Category: wordpress

WordPress – Moderate Comments ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn to Moderate Comments in WordPress. Comment moderation is a process where, when visitors comment on posts, the comment is not published directly until and unless it is approved by the admin to be posted. It manages your comments so that there is no comment spamming. Step (1) − Click on Settings → Discussion in WordPress. Step (2) − The Discussion Setting page gets displayed. In the Comment Moderation field, enter those words or URLs you do not want any visitor to add comments. Whenever a visitor gives any comments it would be moderated by the admin first and then published. Step (3) − Click on Save Changes. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Edit Links ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to edit link in WordPress. Following are the simple steps to Edit Links in WordPress Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages as shown in the following screen. Step (2) − You can view the list of pages. When the cursor hovers on the About Us page, then a few options get displayed below About Us. Click on Edit as shown. Step (3) − Hover on the word Lorem (Link for word Lorem was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Links), and click on the pencil symbol to edit the link as shown in the following screen. Step (4) − You can change or edit your link by selecting the page from the existing list. In this case, we have selected the About Us page. After selecting the particular page or post from the list, then click on Update button. Step (5) − When you hover on the word Lorem then the link tooltip get displayed as seen in the following screen. Click on Update button to update the changes in your page or post. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Add Comments ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn to Add Comments in WordPress. Adding comments allows your visitors to have a discussion with you. Comments are approved by the admin and then posted to be discussed further. Following are the steps to add comments to your blog posts. Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages in WordPress. Step (2) − The list of pages created in WordPress will get displayed as seen in the following screen. Select any of the pages you want to add comments to. Here, we are going to add comment in About Us page. Click on About Us. Step (3) − To add a comment on this page, click on Screen options present at the top right hand corner. Step (4) − The dropdown list of Screen Option gets displayed. Check the Discussion and Comments box as shown in the following screen. Step (5) − You can now view the Discussion and Comments box at the bottom of your page. In the Discussion section, there are two options present − Allow Comments − Allows visitors to comment on your blog posts and pages. Allow trackbacks and pingbacks on this page − Allows visitors to give pings and trackbacks. In the Comment section, you can add comments by clicking on Add Comment button. Step (6) − Click on Update button after adding the comment box. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – View Plugins ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to View Plugins in WordPress. It helps you to enable and disable WordPress Plugins. This adds the unique features to an existing web site. Plugins extend and enlarge the functionality of WordPress. Following are the simple steps to View Plugins in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress administrator. Step (2) − You will see the list of existing plugins on your site as seen in the following screen. A table of Plugin and Description is displayed. Names of the plugins are defined in Plugin column and a brief description about the plugin is defined under Description column. Toolbar Following functions appear as Plugin toolbar options on the page − Active − Shows the active plugins on the website. Inactive − Shows the installed but inactive plugins on the website. Update Available − Shows, if a new version is available or asks to update now. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Discussion Setting ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Discussion settings in WordPress. WordPress discussion setting can be defined as the interaction between the blogger and the visitors. These settings are done by the admin to have a control over the posts/pages that come in through users. Following are the steps to access the Discussion setting − Step (1) − Click on Settings → Discussion option in WordPress. Step (2) − The Discussion Settings page is displayed as shown in the following snapshot. Following fields are seen in Discussion settings. Default article settings − These settings are default to the new pages you create or new posts. This contains three more settings. They are − Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article − When you publish articles then it sends a notification (sends pings and trackback) to other blogs. Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) − Accepts pings from other blogs. Allow people to post comments on new articles − You can allow or disallow other people to comment on your article using this setting. You can change the settings as per your will for individual articles. Other Comment Settings − This setting has the following options − Comment author must fill out name and e-mail − When you check this box, it is mandatory for visitors to fill their name and email address. Users must be registered and logged in to comment − If you check this box, only those registered visitors can leave comments, if not checked anyone can leave any number of comments. Automatically close comments on articles older than days − This option allows you to accept comments only for a particular time period as per your wish. Enable threaded (nested) comments − When you check this option, visitors can reply or have a discussion and get responses. Break comments into pages with top level comments per page and the page displayed by default − If your pages are getting a lot of comments then you can split them into different pages by checking this box. Comments should be displayed with the comments at the top of each page − You can arrange the comments in the form of ascending or descending order. Email me whenever − This setting contains two options, namely − Anyone posts a comment − When you check into this box, the author gets an e-mail for every single comment that is posted. A comment is held for moderation − This is used in case you do not want your comment to be updated before it”s moderated by the admin. Before a comment appears − This setting allows how your posts are controlled. There are two more settings as followed − Comment must be manually approved − If you check this box then only the approved comments by the admin can be displayed on the posts or pages. Comment author must have a previously approved comment − This can be checked when you want to approve a comment of an author whose has commented and his e-mail address matches the e-mail address of the previous posted comment. Otherwise the comment is held for moderation. Comment Moderation − Contain only a specific number of links that are allowed into a comment. Comment Blacklist − You can input your own spam words which you do not want your visitors to enter into the comments, URL, e-mail etc.; later it would filter the comments. Avatars − Avatar is a small image that displays at the top-right-hand corner of the dashboard screen beside your name. It is like your profile picture. Here you have a few more options where you can set your avatar for WordPress site. Avatar Display − It displays your avatar besides your name when it is checked. Maximum rating − You have a four other options of avatars you can use. They are G, PG, R and X. This is the age section where you select according to which type of audience you want to display your posts. Default Avatar − In this option, there are few more types of avatars with images; you can keep these avatars according to your visitors e-mail address. Step (3) − Click on Save Changes button to save the changes. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Delete Category ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about how to Delete Categories in WordPress. Following are the simple steps to delete categories in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Posts → Categories in WordPress. Step (2) − You can delete Category1 (Category1 was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Category). When the cursor hovers on the Categories, a few options get displayed below the Category name. Click on Delete button as shown in the following screen. When you click on delete, you will get a pop message asking for confirmation to delete the particular category as shown in the following screenshot. You can click on OK button and delete the category permanently. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Optimization ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to Optimize WordPress site. Here are a few simple tips to optimize your WordPress site. Ensure high quality and meaningful content. Have the right names for images. Use short permalinks that contain keywords. Have optimized themes. Sitemap should be in XML format. Connect posts to social networks. Beware of black hat techniques. Delete your trash box. Keep Checking Your Site Statistics Keep checking your plugins. Use CSS and JavaScript effectively. Ensure High Quality and Meaningful Content Any page you create, the most important thing that matters is the content. You must have good content with keywords that can be helpful for users, not for the search engines. Content should be understandable and not complicated or difficult to read. Have the right names for images The names you choose for your images must be unique; consider choosing images keeping the user in mind. Use keywords that might be helpful for the users. Have some specific names for your images and don’t forget to add your alt tags and title tags to your images. For example − If your image is about Chocolate sundae Ice-cream then do not mention the name as DSC12346, instead put it as ‘Chocolate-sundae-High-street-restaurant-new-york.jpg’. This would be much easier to search. Use short permalinks that contain keywords The permalinks you use must be understandable. For example − Use http://www.mywebsite.com/tutorialspoint/telangana/ instead of http://www.mywebsite.com/page-id?5631456325 Have optimized themes Use those themes that are fast and are optimized for WordPress so that when applied to a website, it must not have low speed. Sitemap should be in XML format Google has many tools that can be useful. Tools like Website Optimizer, Webmaster Central, and Google XML sitemaps are very easy to use. Connect posts to social media Social media is a very important aspect today. So have them connected to your blog posts, pages, etc., to have good ranks and popularity. Help promote others posts and pages too and they will do the same in return. Beware of black hat techniques Don’t trick Google as it finds you in no time. Don’t put yourself in trouble and create problems for your site by using black hat techniques. Be sure to use genuine SEO techniques. Delete your trash box Always consider clearing your trash for more speed and to have a good flow with your website. Keep checking your site statistics Size of page matters a lot. The more images, flash, videos or media related posts on your page, the more it would be slower to load. Yslowi> module plugin is recommended to help you get a faster page browsing. Check plugins Having many plugins in WordPress may also be the reason for your page to slow load. So keep a check on your plugins which you’re working on. Consider checking your plugins before you add them. Use CSS and JavaScript effectively Always keep your CSS at the upper side of the page and JavaScript at the bottom. Let CSS load first and then JavaScript. Here is a plugin that will help you get your JavaScript’s at the bottom of the page. