Archive for the ‘WordPress’ Category

5 Must-Have WordPress Security Plugins

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 09/01/2012
5 Must-Have WordPress Security Plugins

Whether you’re spring cleaning or getting started on new projects for 2012, it’s worth reviewing existing WordPress sites and setting up new ones for success over the coming year. We’ve picked out some of the best WordPress security plugins to help you safeguard your website.   Ultimate Security Checker One we mentioned on Twitter last [...]

5 uncommon WordPress plugins to improve your website

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 05/12/2011
5 uncommon WordPress plugins to improve your website

There are tens of thousands of WordPress plugins out there, many of which do the same job. We’ve picked out a selection of the better lesser-known plugins to help you improve different aspects of your website. Feel free to comment below with your experiences or plugin recommendations!

How to reduce the bounce rate of your WordPress site

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 17/06/2011
How to reduce the bounce rate of your WordPress site

A low bounce rate indicates valuable, interested visitors and offers plenty of benefits in terms of interaction, sales and repeat visits. Here are a few ways you can help visitors view more pages (and stay longer) on your WordPress website:

8 blogs you should read if you want to be a WordPress developer (or a better one)

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 16/06/2011
8 blogs you should read if you want to be a WordPress developer (or a better one)

There is so much written about WordPress on a daily basis that keeping up to date with the latest developments and ideas can become an impossible task. Instead of trawling through the internet trying to find that little nugget of information, regularly coming back to these websites should be more than enough for you.

13 essential tasks for every new WordPress install

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 16/06/2011
13 essential tasks for every new WordPress install

After you’ve installed a fresh copy of WordPress, there are quite a few small helpful tasks you can complete before you get going with content, promotion and theme tweaking. Several of the points below are down to personal preference, whilst others will help you optimise your WordPress website for visitors and search engines. Whether you [...]

Interview with Ben Gillbanks, owner of wpvote.com & prothemedesign.com

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 15/06/2011
Interview with Ben Gillbanks, owner of wpvote.com & prothemedesign.com

Ben Gillbanks runs the premium WordPress theme site www.prothemedesign.com. In this interview Ben talks about how he got started in web design, what drew him to WordPress and how he tries to stand out in such a busy market place.

Resellers: Targeting the WordPress hosting niche

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 14/06/2011
Resellers: Targeting the WordPress hosting niche

With millions of websites using WordPress, WordPress is by far the world’s most popular CMS with an entire industry springing up to support it, and profit from it. You can take advantage of the increasing demand for WordPress related services by targeting WordPress users with specialist “WordPress hosting” services. Here is how.

10 awesome WordPress galleries to find inspiration (& share your work)

Posted by: Ricky
Date posted: 13/06/2011
10 awesome WordPress galleries to find inspiration (& share your work)

Sometimes you need a little help to kick start your imagination. Here are the leading WordPress focused design galleries, packed full of great WordPress powered websites, for you to draw inspiration from. You could also submit your own WordPress website to generate links and drive traffic.

Interview with the people behind WordPress dev blog WPEngineer.com

Posted by: Rik
Date posted: 13/06/2011
Interview with the people behind WordPress dev blog WPEngineer.com

WPEngineer.com is one of the leading WordPress development blogs, run by 3 WordPress Junkies, Alex, Frank & Michael. The guys at WPEngineer.com were kind enough to answer some questions about how they got started with WordPress and offer advice about developing for WordPress.

WordPress blog sneeze

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 13/06/2011
WordPress blog sneeze

It is WordPress week on the Heart Internet blog so we thought we would look back at the some of the most popular WordPress articles we have posted over the past couple of years.