Category: Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Visual Design Tool for WordPress: Elementor Lets You Design Pages as Well as Your Entire Theme

The still rather new WordPress Page Builder Elementor already has over 900,000 active installations. I took a look at this whizkid for you. This month, the design tool by Pojo Me Digital Ltd., which started out as a page builder, is celebrating its second anniversary. Since then, the plugin has established itself and ...

Pagely: Managed WordPress Hosting on Amazon Web Services

Dedicated WordPress hosting is the new black. The last five years saw a rapid rise in the numbers of providers that offer WordPress-focused hosting solutions. Pagely sticks out from this competition. Pagely: The Fast Are The Enemy of The Slow Why does Pagely stick out from the competition, you will undoubtedly ask. Th...

Not Just for WordPress: Clean Documentation With WPThemeDoc

WPThemeDoc by Rich Tabor is an HTML template that helps you write documentation for your WordPress theme, or any other project, really quickly, and in a contemporary fashion. Simple, Elegant, and Quick Results Rich Tabor’s HTML template WPThemeDoc is the base for all documentation of his theme provider ThemeBeans...

Print on Demand: Printify Now Lets WordPress Users Sell Shirts for $5.99

Print on demand with drop shipping is a way to monetize your brand. Now, Printify, one of the largest competitors, announced the integration of their service with self-hosted WordPress sites working with WooCommerce. Printify is Different Should you never have heard about print on demand and drop shipping, here is a br...

Fall Cleaning 2017: 10 Free WordPress Themes and How to Use Them Right

It’s time for a thorough autumn cleaning. We show you ten free WordPress themes that have just been released, and we guide you through the steps to create a proper child theme from whatever theme you choose. Look For a Solid Starting Point Of course could you start from scratch and create yourself a perfectly new...

Web Hosting Trend 2017: Dedicated WordPress Providers on the Rise; But Why?

There are two defining trends of web hosting 2017. One is the transition from physical to virtual hosting, the so-called cloud. The other is the rise of dedicated WordPress providers. Trends Created From Profit Expectations Not that long ago, I wrote this article for Noupe, covering the trend of the cloud as a hosting ...

WordPress: Modern Theme Development With Action Hooks

Developing excellent WordPress themes is an actual challenge. But even the seemingly easy adjusting of existing themes can become pretty tough pretty fast. More and more developers use action hooks in their template files, as they help to keep a clear overview of the individual files, as well as the used functions. As...

The 26 Most Useful and Most Functional WordPress Snippets

WordPress becomes better with the plugins, as they allow you to fully customize your website to fulfill your needs. However, many functions can also be integrated without using a plugin. A simple snippet does the trick. Collecting all the required snippets can be pretty tedious, though. Thus, today, I’ll open my ...

WordPress Maintenance Checklist: What You Should Watch Out For

No matter if you’re a newbie or an experienced webmaster, WordPress maintenance is always a key factor when it comes to improving the quality of your website. When using WordPress as your site’s engine, creating the website, and not taking care of it afterward won’t be enough. Your WordPress should be...

Cleaning Up WordPress For More Performance – 11 Practical Tips For You

Many people like a tidy environment, at home, as well as at work. Useless things are removed from the house, or the office, to feel comfortable. Cleaning up your WordPress website can invoke the same feelings. In a clean environment, working is easier and more pleasant. The same goes for your site. A well-structured en...