What is a WordPress Database The WordPress database is where information is stored regarding pages, posts, comments, themes, plugins, users – all kinds of great stuff! Within the database there are 12+ tables which store specific, related information. What Database Server Storage Engines are Supported by WordPress? Currently MySQL and MariaDB. Perhaps someday we’ll see […]
Many of the how-to’s for WordPress involve solutions that require you to install a plugin. Read on to see the general step by step guidance on how to install a plugin. Then simply type in your plugin name in the box on the right where it says, “Search plugins…” and hit enter. Once you scroll […]
Jetpack for WordPress is powerful. It has loads of features, many of which you either don’t want, won’t need or will want to modify to fit your objectives perfectly. One such feature is the Carousel, which is a lovely way of handling multiple images. However, it may be the case that you want Carousel without […]
WordPress comments, by default, allow for certain HTML markup to be included. Bolding the text is an example of default HTML markup that is allowed. To bold text within a comment, markup your text, starting with <b> and ending with </b>. After you save the comment, the markup will disappear and the change will be implemented. If the above […]
Using Advanced Custom Fields plugin, you can modify forms, including WordPress comment forms to have advanced functionality. This software is currently used by over 1 million active users. Advanced comments are one way of learning more about your users, their preferences, marketing effectiveness, or whatever additional information you decide to glean, using these additional fields. […]
WordPress offers the ability to adjust and customize its platform at will, which allows for even a broader array of changes beyond what we’re discussing here. In here, we’ll be discussing the WordPress Comment Depth — what it is, what it means and why you should probably consider changing it. WordPress Comment depth refers to […]
WordPress comments are governed by the same setting as controls dates in all parts of the system, and can be accessed via the WP admin panel: Once there, scroll down to the Date Format section, where there are numerous choices available as defaults and a custom field where you can specify the date in exactly […]
Under certain circumstances, visitors may be trying to comment on a post of yours and receiving an error, “blocked as suspected bot error”. The first port of call might be to suspect that those visitors are on the blocked list / blacklist within WP-Admin or that their IP addresses are somehow on the bad lists […]
A blacklist is simply a list of people, email address or IP addresses which are considered not trustworthy and which should be prevented from commenting on your WordPress site. By using an established blacklist, you don’t have to go through the painful process of discovering each, one by one. A blacklist will save you time […]
We’ve got a massive section about WordPress performance, so be sure to check that out. However, when it comes to benchmarking, there are a few free tools out there that can be used for assessing site performance before going down the road of making changes to improve speeds. It’s always best to backup, test, tweak, […]