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A shortcode to create a seasonal garden progress bar calendar

    If you have a blog that is about gardening and would like to show progress bars for each vegetable for the months of pre-cultivation, planting, & harvesting then this shortcode might be for you. This shortcode creates three bars, and for each bar you can change the label text and color of bar and the start & end month. First I recommend using the WP Code plugin then add a new snippet, and when you create a snippet look in… Read More »A shortcode to create a seasonal garden progress bar calendar

    Add Font Awesome icons next to menu items in Enfold

      If you would like to be able to add icons next to your main menu items the Enfold theme, here is a easy was to add icons like this: We will add this function to the end of your child theme functions.php file in Appearance ▸ Editor or if you are not using a child theme you could use the WP Code plugin then add a new snippet, in the top right corner use the PHP snippet as the code… Read More »Add Font Awesome icons next to menu items in Enfold

      How to bulk compress WordPress images for free, even on a multisite without a plugin

        I have a WordPress multisite that I use for testing that contains 38 theme demos with over 30k images and over 9 gigs. As I looked for a way to easily compress these images and save some space on my server I realized that the plugins I checked were not going to be free for thirty thousand images and I would have to install the plugin on each site and run it thirty-eight times, so this didn’t seem practical. I… Read More »How to bulk compress WordPress images for free, even on a multisite without a plugin

        How to Test the Security of Your WordPress Site

          WordPress continues to be one of the most popular content management systems, claiming over 58% of the market share as of January 2017. However, this popularity also makes WordPress sites an attractive target for hackers. According to website security firm, Sucuri, 75% of all websites hacked in the first quarter of 2016 were built on the WordPress platform. Due to these statistics, many have criticized WordPress as being an insecure platform, but this is not actually the case. WordPress in… Read More »How to Test the Security of Your WordPress Site

          How to set up an affiliate site with wordpress

          How to Set up an Affiliate Site and Make Money With Your WordPress Site

            You’ve probably heard about the big name bloggers making tens of thousands of dollars every month with their website, but how exactly do they make their money? There are various ways you can make money from a website without physically selling products, but one of the most lucrative and easiest methods is by including affiliate links in your content. Affiliate links are links to products or services on another site that include a special tracking code so that a website… Read More »How to Set up an Affiliate Site and Make Money With Your WordPress Site

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            How to Improve Your WordPress Site Navigation

              Clear and easy navigation is one of the most important things to get right when you’re building a website. Even if your content is excellent, if your site is difficult to use, visitors will be frustrated and may go elsewhere. Users tend to stick around longer on websites with clear navigation which is good news for you because they’ll read more of your content, view more of your products, and you’ll generally have a better chance of making a sale… Read More »How to Improve Your WordPress Site Navigation

              How to Display a Curated Instagram Feed on Your WordPress Site

                The photo sharing application Instagram was launched in 2010 and has since grown to be one of the most popular social networks with over 700 million users. Instagram can be a particularly successful platform to interact with for fashion and lifestyle brands, but almost any individual or company can benefit by using Instagram regularly to showcase products, promote blog posts, and grow their brand. Instagram Hashtag Feeds One way in which Instagram can be particularly useful for marketing is by… Read More »How to Display a Curated Instagram Feed on Your WordPress Site