WordPress tag clouds can be used as an alternative navigation for readers to quickly access content of the same topic on your website. The more articles your write with the same tags the bigger those words appear in your tag cloud. For instance, I seem to write a lot about WordPress and Twitter, so those …
5 tips to speed up your WordPress site
Webmasters are continually being told that page speed matters and that websites should load in 4 seconds or less. The internet is all about user experience and if your site is slow to load a potential visitor will bounce. Now this may be true of the fast food or millennial generation but for someone whose …
Importing posts from one WordPress blog to another
I previously talked about planning your blog and getting it right first time but what was right at the start can change over time. For instance, I used to have three blogs: one dedicated to Xena, one to science fiction and fantasy and one to my random thoughts. Eventually I merged the Xena and sci-fi …
5 must have WordPress plugins for new bloggers
Seasoned bloggers will have plugins that they absolutely can’t do without but if you’re a newbie you may be wondering what plugins are and how they will benefit you. Plugins are bits of code/software that help to develop your blog beyond its original functionality. Out of the box WordPress is still the best Content Management …
How to stop people hotlinking to your images in WordPress
A picture paints a thousand words so the saying goes and there must be truth in it otherwise the likes of Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook wouldn’t be half as successful as they are. More and more people are in the habit of using images to depict how they are feeling. These images range from selfies …
Setting up custom vanity URLs on WordPress
What are vanity URLs? A vanity URL is a short domain name or URL used to convert longer URLs into short ones for sharing on social media. In this post I’m going to explain how to set up a custom vanity URL for a WordPress blog using the Bitly service. URL shorteners such as Bitly, …
What’s the best comment system for WordPress?
I was thinking of changing the comment system on my TV and Fandom blog because I really wanted a comment rating feature. The WordPress comment system doesn’t come with this feature and for some reason I really, really wanted it. CommentLuv Whilst I was looking for a WordPress vote up and down plugin I briefly …
ManageWP is time saving and brilliant
The recent Jetpack update had me wishing that there was an easier way to manage updates on our company sites. I normally find out about updates when I log into my blog and then go and update all the WordPress sites under my control. It can be a chore when I have more pressing things …
Tools of the trade – mobile blogging using the WordPress app
The clock is counting down to the end of day six of the #31WriteNow blog challenge and I’m searching for something to post. Digging through my drafts I came across a review for the season finale of Defiance and I could barely understand what I’d written. That is because I was using Siri on my iPhone …