Powering over 25% of all sites on the web, it’s safe to say that WordPress is the most popular CMS (Content Management System) for creating websites. Written in PHP, open-source, versatile, powerful and highly extendable. It is the preferred system for web designers and developers, and because it’s so easy to use, it’s very popular with beginners as well.
Here you will find carefully curated collections of powerful and free WordPress themes and a huge selection of free WordPress plugins that will allow you to add even more functionality to the CMS.
Through the use of WordPress plugins, there are a number of ways to both calculate and display various kinds of data. Here are some tools you can use to help present information in an attractive visual format.
With security continuing to be a primary concern for all involved, utilizing SSL on a WordPress website is becoming more common every day. In fact, according to Matt Mullenweg’s annual…
When coding WordPress themes, especially if you do it regularly, its really useful to have a selection of code snippets in your toolbox to just ‘copy-n-paste’ as and when the…
Commenting is built right into WordPress – which is great. But utilizing the default setup is an invitation to a big old mess. Annoyances such as spam and the potential…
There’s a reason why so many people have turned to WordPress over the years. It’s flexible, relatively easy to use and boasts an amazing community of contributors. That means you…
The use of sliders may be ubiquitous, but how people use them is changing. While many still use the all-encompassing slider front-and-center on their home page, others are finding niche…
Out-of-the-box, WordPress is a fairly simple CMS for anyone to learn. But for your non-tech savvy clients it could be a nightmare and a potential disaster to the site you…
Those of us who work with WordPress on a regular basis tend to have our own list of favorite plugins and themes. They’re the standbys we turn to time and…
I have to admit – I have a bit of a dev-crush on Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). The popular WordPress plugin allows you to build some incredibly powerful and user-friendly…
Recently, I attended WordCamp Baltimore. It provided me with a chance to get out of the house and spend some time in the big city. More importantly, I had the…