Making Wordpress Work For You: Tips And Tricks

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By Dougherty Trent


Following your instincts and navigating your way will get you pretty far with WordPress as a blogging platform. However, even a user-friendly WordPress can be much easier to comprehend if you have some extra instruction. After all, there are a plethora of options available to you when using WordPress, and this article is going to help bring some of them to your attention.

Be sure to choose a design that is not the same as those chosen by others who have Wordpress sites. While using something that others already have up is simple, it doesn't create a great first impression of your site. You need to show your individuality with your site.

Add page numbers at the bottom of your comments section if you have a very active community. This is important as it will allow your users to be able to sort through the material and information easier. Make sure that the page numbers are easy to see for the viewers.

Make the most of your titles and your descriptions. Any time you share posts on social media sites a description and title may be required. These are important in terms of good search engine optimization, so don't just toss out titles and descriptions in a random fashion. Give it some thought and optimize with good keywords.

Eliminate any content that is not adding value to your blog. This will keep your site user-friendly to the honest people who are viewing it. To get rid of spam on a daily basis, Akismet can be a useful plugin.

Make sure you use "title" and "alt." text as you upload images to posts. This will allow you to incorporate more SEO phrases.

Choose a focused keyword for each post or page you create. What would someone be searching for if this is the exact content they wanted? Be sure to make your key phrases targeted as simple queries, such as "sailing tips", are already overrun by thousands of competitors and their websites.

Want to change authors on a post? Just edit the post and click on "Screen Options". Next, choose Author and then choose whomever you want to become the author of the post. Next, click "update" or "publish" to finish the change and have it go live on your website and you're done.

If you want to put two images side by side, try using an invisible table in your WordPress post. You can create a one row/two column table via your post editor and then embed a photo into each cell. You could take the next step and add another row underneath to add captions below each photo.

Trying to figure out exactly what to do even with a somewhat straightforward yet expansive platform like WordPress can still seem a little daunting. Of course, everything comes together when you have the information you need. This article has done that for you, and you're definitely ready to start using WordPress now.




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