WordPress doesn’t allow you to upload ePUB file types to your site using the media library for security reasons. If you try to upload a file with .epub or .mobi file extension, it will just give you a URL to the attachment page (not the direct URL to the file). This plugin will remove the limitation […]
HeartBleed Vulnerability and WordPress Site Owners (What You Need to Know)
April 12, 2014 2 Comments
There has been a lot of press on the HeartBleed bug recently and it is scaring a lot of WordPress site owners/admins. Since we have a popular security plugin, we are getting a lot of questions about this. So, in this article I will explain what HeartBleed bug is and what you need to do […]
7 Underutilized and Hidden WordPress Features
December 20, 2013 4 Comments
WordPress has grown from a simple blogging tool to a powerful CMS platform over the years, with many webmasters using it to run their personal and business sites, as well as online stores. Despite this expansion in the platform’s functionality, many users still skim the surface and utilize only the basic features that are prominently […]
WP Far Future Expiration Plugin – Easily Add Far Future Expiration to Your Static Files
July 6, 2013 16 Comments
This plugin will allow you to easily add a “far future expiration” date for various static file types on your WordPress powered site to improve page load time (site speed). Adding far future expiry header to your static resources (images, js, css) can improve the site speed. If you are using a caching plugin like […]
How to Install Google Analytics Tracking into a WordPress Web Site
July 6, 2013 3 Comments
This is a follow up article for the how do I start a successful blog series that we have been publishing on this site to help users get started and create a successful blog. Google Analytics (GA) is the de facto standard for tracking the statistics for properties on the web. It is free to […]
How to Install A WordPress Multi-Site Network [Video Tutorial]
June 1, 2013 3 Comments
Ever since version 3 of WordPress was launched, users had the ability to create a network of WP sites or blogs, allowing us to own a site similar to WordPress.com. Using what’s called the ‘multisite’ feature we could have many sites running, only having just one installation of the software installed. There is just one […]
WP Proper PHP Include Plugin
May 22, 2013 1 Comment
WordPress, by default, allows the use of HTML and JavaScript when adding/editing posts and pages in “Text” view. However, PHP execution is a different story. Sometimes you may want to execute some PHP code in your post or page and this plugin will allow you to do that. There are a few plugins that allow […]
How to Create A Landing Page In WordPress
February 13, 2013 8 Comments
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 […]
AJAX Comment Loading Plugin Fixed
Recently I wanted to use the Ajax Comment Loading Plugin (developed by Mark Jaquith) on one of my WordPress sites. The functionality that plugin offers is very nice but it turns out that the plugin doesn’t work for current version of WordPress anymore. I fixed the code a little to make it work with the […]