WordPress makes it easy to create engaging, multimedia pages by automatically embedding third-party content like YouTube videos and Tweets. However, after working closely with WordPress users for the past 15+ years, a lesson we learned is that oEmbeds can also cause problems. Imagine a YouTube… Read More »
Are you an aspiring WordPress theme designer looking for new ways to use CSS into your themes? Luckily, WordPress automatically adds CSS classes that you can utilize in your themes. Several of these CSS classes are automatically added to the <body> section of every page… Read More »
Have you ever wanted to find out which WordPress theme a site is using? Readers often ask us to help them find the name of a theme they’ve seen on someone else’s website. This allows them to use exactly the same design and layout on… Read More »
Do you want to create a full width page in WordPress, so you can stretch your content across the screen? Most WordPress themes already come with a built-in full-width page template that you can use. However, if your theme doesn’t have one, then it’s easy… Read More »
Do you want to create a sticky floating navigation menu in WordPress? The top navigation menu typically has links to all your most important pages. By making this menu sticky, you can keep it on screen as the user scrolls down the page, so it’s… Read More »
Do you want to add Facebook Open Graph metadata to your WordPress themes? Open Graph metadata helps Facebook and other social media websites get information about your WordPress posts and pages. It also allows you to control how your content appears when shared on Facebook.… Read More »
Do you want to add custom fonts in WordPress? Custom fonts allow you to use a beautiful combination of different fonts on your website to improve typography and user experience. Apart from looking good, custom fonts can also help you improve readability, create a brand… Read More »
Are you worried about losing your customizations when updating the theme of your WordPress website? One of the best things about WordPress is how easy it is to customize. But unfortunately, there’s a high chance you’ll lose some of your changes when you update your… Read More »
After our infographic on how WordPress works behind the scenes, several users asked us to cover how a WordPress theme works behind the scenes. In this article, we will explain the WordPress template hierarchy for beginners. This cheat sheet is extremely useful when customizing a… Read More »
Do you want to remove the author name from your WordPress blog posts? If you run a multi-author WordPress blog, then you may not want to show the author name next to each blog post. However, WordPress doesn’t have a built-in way to remove the… Read More »