Five suggestions on how to avoid WordPress upgrade issues

Every WordPress user, or rather web manager, knows that plugins are great tools to extend the functionality of WordPress and customise sites to meet specific needs. For example, we use plugins to also change, or at least allow us to change, the appearance of some of our sites. Unfortunately though, these same tools also cause problems when upgrading to the latest Wordpress version. Recently, we found out that our problem of not being … [Read more...]

How to correctly show off your WP blog stats

When a WP blog shows off on its sidebar the following: Blog Stats • 3,000 visits or worse, Blog Stats • 3,000 hits without any additional information, I start asking: "What exactly does that mean?" If a blog stats are presented in this fashion, the numbers look like a block of meaningless information. I know this may be hard to swallow, but that is the truth. Let me just backtrack a little bit and elaborate … [Read more...]

How to blog at WordPress.com

Last September, I signed up for a free account at WordPress.com so I would know how it is to operate in a WP-hosted blogging environment. After seven weeks, I have written more than 20 articles mainly tutorials on how to blog at WordPress.com. Above is a screenshot of one of my more popular articles at WordPress.com. I am very pleased to note that my WP site, Working and WordPress-ing, has helped other WP bloggers with useful tips and … [Read more...]