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
How To Feed Your WordPress Blog Posts By Tag In Your ActiveCampaign Template
We’re working on optimizing some email journeys for a client that promotes multiple types of products on their WordPress site. Each of the ActiveCampaign email templates that we’re building is highly customized to the product it’s promoting and providing content on. Rather than rewriting much of the content that’s already well-produced and formatted on the WordPress site, we integrated their…
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Content Marketing
How To Create A Temporary Login To WordPress Via A Direct Link
I’ve worked across hundreds of clients with WordPress, developing themes, plugins, integrations, etc. For the most part, a tried and tested theme or plugin that has a great rating and reputation operate seamlessly on a client site. But, every so often, a plugin or theme will throw a bug or may even take down the site altogether. This week, I…
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Advertising Technology
Google Web Stories: A Practical Guide To Providing Fully Immersive Experiences
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Content Marketing
Restoring Access to WordPress When Password Reset Emails Fail
Losing access to your WordPress site is stressful enough, but it’s even more frustrating when the password reset email never arrives. This is a common issue for WordPress site owners, especially on hosting environments that don’t correctly support outgoing email or when SMTP is misconfigured. Fortunately, WordPress is flexible enough to allow you to regain access using secure file access,…
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Content Marketing
Elementor Cloud Website: Build Your Elementor WordPress Site On This Fully Supported Dedicated Hosting
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Customer Data Platforms
Zapier: Your Code-Free Workflow Automation for Business
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Social Media & Influencer Marketing
WordPress Plugin: How to Add a Lightweight, Custom Pinterest Pinit Button on Image Hover
If you run a WordPress site and want to make your content more shareable on Pinterest, one of the simplest yet most effective enhancements is adding a Pin It button that appears when users hover over images. While Pinterest offers an official widget script to handle this functionality, many site owners prefer a lighter, more controlled approach that doesn’t rely…
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Content Marketing
How To Combine Posts and Custom Post Types In WordPress Queries and RSS Feed
One of the most amazing features of WordPress is the ability to build Custom Post Types. This flexibility is fantastic… as custom post types can be utilized for a business to organize other types of posts like events, locations, FAQs, portfolio items easily. You can build custom taxonomies, additional metadata fields, and even custom templates to display them. On our…
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Customer Data Platforms
Hippo Video: Boost Sales Response Rates With Video Selling
My inbox is a mess, I’ll totally admit it. I have rules and smart folders that are focused on my clients and virtually everything else falls by the wayside unless it captures my attention. Some sales pitches that stand out are personalized video emails that have been sent to me. Seeing someone speak to me personally, observing their personality, and…
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Content Marketing
WP All Import: How to Bulk Import A Category Taxonomy Into WordPress from CSV
My firm works on very large WordPress integrations and implementations, having to migrate tons of data from old instances or another content management system (CMS) altogether. Often, this includes importing products for WooCommerce, adding locations into a custom post type, or building a taxonomy with known inputs. If you wanted, for example, to add categories by country, state, or province……
