WordPress Tips

WordPress offers to automatically scale down the size your images display for you, but did you know you can change the default image sizes so it’ll offer the size you want out of the box? Here’s how to do it.

Usually, everything you need can be encapsulated in one WordPress installation. Under certain circumstances, though, you might desire to run multiple WordPress installs on one website. If that’s the case for you, here we show you two different methods for running multiple separate WordPress installations on one website.

Links allow you to direct your website visitors to another web page easily, but they also can give you the ability to do more than that. With these easy steps, learn how to create anchor links to a particular place in the middle of a page on a WordPress site.

How do you change your website’s font on a WordPress site? We offer tips on how to use your theme change your font, use a plugin to override your theme, or change your fonts with CSS.

These tips help you select the perfect hero background image for your website. Learn the role resolution, orientation, and contrast play in selecting a hero image and download a template to help you ensure you choose the best hero image for your site.

Is your website outdated? Use these 5 warning signs to find out.

Even if you don’t deal with secure information like bank account or credit card numbers, your site needs HTTPS encryption. Learn why HTTPS is important and how to migrate a WordPress site to HTTPS in this tutorial.

WordPress uses widgets to build content throughout your website in places like the sidebar and footers. Learn how to use widgets in this article.

A content delivery network, or CDN, is a distributed network of data centers. Learn how content delivery networks improve the speed of your site and how to use one with WordPress in this article.

Can everyone consume your site’s content? In this article, We’ll discuss accessibility considerations for visual proximity issues and hearing impairments.

Colorblindness may affect many visitors to your site, as studies show it affects 8% of men and 0.5% of women worldwide. With this in mind, three considerations should be made to ensure your site is accessible to colorblind visitors and doesn’t prevent them from seeing your content.

How can Google and other search engines better find your content? Use these 7 SEO tips to optimize a WordPress website for search.

Is Google AMP for you? We weigh the pros and cons here to help you decide if you should use it on your site.

Having great content doesn’t do much good if your users can’t find it — that’s where your site’s menu system comes in. Some of its features may not be obvious at first glance, so here are 3 tips to help you make the most of navigation menus in WordPress.

When you add a link on your website, you’re probably linking to another web page. But did you know links are good for way more than that? Here are 4 creative link ideas to help you do more with your links.

How can your website stand out from everything else on the Internet? Here are 5 ideas to help you get more views on your site.

Do you wish WordPress would install theme, plugin, or WordPress updates automatically? This tutorial explains how to set up automatic updates on your site.

The WordPress editor is soon due for a big change with the advent of the Gutenberg editor. What does this mean for WordPress users? Find out here.

Throughout the month of August, we shared Quick Tips to help you make the most of your WordPress site. Read them all here.

The recent Jayden K. Smith hacking hoax reveals some misconceptions about internet security. Find out how to keep your social media accounts safe here.

Net neutrality rules are set to change later this year. Find out how these changes could impact small business owners.

Letting a domain name expire puts you at risk for losing it altogether. Here, we explain the basics of domain names what to do to protect yours.

This tutorial explains how to add images and links to content in WordPress.

How do you back up a WordPress site? This article explains how to perform a backup automatically through your hosting provider, with a plugin, and manually.

This tutorial explains how to install a theme in WordPress, how to download and install a third-party theme, and how to change your active theme.

This article explains the basics of PHP, how to tell what PHP version your site is running, how to upgrade PHP, and why it all matters.

A child theme is a modified version of an existing theme. This post explains what child themes are, how they work, and why they’re useful.

Have you tried to paste a snippet of form, iframe, or PHP code into WordPress and it didn’t work? Here’s why and what you can do.

Many WordPress users have multiple themes they’re not using still installed. We’ll discuss whether you should keep these unused themes or delete them.

WordPress post excerpts provide several benefits to your content. Learn how they can help your SEO, social media sharing, and more.

WordPress comes with two built-in types of content, posts and pages, but also allows you to create others. Here’s how a WordPress custom post type could help you.

Does your WordPress website load slowly? If so, here are 5 tips to help speed it up.

If you own your own WordPress site, was it affected by Cloudflare’s “Cloudbleed” leak? Here’s how to find out and what to do if your data was exposed.

A sales funnel is a series of gradually more focused efforts to drive a potential customer in the direction you desire most—to that of a paying customer. Learn more here.

Did you know you can upload more than just images to the WordPress media library? Here’s a complete list of over 20 file types the library supports.

WordPress provides numerous keyboard shortcuts to help save you time as you use the editor. Here’s a complete list of all 32 WordPress keyboard shortcuts.

Should you use a .com domain name or something else? We’ll discuss the different types of top-level domains here.

Facebook and Twitter use special tags to choose what information from your site to display in links. Here’s how to preview what these links look like.

Do you need help managing your website’s plugins? These 4 tips will get you started.