Top 10 Essential WordPress Security Plugins

WordPress is currently the most popular and widely used blogging platform. It is being used by millions of people around the globe. Because of this reason, hackers and spammers are also taking keen interest in breaking the security of the blogs. Though WordPress is...

How To Make a Site Private In WordPress Multisite

When it comes to the subject of privacy, more options are usually better. Bloggers and members of your site are more likely to trust and recommend your community if they know that they have the option to protect their content. WordPress Multisite Privacy Settings By...

Is the Future Success of WordPress tied to Jetpack?

At Pressnomics last week, Matt Mullenweg suggested that the success of WordPress was linked to the Jetpack plugin. It caused a stir in the room and several folks have been talking about it this past week. I thought I would give my take here. LET’S BEGIN WITH A THOUGHT...

30 simple (but useful) WooThemes Canvas CSS tweaks

The WooThemes Canvas theme framework from Woothemes is in my view, the most flexible and powerful WordPress theme available. You can do so many cool things with Canvas without having to dive into any code. However, there are times when you’ll want to tweak Canvas and...

CSS TIP: Stacking Order of Multiple Backgrounds

Multiple background images is a cool feature of CSS3. The syntax is easy, you just comma separate them. I find it’s easiest/best to use the background shorthand property so you can declare the position and repeating and whatnot and keep them all grouped...

5 Free Alternatives to BackupBuddy

What is BackupBuddy BackupBuddy is an immensely popular wordpress backup plugin.  Since its launch in 2005 , it has been installed on over 100,000 wordpress sites. There are thousands of customers and IThemes (parent company behind BackupBuddy) has...