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Update : It appears that the Multi Plugin Installing “Free” version is not available for download at this time. The premium version is still available for sale though. Whether you’re a website developer or designer, or just find yourself regularly setting up new WordPress sites, this guide will show you how to save some of your precious time when adding your core list of plugins to a new WordPress installation. If you have a selection of favorite or essential plugins that you use on almost every WordPress site you setup, then by creating a list of those plugins in the free Multi Plugin Installer, you can generate a reusable list of plugins that are installed and activated in bulk in just a few clicks. If this sounds appealing to you then read on to our guide to using Multi Plugin Installer to save time and effort when setting up a new WordPress site. Multi Plugin Installer Overview As mentioned, this free plugin can help save you a lot of time by giving you the … [Read more...] about How to Install Multiple WordPress Plugins with Multi Plugin Installer

WordPress is quickly becoming a household name if it isn’t already. It’s everywhere, this benign beauty, powering some of the best websites and web apps the world has ever seen. It’s a premiere CMS and blogging platform that’s not only incredibly versatile, but also amazingly easy to learn and use. Why else would WordPress grow in popularity each passing day? But what you see on the surface when you set up and launch WordPress is just a small fraction of what goes on behind the scenes. In fact, the beautiful UI we all so love is nothing compared to the bedlam of activity backstage. What I mean is, WordPress runs on two somewhat complicated web technologies known as PHP and MySQL. Other technologies that play a part include JavaScript, it’s close cousin jQuery, CSS and HTML. WordPress themes (and even plugins) are mainly written in PHP, and rely on MySQL databases to run. They also depend on the aforementioned web technologies. All these technologies must work together. Now as a … [Read more...] about The Ultimate WordPress Cheatsheet

Ever since WordPress 3.0 there has been the hidden option of turning your blog into a Multi-Site WordPress installation. It’s not something most blogs really require and it’s certainly not for the faint of heart. It is however, something that can be truly useful for websites that want to split their content into individual channels. Before you think about converting your blog into a multi-site installation you should carefully consider why you want to do it. It will involve a little technical work to setup and maintenance is a little more involved than using a single blog. If it’s something you want to do though, let’s discuss the process. Why Would You Use Multi-Site? As I briefly mentioned, there are a number of reasons that you would convert your website from a single blog to a multi-site website. It’s a great way to allow teams and/or employees from your company to have their own blogs but have them as part of the same company domain. You can use it to give people … [Read more...] about A Quick Guide to Converting Your WordPress Blog Into a Multi-Site Installation

There is a specific way for adding Javascript to your WordPress theme in order to prevent any conflicts with plugins or parent WordPress Themes. The problem is that many “developers” call their javascript files directly in the header.php or footer.php file which is the incorrect way of doing it. In this guide I will show you how to correctly call your javascript files using your functions.php file so they load right into your site’s head or footer tag. This way if you are developing a theme for distribution and your end user wants to modify the scripts via a child theme they can or if they are using minifying/caching or other optimization plugins they will work correctly. And if you are working with a child theme you  your scripts are added the right way, without copying the header.php or footer.php files into your child theme which are shouldn’t ever be necessary (when working with a well coded theme) Wrong Way To Add Javascript To WordPress Themes Calling the javascript in your … [Read more...] about Adding Javascript To WordPress Themes The Right Way

As a content curator, one of the biggest and most embarrassing) mistakes I made in 2014 is to repeat the known mistakes when it came WordPress and blogging in general. Every New Year calls for new resolutions. Some (try to) lose weight – “I’m going to weigh 130 pounds by the end of this year”, some make adventurous plans – “I’m definitely going skydiving in March”, while some decide to finally tie the knot – “It’s time we eternalized it”! Not that we’re a month into this year, let us all add a resolution to the list – “WordPress mistakes never to repeat in 2015 (or the years to come)”. I’ve been contributing to WPExplorer for over a year now and I’d like to kick off this year with a brand new post series which deals with the most common WordPress mistakes. We start by looking at 5 crucial factors that deal with launching a WordPress site and move on to recommendations that will bear fruit in the long run. These well-known points can be easily classified under “been there, done … [Read more...] about 25+ Common WordPress Mistakes to Avoid