Search engine optimization (SEO) aims to increase traffic to your website through organic search engine results. Therefore, it encompasses many tasks and strategies that might be difficult to implement without help from WordPress SEO plugins.
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Minification is a popular way to optimize a WordPress website. There are plenty of WordPress minify plugins that can help you do it. To save you some time and effort, I decided to test a few of the popular options out there while documenting the process. This way you'll know whether or not they live up to their reputation (and ultimately, whether to use them).
Are you looking for the best security plugin for your WordPress site? Wordfence and iThemes are two popular options, but it can be difficult to decide which one to use. Fortunately, there are some key differences between them. We'll carefully review those differences so that you can decide which security plugin is better for your site.
WP Simple Pay has been a staple payment processor plugin for many years now. While we can admire its longevity, it's not without its faults. You're likely aware of them already. Otherwise you wouldn't be here looking for alternatives. Well, let me not keep you waiting any longer. Here are my five favorite payment processors for WordPress users that I like better than WP Simple Pay - and why.
If you want to build trust with customers, it’s a good idea to display reviews directly on your site. One way to do this would be to somehow integrate Yelp with your site and have the reviews display automatically. In this post, I’ll show you some interesting WordPress plugins that allow you to do this.
If you own or manage a WordPress website, you'll likely need a tool to back up your files and content. However, you might not have the budget for a premium solution and may be searching for free WordPress backup plugins. In this post, we’ll talk about what to watch out for when looking for free WordPress backup plugins. Then, we’ll share four complete backup solutions for WordPress that are totally free.
Contact Form 7 is the oldest and one of the most popular contact form plugins out there. In this article we’ll show you how to set up Contact Form 7 on your site and how to configure it. After that, there’s only one thing to do - publish the form and start receiving emails from your readers.
While WordPress itself is a secure platform, this doesn't make your site immune to break-ins. One of the most common attacks is human or bot hackers trying to force their way through your login page by trying various username and password combinations until something works. To keep them from succeeding, you can use a WordPress plugin to limit login attempts.
Starting a blog without spending a penny is entirely possible, and you’re in the right place to learn how. Over the years, I’ve tried dozens of blogging sites to see how well they work for different purposes and needs. This post shares my ...
Can you actually still create a WordPress blog in less than 15 minutes, or is it just marketing? The short answer is: yes, you can, but probably not if it's your first time doing this. WordPress is a great tool. It's free, open source, and has tons ...
In this tutorial, we will lead you through all the steps you need to take in order to start a personal blog that is cheap, effective, good-looking, and that will set you up for future success. This is your ultimate guide to a personal WordPress blog ...
Building a website with WordPress might seem overwhelming at first, but it’s easier than you think. You don’t need to be a developer or have any design experience to create a site that looks great and works ...
The web host you choose to power your WordPress site plays a key role in its speed and performance. However, with so many claiming to offer the fastest WordPress hosting out there, how do you decide which company to use? In this post, we'll look at ...
Here's how I set up WordPress on my own computer, with no web host, no risk, no cost, and nobody watching. The tool I use for this is called XAMPP. It basically makes your laptop act like a real server - albeit just locally. You can run WordPress on ...
