The plain English guide to what keywords and keyphrases are, and how to find and use keywords in your content to rank for SEO…
Add your website to Google Search Console
…your WordPress website to Google Search Console. If you haven’t already, sign in to Google Search Console – https://search.google.com/search-console Add Property Once logged in, you’ll see reports for your website. Click on the property selector…
Why you need the WordPress Jetpack plugin and how to activate it
How would you like some cool (and useful), premium features for your WordPress website for free? I’m talking about features like email subscriptions for new posts and comments, commenting with Twitter or Facebook logins, a…
Why A Contact Form Plugin Should Be Your First Premium Plugin Investment
…important to choose one that’s compatible with your existing system. A WordPress contact form plugin makes it easy to deliver a lead magnet such as a discount code or digital download as an incentive for…
The plain English guide to Yoast SEO – essential setup and basic use
…you use Google Search Console (formerly Webmaster Tools), go to SEO → Search Console and click the Get Google Authorization Code button. Once you complete the authorization process, this screen will display data from your Google Search Console. Yoast…
Easy media embeds (oEmbed)
…in WordPress You can also do this with tweets. Example: https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/statuses/366504923682185217 Code for the above: <strong>You can also do this with tweets</strong>. Example: https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/statuses/366504923682185217 SlideShare and Scribd documents. Example: http://www.slideshare.net/AmitRanjan/quick-tour Code for the above: <strong>SlideShare…
Big changes coming to WordPress with Gutenberg
…on what Gutenberg could enable for WordPress Consider a Gutenberg-optimized theme Here are a few themes with enhanced compatibility for Gutenberg we have found: CoBlocks (free) by Themebeans Rich One (free) by RichWP Imagery (free)…
Configure essential settings
…on your website will look. Out of the box, your URLs may look like: example.com/?p=123 example.com/2018/11/02/post-name/ We recommend that you change the permalink setting to Post name to give you URLs that look like: example.com/post-name/…