WordPress

Every now and then, an idea comes along that seems good, but when you think about it a little more, the flaws become apparent. This happened when I thought of moving my CDN to something other than Cloudflare, but then the disadvantages became suddenly apparent once I tried it. But there are other, more disruptive […]

I’ve written before about the insufficiency of 3rd party comment systems like Facebook, and recommended that you stick with the default, native WordPress comment system. Even though there are plugins for comments that make use of your own database, you never know if they’re going to stick around for long or be updated to comply […]

Earlier this week, I wrote about the benefits and disadvantages of removing sidebars from your site. But of course, you lose the content you had for the benefits of additional space, and a layout that’s easier on the eyes. But some elements are truly important – like the search bar. In the rush to remove […]

WordPress is a curious combination of the static and the dynamic. The overwhelming majority of WordPress pages are static – they hardly ever change. On the other hand, the entire architecture of the CMS is based on a dynamic database. Pages are generated from scratch each time a request is made. It seems a bit […]

Most WordPress themes have a copyrights credit at the bottom of their page. Sometimes it says “powered by”, and oftentimes something else. While there’s no harm in giving creators of themes their credit at the bottom of their screen, you might want to remove it for professional reasons. These credits also often contain a link […]

WordPress’s origins as a content management system, have often clashed with its recent metamorphosis into a site builder. One of these conflicts was the awkward way of inserting code into the editor. Because it started out as a way of adding pure content via the WYSIWYG editor, it was considered unnecessary for HTML or Javascript […]

Have you ever navigated to your website, and found an unexplained 404 error? Sometimes you try and load several pages, and none of them work! The site isn’t down however, since the homepage seems to be working fine. It’s understandably easy to panic. But calm down. The answer is probably just that the permalinks settings […]

The Jetpack plugin is one of the most staple plugins on any WordPress installation. Ever since its release in 2011, it’s been a runaway hit with millions upon millions of downloads. It’s developed and maintained by Automaticc themselves, and so doesn’t run into any trust issues. I’ve been a staunch advocate of Jetpack for years […]

One of the challenges in creating a content heavy website, is about retaining your visitors. When you have a lot of posts, chances are that a reader will be interested in more than just the current article. Of course, a well-crafted piece of content will have internal links to all parts of your site, and […]

I’m a big fan of responsive WordPress themes – ones that have it built in right from the start. In fact, I’d previously written about how we need to stop using separate themes for mobiles, and instead maintain the same code base for all devices. Unfortunately, sometimes our themes don’t give us that luxury and […]