You’ve lost your WordPress password and can’t log into your site. And what’s worse, the reset password feature isn’t working (either because it can’t send mail or something else is wrong). This tutorial covers how to regain access to your site by direct database manipulation with phpMyAdmin.
7 Reasons Why You Can’t Get a Good Google PageSpeed Score
You’ve all heard that Google factors their PageSpeed score algorithm into rankings. But, you just haven’t been able to score well on it. So what are the reasons that you score poorly, and what can you do about it? 1. You don’t understand what Google wants you to do Google
Broadcasting WordPress Posts on Social Media
We’ve covered how to schedule WordPress posts in a previous tutorial, now we are going to focus on plugins to help you publicize your posts on social media networks. I’ve tested a number of plugins and reviewed my top 3 for you. This round-up of plugins is for both people
WordPress Theme Selection Tutorial
Whether it’s a face lift for your existing site, adding a few new features, or starting from scratch, there are few things which will impact your visitors as much as your theme. But for most people looking for a new theme can be just as daunting as sending my husband
Creating Client & Customer Profiles
Every time we start a new project there is one common question: who is the target audience? You may call them clients, customers, or users. But regardless of what we call them, we need to know something about who they are and what they want. This information decides both what
How To Remove Comments & Trackbacks on WordPress
With WordPress 4.3, WordPress has finally stopped allowing comments on new Pages. However, if you have an existing site every kind of data on your site probably allows both comments & trackbacks. That means pages, posts, media, and any custom data types you have. While it may sound like a
Google Website Submission & Webmaster Tools Setup
Congratulations, you’ve set up your website and are now ready for visitors! But, how do you get visitors? The first step is getting setup with Google Website Submission and Google Webmaster Tools. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to get all Setup with Google.
Website Sharing on Social Media with ShareThis Tutorial
Everyone wants to add social media sharing to their websites, but what sharing tool should you use? The most popular are AddThis and ShareThis. In this tutorial I’ll show you why I prefer ShareThis, and how to get ShareThis setup on your website. If you’ve got WordPress, I will cover
WordPress Sharing with ShareThis Plugin
ShareThis is a great social media sharing service that I covered in my Website Sharing on Social Media article. However, ShareThis also has a plugin for WordPress which makes it very easy to set up social sharing on your posts and pages. This tutorial will cover how to use the
iThemes Security Tutorial for WordPress
iThemes Security is the new incarnation of Better WP Security and it has stellar improvements! In this article I’ll cover the main features of iThemes and provide a basic user guide for getting up and running. Since this is a basic guide I have simplified some explanations.