Category: WordPress Tutorials
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Speed Optimization: the WordPress Plugins You Need
I’ve talked a lot about security over the last few weeks. This week, though, I want to talk about another important website attribute: speed. For anyone who experienced 56k dial-up, you could be forgiven for thinking today’s super-fast broadband connections have solved the problem of website speed. After all, most websites load within a few…
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Improve Organization with WordPress Content Tabs
Poorly formatted, badly organized content is really off-putting to potential readers. If you want to organize your content more effectively, have you considered using tabs? Tabs are a great way to break down longer content into organized sections. This can make your content feel more structured, which is proven to make it easier to digest.…
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How To Create a Sticky Post in WordPress
By default, your newest articles are published at the top of your blog. With every new article published, your existing articles are pushed down a spot — and eventually, off the front page completely. It can be disheartening when your best article drops off the front page. There are two main problems with this: Articles…
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How to Protect WordPress from Brute Force Attacks
Today I want to help you bolster your website’s security against the most common type of security breach: brute force attacks. The logic behind brute force attacks is simple: if I guess your username and password enough times, eventually I’ll get them right. Of course, brute force attacks aren’t performed by individuals, they’re performed by…
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Four Tips for Customizing the WordPress Admin
If you work with WordPress regularly, the WordPress admin will feel like a second home — I know it does for me, at least. Although the default design, layout, and settings work exceptionally well, it’s possible to make small tweaks to the WordPress admin to help you work more efficiently. Today, I want to share…
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Multi-Authored Blogs: How to Add New Writers to WordPress
Today, I want to show you how to add new writers to WordPress. As your website grows, you’ll quickly realize you don’t have the time to do everything you used to do. One of the most important lessons you’ll learn in business is how to delegate. It can be hard to hand over responsibility at…
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How to Build a WordPress Menu
Menus are an important component of any successful website. For a start, they add to a website’s aesthetics, but most importantly, they help visitors to navigate your website. That’s why you’ll see most WordPress websites employing a menu at the top of the website, in the header bar. This includes here at Pagely. Regardless of…
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Choosing the Best Permalink Structure for WordPress
After first installing WordPress, it can be easy to get carried away with adding plugins and writing content. If you want to give yourself the best possible foundations for building a successful website, these things can wait. Before all that, you need to get your website properly configured. One of the first things I like…