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If you’re ready to take your blog to the next level, or if you want to set up a business website using WordPress, it’s important to know what “self hosting” means and why it can help you. WordPress.org vs. WordPress.com WordPress comes in two flavors: WordPress.org (self hosted) and WordPress.com (hosted). In a nutshell, using [...]

Plugins are a great way to customize your WordPress site, whether it’s a blog, e-commerce website or something in between. But it’s wise to be a little cautious when installing new plugins. Plugin security When you install a plugin, it can access your entire WordPress database and files. While most plugins are meant to help [...]

“Security is a not a product, but a process.” – Bruce Schneier WordPress is one of the most popular website platforms around, but unfortunately that makes it a target for many hackers. Here are some of the easiest ways to make your WP site more secure: Don’t use “admin” as your username. Hackers know that [...]

A guide to setting up your WordPress website for maximum SEO benefits WordPress is famous for being SEO-friendly, but you need to set it up right in order to reap the maximum benefits. Here are 5 easy steps to making your WordPress site SEO optimized: 1. Set up SEO-friendly permalinks By default, WordPress makes your [...]

WordPress is fast when you first install it, but over time, you may notice that it gets slower and slower. There are several steps you can take right away when you install it, as well as steps you can take to clean up an old installation, that will help speed up WordPress. 1. Add a [...]

What are permalinks, and why should I care? Permalinks are the URLs to your WordPress posts and categories. The text in your permalinks helps search engines decide whether or not your post is relevant to a certain search, and it also helps visitors see what section they are viewing on your website. By default, WordPress [...]

There are two kinds of WordPress sitemaps: sitemaps for your visitors and sitemaps for the search engines. WordPress Sitemaps for search engines Web developers are usually familiar with XML sitemaps. These are the sitemaps you submit to Google through Webmaster Tools (and other search engines through their tools). The XML Sitemap tells the search engine, [...]

When I’m working on a WordPress site, I like working right in the admin area. I like to preview whatever I’m working on frequently, but I really don’t want to use links from the preview to go back and edit; I just use one browser tab for editing and another for previewing. So when WordPress [...]

Note: When I first discovered this technique, WordPress themes were simpler. Reversing post order is a little trickier now. I’ll try to cover the basics and the reasoning to increase your chances of success! By default, WordPress shows your posts in order of most recent to oldest. But many people would rather show older posts [...]

How to quickly rename the WordPress Blogroll If you only want one category of links: Log into your account. Click “Blogroll” at the top of the Administration Screen. Click on “Categories” underneath the Blogroll link. Click the “Edit” link next to Blogroll. Rename the category and change the slug to something similar. If your category is [...]