In this tutorial, I will show you how to easily display the word count of a WordPress post without the need of a plugin. Admittedly, this is probably not very common to see the word count displayed in a Blog. However, in case you need to display the post´s number of words, this tutorial will show you how. Continue Reading »
In this tutorial I will show you how to enhance WordPress Excerpt by using simple functions and without the need of a plugin. WordPress Excerpt is an optional summary of your content.
The relationship between the Manual Excerpt, Automatic Excerpt, and Teaser is this: When a post has no manual excerpt and the post template uses the the_excerpt() tag, WordPress automatically generates an excerpt by selecting the first 55 words of the post followed by the unlinked ellipsis “[...]”. Continue Reading »
This is my thirteenth post in this series. It is a handy list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best free blogging software platforms available nowadays.
There are many blogging platforms available and it can get confusing and difficult to figure out the best ones. But after an extensive research, reviews and trying few of them, below are the best free blog publishing tools. Continue Reading »
And you thought there are only three. This is my Twelfth post in this series. It is a convenient list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best free self-hosted Content Management Systems available these days.
There are many Content Management Systems available and it can get confusing and difficult to figure out the best ones. Continue Reading »
This is my eleventh post in this series. It is a convenient list, a one stop shop if you like, of the best free PHP frameworks available today for your next Web project.
There are many PHP frameworks available and it can get confusing and difficult to figure out the best ones. But after an extensive research, reviews and personally trying couple of them, below are the best free PHP frameworks available nowadays. Continue Reading »
Displaying “Related posts” is a popular feature and an excellent way to keep visitors longer on your WordPress blog and help them discover other related content. One way to keep them interested is to display a list of related posts; otherwise, they might just leave.
The picture below shows an example of Related Posts generated for this blog. Continue Reading »
For a WordPress blog, a Tag cloud displays a list of tags. Tags are usually single words, and the importance of each Tag is shown with different font size. The size of each Tag is determined by how many times that particular Tag has been assigned to posts. Tags are links that lead to a list of posts associated with each Tag. Continue Reading »
