Earlier this month, we wrote an article on our vision for a better and more engaging WordPress plugin directory. This weekend, we are at Tybee Island, GA for the first ever annual WordPress Community Summit organized by the WordPress foundation. Otto (@otto42) finally unveiled the… Read More »
How to Prevent Imposter Comments in WordPress
One of the issues we started noticing on our site was a group of spammers were commenting using our registered user’s username and email. It’s fairly easy to find both specially if a person has exchanged emails with you. This allowed a random user to… Read More »
What is a WordPress Theme Framework? Pros, Cons, and More
Recently, one of our users asked us the question what is a WordPress theme framework? Before answering her question we did a quick search, and the results were surprising. There was not a single comprehensive article that explained what is a WordPress theme framework. Majority… Read More »
How to Automatically Link Twitter Usernames in WordPress
Two years ago, Twitter launched Twitter Anywhere API which made it really easy for us to mention twitter usernames and have them be automatically linked to the right profile. It also allowed for beautiful hovercards with additional info. Sadly Twitter has decided to retire the… Read More »
How to Add Rich Contact Information in WordPress
Web search engines like Google or Bing are trying to pull more and more semantic from the content of the websites they index every day. Specific markups like microdata and microformats have been created to help search engines understand the meaning of your content. Search… Read More »
What To Do When You Are Locked Out of WordPress Admin (wp-admin)
This past weekend, we had a user who was locked out of WordPress Admin panel of their site. While we had written numerous articles covering each specific issue, we realized that we should combine all of them at one place to make it easier for… Read More »
Winners of Our BlogWorld 2013 New Media Expo Contest
Last week, we announced a mini-giveaway where we were giving away 4 free passes to New Media Expo (aka BlogWorld 2013). The conference is scheduled for January 6-8 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winners will get a 3 day blogger/podcaster pass which includes all… Read More »
How to Add Custom Meta Fields to Custom Taxonomies in WordPress
By default WordPress taxonomies (categories, tags, etc) have the fields name, slug, parent, and description. Recently while working on a client’s project, we found a need to add custom meta fields to custom taxonomies. We needed a way to add custom text on each taxonomy… Read More »
WPBeginner users Get a Free Domain and 50% off Bluehost Web Hosting
Looking to start a new blog, switch hosting providers, or transfer from WordPress.com? Let us make it easy for you. Our friends over at Bluehost has agreed to offer all WPBeginner users a limited time deal: 50% discount and a free domain name. You can… Read More »
How to Add Tooltip Testimonials in WordPress Themes
In the past, we have shown you how to add rotating testimonials in WordPress. While creating the new landing page for WPBeginner WordPress Videos, we took inspiration from something that we have seen StudioPress doing for some time. That is displaying testimonials in a tooltip… Read More »