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Optimize WordPress images during upload with Optimus
I have been using Smush.it for some time now here on Ghacks to make sure that images are as small in size as they can possible be before they are published. It is a WordPress plugin that works...
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Insert Ads after first post on WordPress front page
Advertisement can be placed in several locations on a WordPress blog. Back in 2005 I used plugins to display ads here and there for a while until I figured out how to do it manually instead. The...
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How to block recurring spam in WordPress
For the past week I have noticed an increase in comment spam here on Ghacks. The spam would arrive in bulk – meaning in the hundreds – in a matter of minutes on this blog with the vast majority of the...
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How to merge WordPress categories without plugins
I’m currently working on reducing the site’s categories and tags in an effort to reduce duplicate content and topical dilution. For that, I decided to merge a couple of categories into each other and...
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WordPress 3.5: new theme, better media handling
A new version of the popular blogging software WordPress has just been released. WordPress 3.5 “Elvin” introduces a new default theme, Twenty Twelve, and better media handling among other new features....
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WordPress: Plugin Organizer gives you full plugin loading control
The WordPress plugin system is one of the features that is making the blogging platform great. There are literally thousands of plugins available that you can install on top of the default installation...
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If you are using WordPress then watch out for W3 Total Cache
If you have a blog or write for one (both of which I do) then you have no doubt looked for plugins to improve your traffic and user experience. There is certainly no shortage of ones available, given...
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Using Term Optimizer to cut down on WordPress Tags
As a newbie webmaster I started to make heavy use of tags here on this site. Some articles had ten tags or more associated with them which was not really a problem back then when search engines did not...
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5 WordPress SEO Tips that work
If you have created a WordPress blog in the last two years, or are running an established blog, you may have been caught in the crossfire of the ever-updating ever-changing Google algorithm. Especially...
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Jetpack update breaks WordPress 3.5
Jetpack, the popular stats plugin for WordPress, has released several updates recently. The latest, which came yesterday, January 6th, brought an unwelcome gift for those who have upgraded to the...
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WordPress 3.5.1 Security and Maintenance update
WordPress is our blogging platform of choice and it is only natural that we mention updates that are being made to the platform here on the site. Today WordPress 3.5.1 was released, a security and...
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Snitch for WordPress monitors outgoing network activity
WordPress in many aspects requires as much attention as the operating system of your computer. One of the things that you should monitor regularly are the outgoing connections that the blog software or...
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How to make sure WordPress displays regular quotes in posts
I can't really say when those fancy quotes started to appear in posts that I made on this WordPress blog, but one day they were there. I did not really put too much thought into it at that time, but...
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Word Stats: display too short or keyword absusing WordPress posts
With Google introducing that many algorithmic changes as well as other modifications to Google Search in the past two years, it has become difficult to understand what you should do as a webmaster and...
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Should you start your first blog on Tumblr or WordPress?
If you are thinking about creating a blog on the Internet then you have many choices to make. One important choice is the blogging platform that you want to use as you need to make sure that it gives...
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WordPress 3.5.2 update fixes security issues
Ghacks is running on WordPress and whenever the software gets updated, I not only update the blog but also write about it here on the site. The update notifications in the admin dashboard are helpful...
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WordPress 3.6 released: find out what is new
Ghacks runs on WordPress and whenever a new version comes along, I make sure I write a quick post about the major changes and improvements in that version as I know that several of the site’s readers...
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Social Media Feather: a super lightweight WordPress sharing plugin
I'm still working on the new Ghacks theme behind the scenes, and one of the things that I really wanted to tackle was to remove the old social media sharing plugin AddThis as it was making use of...
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WordPress: Why you may want to disable XML-RPC Support
I recently bought a new website to add to my website investment portfolio, moved it to a server after some initial testing, and have been running it on that server ever since. I noticed a couple of...
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WordPress 3.6.1 security update is out
A new version of the popular blogging software WordPress has been released a minute ago. The update addresses several security issues in the platform that have been reported by third parties to the...
