In the last week or so (it is now mid April 2016), the message “mysqli_real_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch” has started appearing at the top of a lot of WordPress sites. This is also preventing people from getting to their wp-admin login pages, so it is a pretty tricky thing to fix […]
What is a WordPress WebSite Manager? Why do you need one? There is a pattern to a successful web site. First you get a great idea. You hire a web site builder, or build it yourself, and create a new WordPress web site. You probably try to spend as little money on this as possible, […]
To add an image to a page or post, first you need to upload the image to WordPress. This video tutorial will show you how to do that. Here is a video to show you how then to add that image to a page or post. You can also upload the image at this point, […]
[wpmudev-video video=”add-image-from-pc”] This video will show you how you can add an image to your WordPress site, that you have stored on your computer.
1 – Content, Content, Content! Adding new material to your internet sites is essential to getting social traffic, organic traffic and encouraging your visitors to purchase. In a WordPress blog site you can include short articles in a structured method (with categories), you can arrange them to appear at a date in the future and […]
[svpVideo v=1] Here is what you need to do if you are worried about SoakSoak WordPress Malware Virus Hack. SoakSoak appeared in mid December 2014. At the time of writing (17 December) it has already infected over 100,000 WordPress sites. It appears to be exploiting a vulnerability in RevSlider, and can infect not only the […]
There is a cool little thing that has been added to WordPress – snow! Now (well, after 1 December anyway) you can add snow to your WordPress site. Have a look in Settings->General in your admin menu. Scroll right now to the bottom. Do you see this? Yes? Cool. Tick it then click Save Changes […]
I don’t normally write posts that are aimed only at my clients, but I have had a number of people ask me about this lately, and they are not all my clients. So I hope this helps a few people! If you have the Sucuri security plugin on your WordPress site, or any other software […]
One question I am often asked by beginner users of WordPress is What is the difference between a Page and a Post. A post is like a newspaper. They have a date, and appear (usually) with the latest one first. They should be used for information that might become outdated. A page, however, is for […]