Do you want to create a time machine for your website? Having an automatic cloud backup of your WordPress site is the first step in securing your website because it gives you the option to revert changes should something go wrong. In this article, well show you how to set up an automatic WordPress b

Page speed is a crucial element in determining the search engine rankings of your website. Not to mention, slow websites lead to poor user experience. Our users often ask us how WPBeginner loads so fast. The answer is simple, we use W3 Total Cache and MaxCDN. However, some of our users told us that

Accidentally closing a page without submitting your comment or with a half-filled form is annoying. Recently, one of our users asked us if it was possible to show his readers a confirmation navigation popup. This little popup alerts users and prevents them from accidentally exiting the half-filled,

Do you want to add exclusive content for your RSS subscribers? You can use this additional content as a way to encourage more users to subscribe to your RSS feed. In this article, we will show you how to display content for RSS subscribers only in WordPress. When and why do you need Feed Only con

By default, the WordPress category widget does not display empty categories. Recently a new user asked us if it is possible to display empty categories in the WordPress widget to help him with his local development. In this article, we will show you how to display empty categories in WordPress widge

WordPress Screens Type title here placeholder text in the title field when you create a new post. Recently one of our users asked if they could replace it with their own placeholder text. This is particularly useful when you are using custom post types or creating a custom CMS for clients. In this a

We always recommend our users to take full WordPress backups regularly. But what if you unknowingly used one of the free plugins that only do database backups? In this article, we will show you how to restore a WordPress site with just a database backup. It wont be a full restore, but well show you

Do you want to create a short link from your WordPress blog posts or pages? WordPress short links are useful for sharing your emails, Facebook messages, or even text messages. It was a default feature until WordPress version 4.4. Recently, one of our readers asked how to get the get short link back

Do you want to restrict some of your content to registered or paying users only? Bloggers often use subscriptions or a one-time payment model to monetize content on their websites. In this article, we will show you how to restrict content to logged in WordPress users. We will be using Restrict Co

Have you ever had a guest post on your blog? How are you going to give full credit to the author? We have seen many sites where they add an author profile box, either above the post or below the post. But even with the guest author box, the author name field will still show the author of the site. S

Recently, on WPBeginners 4th birthday, we ran the biggest WordPress giveaway of all time. Thanks to the wonderful companies and our users who entered the giveaway, we were able to raise $25,000 to build a school. Some of our readers asked us how they can run giveaways on their own WordPress sites. G

In our step-by-step guide to setting up a FeedBurner account with WordPress, we recommend that you redirect your WordPress feeds to feedburner feeds using the official FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin. Today, one of our users reported a bug that by redirecting fonts, this plugin hijacks tag fonts. Which

Do you want to sell ads on your WordPress blog? Selling ads on a blog or website is one of the most common ways to make money online. In this article, well show you how to sell plugins on your WordPress blog and explain the different types of ad options available to you. What do you need to sell

How to separate trackbacks from comments isnt a new trick, but when WordPress released version 2.7, they introduced a revamped new comment system that included threaded comments, pagination capability, and much more. But along with this change, many parameters of the core file also changed. In this

Do you want to redirect users to a random post? A random post allows users to browse old articles and read posts that are hidden in your blog archives. In this article, we will show you how to easily redirect users to a random post in WordPress. Why should you redirect users to a random post? By

Update:We no longer recommend using FeedBurner because it is a dying product full of bugs. Read this article to see why you shouldnt use FeedBurner and discover the alternatives. We recently featured an article showing a step-by-step guide to setting up FeedBurner in which we shared the plugins yo

Following the release of WordPress 2.9, we share with you an article that shows you how to add fields like Twitter and Facebook to the author profile page. In this article, well show you how you can remove unwanted default author profile fields to make the WordPress admin panel more user-friendly fo

By default, WordPress automatically adds a nofollow tag to all links in comments. Recently, one of our readers asked if it was possible to remove nofollow from WordPress comments. In this article, well show you how to remove nofollow from WordPress comment links and explain the pros and cons of doin

If you have ever entered a wrong username or password when logging into WordPress, then you probably noticed the login box is displayed along with the error showing that the username or password is incorrect. Recently, one of our users asked if there was a way to remove the login effect in WordPress

Are you looking to remove the reset password option in WordPress? By default, WordPress allows users to reset/change password by providing their email address. Sometimes you may want to disable the password reset option in WordPress. In this article, we will show you how to remove WordPress password