WordPress
WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that enables users to create, manage, and publish digital content without needing to code. Initially launched in 2003 as a blogging platform, WordPress has evolved into a versatile CMS that powers many websites, from small personal blogs to large corporate sites. Its core features include:
- User-friendly Interface: WordPress is designed with a focus on usability, making it accessible for users with any level of technical skill. The dashboard allows for easy navigation, content creation, and site management.
- Themes and Customization: Users can change the look and feel of their website using themes. Thousands of free and premium themes are available, many of which are customizable to meet specific design requirements.
- Plugins: WordPress extends its functionality with plugins, allowing users to add features such as contact forms, SEO tools, social media integration, etc. The plugin repository offers over 58,000 free plugins, with thousands more premium options.
- Responsive Themes: WordPress themes are generally responsive, meaning they automatically adjust to look good on any device, from desktops to smartphones.
- Multilingual Support: WordPress supports multilingual sites either natively or through plugins, enabling the creation of websites in multiple languages.
- Media Management: Users can easily upload and manage media files (images, videos, etc.) using the drag-and-drop media uploader. WordPress also offers basic image editing features.
- Content Management: It provides tools for creating and managing content, including posts, pages, and custom post types, along with categories and tags for organizing content.
- User and Role Management: WordPress includes a built-in system for managing users, allowing site owners to assign roles and permissions to control access to different parts of the site.
- Security and Updates: Regular updates are released to enhance security and introduce new features. WordPress also supports SSL certificates for encrypted connections and various security plugins to protect against common threats.
WordPress’s flexibility, scalability, and extensive community support have made it a go-to choice for creating and managing websites. WordPress offers comprehensive tools to build and maintain a professional online presence, whether for a small personal project or a large enterprise solution.
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Content Marketing
WordPress: Create A Page Template That Requires A User To Be Registered and Logged In
We were finishing up implementing a custom theme on a client site, and they requested that we build some kind of interaction where some of the pages were restricted to registered subscribers. WordPress does offer Visibility options for pages, but that doesn’t accommodate this scenario. Private – Selecting visibility as private only enables administrators and editors to view the content.…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: Why I Removed Comments (And How I Removed Them)
I deleted all comments on Martech Zone today and disabled all comments in my child theme. Let’s discuss why it’s a smart move to remove and disable comments on your WordPress website: Spam Prevention: Comments on WordPress sites are notorious for attracting spam. These spam comments can clutter your website and harm your online reputation. Managing and filtering through these…
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Content Marketing
Salient: Why This Responsive WordPress Theme Should Be Your Next (and Last!)
We’ve implemented, customized, and even built thousands of WordPress themes over the last two decades. Having a responsive website is not just a luxury but a necessity. With the dominant use of smartphones and tablets, users access websites from various devices and screen sizes. Responsive design is crucial to meet this demand and provide a seamless user experience. What is…
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Content Marketing
Add a Home Icon to the WordPress Navigation Menu Using Code
We love WordPress and work with it virtually every day. The navigation menu active in WordPress is incredible – a nice drag-and-drop feature that’s easy to use. Sometimes, you create a menu you wish to use throughout your theme without including the home link, though. Here’s some code adding the home link to the menu without using the menu options…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: How To Add A Modified Date Column To Your Posts View And Make It Sortable
If you’ve been a long-time reader of Martech Zone, you have likely noticed the work I’ve been doing to remove outdated articles and update articles that are popular but outdated. When working within my posts page in WordPress admin, I filter the view significantly to identify articles to delete or update. One of the fields that I needed was the…
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Content Marketing
CodeGuard: Easy and Affordable Website Offsite Backups And Malware Protection For Your Clients
I’m genuinely surprised by how many clients we speak to that host their sites and either don’t have a backup of their site, don’t regularly schedule backups, or are using a method that backs up the site on the server it’s hosted on. When catastrophes happen, this isn’t a solution. Here are three scenarios we’ve seen firsthand: The site is…
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Content Marketing
Depicter: A Full-Featured, Lightweight, and SEO-Friendly WordPress Slider
When sliders are utilized well, they provide a unique online experience. Sliders allow designers to showcase multiple images or content pieces in a visually appealing and dynamic manner. The movement and transitions of the slider catch users’ attention and make the website more engaging. Sliders are handy when a webpage has limited space to display multiple pieces of information or…
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Best Social Sharing Button Plugin for WordPress
One of our clients called this morning and mentioned that whenever they attempted to write a Facebook update and share a link to their site, the update didn’t show the social sharing image we’d provided. I did some tests this morning, and on the desktop browser, it appeared to work fine, but the mobile app inserted a link with no…
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Content Marketing
WordPress: Add A Custom Class If The Post Was Published Today
I’m constantly getting requests from our clients for customizations I’ve never even considered. Recently, we had a client that wanted some custom styling for their posts published today so that they could be highlighted utilizing a custom CSS class. They wanted to incorporate the class on archive pages, search results, and single post page templates of their child theme. To…
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Content Marketing
Customize Your WordPress Feed With A Featured Image and Copyright Statement (Pre and Post Content)
One interesting thing about WordPress is that the featured image has never been incorporated into the RSS feed. This is a bit unfortunate, as selecting or designing the featured image can draw much attention to an article. Prepend Content To The Posts In Your RSS Feed To prepend the featured image to your content isn’t too difficult. Here’s the code…
