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Don't Know Where To Start With Wordpress? These Pointer Can Assist! WordPress has grown to become the most popular blogging site on the Internet. With so many users, and so many capabilities, it is no surprise that the website is doing so well. Keep reading to learn a little more about the website and how to use it. You will be glad you did! Be sure to stay on top of updates! Many updates to add-ons or Wordpress itself are security-based, meaning your site could be compromised if you don't update the software. If it's telling you a new update is available, install it as soon as possible to protect your site from harm. When you use different tags for the topics on your blog, keep in mind that these are strictly for searching the content on your blog. These can't be used by search engines. If you want your pages to be searchable on Google, you have to install an SEO type plug-in such as Headspace. Remember that the title and description of each page on your site is what many other sites will use to categorize your link and share it with the world. For example, it will be what Google shows when someone searches for a site such as your own. Fill them with SEO key phrases and make sure there are no typos. Do not let your theme get stale. The first thing you should do if you notice a decrease in traffic is check and see when you last changed your theme. As your site grows and changes, the theme should as well. Make sure that it accurately reflects your brand, and you should see a rise in traffic. If you want to create a line break, but not a paragraph break, hold shift while you press the enter key. This moves the cursor down to the next line without including any blank space. If you want to put a letterhead-type address on your page, this should make it a snap. Avoid using a username such as "Admin". Having terms like administrator or admin as your name will make your blog much more attractive to bots who will attack and access your site. This puts your site at risk. If you have usernames that are administrator or admin, delete them. Use something else. To keep tabs on comments, you don't need to visit each post separately. Instead, use your dashboard's comments section to see what has been posted recently. You should check this page daily so that you know what people are saying and can reply if anyone requests more information or asks a question. Want to change authors on a post? Just edit the post and click on "Screen Options". Next, choose Author and then choose whomever you want to become the author of the post. Next, click "update" or "publish" to finish the change and have it go live on your website and you're done. Regularly check your site and content. All your plugins and everything else you work with needs to be current. This will help ensure that your visitors have a seamless experience on your site. If you have trouble remembering to do this, consider setting your phone to alert you once a month to perform this task.

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Page 1: Don't Know Where To Start With Wordpress? These Pointer Can Assist!

Don't Know Where To Start With Wordpress? These PointerCan Assist!

WordPress has grown to become the most popular blogging site on the Internet. With so many users,and so many capabilities, it is no surprise that the website is doing so well. Keep reading to learn alittle more about the website and how to use it. You will be glad you did!

Be sure to stay on top of updates! Many updates to add-ons or Wordpress itself are security-based,meaning your site could be compromised if you don't update the software. If it's telling you a newupdate is available, install it as soon as possible to protect your site from harm.

When you use different tags for the topics on your blog, keep in mind that these are strictly forsearching the content on your blog. These can't be used by search engines. If you want your pages tobe searchable on Google, you have to install an SEO type plug-in such as Headspace.

Remember that the title and description of each page on your site is what many other sites will useto categorize your link and share it with the world. For example, it will be what Google shows whensomeone searches for a site such as your own. Fill them with SEO key phrases and make sure thereare no typos.

Do not let your theme get stale. The first thing you should do if you notice a decrease in traffic ischeck and see when you last changed your theme. As your site grows and changes, the theme shouldas well. Make sure that it accurately reflects your brand, and you should see a rise in traffic.

If you want to create a line break, but not a paragraph break, hold shift while you press the enterkey. This moves the cursor down to the next line without including any blank space. If you want toput a letterhead-type address on your page, this should make it a snap.

Avoid using a username such as "Admin". Having terms like administrator or admin as your namewill make your blog much more attractive to bots who will attack and access your site. This putsyour site at risk. If you have usernames that are administrator or admin, delete them. Use somethingelse.

To keep tabs on comments, you don't need to visit each post separately. Instead, use yourdashboard's comments section to see what has been posted recently. You should check this pagedaily so that you know what people are saying and can reply if anyone requests more information orasks a question.

Want to change authors on a post? Just edit the post and click on "Screen Options". Next, chooseAuthor and then choose whomever you want to become the author of the post. Next, click "update"or "publish" to finish the change and have it go live on your website and you're done.

Regularly check your site and content. All your plugins and everything else you work with needs tobe current. This will help ensure that your visitors have a seamless experience on your site. If youhave trouble remembering to do this, consider setting your phone to alert you once a month toperform this task.

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Do not forget about Facebook. Visitors to your site should be able to leave comments or register withyour site through their Facebook account. There are plugins that will help you getting things rollingon your page, and they are easy to download and use. Since so many people are on Facebook, it isimportant to ensure that your page incorporates the social media site in some way.

Don't forget to spellcheck your WordPress story. WordPress makes that easy through ahttp://slashdot.org/submission/4007329/when-you-want-to-find-a-sussex-based-seo-companyspellcheck button on the editor itself. Look for a button that has the letters "ABC" on it. It'll thenscan your post for spelling and common grammatical errors. Check any word or phrase that has ared squiggly line under it.

If your have opened up your Wordpress blog for comments, be sure to monitor and moderate thecomments. You do not want any inappropriate comments to https://easy4host.com/ appear on yourblog that can be offensive to your readers. When you moderate incoming comments, you can deletespam and anything that you do not want to display to your readers.

To keep tabs on comments, you don't need to visit each post separately. Instead, use yourdashboard's comments section to see what has been posted recently. You should check this pagedaily so that you know what people are saying and can reply if anyone requests more information orasks a question.

Differentiate the look of your WordPress blog. It may be tempting to just roll with the standardWordPress themes, but you'll look like many other blogs out there. Consider a few other themes.Even install them so that you can preview them with your current crop of content. It can make allthe difference to audience engagement.

Make sure that the font you are using is easy to read. It doesn't matter how nice your blog looksoverall, if it's hard on the eyes you're going to lose readers. Make sure that your font is anappropriate size, and don't let the color of the text clash with the color of your background.

It may be worth it to spend money on some plugins. You have to weigh how much the plugin costswith how much you value your time. It's got many features at an affordable cost, so it is worth it tofree up your time.

You can make sticky posts in WordPress. These are the posts you may want to show above otherposts no matter the date. There are a couple ways to do this. You can go to "Edit Post," and"Visibility." Click "Edit" and "Stick this post to the front page." The other way to do this is by goingto "Posts," "All Posts," and "Quick Edit."

Plan well and use all available resources to set up the very best WordPress site. For example, lookfor WordPress blogs and forums, as well as Facebook groups that allow you to pose questions andreceive expert advice. Regardless of your question, you can find someone with advice and answers.

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After you've had a couple of weeks to try WordPress, you'll see why it's so popular. Use these tricksand tips that you learn here to get the best out of WordPress. The appearance of your blog is sure tobe professional before you know it, allowing you to focus on writing rather than technical issues.