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WordPress 3.3.2 Maintenance and Security Update Released
The WordPress development team has just released version 3.3.2 of the blogging platform. WordPress 3.3.2 is a security and maintenance release that WordPress webmasters and administrators should...
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Display The Article Word Count In WordPress
Back in 2005 when I started this very blog that you are currently reading, I did not really care that much about the size of articles posted here on the site. While that may not seem like a big issue,...
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WordPress 3.4 Update Released
A new version of the popular WordPress blogging platform has just been released. Webmaster running a WordPress blog should see update notifications right now on their sites in the admin dashboard. Here...
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WordPress 3.4.1 maintenance and security update released
A new WordPress version has been released just a minute ago. The new release brings the popular blogging platform to version 3.4.1. Webmasters and administrators should see notifications in the admin...
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Google annoys Opera users with incompatibility warnings
Opera users who are administrating a blog on Blogger, Google's free blog hosting service, receive warning notifications as of lately that the browser is no longer supported by the service. Google notes...
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How to create custom Post Templates with WordPress
Sometimes you may want to customize the post template of a WordPress post. This can be the case for instance when you want to add something to the page the post is displayed on that should not appear...
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Protect your WordPress blog with two-factor authentication
As a webmaster I know that it is important to keep a close eye on the security of web properties. This includes updating scripts to new versions when they came out, making sure files and directories...
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WordPress 3.4.2 Security Update released
Most of the blogs that I own or administrate run a copy of the blogging script WordPress, and one common task is to take care of blog software and plugin updates. WordPress has just released an update...
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Highlight author comments in WordPress
Most WordPress themes iterate between two different comment background colors but do not highlight author or user comments in other ways. It may make sense to highlight author comments in the comment...
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Automatic Updater installs WordPress updates automatically
One of your tasks as a WordPress admin is to update the blog software, themes or plugins whenever updates become available. Here it is essential to be fast if the update fixes security vulnerabilities...
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WordPress: Use Google Libraries instead of locally hosted ones
As I pointed out numerous times before: speed is important for any kind of operation on the Internet as a better loading performance will improve conversions on your websites. Mozilla managed to...
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WordPress 3.7 Update brings automatic updates
A new version of the blogging script WordPress has just been released. WordPress 3.7 is a feature and bug-fix release for self-hosted WordPress websites.So called background updates are probably the...
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How to add a sticky post in WordPress
If you hang out on web forums regularly, you know that most of them have capabilities to make posts sticky.What is meant by that is that these posts are always displayed at the top of the forum, and...
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WordPress 3.8 update comes with a new admin and default theme
A new version of the popular blogging software WordPress has just been released, introducing a new admin dashboard theme and the brand new Twenty Fourteen frontend theme.As you may know, a new default...
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WordPress: distraction-free writing
The default WordPress writing environment is not well suited for writing at all, in my opinion. You get a sidebar on the left, modules on the right, and a toolbar on top that displays items that you...
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WordPress SEO Premium 1.0 plugin review
Yoast's WordPress SEO plugin is a well designed plugin for self-hosted WordPress blogs that takes care of several SEO related settings and preferences.It enables you to define how permalinks should...
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How to add featured images to existing WordPress posts automatically
Every now and then I'm running page speed analysis tools such as Google Page Speed or Yahoo's Yslow on the sites that I administrate to make sure that the sites load as fast as possible.I spotted one...
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Blog Maintenance: what I do when I have nothing to write about
If you are running a blog or website for a long time, you will encounter days or even weeks where there is little to write about.There are plenty reasons why this can happen. Maybe nothing happened in...
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How to move comments in WordPress
I'm currently going through all aged posts here on Ghacks Technology News to update them whenever possible, or remove them from the blog if it does not make sense to do so.This is for instance the case...
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How to change the WordPress excerpt length
WordPress creates a lot of pages on a website and the majority of them are created by pulling information from single articles that you create. There is the homepage that lists the most recent...
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