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Your WordPress site might feel fast to you, but visitors on the other side of the world are downloading everything from a single server that could be thousands of miles away. That distance slows pages down — and slow sites lose readers before they even… Read More »

SlideDeck is great for beginners because it provides a complete WordPress plugin that lets you use the easy drag-drop interface to create sliders. However, it is also great for developers because it has a jQuery version that offers additional freedom to developers to customize it to their needs. In this article, we will show you how you can create a slider in WordPress without editing a single line of code with the SlideDeck WordPress Plugin.

Ryan Boren over at WordPress News just announced the release of WordPress 3.1.1. This maintenance and security release fixes almost thirty issues in 3.1, including: Some security hardening to media uploads Performance improvements Fixes for IIS6 support Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks Fixes… Read More »

Do you feel limited by the default WordPress gallery options? Often, standard galleries force users to load a completely new page just to see a larger version of an image, which can disrupt their browsing experience. A lightbox effect solves this by displaying your images… Read More »

In this article, we attempt to cover every aspect of email newsletters and WordPress for beginners. This includes the very basics to advanced tricks, recommended services & plugins, secret tips to increase opt-in rates, and much more.

The WordPress admin bar is the handy toolbar that you see when you’re logged in to your site. But did you know it can do a whole lot more than just give you quick access to the backend? We get tons of questions from readers… Read More »

Whenever I set up a new WordPress site, changing the default wp_ database prefix is my first task. It is a quick security trick that many beginners miss, but it makes a massive difference in keeping your hard work safe. Hackers know that most WordPress… Read More »

Update: WordPress changed the name of the project to Reinhardt. Matt Mullenweg has announced the release of the long-waited WordPress 3.1 on the official WordPress blog. In September, we wrote an article about What’s Coming in WordPress 3.1 (Features) to give you an sneak peak… Read More »

Have you ever tried to upload a file to your WordPress site and hit a brick wall? It’s super frustrating when you can’t upload that image, plugin, or theme you need. Our readers often ask us for help with file upload issues because they can… Read More »

Have you ever find yourself entering the same text in all of your posts? Often people do that such as asking people to subscribe to their feeds, retweet the post, share it on facebook etc. You can always use a simple tag to add it right after the content, or you can add that text as the default content in your WordPress post editor.