One of the new features that we added in our new design is this feature called “Explore” that you see prominent throughout our entire network. When a user clicks on this button, they are taken to a random post on a site. Previously, we did it so users were taken to a page which would display a random post. There were quite some issues with that. The major one being the user never knew the actual URL of the page….
Continue Reading »How to Automatically Link Keywords with Affiliate Links in WordPress
If you have read WPBeginner’s Disclosure page, then you probably know that we do make some money from this site. We have been invited to speak at numerous blogging related conferences on the topic “How to Monetize your Blog beyond the banner ads”. We don’t have that many banner ads running on WPBeginner and quite frankly they do not make the largest percentage of income either. One of the things users often ask us: how do you make money from…
Continue Reading »How to Change Private and Protected Posts Prefix in WordPress
Do you find yourself having a lot of private or protected posts? If you do, then you probably notice that WordPress puts either Private: or Protected: in front of the title. Most users could careless about what goes in front, if they are the only one seeing the site. But, if you have a multi-author blog, or a personal blog, you can make things interesting by changing the default prefix. For example: if you have a personal blog which your…
Continue Reading »How to Disable Theme and Plugin Editors from WordPress Admin Panel
By default WordPress allows users to edit the theme and plugin codes through the admin panel. While it is a handy feature, it can be very dangerous as well. A simple typo can end up locking you out of your site unless ofcourse you have the FTP access. To prevent clients from screwing up the site, it is best to disable the theme and plugin editors from the WordPress admin panel. In this article, we will share with you a…
Continue Reading »How to Remove the Password Reset / Change option from WordPress
By default, WordPress allows every user to change/reset their passwords. This is a great option, but in some cases you do not want to have this option available for all user levels. In this article, we will share our story on why we need this functionality, and we will also show you how to remove the ability for non-admin users to change/reset their passwords in WordPress. One of the key issues we noticed while running a demo site for WordPress…
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