Recently released, the wA11y plugin consists of tools to check and correct your WordPress site’s accessibility. (The name is derived from a11y, the shorthand way of writing accessibility, with “w” representing Web.) The plugin was developed by Rachel Carden, a software engineer at Disney Interactive and accessibility advocate. I decided to give wA11y a spin to see… Continue Reading wA11y – The Web Accessibility Toolbox WordPress Plugin
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Want a simple & powerful way to show a grid display of posts?
A grid display of posts – that sounds cool… I’ve reviewed WordPress blog layout plugins before and found them a little clunky. They let you show a grid display of posts in WordPress. Themes sometimes have this built-in, but often they don’t. I’ve now discovered a new plugin to do the job and think it’s… Continue Reading Want a simple & powerful way to show a grid display of posts?
Get More Eyeballs On Your Content With Revive Old Post
If you’ve blogged for a while, you will have a great bank of content waiting to be discovered and read by new readers. Especially evergreen content – content that doesn’t go out of date. Using social media automation is a good way to manage this. I’ve used Buffer and Coschedule’s social sharing tools to good… Continue Reading Get More Eyeballs On Your Content With Revive Old Post
How To Change Your WordPress Theme Without Tears
WordPress is designed to be flexible and customizable as a platform. Being able to switch your website’s theme and change the look of your website is one of the big attractions. So when you decide on a new theme, in theory, it’s simple: go to Appearance > Themes in the Dashboard, search for a new… Continue Reading How To Change Your WordPress Theme Without Tears
Pootle page builder – a first look at a promising plugin
I came across Pootle page builder the other day and was keen to try it out. It’s made by Pootlepress, who specialise in WordPress plugins, themes and training. Pootle page builder is free to download from the WordPress repository. There are paid add-ons for it, which I haven’t tested. I tried it out using WooThemes’… Continue Reading Pootle page builder – a first look at a promising plugin
Easily Improve Your WordPress Site Login With Unique Branding
Let’s face it, the default WordPress login screen is quite boring. Nothing to get too excited about, is it? Very… grey. So it’s worth spending a little time changing it with a simple plugin. Why change your WordPress site login page? WordPress site owners can brand the login area to match their branding and colours. If you are… Continue Reading Easily Improve Your WordPress Site Login With Unique Branding
Why Fixing Broken Links Is Important For Your Website
The web is built on hyperlinks. When all is well and good, every link on our site will lead exactly to the right place. But sometimes links go bad. Continue Reading Why Fixing Broken Links Is Important For Your Website
A WordPress Survey Plugin to Capture Important Visitor Opinions
I was asked by Sarah Arrow to review a new WordPress plugin by Andrei-Robert Rusu of Easy Development. I previously reviewed his Visual Developer plugin. This one is called WordPress Quiz Engage. So what did I make of it? What does WordPress Quiz Engage do? First off, the name is a slight misnomer. Yes, the plugin… Continue Reading A WordPress Survey Plugin to Capture Important Visitor Opinions
A useful new undo button for WordPress themes and plugins
Have you ever had a plugin or theme update break your WordPress site? It doesn’t tend to happen often, but it has happened to me on occasion. Perhaps a new feature that the author has implemented is incompatible with your particular WordPress setup, or an updated plugin just doesn’t play nice with another plugin on… Continue Reading A useful new undo button for WordPress themes and plugins
5 Helpful Plugins for a mobile-friendly WordPress site
Mobile-friendly – what’s that? Since November 2014, Google has labelled certain websites ‘mobile-friendly’ in search results. A site is deemed mobile-friendly if: The text is readable on a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet Software such as Flash is not used No zooming or horizontal scrolling is required to view the content Links… Continue Reading 5 Helpful Plugins for a mobile-friendly WordPress site
