You ever remember seeing a screen like Error Establishing a Database Connection on your site. This can happen for various reasons, but often users don’t know that their site is down. Also that page itself looks pretty ugly in itself. In this article, we will… Read More »
If you have ever dealt with a membership site, a WordPress multisite, or BuddyPress, then you know that there are always users who want to make your life difficult by registering usernames that contain foul language, trademark words, official sounding names, etc. In this article,… Read More »
About a month or so ago, we started seeing a huge number of failed attempts of reaching WPBeginner’s login page and wp-admin page. We got extremely cautious about that. From password protecting the wp-admin directory to adding two-step verification process, we tried to do everything… Read More »
Recently while browsing the WordPress plugin repository, we stumbled upon a pretty neat plugin that allows you to embed videos and more in WordPress comments by extending the oEmbed support. oEmbed in Comments plugin is created by Evan Solomon, a Growth Engineer at Automattic. For… Read More »
Recently while working on a client’s site, we had to disable a user account in WordPress. Basically, some of their writers were no longer with the company. They did not want to delete the user because it would require re-assigning the posts to another user.… Read More »
Recently one of our regular users ask if there was an easy way to add the WordPress search form in your post or page content using a shortcode. Well, the answer to that question is Yes. In this article, we will show you how to… Read More »
Recently we got another complaint from a user who said their RSS feed was not working. Instead of going to the RSS feed, the browser was giving them a download prompt. We have answered this question numerous times via email and twitter direct messages, so… Read More »
You know what makes your website’s design stand out? Attention to details. One of these details that caught our attention on Brian Gardner’s (@bgardner) website was the way his default text selection color matched his design color scheme rather than being the default blue color.… Read More »
If you aren’t security conscious, then you should probably see how one of Wired.com author’s digital life was destroyed. After reading that story, we have jumped on board with the 2-step authentication for our Google accounts and most other services that offers this feature. After… Read More »
One of the most discussed topics we see when attending WordCamps and other events is what’s better for SEO: categories vs tags? What’s the difference between categories and tags? What’s the optimal number of WordPress categories? How many is too many? Is it okay to… Read More »
