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Videos are one of the best ways to boost user engagement. Recently one of our users asked us about a way to create share button overlays on videos similar to the popular site UpWorthy. In this article, we will show you how to add share… Read More »

Have you received a notice from your hosting provider about upgrading to a new version of PHP, and are wondering what it means for your website? WordPress is written in the PHP programming language. It is a server-side language, which means it runs on your… Read More »

Are you wondering how to install WordPress plugins and themes from GitHub? GitHub is a project hosting service used by many open-source projects and developers. As a WordPress user, sometimes you may come across plugins or themes hosted on GitHub. Since GitHub is not specific… Read More »

Many of our beginner level readers soon start modifying their WordPress themes thats why we have a WordPress theme cheat sheet to help them get started. This brings some interesting challenges for new users. One such reader, recently asked us how to display last week’s… Read More »

Do you need to send emails from a WordPress installation on localhost? Running WordPress from localhost on your own computer is convenient when developing or testing a new site, plugin, or theme. However, setting up WordPress email on localhost is tricky because your site is… Read More »

Would you like to customize the WordPress admin toolbar? The admin bar contains handy links to some of the most used admin pages. However, you might like to add your own shortcuts to the pages you use most when working on your site. In this… Read More »

Do you need to remove unused shortcodes from posts on your WordPress website? Shortcodes allow you to add extra functionality to WordPress posts and pages without writing any code. But if you switch themes or deactivate a plugin, then the shortcodes will stop working, and… Read More »

The main difference between posts and pages is that pages can be hierarchical. However when displayed in WordPress, child pages of a page are displayed with a — before them. This works well for most users, but for websites that has lots of pages and… Read More »

Yet another year is about to come to an end. We want to thank you guys for supporting WPBeginner for 4+ years of our existence. As we look back at the year of 2013, it was full of success and joy for the WPBeginner team.… Read More »

This is a guest post by Josh Pollock The Pinterest-like grid display of posts has been a popular design for WordPress blog index pages for a while. It is popular not only because it mimics the look of the popular social media site, but also… Read More »