WordPress Themes & Plugins Reviews

How to Install and Use Google Analytics in WordPress

January 27, 2017/0 Comments/in Beginners, Guides /by Wadim Skworzow

Google Analytics is a powerful modern tool to improve the performance of your WordPress site on the basis of studies of its audience. Google Analytics provides virtually any information about user behavior on your site or blog. But you should first of all bear in mind that Google Analytics will not work with sites that are hosted on a free WordPress platform. So if you want your project to develop and instantly improve, the first step in this direction would be the purchase of a good hosting service.

In this article, we will examine a consistent guide to install the Google Analytics tracking code on your WordPress site, as well as the basic techniques of audience research with the help of this wonderful tool. This information will be helpful for novice administrators of the sites in WordPress platform. We recommend using Google Analytics with the earliest days of your site launch. This allows you not to miss out on any changes in the composition of the visitors and their behavior on different pages of your project.

The main advantage of using Google Analytics is its simplicity and user-friendliness due to an intuitive interface. You will see that the Google Analytics installation and usage is pretty easy as we move on to our guide.

Top 6 Places to Hire WordPress Developers and Experts

January 25, 2017/0 Comments/in Development, Staff Picks /by Wadim Skworzow

WordPress is a fully open platform for your website or blog. This means that you can add any element of front-end or back-end interface as desired. However, this requires some knowledge in the field of web development and design. Alternatives are ready premium WordPress plugins and themes, which include a variety of additional functions. But this approach is not always effective. In addition, the existing themes and plugins can meet not all unique ideas that you want to implement on your website or blog.

There is a simple way out of this situation. Professional developers and experts in the field of WordPress administration can help you with any challenge to implement the unique features of the site or blog. These experts can work in a team or alone, but all of them are distinguished by the excellent knowledge of WordPress as a platform and an opportunity to quickly finalize your project.

Today we will talk about where to find such experts, and how exactly can they help your web project on the WordPress platform. In fact, there are two main approaches to the search for the WordPress developers to carry out certain work on the site: it is an appeal to the services of specialized companies or finding a freelancer.

WordPress Post Formats Guide

January 20, 2017/0 Comments/in Beginners, Guides /by Wadim Skworzow

WordPress Post Formats is one of the most useful feature of the platform, which is available to all. Post formats expand opportunities for rapid deployment of posts in various styles. If your WordPress theme supports post formats, you can use prepared templates for various types of posts – from the gallery to chat. You can also customize the display of different post formats for the individual design of your site and the needs of its target audience.

The use of post formats provides the possibility to optimize the work with WordPress admin panel and allows you to make your website more enjoyable and easier to read by visitors. Post formats are relevant for those who wish to create a variety of content, not just the standard text posts with images. If you are still using only one post format, you should think about the variety of content on your website or blog. Users of your site will also appreciate more frequent updates of content, even if they are not as bulky as a standard text posts.

In this article, we will analyze in detail all kinds of WordPress post formats, as well as how to use them for different purposes. Here you will also find a top of the most interesting WordPress themes, which supports post formats and customization.

Zaser Pro — All-in-one WordPress Theme Review

January 11, 2017/0 Comments/in Reviews, Themes /by Wadim Skworzow

Zaser Pro is a new all-in-one WordPress theme, which will surely impress you with its capabilities. Zaser is created to meet the needs of the owners of the most diverse sites. This WordPress theme is suitable for personal blog or portfolio, and for the online shop or the agency website as well. This versatility is achieved by having a large number of pre-made templates, and the ability to easily adjust them to the individual needs of any web project on the WordPress platform.

Zaser meets all requirements of a modern WordPress theme: it is mobile responsive, retina ready and SEO optimized. These features solve the majority of problems that the owner of the WordPress site could potentially face. For example, Zaser eliminates the need for additional optimization for mobile devices. In addition, the question of optimizing a website in accordance with the requirements of search engines requires needs a considerable investment of time and money if it would not carried out by the creators of a WordPress theme. Zaser allows you to leave these problems behind and to be engaged directly in the development of your site, and creation of the content for it.

In this article we analyze all the features of Zaser WordPress theme in detail. This way you can familiarize yourself with all the advantages of this theme before you buy it. We will separately analyze the opportunities and benefits that Zaser provides for portfolio sites, personal blogs and online stores.

Flywheel WordPress Hosting Review

January 5, 2017/0 Comments/in Hosting, Reviews, Staff Picks /by Wadim Skworzow

Flywheel is a premium WordPress hosting, which will be especially useful for designers, freelancers and creative agencies. However, the benefits of this hosting can be appreciated by the internet projects of other types, including online shops and portfolio sites. Today, we will consider in detail all the features of Flywheel hosting, to find out the reason of its popularity.

Choosing a web hosting is an important stage in the life of any WordPress website or blog. The speed of the site and the ability to withstand the load of a large number of users depends on the quality of services offered by a hosting company. In addition, the introduction of many advanced technologies (for example, CDN), requires modern web hosting provider to meet certain standards.

If you want to create a truly successful internet project, we recommend you to start with selecting a suitable hosting provider. This way you can be sure that your website visitors a comfortable to stay in it, as well as protect yourself from the many problems related to data loss or inaccessibility of the site during certain periods.

