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Category: Wordpress Tips & Tricks

Add Your Custom Website Icon to Replace the Default WordPress Logo

Posted on May 1, 2020 | Updated May 1, 2020 by Tracey Rickard
Favicon

Got a WordPress logo as your website icon and want to replace it? The website icon is that little icon we see in the tab of our browser window and it should be personalised to represent you or your business…

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Using Embeds in WordPress

Posted on November 28, 2019 | Updated November 12, 2019 by Tracey Rickard
Using embeds in WordPress

Here is a really useful Video if you wish to Embed content within your WordPress post or page. The most popular items to embed are videos and with good reason. It is wise to embed videos rather than upload them..

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Use Gmail Email with your own Domain

Posted on July 19, 2019 | Updated July 19, 2019 by Tracey Rickard

It’s so important to show that you’re in business and look professional with email addresses at your company domain. So much better to use me@mydomain.com rather than @gmail or @live or @hotmail as your business email. I had my domain..

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Soliloquy WordPress Galleries

Posted on June 27, 2019 | Updated June 27, 2019 by Tracey Rickard
Soliloquy WordPress Gallery

Everyone has a different name for a gallery image slider, I often heard it called a carousel, slider, image rotate or photo scroll. Essentially they are all based on the same thing: moving images. My favourite WordPress gallery is Soliloquy,..

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WordPress Gutenberg Blocks and How to Use them

Posted on December 15, 2018 | Updated June 5, 2019 by Tracey Rickard
WordPress Gutenberg

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg c. 1400 – February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, inventor, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press. His introduction of mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the..

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WordPress.com vs WordPress.org

Posted on July 30, 2018 | Updated July 28, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
wordpressorg versus wordpresscom

There are quite a few differences between the two but the biggest difference is in the hosting.  You can either host your website independently with WordPress.org through a hosting company like GoDaddy or WPEngine or you can get WordPress.com to..

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SSL Website Security, You Need a Green Padlock

Posted on September 11, 2017 | Updated March 30, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Securing your site with SSL

Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page, you need an HTTPS secure page. What this means is that any pages with a contact form, newsletter..

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WooCommerce Managing Orders & Refunds

Posted on July 10, 2017 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
WooCommerce managing orders and refunds

Here are a couple of videos to help you with managing your orders and refunds.  There is a lot to remember when you first start out with an eCommerce website and whilst I will have set everything up for you..

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Keeping your WordPress Website Updated

Posted on March 3, 2016 | Updated April 20, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
update

When the developers release security updates or enhance functionality, the WordPress platform and plugins will need to be updated. Outdated and vulnerable software is a security risk and one of the top reasons for WordPress websites getting hacked.  It is..

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Add an email link to your post or page

Posted on February 6, 2016 | Updated March 5, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Add an email link to your post or page

‘How do I add an email link to my WordPress posts or pages?’ is a question that I get asked a lot. Email links are slightly different to standard links but you add them in the same way. Here’s how..

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Tips for using the WordPress editor

Posted on February 3, 2016 | Updated March 5, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Styling and editing your posts and pages

I get asked lots of questions about how to do things in the WordPress editor.  Here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions. Q: I cannot see all of the icons on the WordPress editor bar. Click on..

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Manually Change The Order of Your WordPress Posts

Posted on December 21, 2015 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Manually organise your blog posts

Have you ever wanted to see the posts in your WordPress blog appear in a different order, an order of your choosing?  It is a question that I get asked quite often. You can manually stick a post to the..

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WordPress Hosting – getting set up

Posted on October 22, 2015 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
WordPress Hosting Requirements, nuts and bolts

If you are going to set up a WordPress CMS website, you will need to make sure that your hosting company can offer you the minimum required server specification for WordPress below. A MySQL database will need to be provisioned,..

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Resizing your images for upload to your website

Posted on May 8, 2015 | Updated March 5, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Bluebells in the Woods

I often get asked how to resize images for uploading to a WordPress website. The first thing to say here is that if I have built a WordPress website for you, there is no need to resize images before you..

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Manage Your Metatags & More SEO for WordPress

Posted on July 19, 2014 | Updated March 30, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
SEO in a nutshell

SEO for WordPress makes it easy for you to manage your website. SEO or Search Engine Optimisation is the art optimising your website to ensure it is found and ranked by Google and other major search engines. Getting the Foundation..

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WordPress who to call for backup

Posted on October 31, 2013 | Updated April 12, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
WordPress Designer

WordPress as a platorm is open source and therefore free to install, however if you are going to care for your website properly you are going to need to pay out some money every year for backups and security. It..

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Adding a WordPress Gallery

Posted on May 11, 2013 | Updated December 15, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
WordPress galleries

Here is an example of a WordPress gallery.  Images are tiled neatly with captions. 1. Place your cursor In order to add a WordPress image gallery, you must first insert you cursor in place in the WordPress page or post..

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Adding images and other media to your WordPress site

Posted on May 4, 2013 | Updated December 15, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Ladbybird

1. Uploading Images The classic Editor way The easiest way to upload images in WordPress is to add them through the post or page editor.  The process is the same whether you are uploading images into posts or pages. (You..

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Add a link to an image or logo in WordPress

Posted on April 10, 2013 | Updated March 31, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
The Wonders of Wordpress

WordPress lets you manage every part of your content from text to images to video embeds and more.  You can add a link to an image during the upload process but it is very easy to add it later. In..

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Easy Video, Twitter, Facebook & Instagram Embeds

Posted on February 9, 2013 | Updated December 15, 2018 by Tracey Rickard
Easy embeds with WordPress

More wonders of WordPress.  It is easy to embed Video from YouTube or Vimeo. Plus  embed Twitter, Facebook & Instagram posts into your WordPress page or post.  No more worrying about HTML code embeds, all you need is the web..

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