Build A WordPress Website https://wpsitebuilding.com/ Using WordPress as a Content Management System and Blog Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:09:11 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wpsitebuilding.com/wp-content/uploads/amp-logo-wordpress.jpg Build A WordPress Website https://wpsitebuilding.com/ 32 32 Spice Up Your Site With WordPress Shortcodes Ultimate https://wpsitebuilding.com/spice-up-your-site-with-wordpress-shortcodes-ultimate/ https://wpsitebuilding.com/spice-up-your-site-with-wordpress-shortcodes-ultimate/#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2016 08:05:32 +0000 http://wpsitebuilding.com/?p=1148 Even with the best WordPress Theme your site could still look pretty dull… Large pieces of text about your products and or services do not look very inviting to your visitors to read through. But how can you change all that and make your content more “scan-able”? Shortcodes Ultimate Shortcodes Ultimate plugin could be plugin […]

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]]> https://wpsitebuilding.com/20-basic-wordpress-plugins/feed/ 6 7 Tips to Customize WordPress Twenty Eleven Theme https://wpsitebuilding.com/7-tips-customize-wordpress-twenty-eleven-theme/ https://wpsitebuilding.com/7-tips-customize-wordpress-twenty-eleven-theme/#comments Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:08:09 +0000 http://wpsitebuilding.com/?p=937 A lot of WordPress websites are built upon, and still use, the previous default WordPress Theme Twenty Eleven. I will show you 7 tips that you can use to customize the Twenty Eleven Theme. With most of the tips, you don't even need to know much about PHP coding, just how to install a special […]

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]]> https://wpsitebuilding.com/7-tips-customize-wordpress-twenty-eleven-theme/feed/ 69 WordPress Social Share Buttons and Follow Me Widget https://wpsitebuilding.com/wordpress-social-share-buttons-and-follow-me-widget/ https://wpsitebuilding.com/wordpress-social-share-buttons-and-follow-me-widget/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:58 +0000 http://wpsitebuilding.com/?p=841 Using social share buttons in WordPress is almost a must have for search engine optimization and getting traffic for your website. Having a quick and easy way for your visitors to follow you on these social networks like Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and Google+  is just as important. I have used several plugins to get this working and […]

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]]> https://wpsitebuilding.com/wordpress-social-share-buttons-and-follow-me-widget/feed/ 16 Secure Your WordPress Website with Wordfence https://wpsitebuilding.com/secure-your-wordpress-website-with-wordfence/ https://wpsitebuilding.com/secure-your-wordpress-website-with-wordfence/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 19:58:32 +0000 http://wpsitebuilding.com/?p=816 Even though some people will tell you that WordPress is insecure, you should know that the core of WordPress is one of the most secure open source content management systems there is today. Even the latest hack attempts were not targeted to the software itself. It was an attack by sending brute-force password hack attempts for default […]

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