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How to Add a Full Screen Background Image in WordPress

Full Page Background Image

Full screen background image seems to be a new design trend that is becoming fashionable. We have received numerous emails from users asking us how they can add full screen background image on their WordPress site. Usually setting up a full screen background image in… Read More »

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Apr 1, 2013
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What is an XML Sitemap? How to Create a Sitemap in WordPress?

Sitemaps in WordPress

Back in early 2000s, government websites used to have a link on their main pages, titled “Sitemap”. This page usually contained a list of all the pages on that website. Even today some websites have such HTML sitemaps. However, sitemaps have evolved so much from… Read More »

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Mar 29, 2013
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How to Add a Link to Widget Titles in WordPress

Widget Title Links

Most WordPress widgets come with an option to set a title for each widget. The widget title is used as a heading for widgets in your sidebar or other widget areas. Recently we showed you how to hide widget title in WordPress. In that post’s… Read More »

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Mar 28, 2013
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How to Style WordPress Comment Form

Styling your comment form using WordPress generated CSS classes

Comments play a crucial role in building a community around your websites. Comments provide an interaction platform for your readers where they can share their thoughts and have a reason to come back. Here at WPBeginner, we have fostered great relationships with several users that… Read More »

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Mar 27, 2013
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How to Display Gravatar from User Email in WordPress

Gravatar logo

Gravatar has made avatars easier. Like most WordPress powered websites, we also use Gravatar in comments to show the globally recognized avatar of each comment author. Don’t know what is a gravatar? Then read: What is Gravatar? Even though most sites only use Gravatars in… Read More »

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Mar 26, 2013
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How to Get User Feedback on Your Documentation in WordPress

Document Feedback

Writing documentation is no easy task. It takes a lot of time and effort to write good documentation for any product, service, or technology. But all this effort and time would be wasted if users are not finding it helpful. To bridge this gap, larger… Read More »

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Mar 25, 2013
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How are WordPress.com and WordPress.org Related?

How are WordPress.com and WordPress.org related?

At WPBeginner, one of the most commonly asked question by our users is whether they should use self hosted WordPress or get a Free WordPress.com blog. We have covered this topic in detail and have discussed pros and cons of both options. However it seems… Read More »

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Mar 22, 2013
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How to Tag Images in WordPress with WordPress Media Tagger

WordPress Image Tags

WordPress has a great media uploader and image handling features. However, if you are running a photography blog or your primary content is in image format, then you would notice that WordPress does not have a proper system of sorting images and other media files.… Read More »

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Mar 21, 2013
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How to Add a Flickr Widget in WordPress

Flickr in WordPress

Flickr is one of the good old reliable photosharing sites. It has its very own social features and a thriving community of loyal users. Showcasing your flickr photos on your WordPress website is extremely easy. Since flickr supports oEmbed format, you can simply copy and… Read More »

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Mar 20, 2013
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MP6 – Could This Be the Future of WordPress Admin User Interface?

MP6

The User Interface team at WordPress has recently presented a new but secret idea about how the admin interface can be reshaped. They shared this idea in the form of a plugin which is code-named MP6. The goal of MP6 is to rethink the WordPress… Read More »

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Mar 19, 2013
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