Rich Snippets are a popular feature of Google that allows you to enhance your search engine listings. It allows you to add review ratings, images, product information and more to your listings on Google. There are a number of plugins available that allow you to use rich snippets with your WordPress website. Today I will … Read more
Love them or loathe them; Pop ups are one of the most effective ways of converting your visitors to subscribers. I have tried several solutions in the past. The last popup plugin I used actively on all my websites was Pippity, however I found it to be very buggy. The overall growth of my email … Read more
Today I would like to talk about the Video SEO for WordPress by Yoast; which is an extension of his popular WordPress SEO plugin. The plugin aims to increase search engine traffic to posts that have videos embedding in them by adding a video thumbnail in search results. It has support for all major video … Read more
An unprotected WordPress website is like sticking a big poster up and asking every spammer in the world to drop by. It is unfortunate but the truth is, the core version of WordPress is terrible at stopping comment spam. I was reviewing one of my WordPress websites the other day. It is not a website … Read more
Author hReview is a brand new WordPress plugin that adds Google rich snippets to your search results. It was designed specifically for reviews and ratings posts. The plugin was developed by Hesham Zebida, owner of the great blogging blog Famous Bloggers. Once you have installed the plugin, you will see a new area under your … Read more
Advanced Page Manager is a useful little WordPress plugin I came across a few months ago. Developed by Uncategorized Creations, the plugin completely changes the way you create and edit pages through WordPress. The default version of WordPress gives you four options in the pages main screen: Edit, Quick Edit, Trash and View. Edit takes … Read more
MaxBlogPress were kind enough to send me a test copy of their latest product MaxBlogPress Stripe Ads Pro. Released today, the WordPress plugin allows you to add a notification bar to the top of your pages. I am sure you are familiar with notification bars. They have become very popular on blogs over the last … Read more
The author area is an important part of multi-author blogs. It allows authors to get exposure in return for writing good posts and makes your blog look more professional. At the moment, a author box is not essential for this blog, however it is something I would add if I ever brought in additional writers. … Read more
With the news of Google Reader closing down in a few months, many people are looking for alternative ways to read their favourite news websites and blogs. Jean Galea today shared with me a link to his WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin. The plugin allows you to create a page on your website that displays … Read more
Top Stories is a WordPress plugin that was inspired by the “Top Stories Sidebar” on tech blog Engadget. For years I was a plugin junkie, changing my sidebar on a regular basis with newly released plugins. I’m keen to get into this habit again, as I love trying out new plugins. Additionally, it means I … Read more