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Will Morris

Will Morris is a staff writer at WordCandy. When he's not writing about WordPress, he likes to gig his stand-up comedy routine on the local circuit.

Articles written by Will Morris

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4 Legal Pages Your WordPress Site Needs

Keeping your site legal and protecting yourself from regulation violations and lawsuits is vital. However, it can be easy to overlook key legal pages when preparing to launch your website.

In this post, we’ll discuss four legal pages your WordPress website needs, as well as some basic information about what to include in them.

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How to Create a Lifestyle Blog With WordPress (In 5 Steps)

Lifestyle blogging is becoming a popular way to make money on the internet. However, understanding what constitutes this vague niche and how to get started may be confusing for beginners.

In this post, we take a look at what ‘lifestyle blogging’ means and the types of content you might create in this industry. Then we walk you through how to start your own WordPress website and jump into this ever-growing field.

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Where to Buy Premium Themes for WordPress: 7 Quality Online Marketplaces

Deciding to invest in a premium theme is a big step towards improving your site. However, before you buy, you need to know where to find ones that are high-quality and worth the added expense.

In this post, we’ll introduce you to seven marketplaces where you can buy premium WordPress themes.

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How to Prevent Spam On Your WordPress Site (And Why It Matters)

Comments can be an excellent way to engage your site’s audience and build a community around your content. Unfortunately, they’re also a ripe opportunity for spam posters.

Whether they add untrustworthy links to your site or simply flood your posts with content that doesn’t provide any value to readers, getting rid of spam comments is crucial. In this post, we’ll share three simple tips for doing so.

Link Whisper vs Yoast SEO vs Rank Math: Which Is Best for Internal Linking?

When it comes to your site’s link building strategy, using plugins to help find related content can be helpful. However, these tools can also slow your site down and lead you into other SEO pitfalls.

In this post, we look at three popular plugins used for internal link building. By comparing Link Whisper vs Yoast SEO vs Rank Math, we’ll help you decide which, if any of them, is best for you.

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5 Common WordPress Errors and How to Fix Them

WordPress has many strengths as a CMS, but there are also a number of things that can go wrong when you’re working with it. From plugin conflicts to incorrect file permissions, there’s a wide variety of errors you might run into on your site. Here are five WordPress errors you may encounter, along with their standard fixes.

How to Add Lead Times to Your WooCommerce Products

How to Add Lead Times to Your WooCommerce Products

No one likes waiting around for their products to show up after ordering them. However, WooCommerce doesn’t include native functionality for providing lead times to your shoppers who purchase custom or out-of-stock items.

Fortunately, WooCommerce Lead Time can help. This plugin enables you to easily and quickly display information on your product pages regarding how long customers can expect to wait for certain items.

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12 of the Best Plugins for Extending the Block Editor

The Block Editor caused quite a stir when it was included in the release of WordPress 5.0. Despite the controversy, it’s opened doors for new kinds of development and helped to streamline editing and publishing for users.

That said, there are still many ways it can be improved. These block plugins include additional content elements that can make crafting posts and pages faster and easier than ever.

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9 Must-Have WordPress Plugins for Bloggers

Running a blog is a big responsibility. There are a lot of tasks to take care of in order to keep your site chugging along smoothly, and trying to juggle them all manually can be overwhelming. Fortunately, there are several WordPress plugins that can help.

In this post, we take a look at seven tools that can help you manage your blog and take it to the next level. From creating content to post promotion, these plugins can help you save time and effort while checking all the most important items off your to-do list.

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LoginPress: Secure and Style Your WordPress Login Page

Although it’s easy to overlook, the WordPress Login Page is an important part of your site. It provides a prime opportunity to display your branding but can also be a serious security vulnerability.

With LoginPress, you can apply custom styling to your WordPress Login Page to proudly feature your brand’s logo and design. Plus, it includes several key features to keep hackers away. Here’s how to put it to work on your site.

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Link Whisper Review: Improve Your Internal Linking Strategy

Internal linking may not seem all that important, but it can help your site grow significantly if you’re smart about it. That said, as you add content to your site it gets harder to remember the topics of each post you’ve published.

That’s where Link Whisper comes in. This plugin uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to suggest content for internal linking and take your site to new heights.

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NextGEN Gallery: Display, Share, and Sell Your Photos

A lot goes into creating a professional photography site. You want to make sure it clearly displays your work while also enabling visitors to promote or purchase it.

In this review, we explore NextGEN Gallery and its premium extensions. With over a dozen gallery layouts, integrated social sharing, and automated print order fulfillment, this plugin has everything your photography site needs.