WordPress Theme can affect Plugins Needed

Yesterday I spent the whole day looking into my best choice for WordPress Theme.  Specifically Genesis framework and child themes.  Why did I do that and how important is it anyway to have the right WordPress theme? Originally I was using the free WordPress theme IconicOne.  And everything looked pretty good.  So why change to a […]

Essential WordPress Plugins in Monetizing Blog Experiment

What are the minimal essential WordPress plugins for our Monetizing Blog Experiment As part of our Blog Monetization Experiment, I will first show you the recommended essential WordPress plugins.  Most of them are recommended by John Chow.  Two of the WordPress plugins are also recommended by George Brown – so you would think I would […]

WordPress Postname and Custom URL

A Friendly WordPress Postname URL will make Mr Google like you more!   By default WordPress gives you  ugly, unfriendly URLs for your posts/pages.  You will want a betterURL via WordPress postname for better SEO (Search Engine Optimization).   What does an ugly URL look like? An ugly URL has lots of numbers, question mark and […]

WordPress Post Status – how to change

 Wordpress Post Status and Visibility lets you control who can view your posts. All About WordPress Post Status and Post Visibility   When you start a new post in WordPress, the WordPress post status is by default in Draft mode and Visibility is by default: Public. WordPress Draft Status Use the Draft mode while you are […]