When you think of the costs associated with managing your web site, does “maintenance” pop up as a line item? Website maintenance isn’t free. Oh sure, if you build your …
Plug-ins for a WordPress Speed-up
In this article, we asked whether you could get your WordPress site to load in under a second. Now, we’ll repeat that while the one-second barrier is a bit unrealistic for …
WordPress Load Speed of Under 1 Second?
One of the most important things you can do for your web site is make sure it loads quickly; people have a tendancy to go away—speaking of quickly—in a flash …
“The Most Popular WordPress Themes”
Want to see something really cool? It’s The Periodic Table of WordPress Themes! Problem is, it’s wrong. Not “wrong” as in “I say it’s wrong”. Wrong as in the data …
Geek Fight ! (and The WordPress Community)
Community. Engagement. WordPress. GEEK FIGHT! Yesterday, I spent a long time on Twitter, engaged with a small group of people who either love WordPress, make their livings from it, or …
How (Not) to Do Redacted Text in WordPress
Just because someone has a pulpit doesn’t mean you should listen to them. To Syed Balkhi’s credit, he points out that the plug-in he’s pointed you at doesn’t actually do …
WordPress Best Practices and The WordPress Helpers
I’ve got something to say. Some of you will disagree with me vehemently; some, exactly the opposite. Almost no-one will be “on the fence”. The idea of “best practices” is …
The Twenty Fifteen WordPress Theme
It’s almost time for WordPress 2015. Yes, I mean “WordPress in 2015, along with all the developments we see to help The WordPress Community move forward”. And that’s exciting. But more, …
Content Curation for a WordPress Blog
All WordPress, All The Time. Welcome to The WordPress Helpers. The WordPress Helpers is a labor of love for me. Love of helping people, love of media, love of WordPress. …
Drag And Drop Page Builders for WordPress: Building Websites With [ahem] Zero Effort
Welcome to The WordPress Helpers. This is one of our very first posts, and your first chance to learn something about WordPress that … matters. Anyone who’s spent any time …
