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WordPress shortcodes are small tags that are used as shortcuts for executing specific features in posts and pages. You can recognize shortcodes by square brackets that surround a simple word or a phrase. They were introduced in version 2.5 with a mission to help people to execute functions the easy way. As you might already […]

Every WordPress admin menu is looking the same after the installation. That might be a good thing if you work on different sites powered by our beloved WordPress, but if you’re creating a blog for a client, you might want to modify admin menu to achieve a unique look. Although there aren’t that many options on the […]

It’s been a long time since images were something too big to load over the Internet. Today, websites can’t exist without them. Even though Internet speeds have dramatically increased over the years, it’s vital that you take care of pictures on your blog. Just because it’s easy to upload images to your site, that doesn’t […]

By default, WordPress speaks English and that’s the language you can expect on every backend page of your system. Since WordPress has become one of the most popular CMS in the world, it is normal to expect the platform to be translated into additional languages. And it is. If you want to install WordPress and […]

Having a website or blog without managing titles is quite impossible. If you have ever forgotten to write a title, you quickly realized that WordPress added one on its own. Since they’re important to admins, other users, your visitors, and even search engines, you should take extra caution when writing titles. While you should you […]

Before we actually show you how to create your own custom post type which you’ll be proudly using on your new WordPress powered website, let’s see what a custom post type actually is. A post type is simply a set of rules which are used to describe the way content is presented in your article. […]

An excerpt is a post summary which is being used to describe your article in a few short sentences. Those descriptions are a great way of letting your visitors see what’s the post about and decide if they’re interested in reading the rest of it before clicking the button. Also, it is an excellent tool […]

OK, so you have decided it is finally time to create your own blog. You already know that starting one up is not rocket science, and you have probably heard of various blogging platforms that are worth researching. But if you haven’t spent some time with each software package before, choosing the right one for […]

It is easy to decide that you want to run a blog. You probably already have some ideas about what to write and how everything should look like. Maybe you know a thing or two about blogging, marketing, and website building, but if you haven’t worked on your own site, the chances are that you […]

Choosing a simple blogging platform may not be that hard. If you are not interested in building complex web projects, there are great tools that will let you blog without having to worry about technicalities. In that case, we suggest that you take a look at differences between WordPress and WordPress.com and also see if […]

Choosing a blogging platform might not be as hard as choosing the entire content management system that allows you to do more complex web projects. Casual bloggers who don’t ask for much can easily go for less complicated services, although WordPress should always be on top of the list when pondering over the platforms. But […]

Before creating accounts or downloading files, you will probably get all excited about building a website. That’s good, welcome on board! But if you don’t have previous experience with web building systems, it is time for some extra research – which one should you choose as your starting point? As you might already know, WordPress […]

Without a doubt, WordPress is the most popular web building platform in the world. But as you probably already know, it is not the only one. Various other platforms offer powerful blogging and web tools as well, and some of them are quite good competitors. And just like with anything else in life, there are […]

WordPress should be simple. That is one of the reasons why our beloved CMS is so popular in the first place. But is it so straightforward as it seems? When talking about installing WordPress, publishing first posts and managing photos, things are really quite simple. Even complete beginners will agree that getting around WordPress doesn’t […]

While you were writing your previous article, you might have scrolled over Custom Fields area in the post editor. This simple, yet so powerful WordPress feature, might go unnoticed by beginners but it’s actually a feature which can undoubtedly transform your simple and plain website into a dynamic portal which will attract new visitors. Let […]