Category: WordPress
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How to Backup a WordPress Site Easily
For all the work that you’ve put into your WordPress site, it is a terrifying reality that everything can be lost in an instant due to hardware failure or some other misfortune. Imagine how difficult it would be to lose a website that has consumed so much of your … read more.
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How to Improve Google Pagespeed User Interaction Metrics in WordPress
User Interaction is one of the critical aspects you need to concentrate on if you want to deliver a welcoming user experience. Unfortunately, you can’t sit down in their place and see your site from your visitors’ point-of-view, so you need a way to figure out how your site responds to input… read more
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How to Manage a Large-Scale WordPress Site (5 Best Practices)
Every website owner and developer hopes their site takes off and becomes successful. High levels of traffic, engaged users, and a steady stream of content from multiple contributors sound great when you’re managing a small site. Of course, the reality is that handling a large-scale WordPress website is no […] read more
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11 WordPress Instagram Plugins for Displaying Interactive Feeds
With over 800 million users, Instagram is one of the fastest growing social networks in the world and has a social stranglehold on quite a few industries. From fashion to music, and cooking to fitness, companies in these markets turn to Instagram to show off bright, vibrant photographs, allowing for a connection beyond that of […]
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How to create a WordPress blog (step by step + videos)
Learning how to create a WordPress blog is an ideal way to get your online journey started. At WPZOOM we’ve been making WordPress themes for the last decade, and we’re often people’s first point of contact with WordPress. The steps to create a WordPress blog are relatively straightforward, but […] Read more
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8 Server Issues That Affect WordPress (and What to Do About Them)
We always have such a laser-trained focus on our WordPress site that sometimes it’s easy to forget that problems with it may not stem from conflicting plugins , a hacked login , or a bloated theme . Sometimes it’s the underlying web server that’s at fault. In my experience, […] Read more
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8 Best WordPress Photo Gallery Plugins (Compared With Examples)
Two thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven… That’s how many plugins a simple search for “gallery” returns at the WordPress.org plugin repository. It makes sense – pretty much every website uses images and WordPress photo gallery plugins make it easy to display those images in an attractive way. But with so many options to choose from, it can […]
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WordPress Document Library Plugin: The Complete Guide
A WordPress document library plugin is a popular way to list PDF files or other documents in a structured format with download links. A good document library makes it quick and easy for people to find the items they need – for example, with search options and filters. Surprisingly, […] Read more
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11 Best WordPress Contact Form Plugins (Reviewed and Compared)
You’ve pieced together your new WordPress site like a work of art. Everything’s in place: the logo, About Us page, a small eCommerce store , menu, and customized blog. It’s time to pull the trigger, right? Wait a minute. Did you forget one of the most basic parts of […] Read more
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18 Quality Must-Have WooCommerce Plugins for WordPress in 2017
If you’re in the business of building WordPress websites for clients, then you’re actively working to grow the e-commerce economy–which is awesome! In UPS’s 2017 Pulse of the Online Shopper report, they discovered that retail is on the up and up with a 4% year-over-year growth. And when they […] Read more
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WordPress Speed Optimization: What Common Factors Slow Down Your Website?
If your WordPress website is running slow, you could be turning away hordes of potential customers you’re not even aware of. Given the tons of alternatives available, plus the ultra-short attention span of the average website visitor, not many people will just sit back and patiently wait for your […] Read more
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Design to WordPress services and why you should use one of them
Design to WordPress services and why you should use one of them If you are a web designer, you might also be good at coding. However, it’s almost always best to place your project in the hands of an experienced developer. You can also consider leaving the hard work […] Read more
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Facebook – Instant Articles for WordPress
This plugin adds support for Instant Articles for Facebook, which is a new way for publishers to distribute fast, interactive stories on Facebook. Instant Articles are preloaded in the Facebook mobile app so they load instantly. With the plugin active, a new menu will be available for you […] Read more
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Best WordPress Plugins to Integrate Google Services with Your Website
Google offers a number of tools, applications and services that are helpful to website owners. These include webmaster tools, maps, translator, analytics, AdSense, fonts, forms, docs, drive, authenticator and more. There are a number of plugins to help you get maximum benefit from these services for your WordPress websites. […] Read more
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5 of the Best Local WordPress Development Tools Compared
If you’re a WordPress developer, you probably do most of your work in test environments. That way, you can tinker with your plugins , themes, and sites all you want without breaking anything for real. The only question is, which local WordPress development tools are the best fit for […] Read more
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The Best Ecommerce Themes of 2017
In the last 14 years, WordPress has grown from a blogging platform to a full-functioning CMS. In fact, it is often chosen to power an online store. Whether you’re a beginner or expert, you need your site to look amazing, and these themes will make any online store look […] Read more