Have you ever tried to change your theme and noticed that everything just falls apart? This is especially true if you’ve been blogging for any length of time. The more content, plugins, image sizes, and media that you have nicely formatted, the more chance that it will promptly unformat as soon as a new theme is […]
The ONLY 7 Plugins You Need in WordPress
Let’s talk WP plugins! When you first find them – 10s of 1000’s of them – it’s like Christmas at a candy store. So many neat things you can do to make your site look or function differently. And all with the click of a button! I do think it’s my life’s work to crush dreams […]
Convert WordPress to SSL {Infographic}
Last week, we covered a rather geeky tutorial: How to Force WordPress SSL. We know that we’re supposed to have that “HTTPS” up there in the address bar, but how? If you’re like most WordPress users you’ll turn to a plugin, and that my friends, is not a great idea! We covered the ins and outs, in […]
WooCommerce 3.0 Update & What it means to you
The WordPress WooCommerce plugin just released a brand new version: 3.0. The following information only applies to you if you have WooCommerce e-commerce shopping plugin installed on your site. WooCommerce 3.0 is a major update This means that a backup is imperative and testing first is highly recommended! Backup & Test To test your live […]
HTTP to HTTPS and Social Share Counts
We’ve been talking lately about the importance of changing from HTTP to HTTPS: Forcing WordPress SSL. This post will cover how to keep your social sharing counts while switching to HTTPS. (see the tutorial for forcing WordPress SSL here.) The reality is that when you switch from one url to another your social sharing counts […]
How to Install ConvertKit Forms into WordPress
Over the last couple years we’ve seen so many obnoxiously huge and persistent signup screens that Google had to step in and put some rules around this nonsense! We’ve had to try all sorts of things to get those emails – it’s not easy to get people to want an email when their inbox is already […]
How To Install MailChimp Forms in WordPress Without Going Bananas
Today we’re lucky to have a guest post by George with LooseInk.ninja. He walks us through, as a new MailChimp user, how to install the forms in WordPress. So if this is you – it’s totally doable! Just follow along with George. So it dawned on me just the other day that since my website […]
3 Step Plan to Leave the Blog over the Holidays
Change of plans! This was going to be a video series but I’m SICK. Like only – happens- when – you – want – to – enjoy – Christmas sick! I think I whine worse than my kids! So, there will be NO videos – I will spare you the sad state of affairs over […]
Are you Sure about DIVI theme for WordPress?
Lets just take a moment, before you dive head first into Divi and all the goodness it offers. There are some big reasons that some speak out against Divi. Sadly, or happily maybe, if you aren’t in geeky circles, you might not know that most developers do not like Divi. [clickToTweet tweet=”If you aren’t in […]