One of our users pointed out that we have a lot of hacks and tutorials that cover WordPress Custom fields, but we never bothered explaining what exactly is a WordPress Custom Field, and how it can be utilized. So in this article, we will share a step by step guide to use WordPress Custom Fields which should beginning developers or DIY users very excited. Furthermore, we will be compiling a list of cool things you can do with WordPress Custom…
Continue Reading »How to Add Default Content in Your WordPress Post Editor
Have you ever find yourself entering the same text in all of your posts? Often people do that such as asking people to subscribe to their feeds, retweet the post, share it on facebook etc. You can always use a simple tag to add it right after the content, or you can add that text as the default content in your WordPress post editor.
Continue Reading »Increase your WordPress Blog Performance by using Google App Engine
Page speed is one aspect of SEO. Google and other search engines and – above all – your blog visitors love fast page loading. As the blog owner, you value your readers’ time, so don’t let them wait more than 10 seconds for any page they want to read in your blog. You may be aware that there are a lot of ways to improve your blog page speed, from using cache plugins (like W3 Total Cache) and optimizing themes,…
Continue Reading »How to Add Custom Fields Automatically on Post Publish in WordPress
When creating our WPBeginner Gallery Site, we needed to generate custom branded short urls automatically for each site submitted to the gallery, and then store them as a custom field as soon as the post was published. Now while we will leave the auto-generating Bit.ly shortlinks for each post for our next topic, we will cover how to add custom fields automatically on post publish in WordPress. This can be very useful for developers who are looking to push WordPress…
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