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One of the most common issues we see while reviewing WordPress websites is outdated copyright dates in the footer. It’s a small detail that can make your site look neglected and unprofessional to visitors. After working with many businesses at WPBeginner, we realized that many… Read More »

Since version 2.9, WordPress has introduced the ability to use custom post types. Now with version 3.0, things are taken a bit further with the option of creating panels for your custom post types. In this tutorial, we will show you how to implement Custom Post types in your site into your WordPress site.

Recently we featured an article that showed a step by step guide to setup FeedBurner in which we shared the plugins you can use to redirect. In this article, we will show you how you can redirect WordPress RSS Feeds to Feedburner without using a plugin (This tip is for intermediate to advanced users).

Do you want to disable the automatic formatting in WordPress posts? WordPress is designed for user-friendliness, so it automatically formats text, including replacing quotes with fancy quotes and doing general text cleanup. However, this prevents users from displaying code, raw text, and CSS/JavaScript code examples.… Read More »

Integrating FeedBurner and Google Analytics is a must for every WordPress blog. In this article, we will show you how you can setup your WordPress blog feeds with FeedBurner and use it to help take your blog to the next level.

Email lists are still one of the fastest ways to get loyal following and exposure to your new ventures. The only problem that most bloggers have is the money that is involved into building your email list. In this article, we will show you how you can build a huge email list for free by using WordPress.

One thing we’ve found helpful while running our multi-author WordPress blog is customizing author profiles. Sometimes, the default profile fields just don’t fit our needs. Removing these default fields can give you more control over how authors are presented, which is important if you’re representing… Read More »

WordPress 3.0 introduces a new feature called custom backgrounds for WordPress themes. This feature will give the user an ability to add custom backgrounds to their site which will give their blogs/sites a unique touch. Even though this feature is added to the core, it will only be activated if your theme supports it. In this article, we will show you how you can enable Custom Background in WordPress themes for WordPress 3.0.

WordPress 3.0 is when the big merge happens. The core of WPMU is incorporated in WordPress which means that you can now run multiple blogs from one installation of WordPress. This new feature is being called Network or Multi-site option. By default this feature is disabled. If you want to use this option in your WordPress, then you would have to enable it.

Smart sharing adds a floating box with social media buttons in single posts only. By default, you can pick between retweet, facebook, digg, and stumbleupon. But you are not limited to these choices because there is an option to add your own custom codes.