WordPress Resources

10 Tips and Tweaks for WordPress Productivity

Tweet WordPress has immense possibilities if you are willing to do your research, learn and do the tweaks to enhance it after the default set-up. All suggestions in this post are applicable for the self-hosted WordPress blogs (or the WordPress.com blogs ). It is not uncommon to find WordPress bloggers not optimizing their blog to the full capacity. This post lists some changes that you should make to the WordPress blog dashboard and in using the WordPress software to get more advantage out the awesome WordPress software and to enhance its...

WordPress, Blogging and Humour: Instances of Official WordPress Humour That You Should Not Miss

Tweet If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide. ~Mahatma Gandhi WordPress is not just an awesome blogging platform and an open source software that millions of blogs are happily using. The WordPress people have a great sense of humour. In fact blogging (and life) is almost meaningless without humour. The folks at WordPress understand this more than anyone else and you as a blogger and writer can take learn from the people at Automattic (the people who run WordPress and several other projects). WordPress is...

Understanding Content Types in WordPress

Tweet The three content types in WordPress by default are posts, pages, and comments. Each of these content types have their own unique features. Understanding their unique features will help you unleash the full power of WordPress and will give you a full featured blogging experience. There are other content types which can be added to WordPress via plugins.PostsPosts are the main content type of your WordPress blog. A post is one entry on you blog and is generally tied to one or more categories and a date. There could be five...

Customizing your sidebar to optimize your WordPress

Tweet A blog’s sidebar is one of it’s key features; other than the header and your content, it’s one of the best and easiest places to add links, advertisements, or widgets to help your readers out. But what exactly should you put in it? How much is too much? Read on! 1. Don’t Overdo It! Many new bloggers go overboard with the sidebar and stuff it with whatever they fancy: little games, maps, Google friend connect, chat boxes, you name it. Don’t do this! Of all the mistakes you can make with a sidebar,...

WordPress Plugins for multiplying your Success

Tweet WordPress is simple but becomes powerful by its plugins. Plugins are useful for Search Engine Optimization, displaying ads, securing the blog, spreading the content etc. In this tutorial, we will learn about some great plugins. We will also learn how to use them for multiplying our success and to get more with our favorite WordPress. So, let’s begin. PushPress Are you familiar with PubSubHubBub? It is an extension of Atom/RSS. It is great because with PubSubHubBub, you can ‘Push‘ your content into Search Engines...

How To Help The WordPress Community And Improve Your WordPress Interaction: Part 2

Tweet This is part 2 and final part of the article ‘How To Help The WordPress Community And Improve Your WordPress Interaction.’ You would be well-advised to read part 1 of this article before going through the following if you have missed it. Submit a great WP site to WordPress ShowcaseWordPress Showcase is the site which shows to the world the enormous utility of the WordPress software as a publishing tool by showcasing awesome websites built on the WP platform. If you love a WordPress site that enjoys a high...