When it comes to judge about a website we usually take a number of factors into account. We look at its content, layout, speed, navigation, colors, images, font and readability, etc. These aspects do matter when we first come across a particular website, but there’s still one simple, yet very important thing, that we do pay very much attention to.
One of the latest and most successful plugins to provide anti-spam protection without the need of captcha was dubbed by the folks at WPShout as “the Akismet of online forms”, and it’s been fittingly named Goodbye Captcha.
Ever wondered what it would be like to make money off your blog? Affiliate marketing can do that for you. We’ve compiled a list of the best plugins for it.
For those of you who don’t know, Jean Galea, the founder of WP Mayor, is also the brains behind WP RSS Aggregator – the #1 RSS aggregation plugin for WordPress.
Now recently we also saw the release of a new WordPress theme aimed specifically at RSS aggregation, WP-Drudge. It’s a WordPress news aggregation and content curation template that coincidentally, works great with WP RSS Aggregator!
WordPress’ search function has always suffered to keep up with the rest of the developments in WP, so the use of a search plugin is absolutely necessary. Here’s a list of the best ones available right now.
Spam, one of the biggest issues with any WordPress site. So much so that Automattic even include the Akismet plugin with every WordPress file. But is Akismet really the best option? Yes it’s the most downloaded WordPress plugin. Yes it’s effective in stopping spam. But is there something better? Something that does that bit more than Akismet and with a lower price tag?
That’s when I came across Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.
CoinTent is a new way to monetize the content on your site. With this service you can charge readers for access to posts on an individual pay per post basis.
CoinTent manage the payments and then pay you your earnings on a monthly basis. The free plugin makes adding this feature to your site very easy. Find out how the service works for both publishers and consumers in our CoinTent review.
If you want to add a ‘read more’ link to your manual excerpts, here’s how to do it.
I tested this code with a child theme from Genesis but it should work for all themes.
Do you often find yourself providing explanations to the terms used in your posts? Would you like a way to not only save time, but also make your content more understandable? If so, adding a glossary to your site is the best way to counter these issues.
CM Tooltip Glossary Pro+ is a plugin that allows you to add a custom glossary to your WordPress site. Read our full review and find out how easy it is to use and what features are included.
Displaying a date on your blog posts is recommended, both for search engines and also for your audience.
Most blogs display the post publish date, which you would think makes sense. But I think there’s a better way of doing it, and that is by displaying the last updated date.
Restricting content access to certain parts of your website is one of the most popular ways of monetizing your content, so here are a number of plugins to help you out in creating a private section on your blog or WordPress website.
Tags and categories are great tools for organising your content in WordPress, and they should not be taken lightly. Right from the start you should decide on which categories to use, and consequentially how to tag your posts.
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