WordPress

In a previous article, I’d shown you how to connect to your MySQL WordPress database remotely through the HeidiSQL program. Now if you need to take a backup, it’s extremely easy. Just open your database in HeidiSQL, right-click the database you want and export as SQL. Problem solved! However, this is purely a GUI interface. […]

WordPress lives in its database. The files and folders on your server are for appearances only. CSS, Javascript, and PHP files can usually be replaced from other sources. But your content – that is what makes your site special and unique. And that content lives in the database. If you had to pluck out one […]

Shortcodes are a very powerful feature in WordPress that allows you to replace some text with something else when the page is displayed. Since the processing for the shortcode happens in the background at runtime, the result can be different. Perhaps you want to pull a value from a database. In this step by step […]

I decided to go out on a limb today and daringly install the Gutenberg editor for WordPress plugin that will soon be replacing the classic editor in WordPress 5.0. There is a lot of discussion amongst the WordPress community questioning the move, some stating that it’s a mistake for WordPress to include it in its […]

WordPress is racing towards their controversial 5.0 update which includes the Gutenberg page/post editor in its core. Feedback from the WordPress community doesn’t seem all that promising: Earlier today, I had Bhagwad share his thoughts on the blog, which he calls Gutenberg annoying as hell. Personally, I’m old-school, and I’ve had a hard enough time […]

Some people just don’t like change. No matter how much better a tool is, they always prefer the older one. We all know people like that. It’s neither a bad, nor a good thing. They come around eventually, but it takes time. I, however, am the complete opposite. I LOVE trying out new stuff. A […]

All themes need to be customized in order to achieve the look and feel you want. Despite the thousands of free and paid themes for WordPress, you’ll never find one that fits you out of the box. One of the most common customizations is to change the background, the font color etc. Unfortunately, not all […]

Most WordPress themes display their name with a link back to their site. Here’s an example: It’s possible to remove these links. However, not all themes make it easy. In general, there are three types of themes with regard to footer links. Those like Genesis which explicitly have provisions to remove the links “Norma” themes […]

Google Analytics is such an important part of a webmaster’s arsenal, that I honestly don’t know a single site owner who doesn’t use it. For tracking and reports, there’s nothing better. And it’s free! All you need to do is add a snippet of code to your website and you’re done. The problem however, comes […]

Today WordPress powers around 30% of all sites on the Internet. That’s a staggering number. And while today it’s suitable for just about any kind of site design, it still sticks to its original roots in the blogging world. As a result, the homepage displays a list of latest posts in reverse chronological order. While […]