WordPress Tips & Tutorials (PLEASE SHARE!)
Happy Holidays! It's time to once again update and share our
Huge List of
WordPress Tips & Tutorials that we've been curating from various experts and websites over the past year.
Be sure to bookmark it, and if you know of any resources that should be added, please let us know in the comments below! ===================================
GETTING STARTED w/ WORDPRESS===================================
6 Tips On Buying The Perfect Domain NameSometimes the hardest part of building your online business can be choosing your domain name. Once you’ve chosen your domain you are attached to it, so it is best to do your research and purchase a domain name you can be confident in. Here are 6 top tips on buying that perfect domain name.
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+Siobhan McMinn:
http://gplus.ly/2aMPhofEverything You Need To Run Your WordPress WebsiteSearch for your perfect domain name and then get started with 34SP.com's fast, secure & managed WordPress Hosting with an easy to use control panel.
Get Started:
http://gplus.ly/2bW9hIFWordPress.org vs. WordPress.comFor those of you who are just getting started with WordPress, this seems to be a main cause of confusion for many who are just starting out.
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+B2C:
http://gplus.ly/1V4XHHnMoving A Site From Blogger To WordPressIf you're wondering how to move your website from Blogger to WordPress, the steps in this article should help you work through the process from beginning to end.
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+Small Business Trends:
http://gplus.ly/1QXoRBt5 Tips To Better Communicate w/ Your Web DeveloperCommunication is crucial when it comes to ensuring that you and your web developer are on the same page with your website project.
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+Chris Jenkins:
http://gplus.ly/2bW8DuLA Marketer's Guide To Choosing A WordPress ThemeChoosing the right WordPress theme is crucial to your website's success ... and there are a lot of factors to take into consideration. This guide will help you understand some of the things you need to think about and consider.
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+Search Engine People Inc.:
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Getting Started w/ WordPress: A Video Tutorial SeriesThese short tutorials in the first part of this series will help explain and walk you through the basics of getting started, creating posts and pages, choosing and installing a theme, and managing menus.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGMjWoi2DY2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwZ3Cvud65s3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7shyqbsZX44)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEeRNaWO-X85)
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+John Dietrich ===================================
TROUBLESHOOTING WORDPRESS ERRORS===================================
Beginner’s Guide To Troubleshooting WordPress ErrorsA step-by-step guide to help you troubleshoot common WordPress errors.
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+WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials:
http://gplus.ly/2bW9Ima14 Most Common WordPress Errors & How To Fix ThemWhile WordPress is really easy to use, there are some common WordPress errors that can make you panic. This article covers 14 of the most common WordPress errors and how to fix them.
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+WPBeginner - WordPress Tutorials:
http://gplus.ly/2bWaLmm11 Tips and Techniques for Debugging WordPressThese 11 tips and techniques for debugging WordPress can make the getting started process easier. This is just the tip of the iceberg; but luckily, there are a lot of resources and developer communities just waiting for you to discover!
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+SitePoint:
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CUSTOMISING WORDPRESS===================================
How To Create & Customise A Child ThemeStep-by-step guide to setting up, activating, and customising a child theme.
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+Smashing Magazine:
http://gplus.ly/1T0m4YnHow To Create Custom Page TemplatesA detailed step-by-step guide to show you how to create custom page templates for WordPress.
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+Smashing Magazine:
http://gplus.ly/1ftF28FHow To Create A Material Design WordPress Theme Part 1: Theme Setup (
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Part 2: Customisation, Colors & Styles (
http://gplus.ly/2bWbd44)
Part 3: Sidebars & Polish (
http://gplus.ly/2bWb2Wk)
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+Chris Jenkins The Black Admin ToolbarHow to Add Links to the Toolbar:
http://gplus.ly/1DT8uQOHow to Remove the Toolbar:
http://gplus.ly/1DT8cJPHow to Disable for all but Admins:
http://gplus.ly/1DT9qohHow to Fix a Missing Toolbar:
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SECURITY, PERFORMANCE & BACKUPS===================================
30 Things You Should Do After Installing WordPressInstalling WordPress is the first step, but you should tweak some of the default settings to further optimize the performance and also improve the security of your website.
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http://gplus.ly/14FpxVj10 Tips To Secure WordPressKeeping WordPress secure is important in order to ensure that your site isn't compromised, that uptime is maximized, your data is safe, and your site runs as quickly and reliably as possible.
