Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Terrific Advice For Making Wordpress Work For You

By Dougherty Trent


Have you been thinking of starting a blog but feel you are too technologically challenged to do so? Well, have no fear because you have come to the right place. The following article will point out the most important things you should know when working with the most popular content management system - Wordpress.

Be sure to stay on top of updates! Many updates to add-ons or Wordpress itself are security-based, meaning your site could be compromised if you don't update the software. If it's telling you a new update is available, install it as soon as possible to protect your site from harm.

Check out add-ons to find simple tools which will make your site or blog better. For example, you could add a calendar to your side menu bar in order to share events which would be interesting to your readers. You can also find many great add-ons which provide control for advertising, turning your site into a revenue maker.

You may sometimes devote much time in tweaking your blog in WordPress, and assume that your changes do not get saved regularly. This isn't always true. To try to remedy the issue, simply clear out your browser cache. You should see the changes by pressing shift and refreshing the browser.

If you have a lot of comments and other content that is not adding value, delete it. This makes your site more appealing. A good plugin to include which can help filter daily spam on the site is Akismet.

Allow all of the users that visit your site the ability to comment using Facebook. This is a very important tool that will get your name across to hundreds of thousands of people. The Simple Facebook Connect plugin can be used if you want to install this feature on your site.

Use Alt and Title tags. text whenever you upload pictures. These can help you add more SEO descriptions to pages, which lets those viewers that don't wish to see images know what the images are.

Don't use "admin" as a username. This will make your site vulnerable to bots that want to attack it. Then, your entire site is at risk. Look at your users page and delete any usernames that are "admin" or "administrator". Choose another username altogether.

When looking for a template, look for one that has the basic layout and design that you desire for your site. This way, you would not have to customize it too much in order to give it the look that you want. This will cut down on your site development time.

If you want a post to stay at the top of the page, there is no need to set it's date way in the future any longer. Instead, go to the post and click on Edit under Visibility. Choose the option which allows you to make the post sticky and enjoy!

Have you ever wanted to start your own blog? Now that you have read this article, you should have a better idea of how you can use WordPress to blog. Getting started is really not so hard once you take the time to learn the basics. Use these tips to get started today.




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