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How to Choose a Perfect Color Scheme for Your WordPress Site

Posted on July 30th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
How to Choose a Perfect Color Scheme for Your WordPress Site

Are you having a hard time deciding on your website’s color scheme? Choosing the right color combination can boost the appeal of your website, and also keep visitors around to boost your sales and conversions. In this article, we will show you how to choose… Read More »

Why You Should Always Use the Latest Version of WordPress

Posted on July 27th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
Why You Should Always Use the Latest Version of WordPress

Every time a new WordPress update comes out, we get several emails from users asking whether it’s safe to update their WordPress site. Are you wondering whether you should update your WordPress to the latest version? Want to know the pros and cons of updating… Read More »

16 Best Plugins to Improve WordPress Comments

Posted on July 24th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
16 Best Plugins to Improve WordPress Comments

Comments are an integral part of many WordPress blogs as an effective way to engage users and build community. The default WordPress commenting system is good but it is quite plain and basic. However, you can extend the this basic commenting system into a powerful… Read More »

How to Fix Category and Comment Count After WordPress Import

Posted on July 23rd, 2015 by Editorial Staff
How to Fix Category and Comment Count After WordPress Import

Are you noticing an incorrect comment count after the WordPress import? Importing a WordPress site using the built-in importer can sometimes mess up your WordPress comments count. While all the comments are safely imported and visible in the admin area, your posts will show an… Read More »

How to Allow Authors to Chat in WordPress

Posted on July 22nd, 2015 by Editorial Staff
How to Allow Authors to Chat in WordPress

When you run a multi-author blog, communication among team members become very important. There are several WordPress plugins that allow site-admins and authors to exchange notes and feedback within the WordPress admin area. However these notes and feedback may go unnoticed. In this article, we… Read More »

What Happens When You Switch Your WordPress Theme?

Posted on July 20th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
What Happens When You Switch Your WordPress Theme?

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you switch your WordPress theme? With so many beautiful WordPress themes available, it can be tempting to switch to a better looking theme. While it is mostly safe to switch your WordPress theme, there are few things… Read More »

How to Install and Setup Yoast Comment Hacks for WordPress

Posted on July 15th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
How to Install and Setup Yoast Comment Hacks for WordPress

Want an additional set of tools to help with WordPress comment management and moderation? The team behind the popular Yoast SEO plugin, released a new plugin called Yoast Comment Hacks which brings some of the much wanted comment features together. In this article, we will… Read More »

How to Add Custom Scrollbar to Any Element in WordPress

Posted on July 14th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
How to Add Custom Scrollbar to Any Element in WordPress

Do you have a long sidebar that is breaking your WordPress layout on certain pages? Recently one of our users asked us for a solution. Since the user didn’t want to remove any of the widgets, we suggested adding a fixed height and scroll bar… Read More »

What is the Hello Dolly WordPress Plugin? Should You Delete it?

Posted on July 13th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
What is the Hello Dolly WordPress Plugin? Should You Delete it?

Recently one of our users asked what does the Hello Dolly plugin do in WordPress? If you just got started with WordPress, then you probably noticed Hello Dolly comes pre-installed in WordPress with an extremely vague description. In this article, we will talk about what… Read More »

16 Best Free Social Media Icon Sets for WordPress

Posted on July 10th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
16 Best Free Social Media Icon Sets for WordPress

Recently one of our users asked us for help in finding free social media icon sets that they can use on their website. While, there are plenty of WordPress plugins that allow you to add social media icons in WordPress, some users may want to… Read More »

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