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+SitePoint:
http://gplus.ly/1UwCEyk12 Overlooked Ways To Secure Your WordPress SiteThis article provides a good refresher on the basics and then delves into some of the things you have probably overlooked.
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+WPMU DEV:
http://gplus.ly/1ISLwta Keep Your WordPress Site Safe From HackersSome good advice that you should be following to keep your WP site safe and secure! Don't be an easy target!
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http://gplus.ly/1I05nl9Securing Your WordPress WebsiteSecuring your WP website against hackers and DDoS attacks.
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+SitePoint:
http://gplus.ly/1U9Vc4t 4,000+ WordPress Plugins Need Updates!The ability to use PHP 4 style constructors is getting removed from PHP. Without an update, many plugins will eventually no longer work (this is PHP breaking this backward compatibility, not WordPress).
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http://gplus.ly/1UB50Xd5 Tips To Make Your Website Load FasterWe should all know by now that every extra second it takes for your website to load means higher bounce rates, less page views, etc. Implement these 5 tips to make your website load faster.
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+B2C:
http://gplus.ly/1LyrxR912 Ways To Speed Up Your WordPress SiteLearn to effectively improve your WordPress site load speed, with twelve of the best approaches that will help improve your performance.
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+SitePoint:
http://gplnk.co/22VFMI9How To Speed Up Your WP Website’s Load Time19 specific ways to speed up your website's load time on any WordPress driven website. Some of these items will not be options if your web host doesn’t accommodate them, but most of them will be relevant regardless of your web host.
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+Andy Forsberg:
http://gplus.ly/1JXDawbHow To Use Google Drive To Backup Your WP SiteIt's always a good idea to have your own backup copy of your website. This tutorial shows you how to automatically backup to Google Drive using the UpdraftPlus plugin.
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+Bloggersignal:
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How To Implement Google AMP On Your WordPress SiteWhile AMP is not a ranking signal, it does indicate to searchers that your website will load fast. Here's how to get that little lightning symbol next to your listing in the search engine results page.
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http://gplnk.co/2bbQs42How To Add Google Analytics To AMP Pages In WPIf you have implemented the official AMP plugin for WordPress, you have probably discovered that the plugin strips out the Google Analytics code from all AMP pages. But even though the plugin strips it out, AMP pages will still validate with Google Analytics code, but you need to add it manually. This article will show you how.
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SEO, TRAFFIC & MONETIZING===================================
Jumpstart Your SEO When Launching A New WebsiteFailing to do "pre-launch" SEO and other preparation can result in a "failure to launch" in the search rankings and a long climb to the top. This article offers 7 smart ways to "jumpstart" your SEO and how to implement each one.
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+Search Engine Land:
http://gplnk.co/1R1079QThe 3 'Golden Rules' Of SEODid you know that your web hosting company has an impact on your SEO (search engine optimisation) efforts? This article takes a look at the 3 areas where your web host can affect your SEO so you can determine if your web hosting plan is up to par.
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http://gplnk.co/2cXM7jfActionable SEO Tips For WordPressAs a WordPress user you will be ably assisted by various SEO related plugins, the most useful and popular of which is WordPress SEO by Yoast; however, there are still manual things you will need to do to improve your SEO.
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+Econsultancy:
http://gplus.ly/1OTwHH521 Simple SEO Tips You Can Use Right NowThis list compiles a list of actionable, simple WordPress SEO tips you can implement for your blog or business site right now.
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+Tom Rich:
http://gplnk.us/2gMx6S3Make EVERY Page An Awesome Landing PageThis offers ideas to go forth and make EVERY page of your site an awesome landing page.
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+Search Engine Journal:
http://gplnk.co/1Sy9I9cHow To Make Money From Your Blog34SP.com is proud to present this great piece on how to make money from your blog. It was written for us by guest blogger Ms. Kitty Lusby who we met recently at WordCamp Las Vegas. Kitty is an accomplished writer and blogger and shares her expertise frequently online. We hope that it gives you a few new ideas on how to drive additional traffic to your website and how to then earn money from those visitors.
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http://gplus.ly/1Mslnz7Ecommerce Trends: Winning vs. Almost WinningThis article incorporated a formula to decode the value of search trend data, which can form the cornerstone of any seasonal campaign: PIPR — or Plan, Influence, Peak, Repeat.
