WordPress Tips

Are you looking for WordPress tips to improve your blog or website? Check out these great WordPress tips and tutorials as they will help you make your blog or website better. Additionally, they will also help with search engine optimization and a better user experience.

Using Post Thumbnails On StudioPress Classic Themes

May 10, 2010 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged 8 Comments

With the addition of post thumbnails in WordPress 2.9, developing news and magazine style sites is so much easier. Prior to post thumbnails, all of our classic themes relied on the TimThumb PHP script for dynamic resizing. Because of the popularity with our Lifestyle theme, I’ll be using it as an example for implementing post [...]

How to Add a Widgeted Footer Area to Your Site

January 7, 2010 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged 60 Comments

With the beginning of the new year, I’ve decided that it’s time to step things up here at StudioPress – this includes taking our blog to a higher level. One of the things I want to focus on is helping our users include featured elements into their themes. Disclaimer: This tutorial was written prior to [...]

How to Add a Follow Me on Twitter Link to Your Posts

December 28, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged , 29 Comments

There are many ways to enhance the way your blog or website looks. A common question we receive here at StudioPress is how to add a follow me on Twitter link posts. This is something that is very easy to accomplish by following the steps below. Here’s an example of the Follow Me on Twitter [...]

How to Optimize Images on Your Blog or Website

September 25, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips 19 Comments

A lot of blogs and websites that use StudioPress themes are image heavy, and that’s a good thing, as that’s what makes them look good. However, these images tend to be a lot heavier than they have to be, because most people don’t know how to save their images for the web. Over the last [...]

How to Add an Author Box to Your StudioPress Site

September 18, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged , 18 Comments

One of the features that is now being included in our StudioPress theme updates is the Author Box. This is a great way to display an image of the post author, as well as some biographical information. Many people have asked how to include them in their sites and this post explains how. Here’s an [...]

How to Add Author Information Blocks To Your Site

July 8, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged , 15 Comments

There are several reasons why you’d want to show author information blocks on your site. It could be either because you have multiple authors, or you allow for guest posts on your blog. One of the reasons why people would want to guest post is because they can gain some extra exposure. A cool way [...]

Translating a StudioPress theme

June 15, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged , 38 Comments

A new feature of StudioPress themes is that they are being Internationalized (I18n). This means that you can now translate these themes into your own native language! (Currently Internationalized StudioPress themes: Genesis*, Church, Corporate, Education, & Magazine. This post is a simple “how to” that should help you get a translation done. Step 1. Download [...]

How to Display Recent Posts From a Specific Category Using Widgets

June 4, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged , , 6 Comments

One of the things I like most about WordPress is the ability to pretty much do anything you want with it. With the help of a plugin, or custom PHP code, you can accomplish most things. If you would like to display a list of recent posts from a specific category in your sidebar, follow [...]

How Downloading a Premium Theme/Plugin From the Wrong Place Can Ruin Your Site

May 19, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged , , 33 Comments

There are lots of sites out there that provide file sharing services and are meant to be a convenience for people that want to exchange large files and for other collaborative uses. There are also membership sites where the unethical practice of software sharing goes on. Most people are unaware of the dangers in using [...]

How to Use the WordPress Image Uploader to Create Thumbnails

March 30, 2009 Filed Under WordPress Tips Tagged , 29 Comments

The first thing that I want to say is that I apologize – this post is long overdue, and I have been meaning to write it for months now. Thankfully, with the help of a Starbucks latte and some free time, I’ve finally gotten a round tuit and am writing it. I’m sorry for the [...]