WordPress has grown from a simple blogging tool to a powerful CMS platform over the years, with many webmasters using it to run their personal and business sites, as well as online stores. Despite this expansion in the platform's functionality, many users still skim the surface and utilize only the … [Read more...] about 7 Underutilized and Hidden WordPress Features
What is New in WordPress 3.8 Release
WordPress is planning the much anticipated 3.8 release very soon, due on December 12. Developers say that the large amount of planned changes means that not all of them could be implemented. Whatever updates weren't included will be available in the form of plugins or go into the 3.9 version, to be … [Read more...] about What is New in WordPress 3.8 Release
Create a WordPress Admin User for A WordPress Site via MySQL (PHPMyAdmin)
One of our users site got hacked and the WP Admin user account password was changed by the hacker. This essentially locked the user out of his admin dashboard. It is best (for situations like this) to just create a new admin user account to gain access to WP admin dashboard and fix things as … [Read more...] about Create a WordPress Admin User for A WordPress Site via MySQL (PHPMyAdmin)
What Can Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Teach You About Your Online Business? Plenty
The holidays are upon us and while we have to maintain our online business presence during the festivities, it's OK to take breaks. Specifically, who can resist (whether we have children or not) watching fun holiday movies? In fact, many of their themes can actually be applied by us, giving us … [Read more...] about What Can Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Teach You About Your Online Business? Plenty
Smooth – Twenty Twelve Child Theme for WordPress
A clean, smooth, fresh and minimalistic Twenty Twelve child theme for bloggers. Smooth Child Theme Preview Smooth Child Theme Features This is a Twenty Twelve child theme so you get all the standard features of the main twenty twelve theme: It will allow you to update the basic twenty … [Read more...] about Smooth – Twenty Twelve Child Theme for WordPress
How to Use the FileZilla FTP Client for Your WordPress Site
While there are auto-installation tools at many web host providers to get WordPress installed, many people like finer control of the installation process. The best way in that case is to use an FTP tool. FileZilla is one of the more popular tools so in this article I will walk through some steps of … [Read more...] about How to Use the FileZilla FTP Client for Your WordPress Site
Implementing CAPTCHA on Your WordPress Login Page
WordPress is vulnerable to Brute Force attacks. This is when the attacker will keep on trying to guess the password for a WordPress account, all the while assuming that he/she/it knows the username. This can be done manually or with a script. A would-be hacker, in most cases, simply needs to know … [Read more...] about Implementing CAPTCHA on Your WordPress Login Page
How to Setup Regional Sales Tax in Your PayPal Account
When running a web store and using PayPal as the payment processor, you can easily set it up so that PayPal will add the sales tax to the final amount (and optionally to the shipping amount as well) during checkout. In a standard (perhaps traditional) PayPal transaction, the buyer will choose … [Read more...] about How to Setup Regional Sales Tax in Your PayPal Account
Top 10 SEO Tools and Add-ons for Your Online Business
The phrase SEO tool is an umbrella term that includes any piece of software or service which can: help you improve your website's visibility build a credible online brand garner strategic and competitive intelligence research keywords and links track social media performance create … [Read more...] about Top 10 SEO Tools and Add-ons for Your Online Business
Colorful Twenty Thirteen (2013) Child Theme for WordPress
Here is another twenty thirteen child theme that you can use on any WordPress powered site. Twenty Thirteen Child Theme Preview Twenty Thirteen Child Theme Features This is a 2013 child theme so you get all the standard features of the main twenty thirteen theme: It will allow you to … [Read more...] about Colorful Twenty Thirteen (2013) Child Theme for WordPress