live deployment (or […]
How To Add Dynamic Sidebars To WordPress
Widget areas (aka Dynamic Sidebars) are an essential part of working with WordPress. Most WordPress themes come with one or two dynamic sidebars that allow drag and drop modules to be placed in them. These widget areas are found in the admin area under Appearance > Widgets. These default widgets are usually controlled by the […]
Managing Images in WordPress
Managing images in WordPress is done through the Media Library in the back-end. There are things you can do to make it easier and more efficient. Uploading and finding the images you need for a particular string of posts can be difficult if you are hunting through a series of photos that look similar. Making […]
Building a Contact Page In WordPress With Contact Form 7
For most websites, getting users to the contact page is a primary mission. Building a Contact page in WordPress with the Contact Form 7 plugin makes that process easy. Contact Form 7 is the most popular contact form plugin on the WordPress plugin repository, with over 5 million active installations. Today I will show you […]
Fix Redirect Loop on WordPress Install
If you need to fix a redirect loop on a fresh install of WordPress, or if you have not_found URLs when trying to reach the admin panel, these steps might solve your problem. In my scenario, I was manually doing a fresh install of WordPress on a new site. I was having problems getting the […]
Add A Map Marker To Google Maps Embedded iFrame
Embedding Google Maps into a page is fairly easy, but there are little things you can do to improve the appearance and usability. There are also several things you can do if you dig into the API, but the fixes this article covers are fairly painless to carry out. The default Google Maps iframe embed […]
How To Customize Styles On Livefyre Comments
Livefyre is a commenting system that allows users to leave comments on your website, using their existing social media accounts as a login. Livefyre has two levels of social integration: an enterprise level called StreamHub, and the Free version, which is what we will focus on. The Free version can be embedded via JavaScript, or […]