Introduction Blogs that are just starting out typically consist of a few posts. Because they don’t have much content, it is not difficult to look for a post. If a user needs to view something, they can just navigate and look for what they need to view. The opposite is true, however, for a site that has a lot of content. In particular, it can be difficult to navigate or… Read More »Tutorial: An Introduction to WordPress Categories – Organize Your Content

Introduction WordPress is a very popular blogging platform. But that’s not all it’s good for. It can also function as an portfolio, business site, or e-commerce store. However the WordPress Core isn’t enough for WordPress to function like these. Instead, users need to extend WordPress’s functionality. How? The answer is through plugins? Plugins are essentially a collection of files that add to how WordPress functions. There are many kinds of… Read More »Tutorial: Creating WordPress Plugins – Step by Step

Introduction If WordPress users need to change the appearance of their sites, they can easily do so. All they need to do is go to the admin dashboard, proceed to the themes page, and then choose a theme that suits them. If they can’t find the theme they need, they can purchase a theme or maybe get a developer to develop it for them. There is, however, another option, especially… Read More »Creating A WordPress Theme – Step by Step Guide

Introduction Links are references to a URL. By clicking on a link, we can access the URL’s contents. Links may point to a file or more commonly, to a page on a website. Links are used because they make accessing and navigating websites easy. In this tutorial, we will be learning different ways to add links to a WordPress site. There are many so if you need to add a… Read More »Adding Links in WordPress – Step by Step

Introduction A sitemap is a list of URL links of all the pages of a website. There are two kinds of sitemaps – XML sitemaps and HTML sitemaps. XML sitemaps are used by web crawlers (usually by search engine bots) to index sites and search for content. HTML sitemaps, on the other hand, are used by people to navigate the contents of a webite. Both are important. In this tutorial,… Read More »Using WordPress Sitemaps – Step by Step

Introduction It doesn’t always happen, but you may need to reset your WordPress site. This could be due to troubleshooting, testing, or development reasons. Resetting your WordPress site restores it to its default state – no posts, pages or categories, no activated plugins or themes. There are many ways to reset a WordPress site. One way to do that is to reinstall WordPress from scratch. However, there are other ways… Read More »Resetting WordPress Sites – Step by Step

Introduction Most sites require data from users – names, addresses, etc. Users provide the data mostly through forms. There are many types of forms – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Login Forms, even Feedback Forms. These forms store the data on a database. When needed the information may be retrieved, edited or deleted. Without forms, users would not be able to provide the easily. They may have to directly contact a… Read More »Using WordPress Forms – Step by Step

Introduction All WordPress installations require a database. A database is a structured form of data that can be stored and retrieved. There are many kinds of databases -remote, NoSQL, and relational among others. Each kind has its own characteristics. Each kind has its own advantages and disadvantages. WordPress uses a relational database. In this type of database, data is stored into tables. These tables can be queried to retrieve data.… Read More »phpMyAdmin WordPress Database Management – Step by Step