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+Search Engine Land:
http://gplnk.co/2dxyb20How To Supercharge Your Website TrafficWith all the resources available to teach you about good SEO habits, guest blogger Ms. Kitty Lusby thought it would be helpful to take a look at all the ways you can boost your blog traffic and increase your web presence without relying too heavily on search engines. Use this guide to generate more traffic on your website with a well-rounded, intelligent marketing strategy.
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http://gplus.ly/2bWgCblPreparing Your Site For The HolidaysAnother great article by guest blogger Ms. Kitty Lusby to help you plan ahead so you can enjoy an annual boost in seasonal traffic, and reap the benefits.
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http://gplus.ly/2bWgwAk10 Tips For Reducing The Bounce Rate On Your WP SiteUsing Google Analytics you can determine the 'bounce rate' of your site, which is the percentage of users that are actually clicking away from your site after viewing only one page. If you have a high bounce rate on your site, in most cases you will want to reduce it. Here are 10 tips to help.
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+SitePoint:
http://gplnk.co/1L6nsq5How To Conduct An SEO Backlink AnalysisA backlink analysis is the process of taking a look at the incoming links of a particular page or pages on your website and/or those of your competitors, evaluating the link quality, and taking steps to improve your rankings in Search. This article provides links to analysis tools and offers advice on what metrics to look for and how to disavow low-quality or spammy links.
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+Entrepreneur:
http://gplnk.co/1nlA1TcMastering E-commerce Product Page OptimizationWhen products fit into more than one category, many content management systems create a unique URL for each product and category assigned. That means that one product can have more than one valid URL, based on the categories it fits into. This can turn into a major duplicate content problem.
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EXTENDING WORDPRESS===================================
Connecting WordPress & MediumThis tutorial takes you through all of the steps required to connect WordPress with Medium so you can syndicate content.
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+Pradeep Singh:
http://gplus.ly/1ZJ8SsMEmbedding Facebook Live Videos Into WordPressThis tutorial will show you how to embed Facebook videos and Facebook live videos to your WordPress blog.
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+Pradeep Singh:
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FOR DEVELOPERS===================================
Publishing A Plugin To The WP Plugin DirectoryStep-by-step instructions on how to add your plugin to WordPress’ central Subversion repository for both Mac and Windows users.
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+SitePoint:
http://gplus.ly/1NSsJfkTurn Any Theme Modification Into A Simple WP PluginWhile using a child theme for customising WordPress websites is a sound practice, there will also be times when you want to reuse code you’ve added to a child theme with a different theme or on a different website. The best way to package code for use with any theme and on any WordPress website is to add the code to a simple plugin. Plugins are easy to copy from one website to another and can be used with any theme. This article shows you how to get started.
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+WPMU DEV:
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HOSTING===================================
WordPress HostingWith over 15 years in the hosting business,
34SP.com know precisely what it takes to provide rock-solid, lightning fast WordPress websites. Our managed WordPress hosting platform was built from the ground up to offer the very best WordPress hosting at the most competitive price in the UK.
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http://gplus.ly/1U711QnWebsite HostingHosting services from
34SP.com are designed to meet a wide variety of needs for developers, designers & small businesses.
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http://gplus.ly/2bWd74EUnlimited Reseller HostingWith each account hosted on a self-contained Virtual Private Server, 34SP.com's Reseller Hosting is the perfect flexible hosting solution for web designers, small to medium sized companies or the large scale personal users. All of our hosting accounts come with our renowned 365 days a year customer support, in addition to our 30-day money back guarantee.
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http://gplus.ly/2b3UxqRWordPress Staging FeaturesWhen we released our WordPress Platform earlier this year, we included the ability to create a staging site for each website within your container. We recently launched an update to the staging control panel to provide more control of your staging sites.
New features include:
-Rollback
-Deleting a staging site
-Accessing MySQL admin area
-WordPress Login to staging lab
Learn more about these features:
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MORE TIPS===================================
Still want more tips? Here is a big roundup of WordPress Tips & Tutorials via
+Smashing Magazine to check out:
http://gplus.ly/1Q4e5Dg?
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SHARE YOUR TIPS!===================================
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We welcome contributions to this list! If you know a good resource or article that should be added, please share a link in the comments below.*What is your strategy when it comes to blogging?Here is some advice from our co-founder..."Take the 80/20 approach to blogging, 80% of your content should be the posts that you know your visitors like. Use the other 20% to experiment with new ideas," says 34SP.com's Daniel Foster. "You’d be surprised by the number of businesses getting this wrong, and if they happen to be one of your competitors you could do well by perfecting this."
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