WordPress has a built-in ability to assign both categories and tags to your blog posts (but not pages — this is one of the important differences between posts and pages). So, what exactly are categories? What are tags? What are they used for, and what’s the difference? What categories and tags do for you They […]
WordPress Plugin: Broken Link Checker
Broken Link Checker is a tremendously useful plugin, one that I include with all my WordPress installs. It does exactly what its name suggests: Checks your blog posts and pages for broken links (automatically, in the background) and lets you fix them easily, without having to visit and edit each individual post. How to install […]
How to Update a WordPress Plugin
This post is part of my WordPress Essentials Toolkit — a collection of the most important basic steps to maintaining a WordPress site. Get a free copy of this helpful 28-page PDF by subscribing to my Weekly Web Tips! I’ve already described how to install a WordPress plugin from within WordPress. Now that you have […]
How to install a WordPress plugin
This post is part of my WordPress Essentials Toolkit — a collection of the most important basic steps to maintaining a WordPress site. Get a free copy of this helpful 28-page PDF by subscribing to my Weekly Web Tips! One of the beautiful things about WordPress is its flexibility and extendability. The basic engine does […]
How to change "posted by admin" in WordPress
All right, you’ve got your shiny new WordPress blog installed, and you’re ready to start writing. Congratulations! You want to start getting your name and your Awesome Stuff out there. But you notice that when you write a post (or even when you check out the “dummy post” that WordPress gives you, called “Hello World!”), […]
