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How to Improve Your SEO and Profits with SEO Smart Links in WordPress

SEO Smart Links

In the past, we wrote about this plugin called Ninja Affiliate that we used to automatically replace keywords with affiliate links. In the lights of recent event that concerned our site’s security, we have decided to switch to using SEO Smart Links which offers far… Read More »

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Aug 9, 2012
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How to Show the Current Taxonomy Title, URL, and more in WordPress

WordPress Taxonomy

Recently one of our users reported an issue with their theme. They had a share button on all pages including the archive pages. However, the taxonomy archive page share buttons were showing the information of the most recent post instead of the actual taxonomy archive.… Read More »

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Aug 8, 2012
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How to Allow Public Post Preview of Unpublished Posts in WordPress

Public Post Preview in WordPress

Have you ever found a need to get a second opinion on your post that hasn’t been published? If so, then you probably had to create a demo account for this new user on your site, or you had to send them a text version… Read More »

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Aug 7, 2012
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How to Display Popular Posts by Views in WordPress without a Plugin

Popular Posts in WordPress without a Plugin

In the past we have shown you how to create a popular post tabber in WordPress using a plugin. That plugin works great out the box for tabbers. However, we wanted more customization in our layout, so we decided to do it without a plugin.… Read More »

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Aug 6, 2012
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What is Gravatar and Why You Should Start Using it Right Away

Gravatar logo

Often new WordPress users ask us about how the grey icon that shows up next to their name. Sometimes we get emails from users asking us how can they turn this grey thing off. Well this grey icon is known as “mystery man” gravatar. In… Read More »

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Aug 1, 2012
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Help WPBeginner Get Invited and Recognized at the White House

Empact 100 - Vote for WPBeginner

Hello Everyone, Our founder, Syed Balkhi, has been presented with this amazing opportunity to be invited and recognized at the White House for his entrepreneurial endeavors. However, he cannot accomplish this without your help. We want as many votes as possible. The company that gets… Read More »

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Aug 1, 2012
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How to Disable Comments on WordPress Media Attachments

No Comments Allowed

Recently we released a plugin that lets you add a beautiful gallery carousel in WordPress without Jetpack. One of the features of that plugin is that it turns your gallery into an immersive full screen experience with navigation, comments etc. One of our users asked… Read More »

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Jul 30, 2012
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How to Add the First and Last Class to WordPress Navigation Menu Items

First and Last CSS classes

Recently while working on a custom design project, we found a need to add some custom styling to our WordPress navigation menu items. This design in particular required different styling for the first menu item and the last menu item. Now we could easily go… Read More »

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Jul 27, 2012
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How to Password Protect Your WordPress Admin (wp-admin) Directory

WordPress Security

As you read the title, you are probably wondering isn’t the wp-admin directory already password protected. You are required to login right. Well that is true, but to add an additional layer of security popular sites often add an extra layer of authentication. Few days… Read More »

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Jul 25, 2012
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How to Create a Stunning Product Tour with SlideDeck 2 in WordPress

SlideDeck

Content sliders are commonplace in WordPress nowadays, but they’re typically only used in a very limited set of circumstances – typically, they’re located on homepages, for showcasing recent posts, or image galleries. A new trend is developing, where WordPress websites are using the potential and… Read More »

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Jul 24, 2012
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