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I saw a question from someone this week asking about plugins and whether they slow down site load times.
The answer is yes – they can.
And there are other things to remember too: they can clash with other plugins, your theme or even WordPress itself.
So what’s the best number of plugins to have on a site?
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I saw a thread today on the Warrior Forum from someone having trouble inserting an image into a WordPress post.
From what he said on the thread I think the cause was more than just finger trouble – but I figured I’d put up a process for it anyway.
So here it is – how to insert [...]
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Matt Cutts is head of the Anti-Spam Team at Google – so he knows a thing or two about how to do well in the Google natural search results.
In this video he talks about WordPress (and why he uses it), how to set it up, things to do and things to avoid if you want [...]
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Sometimes, just sometimes, the commands on the toolbars in the WordPress post- or page-write screens decide they’re not going to work.
As frustrating as that is, particularly when you’re trying to get a post published by a deadline, the fix is usually pretty simple.
But that didn’t stop me taking 5 hours today, doing all sorts of [...]
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Well – I have to eat my own words. Back here I wrote a post about how I improved the search functionality on this blog by searching for and adding a new plugin.
In that post I was critical of Google Custom Search.
Recently that plugin that I eventually installed was updated, a move which led to [...]
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I was helping a friend to sort out some images on his WordPress site recently and looked for a video on how to set up a photo gallery.The only video I could find was about 30 seconds long and left several steps out – which didn’t help me much.So after several viewings I decided to [...]
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This is just a ranting article…
I use the automatic plugin-upgrade function on WordPress because I’m short of time.
But the benefits of doing that are completely wiped out when the upgrade has the effect of erasing all your plugin settings and disabling it.
There were two plugin upgrades yesterday on which that happened.
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Back here and here I listed some plugins that I generally use on new blogs.
Since then I’ve come across some more.
However, as I’ve mentioned previously, you should be thoughtful about the plugins you install.
Not all of them are faultlessly coded and those that rely on external sites for data (e.g. related sites type plugins) can [...]
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I wrote a post a while ago describing how to change a theme on WordPress.When I re-read it today I discovered that it was written for WordPress 2.6 and we’re now on WordPress 2.8 – so time for an update!So here’s a video on changing themes in WordPress 2.8:
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Here’s a question I saw today: can someone explain how to back up my WordPress blog?
Backing up your blog is an essential housekeeping task that you should do at least once a week.
If you’re a hyper blogger (2, 3 or more posts a day) then you’d probably want to back up your database each day, [...]
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WordPress has always frustrated the life out of me when I try to use the HTML view to write posts.
I like writing in HTML. It’s a precise language and you’re able to control exactly how you want your page to look, especially when you combine it with CSS.
But WordPress has always had these filters in [...]
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