In this article, we will consider not only the technical characteristics of Flywheel hosting, but its usability features and the ability to easily work with the settings for beginners in the field of WordPress administration.

Optimizing WordPress Blog Posts

January 3, 2017/0 Comments/in Beginners, SEO /by Wadim Skworzow

Search Engine Optimization is crucial not only for your site in common, but for every WordPress post you create. If you have already created a unique text and visual content, but have not optimized it for search engines, the chances of losing potential readers are quite high. It makes no sense to risk huge losses among the target audience, as modern tools for WordPress offers convenient features for fast optimization of any post.

One of the most important instruments for optimizing is the Yoast SEO plugin. Today we look at all the possibilities of this plugin for easy optimization of each new WordPress posts. The main advantage of Yoast SEO plugin is its versatility. With this tool, you will be able to optimize not only the pages` meta tags while creating a new post, but also the settings of social sharing and more advanced options.

There are other useful tools for the optimization of WordPress posts. Also, do not forget about the built-in capabilities of the WordPress admin panel. We will analyze all these features in detail in this article. With the help of this walkthrough, you will be able to easily build SEO-optimized content, which will be better ranked in the search engines results.

Hide My WP — WordPress Security Plugin

December 30, 2016/2 Comments/in Plugins, Reviews, Security /by Wadim Skworzow

The safety issue is always keen for any web project. Despite the fact that WordPress is one of the most secure platform for a website or blog, the chance to be hacked always remain. Unfortunately, at the moment there is no absolute protection against all threats of hacking a web site.

Many site administrators underestimate the importance of their sites for hackers. If you do not have a major and a world-renowned project, it does not mean that it will not be attacked. Statistics argues that small internet projects are even more frequent subjects for hacking than larger ones. The thing is that hackers know about the human factor vulnerabilities of small internet projects.

The problem of small sites and blogs is neglecting the fundemantel safety rules. The administrators of these projects use complex passwords and supports current version of the data very rarely. Timely update is important both for the WordPress platform and for the used themes and plugins. But often we forget about the update immediately after the installation of a plugin. For this reason, there are many gaps in the defense of any WordPress website or blog.

Today we offer you to get acquainted with a revolutionary approach in the protection any WordPress site. This approach involves a qualitative hiding the fact that your project uses the WordPress platform. Hiding WordPress is not aimed to mislead the users of the site. It has a goal to protect against brute force attacks on preventive measures and hacker bots that are constantly scouring the net in search of new prey.

Ninja Popups vs Layered Popups vs ConvertPlug

December 29, 2016/6 Comments/in Plugins /by Wadim Skworzow

Are you ready for the battle of the titans among WordPress Popup plugins? Today, we compare the 3 most popular plugins for converting your website visitors into subscribers to email newsletters and customers for your products or services. The participants of our ranking are: Ninja Popups, Layered Popups and ConvertPlug.

First, we will analyze in detail the characteristics of each of these plugins. After that, we will give some comparison tables to help you quickly compare the most important technical characteristics of the three plugins together. Of course, the final decision on the choice of a particular plugin is up to you. But we will try to give you the essential advice.

Remember that popup plugins have a vital importance for the development of a web project, even if it is not commercial. With these plugins you can easily assemble a list of users who are interested in the content of your site. Then you will be able to create targeted email newsletters for these visitors of your site in order to increase the level of their involvement in the life of your web project on the WordPress platform.

Winter Holidays Sale 2016 — Best WordPress Themes and Plugins with Discounts

December 26, 2016/0 Comments/in Plugins, Themes /by Wadim Skworzow

Winter Holidays are a great time to start a new project or upgrade the existing one. Stunning discounts on themes and plugins for WordPress sites will help you to save 50% and more on the most important purchases. Among these purchases are the necessary elements for a modern and constantly evolving web project.

Today we will present you a detailed description of the 5 best themes and 5 the best plugins that are sold during the winter holidays 2016. In addition, we will list other interesting proposals, which are still relevant today for WordPress themes and plugins. Let us proceed to present the participants of our list!

Top 10 WordPress WooCommerce Themes of 2016

December 22, 2016/0 Comments/in Staff Picks, Themes /by Wadim Skworzow

End of the year is time to sum things up. This time is also ideal for planning new achievements for your web project on WordPress platform. If you are planning to open an online business, it is now the best time for the implementation of these plans. First of all because of Christmas sales that will allow you to buy WordPress themes and plugins with unique discounts.

We will try to help you in choosing the best WordPress WooCommerce theme. In our list of the best themes of 2016, we have collected all the themes that were able to take a leading position in this year. The main criterion for selection is based on an amount of sales for a specific theme. As we said earlier, this indicator is the most objective one. For WooCommerce themes it could not be more useful. If you want to successfully promote your business online, then you need to select a WooCommerce theme that can sell itself well. It will be the first indicator of its competitiveness in the world of online business.

All the themes presented in our list deserve your attention. However, the choice of the best theme depends on the characteristics of your business. Some themes provide multi-tasking features, but that does not mean that they will suit you best. Choose based on your idea about the target audience, its tastes and preferences.