WordCamp London 2017 took place over the weekend of 18-19 March, with a contributor day on Friday 17th. This year I was down just for the conference weekend. As ever, the organising team, speakers, volunteers and sponsors worked tirelessly to make it an extra special time. WordCamp London 2017 was the most inclusive WordCamp I’ve […]
The WordPress Mobile App – Brilliant or Broken?
You love WordPress. You frequently post to your blog. You love your mobile. You’re always taking photos on it and posting them to social media. So the WordPress mobile app should be perfect for you – right? What’s different about the WordPress mobile app compared to desktop? Logging in You need to sign into the […]
WordPress and Facebook Image Previews – How Do They Work?
Someone asked me last week why the image she wanted wasn’t showing up with the post title and description when she added her blog post to Facebook. So I thought I would investigate further. How does Facebook pull in images from WordPress posts and pages? According to the Facebook Image Thumbnail support page for WordPress.com (this also applies to […]
How To Solve WordPress Image Alignment And Text-Wrap Problems
This post applies to the Classic Editor. If you are using the block editor (Gutenberg), please read this post instead: How to Align Images And Text In WordPress Gutenberg Without Woes I had an email query the other day concerning the behaviour of WordPress images on phones. It was to do with the word wrap […]
Why I Moved My Site From HTTP to HTTPS – And You Should Too
You may have noticed a small change on this website this week. I have an extra letter “s” in the address bar! It took me a few hours to do this. Why did I bother? Read on to find out: What is HTTPS? What is SSL? Why do all websites need SSL now? How much […]
Are There Accessible Advanced Search Plugins For WordPress?
WordPress sites with lots of blog posts or other content types can have a problem. It’s difficult for users to find stuff. There are a few ways this could be tackled, for example: Implementing breadcrumbs Using a site map Having a quick start guide Having clear navigation to make finding pages simple Another way to make it […]
How to supercharge your theme with Advanced Twenty Seventeen
Important note (September 2020): The Advanced Twenty Seventeen plugin has not been updated for over 4 years, and recent support tickets have been left unanswered. It looks as if it’s been abandoned. Use at your own risk. I now recommend Options for Twenty Seventeen as a replacement for customizing the Twenty Seventeen theme. Introducing Advanced […]
Is WordPress Twenty Seventeen a robust business theme?
Updated 28 May 2017. WordPress 4.7 has just been released with the new Twenty Seventeen theme. This theme is designed more for business than bloggers. I decided to take a deep dive into what it can do. Twenty Seventeen Design Twenty Seventeen was designed by Mel Choyce of Automattic. (WordPress.com user? Twenty Seventeen became available on […]
What’s New in WordPress 4.7? A First Look
What’s new in WordPress 4.7? WordPress 4.7 “Vaughan” was released earlier this week. It’s the last major update of the year from WordPress.org, and it gives us a new theme, new features and bug fixes. WordPress has now cemented its popularity as the top web CMS with over 27% of all sites running WordPress. The aim […]
12 last minute checks when launching your WordPress site
So your WordPress site is built on a testing server and is ready to launch. But you still have some work to do before it’s ready and unleashed on the world. It’s not quite as simple as throwing up some files on the web and hoping for the best. Read through the steps below and […]