Fixing More WordPress Problems
Unlike products that you code from start to finish, many of us use WordPress without fully understanding how it’s set up. And when WordPress doesn’t work how we expect, it can lead to ...
Wordpress Tutorials
Creating a Custom Post Type in WordPress in Under 5 Minutes
WordPress is a hugely powerful Content Management System, not just in what it can do out of the box, but more important what it can do with customization. One of the most useful customizations ...
Adding Additional User Fields to WordPress Using PHP
WordPress comes supplied with basic fields included for each user. But at some point, you might want a few more options. In this post, we’ll be adding fields to the user’s profile ...
WordPress SEO Plugins: How to Fix Meta Descriptions That Aren’t Working
Search Engine Optimization is one of the most important parts of running any website. If you’ve built your site in WordPress, you’ve probably installed some sort of plugin that allows ...
WordPress: Logging In and Overview of Admin Area
Last post we talked about the pieces of WordPress and how it all fits together. This post we’ll be going through how to log in and use the admin area. I’m not talking about installing ...
WordPress Custom Coding – Put it in a plugin!
Ever have a client who wants custom coding in their WordPress site? Sometimes this means adding a template to the theme, but if you find yourself doing something not theme related, creating a ...
WordPress get_post() Returns Wrong
There’s nothing more annoying than thinking you’re doing everything right and a function is not returning what you’d expect. Of course it’s you… in the back of your ...
Using htaccess to Create a Maintenance Page
We’ve all needed it at one time or another: a maintenance page to stop access to your site while you’re performing some needed updates on your site. I recently used one when I updated ...
Creating a Website in WordPress – How WordPress Works
Last post we talked about getting started with WordPress including the basics of getting a hosting account, a domain name, and installing WordPress. This post I’ll be talking about the ...
3 Common WordPress Problems and How to Fix Them
As I’ve been working in WordPress for many of my clients I’ve come across some common problems. Hopefully this list will help you fix them quickly and move on with the actual ...
WordPress: Adding a Different Banner to Each Page
A banner or slideshow at the top of the page in WordPress is a pretty common design. Sometimes your client will choose a theme that already has this installed with options, but at some point, you ...
Easily Adding Animation to WordPress Navigation Dropdown
In this post I’ll go through installing a plugin to automatically add drop-downs, and then adding a simple animation to that drop-down. We’ll be adding a Plugin called Dropdown Menu ...
Get Found in Google: For Business Owners
So your website is launched, but you aren’t getting any visitors – or not as many as you’d like. If you’re a small business owner and are looking for ways to boost your ...
Adding WordPress Templates
Whatever theme you choose for WordPress, you’ll probably end up with one Page Template and one Sidebar Template. For most sites, this will probably be sufficient. But if you need more ...
How to Create and Use a Shortcode in WordPress
Ever wanted to add PHP programming to a page or post in WordPress? It’s difficult. You have to find some plugin that makes it possible and then learn how to use it and then hope that when ...
Step-by-Step Instructions for Moving a WordPress Site
Moving a WordPress site can be a stressful thing, but sometimes you just can’t avoid it. If you’re looking for a step-by-step solution with practically no downtime, you’ve come ...
Adding Widget Areas into WordPress
WordPress is great. It’s super easy to learn, for both developers and clients, and you can edit practically anything. For example, adding additional Widget Areas to WordPress. Easy-peasy. ...
Change the Domain on a WordPress Site
If you’ve recently tried to change the domain name associated with your WordPress site, you’ll notice that just changing it on your hosting account (say, in godaddy) will actually ...
Transfer Typepad to WordPress
Have all your friends moved to WordPress and you’re stuck on an ugly Typepad blog? No fear! I recently helped my brother move his blog from the hellish world of typepad and I’m here ...
Customize a WordPress Theme
WordPress has exploded in use in the last several years – it’s currently being used by over 14% of the current top 1 million websites (Alexa.com) and about 1/4 of new websites are ...