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How To Find a Domain Name That’s Perfect For Your New WordPress Blog

Before I show you how to find a domain name that’s perfect for your new WordPress blog, I have a little secret to share with you, but you must promise not to snigger, okay? Okay! During my 5+ years...

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Essential WordPress Plugins For A New Blog

So far in this WordPress training series you have learned how to find the best domain name and web hosting company for your new blog. Then, I showed you how to change nameservers and install WordPress...

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How To Choose The Best Web Hosting Company For Your WordPress Blog

In the previous lesson I helped you find the perfect domain name for your WordPress blog. If you missed lesson #1, begin here: Part 1 How To Find A Domain Name Now that you have registered your desired...

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What Is a DNS Server? and How To Change DNS Servers Before Installing WordPress

In the first two lessons of this WordPress training series I showed you how  to find a great domain name for your new blog… I explained why choosing the best web hosting company is crucial to the...

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How To Install WordPress Manually Following WordPress Security Best Practices

Previously in this WordPress training series you discovered how to find a great domain name for your new WordPress blog. I explained why choosing the best web hosting company is crucial to the success...

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Why You Should Use WordPress.org Vs WordPress.com

Want to sell digital products and services using a WordPress blog? Heard that you should use WordPress.org  – not WordPress.com – but not quite sure why? This video reveals 3 CRUCIAL reasons why you...

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How To Add Aweber Code To A Custom Email Optin Form

Although Aweber have hundreds of email optin form templates to choose from, the designs are very basic, so you decided to have a custom email optin form created  that matches your blog’s design… But...

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How To Display The Site Description (Tagline) On Genesis Themes

Some Genesis themes from StudioPress are styled to hide the site description, also known as a tagline, on the front end of a website... Read MoreThe post How To Display The Site Description (Tagline)...

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WordPress Post Editor Not Working? How To Fix Missing Buttons and White Text

Recently WordPress rolled out version 4.5 – the first major release of 2016.  Before updating WordPress to the latest version for customers of my support plans, I always test the update first in a...

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How To Wrap Text Around An Image In WordPress Text Widgets

Recently, Catie Harris, a member of my Grow Support Plan submitted a small job request because she needed my help wrapping text around an image in a WordPress text widget. When creating a WordPress...

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3 Reasons Why You Should Not Register Your Domain Name With Your Web Host,...

I often get asked by people who use my blog setup service why I don’t recommend registering their domain name with their web hosting company. It’s a logical to ask, dont’ you think? After all,...

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How To Disable Plugins On Specific Pages and Posts

Do you need to disable a WordPress plugin, or even multiple WordPress plugins on specific blog pages and posts? For example… You may have a big feature email optin form that sits across the top of your...

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Best Web Hosting Company: Why SiteGround Gets My Vote

Are you asking who is the best web hosting company to use for your new blog-based online business? Or maybe, you already have a web host, but you’re not very happy with the services they provide to...

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How to Rollback WordPress to a Previous Version When an Update Breaks Your Blog

Have you updated WordPress and now your blog looks all broken? Or maybe, after performing a WordPress update, important plugin functionality has stopped working? Whatever the case, if updating...

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WordPress Resources at SiteGround

WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide...

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How to Fix Draft Post Preview Not Working In WordPress

Are you seeing a 404 page not found when you go to preview changes made to a draft post? If so, keep reading. I’m currently setting up my new niche website at KerryLisa.com and just this morning I had...

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How To Open WordPress Menu Links In A New Window

Last week I setup a new blog for a client. The client is now in the process of adding his own content to the site and needs my help adding his social media profile urls to the footer menu. The problem?...

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How To Remove The Date From Single Posts Only In WordPress

A previous mentor of mine recommended removing the published date from single post pages, and leaving the date on the homepage or blog feed page depending on how your website is setup… And I totally...

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How To Fix WordPress RSS Feed Not Validating Error [Case Study]

Is your WordPress RSS feed not validating? If so, you’re in the right place! Because in this post I am going to walk you through a live video case study where I explain the exact steps you need to take...

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What Is WordPress and How Does It Work?

What is WordPress and How Does It Work? Simply put, WordPress is the easiest and fastest way to create any type of dynamic website that you can think of including but not limited to … Blogs Membership...

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