30 Oct 2018
During a plugin or theme installation process, there can be an error which states that you have exceeded the max upload file size allowed on WordPress. However, the good news is that this is not an end-of-the-road issue as we can use a few methods to increase the max file upload size alloted. (more…)
22 Oct 2018
Many of you may have heard the term before but what exactly is affiliate marketing and how do you make money from it? To put it simply, affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting someone else's products. For example, if you promote a link to purchase another company's product through your website, and someone purchases the item through that link, you get a percentage of the sale. Pretty simple, right? The best part is that anyone can do it!
In this edition of our tutorial series, we will go over how you can create an Amazon affiliate website using WordPress and Woocommerce. (more…)
24 Sep 2018
WooCommerce is currently the best plugin to implement an online store on WordPress. But you can take your WooCommerce store to the next level by choosing from a plethora of plugins that'll supercharge your online shop. We went ahead and made a list of the Top 20 Most Useful Free Plugins available for WooCommerce.
Having even a couple of these would suffice for most, if not all, of your needs with WooCommerce. We recommend scanning the full list to get a better understanding of the variety of features available.
Let's get to it!
Coming in at number one, this is a hidden gem of a plugin. It grants so many different features for WooCommerce that you will not be able to use them all on one or even two different websites. Here's a small list of what it can do:
12 Sep 2018
Having a contact form on your site makes it simple for your clients and audience to interact with you. Choosing the right contact form plugin can be a bit daunting as there are so many to choose from. So we created this simple list of the top 10 best plugins out there to assist you in making the right choice.
Without any further ado, let's get right into it.
WPForm is hailed as a beginner friendly contact form plugin for WordPress. It makes form building easy as it comes with templates and a drag-and-drop builder for customizations. They include a multitude of addons enabling you to add features such a Paypal integration, Stripe, custom captcha, and geolocation data. There are many more addons available for the plugin so if there is something particular you'd like your form to do, it is likely that there is an addon for that available.
Fee: This plugin has both a free and paid version. It is important to note that the paid version is a subscription, not a single purchase, so that should be kept in mind when making your purchase.
Hubspot offers this all-in-one contact form builder that allows you to build forms and pop-ups from three options. Either embed a contact form directly on the site, appear as a pop-up in the centre of your screen, or slide up as a small box from the bottom of the screen. The plugin also includes a dashboard to show the emails logged in your forms and a contact database with insights on your leads.
Fee: Free and with no time limit. However there are various price tiers of different plans available based on your needs.
(more…)31 Aug 2018
WordPress is an amazing tool to build and manage a website with minimal effort. However even the best of tools face issues from time to time. Sometimes, unforeseen problems can occur such as a theme update going wrong or maybe you have yet to protect your website and it gets hacked.
Whatever the reason, having your entire WordPress site become corrupted is something we hope you never have to deal with. But if you do, there are useful plugins that can help you recover your data. A popular one and the one we'll use in this tutorial is UpdraftPlus. UpdraftPlus can make backups of your WordPress site automatically and send it to an online storage medium of your choice. In this guide we'll explain how to setup your automatic WordPress backup with UpdraftPlus.
You can install UpdraftPlus just like you would any other plugin via the WordPress Admin panel > Plugins > Add New, then search for the plugin called updraftplus and click 'Install Now'.
08 Aug 2018
Security in the online world is an important issue today, especially for WordPress as it's the most popular Content Management System (CMS) in the world! Learning how to protect your WordPress site from malicious attackers is important yet easily done with helpful plugins to take care of just that.
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