Working with WordPress Menus
This week for the WordPress Wednesday series I am talking about working with WordPress Menus. WordPress Menus are easy to use and there is quite a bit you can do to use them to their full potential on your site.…
Category Beginner WordPress
How to set a WordPress featured Image
For today’s WordPress Wednesday tip I am talking about how to set a WordPress featured image, and also how to fix the common issue of Facebook not finding an image when you share your post. How to set a WordPress featured…
Adding a placeholder menu item that is NOT a clickable link in WordPress
Sometimes we need to be a bit creative with how we structure our website. I have had several occasions where I needed a menu item that was just text and did not link anywhere, and item that had drop-down links…
Creating jump links also called anchor links in WordPress
It is really fun to discover new ways to work with your website and be creative with how you present information. Anything that makes it easier for your visitors to find what they came for is a winner in my…
The exact steps I take when selecting and managing WordPress plugins
One of the things that makes WordPress so versatile are the plugins that are available. Plugins allow us to add advanced functionality to our WordPress websites. They are a very awesome extension to WordPress. However…. There is some risk in…
A keyboard shortcut to link text in WordPress
I know most of you know how to link text in the WordPress editor using the link icon. Did you know there is a quick way to link text to a URL using a keyboard shortcut? In this article, I am…
How to keep your WordPress website secure
When the Spice Girls famously sang “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want!” I bet they weren’t expecting thousands of website owners and developers to raise their fists in solidarity and shout “A WordPress website that is…
How to beat the fear of having your WordPress site hacked
I recently wrote a guest post over at Restored316 on site security and you can read that post here. As I was doing some research on the topic I learned so much more than I could really share in that…
Resizing WordPress images within posts for retina display
I recently had a customer ask for a visual example of how I resize images within my posts so they display crisp and clear on retina screens. I thought this might be helpful for others as well. I will share…
How to change your password in WordPress
I recently had a few customers mention that they would like to know how to change their WordPress password. . . let me show you how. 1 Open your WordPress dashboard. ( yoururl/wp-admin ) 2 Once you are in your…
Every wonder why your WordPress site just goes wonky?
Every wonder why your WordPress site just goes wonky? I launched a site recently and it looked great. I spent hours just making everything perfect down to the last pixel. I kept coming back and tweaking that last little thing…
Setting up your wordpress workspace
Setting up your WordPress workspace In this 4:35 minute video I will walk you through the steps I take to set up my workspace before I begin to install a child theme and get it set up like the demo.…