This is a follow up article for the creating a WordPress plugin tutorial Nonce – what is it and why is it important when it comes to WordPress and security? What Does Nonce Mean? The word "nonce" is an abbreviation for the term number used once and is a string generated by WordPress … [Read more...] about A Brief Introduction to WordPress Nonces
How to Create A Landing Page In WordPress
The more you play with WordPress and dare to venture past the obvious features it offers, the more you will discover how flexible and full of useful functionality it is. In this brief tutorial we will be taking a look at how you can use the power of WordPress to manipulate output on a page by … [Read more...] about How to Create A Landing Page In WordPress
How to Effectively Use the Color Red On Your Web Site
This article  is a continuation of the color, theme and design tips article series that I have been covering on this site. You may want to read the following two articles first (if you haven't done so already) Color psychology and how it affects your site Color theory tips In this … [Read more...] about How to Effectively Use the Color Red On Your Web Site
Disavow Links Tool: Are Your Back-links Negatively Affecting Your Ranking?
Many sites recently suffered a big demotion in terms of Google ranking, and consequently the amount of organic traffic they receive, due to one of the Google Panda updates. Was your site one of them? Well if it was it was probably due to a few reasons, one of which may have been due to excessive … [Read more...] about Disavow Links Tool: Are Your Back-links Negatively Affecting Your Ranking?
A Short All-You-Need Guide to Keyword Density
Whether the question is about quality on-page SEO or about the requirement of the keyword(s) in the article, keyword density does matter. From top successful bloggers to newbie bloggers, keyword density is always a topic to discuss about. If you're not really familiar with the term at all, here's a … [Read more...] about A Short All-You-Need Guide to Keyword Density
How To Easily Add Google Web fonts To Your WordPress Theme
Having a cool website with amazing content is just part of the many ingredients which will determine how well it is received by your readers and how nice the user experience is. Another crucial aspect of your website is its typography. Typography is a term which relates to your site’s fonts … [Read more...] about How To Easily Add Google Web fonts To Your WordPress Theme
Top 3 Common Reasons for a Slow WordPress Site (in my experience)
If you own and run a WordPress site which is currently slow then there are usually some common factors which are most probably contributing to the lack of load speed of your site. The power and flexibility of WordPress lies under the hood, where as a blogging and CMS platform, it easily caters … [Read more...] about Top 3 Common Reasons for a Slow WordPress Site (in my experience)
Color Theory Tips – Give Your Site Design a Facelift
This is a follow-up from the Color Psychology and How it Affects Your Site article. Using color on your site is a great way to show individuality and creativity, however too much color can have a negative or unwanted effect. In this article I will cover color theory, harmony and basic rules on … [Read more...] about Color Theory Tips – Give Your Site Design a Facelift
Advanced WordPress Security Tips
This is a follow-up from the Essential WordPress Security Tips article. In general WordPress is pretty secure as long as you apply common sense and follow standard security practices. The tips mentioned in this article are for added security (you don't need to apply them all). However, if you … [Read more...] about Advanced WordPress Security Tips
How to Create a WordPress plugin
WordPress Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress. Creating a basic WordPress plugin that does something basic and cool on your site is not that hard. It is actually better to apply some tweaks to your site via a simple WordPress plugin rather than hacking your theme or an … [Read more...] about How to Create a WordPress plugin