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Plugin Setting ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to use plugins in your WordPress site. Plugin allows to easily modify, customize or enhance WordPress blog or post. The WordPress Plugin is a software that can be uploaded to expand the functionality of the site. They add services or features to WordPress blog. Plugins are used to make your work easier. Following are the simple steps to add plugins. Step (1) − On the left side bar, Click on Plugins → Installed Plugins as shown in the screen. Step (2) − The following page appears. In this section, you can view the already installed plugins. Step (3) − Click on → Plugins → Add New menu as shown in the following screen. Step (4) − A list of plugins appears that are used in WordPress. Here you can directly install plugins from the available list or you can upload it by clicking on Upload Plugin. When you click on Upload Plugin you”ll get the following page. Click on Browse, it goes back to the page where you can select plugins from WordPress site. And if you click on Choose File, you can add files from your system. Otherwise, you can directly choose the plugin that you need and click on Install now as seen in the following screenshot. When you click on Install Now, the package starts to download and gets installed. Then, click on Activate plugin to active that plugin to use in WordPress as seen in the following screen. After clicking on Activate Plugin you”ll get a message as Plugin activated and you can also find the installed plugin in the list. Below the plugin activated message, you can view few options such as All, Active, Inactive and Update available. When you click on Active the following page appears. Here you can view all the activated plugins. When we click on Inactive, the plugins which are available but are not activated gets displayed. You can activate this plugin by clicking on Activate. When you click on Update available, you”ll get a list of plugins that must be updated. Click on Update and you get a message as Updated. Click on Bulk Actions and select any of the options. Click on Apply button to update, delete, activate or deactivate each of the plugins by checking the boxes. In Search Installed Plugins you can just type your plugin name in the text box that is already installed and click on the Search Installed Plugins button. When you click on the Search installed Plugin button you get the following page with your respective plugin. Step (5) − Click on Plugins → Editor from the side bar. Step (6) − The following page gets displayed. This page lets you edit your plugins. A few options are explained. Select plugin to edit − Allows you to select a plugin from the dropdown and edit it. Documentation − Allows you to select the tools from the dropdown to edit the plugin. Plugin files − Allows you to select files from the list and edit accordingly. Finally, after editing the plugin files, click on Update file. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Quick Guide ”; Previous Next WordPress – Overview WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which allows the users to build dynamic websites and blogs. WordPress is the most popular blogging system on the web and allows updating, customizing and managing the website from its back-end CMS and components. What is Content Management System (CMS)? The Content Management System (CMS) is a software which stores all the data such as text, photos, music, documents, etc. and is made available on your website. It helps in editing, publishing and modifying the content of the website. WordPress was initially released on 27th May, 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. WordPress was announced as open source in October 2009. Features User Management − It allows managing the user information such as changing the role of the users to (subscriber, contributor, author, editor or administrator), create or delete the user, change the password and user information. The main role of the user manager is Authentication. Media Management − It is the tool for managing the media files and folder, in which you can easily upload, organize and manage the media files on your website. Theme System − It allows modifying the site view and functionality. It includes images, stylesheet, template files and custom pages. Extend with Plugins − Several plugins are available which provides custom functions and features according to the users need. Search Engine Optimization − It provides several search engine optimization (SEO) tools which makes on-site SEO simple. Multilingual − It allows translating the entire content into the language preferred by the user. Importers − It allows importing data in the form of posts. It imports custom files, comments, post pages and tags. Advantages It is an open source platform and available for free. CSS files can be modified according to the design as per users need. There are many plugins and templates available for