Dave Warfel 
Even with WordPress 3.8’s new admin design, the post writing & editing screen still contains a lot of distractions. If your theme has a lot of options, or you have several plugins installed that allow you to customize each post, there are many things that get in the way of writing your content. Writers like …
Moderating comments in WordPress is fairly straight-forward, but many people don’t know about the keyboard shortcuts that make this even easier. Especially for blogs that receive a lot of comments, especially bogus & spam comments, these keyboard shortcuts will save you time. You might also be interested in WordPress keyboard shortcuts for writing & editing content. …
WordPress was created first and foremost as a publishing platform. While it can now be utilized for just about any type of web content or application, at it’s core, all great publishing platforms must have a great writing experience. WordPress’ content editor is powerful, yet not bloated with erroneous buttons. Out-of-the-box, it falls in-between the …
WordPress 3.8 introduced admin color schemes. It came packaged with 8 options, and the WordPress core team released a plugin that adds 8 more. But if you’re a developer who builds custom sites for your clients, you might want to create a custom admin color scheme to match your client’s brand. Using the Admin Color Schemes …
There are quite a few ways to customize WordPress comments, but one of the most common is to highlight author comments. When the post author responds in the comments section, you want it to stand out. This will add context, as well as help visitors find answers to previously asked questions. WordPress’ comment_class Function Out-of-the-box, …
For sites with an active user base, customizing WordPress’ comment system can add great value. There are quite a few ways to customize author comments in WordPress. For this tutorial, I’ll show you how to add additional content to only the post author’s comments. This is one way to make the author’s comments standout on …
We’ve seen a lot of WordPress users asking how to add Google’s remarketing code to their site to enable Google Analytics’s demographics & interests data in their reports. The remarketing code also gives advertisers more options when setting up AdWords campaigns. The best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress is the one by Yoast, and we …
A newer version of the Gravity Forms Product Add-ons, 2.5.2, was released on December 8, 2013. In the changelog, it states “* Updated filters for disable of notifications and of confirmation messages.” We will report back after we’ve made the plugin update after hours, but please give the update a try if you’re still having …
If you’re reading this, you probably have a Facebook Like Box (or news feed) widget displayed on your WordPress site. It’s a great way to keep your site updated without having to change actual page content. For busy entrepreneurs & small businesses, this is a great way to keep your site fresh with minimal effort, …
WP Engine’s control panel has changed since we wrote this article. For a more updated look at how to manage users & collaboration, check out our comprehensive WP Engine review. WP Engine is one of the leaders in managed WordPress hosting, and if you’re a marketing agency or design shop, you might have 10, 20 …