WordPress Themes and Plugins from WordPress Expert

Have you ever visited a blog and noticed immediately how the typography added sophistication and really made the content stand out? Perhaps it was an elegant typeface that fit the theme of the blog, or white space that was used proficiently throughout the layout. Whatever it was, it caught your eye, and you probably wondered [...]

If your content is not time-oriented (such as when using WordPress in non-blog contexts), you may wish to remove the publication date from your posts since this information is not relevant and can give the impression that your older content is outdated. 1. The Manual Method The “proper” way to do this would be to [...]

Recently, the Dev4Press and Weblog Tools Collection blogs made posts about integrating plugin changelogs into the Plugins dashboard. This functionality was something that was already doing in the SEO Ultimate plugin, so I thought I’d share their technique for doing this. (The method is different because it’s simpler and it integrates directly into WordPress’s update [...]

Ever wondered what the difference is between a trackback and a pingback? They both let you know when someone else has blogged about one of your posts, and the terms seem to be used interchangeably at times — so what’s the deal? The WordPress Codex’s Introduction to Blogging article has a good explanation: Trackbacks were [...]

Split testing is a way to experiment with a live site and find which headlines and text are the most effective. Amazon uses split testing to determine which versions of their site convert customers better. We’ll use WordPress and Google’s Website Optimizer to test two different headlines, and find which works best at capturing customer [...]