Just like a painter needs a brush, a blacksmith her hammer, and carpenter his saw, WordPressers need their own set of tools. While we have many different WordPress development tools at our disposal, most of the work happens inside a simple text editor. Whether you are a full-on plugin or theme developer or “only” an advanced user, we need code editors all the time: Configuring core files, changing styles, editing template files, you name it — a good chunk of our work is modifying lines of code. Therefore, it’s only good and proper that we use the best tool at […]
WordPress Custom Post Type, A Tutorial For Beginners
WordPress has changed a lot over time. What used to be a pure blogging platform has evolved into a robust and full-fledged content management system that is used by brands, companies, and celebrities worldwide. One of the milestones and breakthroughs of this development was the creation of Custom Post Types (CPT). By default, WordPress comes with a number of standard content types, such as posts, pages, and attachments. Each type has its own set of formatting, settings and other options. However, there are many cases in which these types just aren’t enough. With WordPress running millions of websites, it’s only […]
WordCamp Berlin 2015, “Ich Bin Ein WordPresser”
With the exception of earthquakes, wildfires, and other forms of natural disasters, there isn’t much that makes me get up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning. However, two weekends ago I was happy to jump out of bed. Why? Three words: WordCamp Berlin 2015. On this day, people from around Europe were swarming to the Technical University Berlin, where the camp was taking place. I was pretty excited since it was my first WordCamp. Tickets sold out weeks ago and I been just lucky enough to get one from the extra batch they released. If you couldn’t make it, […]
How To Install WordPress Locally With XAMPP (Windows And Mac)
For the most part, learning WordPress is a steady process. Every day, we learn a little more, discover new plugins and tricks to get things done more efficiently, and push our capabilities in increments. However, every now and then we discover something big, something that that completely changes our workflow and opens up a world of new possibilities. A game changer. For me, one of those game changers was the discovery of Firebug. “You mean, I can directly change any element on my site in real time without any trial and error in my style sheet, reloading or anything? Woah!” However, […]
How To Set Up WordPress Multisite — A Beginner’s Guide
Even after working with WordPress for more than four years, I still discover new things about the platform. There are so many functions and features — some well known, others not so much — that it’s hard to try everything the platform has to offer. Plus, new stuff is added with every update, making it even more complicated to stay up to date. Luckily, my work as a WordPress blogger allows me to explore things in detail in order to tell others about it (that means you, dear reader). A feature that I haven been aware of for a long time […]
How To Get Traffic From Alternative Search Engines (Other Than Google)
When it comes to SEO and getting traffic, the majority of people automatically think of Google. No wonder when the official word for “searching something on the Internet” contains its very name. With more than 50,000 searches per second, Google is definitely the king of search engines. So, from an SEO perspective it makes total sense to set up your site to please them. However, that doesn’t mean it is the only traffic source worth optimizing for. Believe it or not, there are alternative search engines that can also bring masses of visitors to your site. And I am talking […]
28 Of The Best Free WordPress Plugins 2015 (So far)
WordPress is steadily evolving. Every year there are several major releases, not to mention hundreds of new themes and plugins. Sometimes it’s hard to believe how far WordPress and the entire community have come. I mean, the plugin directory alone by now houses more than 40,000 plugins. Forty freakin’ thousand, and no end in sight. However, this kind of overabundance can create its own type of problems. Because, let’s face it, who has the time to try them all out? Therefore, right now I want to take the opportunity to talk about some highlights currently found in the WordPress plugin […]
WordPress SEO In Depth: Image Optimization
Images are a central to web content. They break up articles to make them more readable, help clear up and underline points inside the text, and overall make written content more visually pleasing. In short, images make your content even more appealing. Yet, not only humans look favorably at content that contains images; search engines do, too. Believe it or not, visuals can provide significant SEO benefits and help you climb in the search rankings. Since this is a neglected topic for many websites and blogs, in the following we will take an in-depth look at how to properly do […]
Beginner Tutorial: How To Use Git For WordPress Development
Does the following sound familiar? You want to make a change to your WordPress site. So you fire up the FTP connection, locate your desired file and download it, make the necessary changes and upload it back to the server. After that, you refresh your browser page to see the changes in effect. If that is your workflow, don’t worry. You are not alone. Everyone starts out like that. It’s only later that people professionalize with things like local development and trying out design changes via Firebug before committing changes to style.css. It’s a natural process and you shouldn’t be […]
10 Mobile Testing Tools For Your WordPress Website
It’s no secret that mobile traffic is a force to be reckoned with. In recent years, the number of mobile Internet users has surpassed that of desktop users. By now, more than one-third of Internet consumption happens via phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In some cases, these numbers are even higher. In the USA, for example, mobile devices account for more than half of all digital media consumption. It is, therefore, no wonder that mobile capabilities of websites have become a ranking factor in Google as evidenced by the “mobile-friendly” tag in the SERPs. The conclusion: As a WordPress […]
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