There are many ways to encourage readers to leave a comment on your article. Besides using Commentluv plugin, you might also want to try to add a Twitter field to comment section. By doing so, you give the opportunity to the readers to promote their twitter. To add the Twitter field to the comment section of […]
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How to Use WordPress.com Theme in Self-hosted WordPress
It’s official. One of the little things that caught my attention during WordCamp San Francisco event last week was now you can use any free WordPress.com theme on your self-hosted WordPress. Each free theme on http://t.co/IWj7mUEJSJ is now available for download for your self hosted install! http://t.co/8pY7WABSDM /cc #wcsf — Konstantin Obenland (@obenland) July 27, […]
How to Change Depth of WordPress Threaded Comments
When I started blogging about 5 years ago, I used Blogger.com platform before switched to self-hosted WordPress about a year later.There were several reasons why I switched to WordPress and one of them is the threaded comment feature in WordPress. WordPress threaded comments make the discussions more interactive as people can reply to other people’s comments, making it more […]
How to Embed Instagram Video in WordPress
Previously, we’ve shown several ways on how to embed Instagram images in your WordPress site. Recently, Instagram added a new feature that allows users to take a short video with some cools filters. That’s pretty awesome. Therefore, I believe some bloggers are looking to embed their cool video in their site. In this article, we’ll show […]
How to Add Alexa Ranking Badge in WordPress
As bloggers, there are no real ways or metrics to measure the success of a blog. Some people use the blog’s income as the metric, some use Googe Page Rank and etc. However, there are also many people use Alexa Ranking as one of the factors to measure the success of a blog. If you’re […]
How to Change Date and Time Format in WordPress
One of the main differences between Posts and Pages is Posts are listed in reverse chronological order, based on the time published while Pages are static content. In most themes, you’ll see the date of each post – usually after the post title or right after the post excerpt. Here is an example from Twenty Twelve […]
How To Create A Custom Post Type
When Custom Post Types was introduced in WordPress 3.0, it took WordPress to the whole new level. Instead of just a blogging platform, Custom Post Type gives more flexibility and extends WordPress to be a CMS. It helps to distinguish different types of content on your WordPress site – Post, Page, Attachment, Revision, and Navigation Menu – […]
Combat Spam Comment With Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin
Every WordPress installation is bundled with Akismet plugin. Akismet is a great plugin and probably one of the must-use plugins in every WordPress site nowadays. Although Akismet does a very good job, we’ve seen that some blog still being hit by spam comments. Moreover, we’ve heard from many people that Akismet incorrectly flagged their comment as […]