We recently looked at many different plugins to find the best one for tracking content changes. The Simple History plugin was our favorite. Simple History allows site administrators to keep a log of all tasks performed within a WordPress site. This plugin generates two tables in the WordPress database and these store all the changes…
Welcome to the first in a regular series where we focus on the very best publishers using WordPress. We’re not always looking for household brand names. We’re also searching for publishers who are building new, brave and innovative platforms. That perfectly describes TheNarwhal.ca. They are a team of investigative journalists who report environmental news and…
If the posts in your site have multiple text sections and multiple headings, it makes sense to have a table of contents detailing the structure of your information. This makes it easy to navigate through the post with the help of a navigation menu. The Summary Block in PublishPress Blocks provides this functionality through a…
The most important asset of a business is its customers without a doubt. People deposit their trust and do believe in persons like them, with the same needs and requirements. That is why a testimonial section on your site takes the focus out of your business and places it on the customer. This is a…
The most common reason for building a personal or business site is to be contacted by other people with common interests, or clients. The Contact Form block in PublishPress Blocks makes this possible. The block provides a simple feedback form with customizable options. You can create personalized contact forms for each post, or a unified…
The Glossary plugin allows you to create a glossary on your WordPress site. This can be very useful feature for your visitors, particularly if you work in an industry with lots of jargon or unusual words. The Glossary plugin allows you to automatically create links from words to the corresponding term page in the glossary….
The new Gutenberg editor in WordPress makes it really easy to share Amazon links. Since the release of WordPress 5.2 in May 2019, you can find an “Amazon Kindle” block. When you’re writing a post in WordPress, click the “Add block” button and you can search for “Amazon Kindle”:
Inserting a YouTube or Vimeo video in your WordPress site is easier with Gutenberg than it was with the old Classic Editor. Videos are always useful in a web site. They provide trust in your content, and with the right design approach, they also are an essential part of the user interface and user experience…
One of the big promises for the Gutenberg editor is that it will be easier forr you to create layouts. That is very true with the Columns Manager block in Advanced Gutenberg. With the Columns Manager, you can choose from many different column layouts to present your content. After choosing a predefined layout you can…
Matt Mullenweg introduced the Gutenberg project at WordCamp US in late 2016. If you want a big picture overview of why Gutenberg was built, I recommend Matt’s post, “We Called it Gutenberg for a Reason“. We are nearly 4 years into the project now, and are not yet half-way through. The Gutenberg project is split…