6 Simple Tools & Tips to Help Speed Up WordPress
Websites running WordPress can slow down for any number of reasons. It could be anything from bloated code, a rogue plugin or poor hosting performance. Figuring out what’s slowing you…
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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.
10 WordPress Plugins to Help Improve Website Accessibility
WordPress provides you with a decent head start when it comes to creating accessible websites. For example, recent default themes like Twenty Seventeen are already built with accessibility in mind….
10 WordPress Plugins for Importing and Exporting Data
Data portability is something that we don’t often think about until we need it. This is especially so with WordPress. Our posts, users, eCommerce orders, etc. live happily in a…
40 Cheatsheets for WordPress Design & Development
While WordPress is known for making content management rather simple, the depth of this CMS is surprisingly vast. There are multiple facets to discover, but you can learn about them…
10 Plugins for Customizing the WordPress Admin
The WordPress administration area (aka the Dashboard) can be customized in a number of ways. Menu items can be added, hidden or rearranged. Access to settings can be set for…
50 Beautiful & Free WordPress Themes for 2018
WordPress themes can run the gamut from niche uses to all-purpose. They can also vary considerably in both quality and price. Note that, just because you’ve paid for a theme…
20 Code Snippets for Extending the Functionality of WordPress
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…
10 Free WordPress Plugins for Extending BuddyPress and bbPress
BuddyPress is a powerful, free plugin that adds community features to your WordPress website. Install it on your site and you’ll have access to handy features like activity streams, user…
5 Ways the WordPress Gutenberg Editor Can Boost Revenue
Part of being a successful web designer is taking advantage of new opportunities. Some we have to hunt for, while others sort of fall into our laps. With the new…
10 Best Free Security Plugins for WordPress
It’s become absolutely imperative for WordPress site owners take extra security measures. Thankfully, there are a plethora of free plugins out there that will harden WordPress and provide you with an extra layer of protection.
10 Free Material Design WordPress Themes
In order to help ensure that your website is user-friendly, Google recommends enacting their Material Design guidelines. The goal is to include some classic design principles and mesh them with…
Top 10 Open-Source WordPress Theme Frameworks
When it comes to building WordPress themes and sites, there are several ways to go. You can write the entire code from scratch yourself, customize a ready-made theme or rely…