free. Users can customize the various plugins as per their need. It is very easy to edit the content as it uses WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get is a user interface that allows the user to directly manipulate the layout of document without having a layout command). Media files can be uploaded easily and quickly. It offers several SEO tools which makes on-site SEO simple. Customization is easy according to the user”s needs. It allows creating different roles for users for website such as admin, author, editor and contributor. Disadvantages Using several plugins can make the website heavy to load and run. PHP knowledge is required to make modifications or changes in the WordPress website. Sometimes software needs to be updated to keep the WordPress up-to-date with the current browsers and mobile devices. Updating WordPress version leads to loss of data, so a backup copy of the website is required. Modifying and formatting the graphic images and tables is difficult. WordPress – Installation System Requirements for WordPress Database − MySQL 5.0 &plus; Web Server − WAMP (Windows) LAMP (Linux) XAMP (Multi-platform) MAMP (Macintosh) Operating System − Cross-platform Browser Support − IE (Internet Explorer 8&plus;), Firefox, Google chrome, Safari, Opera PHP Compatibility − PHP 5.2&plus; Download WordPress When you open the link https://wordpress.org/download/, you will get to see a screen as the following snapshot − Create Store Database WordPress requires MySQL database. So create a new empty database with user/password (for example, user as “root” and password as “root” or else you can set as per your convenience). Then, you can continue with the installation process as discussed further. Set Up Wizard It”s very easy to set up WordPress into your system. The following steps describe how to set up WordPress locally on your system. Step (1) − Extract the downloaded WordPress folder and upload it into your web server or localhost. Step (2) − Open your browser and navigate to your WordPress file path, then you will get the first screen of the WordPress installer as shown in the following screen. In our case, the path is localhost/< Your_wordpress_folder >. Select your language for the WordPress and click on Continue. Step (3) − In this step, you can view the information needed for the database before proceeding with WordPress installation. Click on Let”s go! Step (4) − Here, you have to enter the information about the MySQL database as described in the following screen. Database Name − Enter the database name which you have created in MySQL database for WordPress. Username − Enter the user name of your MySQL database. Password − Enter the password which you had set for MySQL database. Database Host − Write the host name, by default it will be localhost. Table Prefix − It is used to add prefix in the database tables which helps to run multiple sites on the same database. It takes the default value. After filling all information, click on Submit button. Step (5) − WordPress checks the database setting and gives you the confirmation screen as shown in the following snapshot. Click on Run the install Step (6) − Enter administrative information. It contains the following fields − Site Title − Enter the name of the site which you are going to create in WordPress. Username − Enter the username as per your choice while logging in the WordPress. Password twice − Enter password two times to protect your site. Your E-mail − Enter your e-mail address which helps to recover the password or any update. Privacy − It allows the search engine to index this site after checking the checkbox. After filling all the information, click on the Install WordPress button. Step (7) − After installation being successful, you will get a screen of the stating success as seen in the following screen. You can view your username and password detail added in WordPress. Click on Log In button. Step (8) − After clicking on login, you will get a WordPress Admin Panel as depicted in the following screen. Enter the username and

WordPress – Personal Profile ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn how to create a Personal profile in WordPress. Following are the steps to Personal Profile. Step(1) − Click on Users → Your Profile from the left navigation bar. Step (2) − When you click on ‘Your profile’ the following screen will be displayed. The following Personal options appear on the screen − Visual editor − While you are adding posts/pages to your site you can enable this setting if you wish to create, format, or edit your post. If you disable this setting, you won’t be able to use this option. Admin color scheme − You can change the color of your WordPress site by selecting any of the following. Keyboard Shortcuts − If you are too fast at getting your work done and need keyboard shortcuts then you can check this box. Toolbar − If you check this box, you can view the toolbar while using WordPress. Name Username − Enter your user name. First Name/ Last Name − Enter your first name and last name. Nick name − Enter nick names if any. Display name publicly as − Check the box if you want your name to be displayed publicly. Contact Info E-mail − Enter a valid e-mail address. Website − Type in your web address. About yourself Biographical Info − Some details about you. New password − Enter a password of your choice. Repeat password − Re-enter the password for authentication. Password must contain 7 characters. Your photo − You can upload an image of your own from your computer. This will be your profile picture. Step (3) − After you have updated all the changes, click on Update Profile. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;