Howdy. Let’s talk about size. Specifically the size of your WordPress database. Size does matter. Regardless of what you’ve been told. If you database gets too large and full of junk it can slow down your site. I’ve embarked on a voyage of discovery. The goal being to clean up and trim down my WordPress databases. Here are my experiences so far with two plugins. WP-Optimize This plugin helps you … Continue reading →
Here’s a question I had come my way. “Can I embed my photos from Flickr in my WordPress site instead of uploading them to WordPress?” Yes, you sure can. Here is why I wouldn’t do that. 1. Having your own website and using WordPress is something you do so that you have total control over your web presence. If you are embedding from an external site you are going to … Continue reading →
Since I started helping other people with WordPress websites I’ve had to explain to people what a hosting company is and what it does and what a good hosting package should look like. Here is my advice on hosting services. 1. Ask other people who develop websites for suggestions regarding where to host your site. I currently recommend Bluehost. There are others who are good as well I’m sure. I … Continue reading →
In my quest to make the tiles photo gallery that comes as part of the Jetpack plugin work I found I had to create a child theme for my theme of choice, Weaver II. This was quite the saga and since I couldn’t easily find documentation to make this happen I decided to write it. So here it is, step by step. References: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes http://wordpress.org/support/topic/jetpack-tiled-galleries?replies=9#post-3842343 http://codex.wordpress.org/Content_Width Creating a child theme … Continue reading →
WP Social Toolbar Plugin WP Social Toolbar will display your latest tweet status, list your social networking profiles, and allow users to “Like” your page on Facebook or tweet about it on Twitter! With so many options for customization our toolbar will easily adapt to your WordPress theme’s style. Some of the customization options include; specifying colors, changing fonts, and rearranging your list of social network icons to your desired … Continue reading →
How to backup your WordPress Database: Backing up your WordPress database on a regular basis is very important. By very important I mean it’s right up there with oxygen. If you don’t have either you are screwed. There are a multitude of ways to backup your databases. If you use CPanel you can do it there. The easiest way I’ve found so far however is the WordPress Database Backup. The … Continue reading →
I updated the Secure WordPress plugin from v1.0.6 to v2.0.0 and it totally killed my blog. If you are using this plugin upgrade with caution. If you encountered this and know how to fix it please post your solution to help myself and others.
Continue reading →WordPress has released Jetpack and it might be worth your time to check it out. Here is the deal in a nutshell. Jetpack allows people using WordPress.org and self-hosted sites to acquire some of the functionality and gadgets which were previously only available to people using WordPress.com sites. Jetpack is installed just like any other plugin to WordPress and I have it on this site. I have not had much … Continue reading →
As you add and edit pages and posts in WordPress your past revisions are going to start adding up, taking up server space and slowing down your site. There are multiple plugins that will clean up your past revisions for you. The one I am currently using is Better Delete Revision and so far it hasn’t destroyed anything. Regardless of which plugin you decide to use you should use one … Continue reading →
It’s the little things that matter. In addition to backing up your site you should also do some basic things to secure it from intentional and unintentional destruction. The Secure WordPress plugin will not only help prevent malicious attacks on your site but also restricts some of the actions of other users of your blog (such as author or editors) can perform which might result in accidental problems. Get the … Continue reading →