How can we get the younger generations into WordPress? This is a perfectly valid question, and I’ve heard or read from several people in the community that they are concerned with this. However, there’s some good solutions for this, but it all boils down to one umbrella topic: Education. There’s a lot of ways already
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Ask Nile: Why is there a URL field in the WordPress comment form?
For some of you, it’s possible that you still allow comments on your blog, but wonder why there’s a URL field for your visitors to fill out. Some of the comments you moderate, probably have strange links to scammy looking websites too. So, in this Ask Nile post, I’ll answer why there is a URL
[Continue Reading...]2 Huge Reasons Why Some WordPress Plugins and Themes Get Hacked
No one likes to have to deal with their website getting hacked. In the WordPress community alone, over 500 websites are hacked each day! However, it does happen, even if you think the WordPress updates you did last month, and the security plugins you used may have not turned up anything. Most hacks occur at
[Continue Reading...]How to Link Twitter Usernames in WordPress Without a Plugin
Blogging and social media go hand-in-hand. Sometimes, on the fly, you need to add someone’s Twitter handle, and then grab their link. However, what if you don’t have time for that? What if you could link Twitter usernames in WordPress without a plugin? Wouldn’t that save a lot of time? Well, you can, and this
[Continue Reading...]How to Convert Posts to Pages or other Post Types in WordPress
For anyone new to WordPress, learning the difference between post, pages, and custom post types, comes with time. For a lot of people who create content, sometimes it’s necessary to switch a post to a page, or vice versa. And for others, you might’ve accidentally started creating content in the wrong post type. That’s okay,
[Continue Reading...]Ask Nile: How often does WordPress check for new plugin versions?
If you are someone that likes to be on top of updating your WordPress site, you probably check for updates. However, in some cases, you may run into issues like no updates are available, or you just updated everything, and some things say they still have an update available. You may even wonder how often
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