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Sidebar is a useful feature to WordPress website owners and visitors alike. It aids navigation and marketing, as it usually contains useful shortcuts to various areas of the site or a list of most recent or most popular posts or pages. In many cases, it’s also a way to show advertisements, set up a mailing…
Allowing visitors to translate your WordPress website into their language is never a bad idea. Even if not a large portion of the audience needs it, and you can’t afford to hire a professional translator for the job, your efforts won’t go unappreciated. Visitors who are still learning English, assuming your website is international, will…
Justifying text is a practice familiar to anyone writing essays, e-books, traditionally published books, or those with a literary-oriented website, WordPress or not. However, there’s a reason this is not standard practice, mainly because it can ruin visibility on mobile devices. That’s one of the reasons users of this Content Management System (CMS) noticed the…
Although not mandatory, plugins are the backbone of any WordPress website. They represent a way to overcome many issues and add functionality that doesn’t exist by default. They can also improve the look and feel of your website, boost ease of use on both backend and front-end, and drastically improve security. The problem arises when…
Unlike humans, who prefer to go by names, organized systems and databases utilize numbers. After all, if two people, for instance, have the same first and last name, and there are no unique features to distinguish them, the system cannot determine to whom the action applies. Additionally, written information is inefficient because the data it…
Landing pages on WordPress or any website, for that matter, are a staple in marketing. Although logic dictates your home page should be the landing page, that isn’t always ideal. Homepages have several elements that can draw visitors’ attention away. Landing pages, on the other hand, have a straightforward purpose — get the visitor to…
Although ZIP archives are widely used offline and online, WordPress may not support them from the get-go. To be more specific, the PHP version on your webserver may or may not support the module, conveniently called “ZipArchive”. Even if it’s uploaded, as this topic suggests, it can be disabled by default for security and other…
Wanting to magnify an image on a WordPress website is reasonable. It’s even expected, considering the prevalence of pictures and other forms of media online. In fact, nearly all static web pages can benefit from becoming dynamic to an extent. The problem is that this desire oftentimes comes long after the image was uploaded. Or,…
PHP or Hypertext Preprocessor is essential to the way WordPress works, and thus, having the latest version brings multiple benefits. Editing HTML and CSS on WordPress makes it look pretty and organized. In contrast, PHP, an open-source scripting language, adds functionality behind the scenes, hence why it runs on the server side i.e., on the…
Changing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) code is something WordPress owners do often. After all, the markup language determines the structure i.e., the hierarchy of content on web pages. HTML also works in unison with two other markup languages, XML and CSS, the latter of which is defines styling information on webpages. Although not directly related,…
Making a logo front and center of your WordPress website is crucial. From the get-go, it’ll make it stand out from websites that have installed the same WordPress theme. It also helps visitors associate the image with the values your website stands for, making it more memorable. Both of these are cornerstones of establishing your…
jQuery is perhaps the most often used JavaScript library, and it’s easy to see why. It’s also a part of the development “stack” i.e., crucial for anyone who wants to be a WordPress developer. Additionally, jQuery is designed to do a lot with very few resources. In other words, you can create attractive, interactive, and…
