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5 essential WordPress features for business websites in 2024

Posted on November 5, 2024

WordPress is a versatile, SEO-friendly CMS perfect for businesses aiming to enhance their online presence. Its user-friendly interface and rich functionality make it an ideal choice for both beginners and experts.

With over 40% of all websites powered by WordPress, it’s clear why it’s a top choice for businesses. If you’re looking to build or improve your site, consider consulting with the best WordPress development companies to ensure optimal results.

In this article, I’ll highlight five essential WordPress features that can transform your business website in 2024. Whether you’re a small local business or a growing enterprise, these features will help you stay ahead in the digital landscape. [Read more…]

How to quickly deactivate every WordPress plugin at once

Posted on July 16, 2024

In my opinion, WordPress is the most powerful blogging platform out there. And truth be told, it’s also one of the easiest to use.

There are times however when something goes wrong and your blog simply refuses to load in a web browser.

If you’re new to WordPress it can be quite frightening the first time you see the dreaded “white screen of death” – the stark, solid white error page that WordPress displays when it encounters what it deems to be a catastrophic error. [Read more…]

Why you should enable ‘Breadcrumbs’ on your blog

Posted on May 4, 2024

If you’re a blogger you’re probably familiar with the term “breadcrumbs”.

In a nutshell, breadcrumbs are navigable paths from a blog’s home page to the page that’s currently displayed in the browser.

Every portion of the breadcrumb path except for the post/page name itself can be clicked on to jump immediately to that section of the blog.

For example, if you look at the top of this page you’ll see the following breadcrumb situated between the bottom menu bar and the post title: [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I change a post’s author in WordPress?

Posted on April 29, 2024

Question from Carla G.: I have a WordPress blog and a while back I read your post explaining why we should write our blog posts using an “Editor” account instead of the “Administrator” account.

I set up a new account with the Editor role as you suggested and I’ve been logging into that account to do my writing ever since.

Yesterday I happened to notice that my old posts still have the Author name that corresponds to the Administrator account that I no longer use when writing my posts.

I’d like to change the Author of those old posts to my other name and I can’t find a way to do it anywhere on the “Edit Post” screen. I know there has to be a way to do it though. [Read more…]

7 essential plugins for every WordPress blog

Posted on April 27, 2024

If you have a blog that runs on WordPress you probably already know that plugins make it easy to add new features and capabilities to your blog.

But with thousands of WordPress plugins to choose from, how do you know which ones you really need?

Well, I’m going to try to shed some light on which plugins you need to install on your blog, and which ones you should avoid.

First, let me explain which plugins you need to avoid, because that’s the really easy part… [Read more…]