Category: Archive
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How to disable comments on WordPress Pages
The discussion features of WordPress are great but comments may not be appropriate on all sections of your site. For example, you might want to allow comments for blog posts but disable them on your About Us page. In some cases, you might want to disable comments throughout the site.
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Using the Favorites Feature in the WordPress Plugin Repository
I feel like I spend most of my waking moments searching for the perfect plugin. Whether I need to create opt-in forms, set up a Coming Soon page, or clone a site on a Multisite network, the process is always the same: research plugins on WordPress.org, identify a few potentials, test them on a staging…
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Adding Media in WordPress
WordPress makes adding media to your site unbelievably easy (it certainly does for a rookie like myself). Let’s take a look at how to add the most common types of media files:
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How to disable the expanding editor in WordPress 4.0
WordPress 4.0 introduced an improved writing experience with an editor window that expands as content is added. The formatting tools and meta boxes are pinned in place as the window grows and the redundant scroll bars have been removed. It’s pretty slick and I’m a fan.
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Switch between WordPress accounts with the User Switching plugin
Have you ever needed to switch back and forth between WordPress user accounts repeatedly? We recently ran into this with one of our enterprise customers. They have a large site with over 700 pages that are broken into dozens of departments.
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Embed a Google Map in your WordPress site
Embedding a Google Map in your WordPress site is easier than you might realize – and it doesn’t even require a plugin!
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Adding Menus in WordPress
Utilizing menus on your WordPress site can allow site users to navigate to posts and pages quickly and easily. As you first start adding information to your WordPress site, you will notice that if you were to add a new page, then that page will automatically be displayed on your menu. The menu, as seen…
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Speed up your WordPress site using Jetpack’s Photon Feature
The Jetpack plugin was created by Automattic (the folks behind WordPress.com) to allow self-hosted WordPress sites to take advantage of the WordPress.com infrastructure and features. One of these features, Photon, will copy your images to the WordPress.com content delivery network (CDN) where they are cached and served. This reduces load on the server hosting your…
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Embed (almost) anything into your WordPress site
It is very easy to embed rich content from external sources into your WordPress site.
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Declutter your WordPress admin panel with the “Screen Options” tab
Peppered throughout the WordPress admin area are a number of meta boxes that contain information or options related to the screen currently being viewed. The display of these meta boxes can be controlled via the “Screen Options” tab that you’ll find near the top-right of any admin screen.
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GoWP Webinars: Getting Started with WordPress & Using WordPress Plugins
We recently sent out a survey to our customers and got some great feedback on how we can improve the GoWP service. If you’ve never done this with your own customers, I highly recommend it. We learned so much.
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Southpoint Media Launches GoWP to Provide Premium WordPress Support
(ATLANTA, GA) GoWP is a newly launched WordPress support service of Southpoint Media, Inc., a leading regional web services firm. GoWP provides full support for WordPress websites by offering automated software updates, regular onsite and offsite backups, security monitoring and help from WordPress experts.