All posts by Colin Newcomer

WordPress Custom Taxonomy 101: What They Are + How to Use Them

Dynamic Content, Resources, Technical

WordPress custom taxonomies, along with custom post types and custom fields, are a big part of what makes WordPress a flexible content management system, rather than sticking to its blogging roots. In this post, I’ll dig into everything about custom taxonomies on WordPress. You’ll learn: What a custom taxonomy is and why it’s useful When ... Read more WordPress Custom Taxonomy 101: What They Are + How to Use Them

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How to Create Google Web Stories on WordPress (Without Code)

Tutorials, WordPress Tips & Tutorials

Want to create a better, more engaging experience for mobile visitors to your WordPress site? Google Web Stories help you create unique, “snackable” stories for your mobile visitors. They’re a vertically optimized, swipeable form of storytelling that’s great for people on the go – I’ll show you some examples in the next section. With the ... Read more How to Create Google Web Stories on WordPress (Without Code)

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Mobile Tabs Review: Add a Flexible Action Bar to WordPress

Lead Generation, Marketing, review

In this Mobile Tabs review, you’ll learn how you can use an affordable WordPress plugin to help both mobile and desktop visitors get in touch with you, as well as provide helpful information to your visitors and drive them towards your most important content. I’ll share more about this plugin’s features. Then, I’ll go hands-on ... Read more Mobile Tabs Review: Add a Flexible Action Bar to WordPress

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WpStream Review: Livestream to Your WordPress Site (and Charge for Access)

Livestream, review, Video

Live streaming is big and only getting bigger. Where I live (in Vietnam), it’s commonplace for shops to sell products via live stream. But you can also live stream events, webinars, fundraisers, performances…you name it. If you can record it, you can probably find an audience for it. WpStream is a plugin that helps you ... Read more WpStream Review: Livestream to Your WordPress Site (and Charge for Access)

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5 Best WooCommerce Payment Gateway Options for All Stores

Payments, woocommerce

Searching for the best WooCommerce payment gateway to accept online payments at your store? WooCommerce doesn’t offer its own payment processing service like Shopify, though it did recently launch a WooCommerce Payments tool powered by Stripe. Instead, you’ll typically rely on third-party payment gateways, which is nice because it gives you full flexibility over which ... Read more 5 Best WooCommerce Payment Gateway Options for All Stores

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12 Best WordPress Knowledge Base Plugins (Free and Premium)

Customer Service, Knowledge Base

If you’re tired of getting the same support queries over and over (or just want to help your customers better), you should create a knowledge base. But to create an effective knowledge base with WordPress, you’ll need the help of some external tools. So to boost your knowledge on knowledge bases, I’m going to list ... Read more 12 Best WordPress Knowledge Base Plugins (Free and Premium)

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5 Best WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Plugins for Customer Orders

Free Plugin, Shipping, woocommerce, woocommerce plugins

If you have a WooCommerce store, your customers are going to want to know when you’ve shipped their orders and when they can expect to receive their items. Unfortunately, there’s no built-in WooCommerce shipment tracking feature – you need the help of a plugin. In this post, we’ve collected the best plugins that help you ... Read more 5 Best WooCommerce Shipment Tracking Plugins for Customer Orders

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5 Best WordPress Hosting Control Panels for Cloud Hosting

DigitalOcean, GridPane, Hosting, SpinupWP, wordpress hosting

Looking for an alternative to low-powered shared hosting or expensive managed WordPress hosting? Using one of these WordPress hosting control panels with your own cloud hosting offers an affordable way to host a lightning-fast WordPress site on cloud hosting from DigitalOcean, Vultr, AWS, or other providers. With these server control panels, you can even accomplish ... Read more 5 Best WordPress Hosting Control Panels for Cloud Hosting

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Weekly WordPress News: Image Editing Added to Gutenberg Plugin

2020, Gutenberg, Image Editing

This week, we got one step closer to that neat image editing tool in the block editor – it’s now available as part of the Gutenberg plugin. The Gutenberg plugin also now has the block directory search, which is another big feature. Beyond that, we have some great tutorials and resources for you, as usual. ... Read more Weekly WordPress News: Image Editing Added to Gutenberg Plugin

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Admin 2020 Review: The Best WordPress Admin Theme?

Admin, Admin Theme, Dashboard

There are a lot of reasons that explain WordPress’s popularity…but I don’t think the admin dashboard is one of them. Sure, it’s functional enough. But in trying to be “ok” for everybody, it’s not as user-friendly or efficient as it could be (at least in my opinion). Admin 2020 is a complete redesign of the ... Read more Admin 2020 Review: The Best WordPress Admin Theme?

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