April 2017

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When you go to work to create a blog or create a website for your business, you will be mistakes.
This is not bad. Everyone makes mistakes and even professionals do not always do everything right. I'm just trying to save this article for some of these errors.

You choose the wrong WordPress version

When you first hear about WordPress you obviously have no idea that there are two different versions. So you have WordPress.com , which is suitable if you want to do anything technical and start a simple blog. Updates, backups and stuff with your WordPress.com not all have to think about.
On the other hand we also have WordPress.org . To install this version you need your own domain name and hosting package. The advantage of this version is that you can expand on your website have complete control and as far as you would like. So did you make the choice of super many different themes and plugins and can also naturally have various adjustments.
If you want to start a website, I always recommend to go for WordPress.org. The reason is that you have complete control over your website and can do whatever you want. In addition, you never get into a situation where you have to transfer because you also want to expand. Want to start a website, you can always of course the instructions to create a blog read.

The standard WordPress subtitle is on your site

When the default subtitle is installed WordPress, always "another WordPress site". During installation, you can not change this and many beginners forget to change or remove. Find yourself in this subtitle in Google. There are plenty of websites to the top where the subtitle still set.
This is a pity, of course, because it is in changing a few moments if you go to "Settings -> General" goes. I myself populated wikibeginner nothing in the subtitle, because it still is nowhere visible on my website. Is it when you have seen, here you can best describe your website in a few words.

You choose unreliable themes or plugins

There are thousands to find free and paid themes and plugins for WordPress. The important thing is that you always choose reliable sources. For example, a paid theme or plugin you should not try to free search.
Of course there is a chance that you suddenly find a free theme or plugin, but often they are then infected, making your website sooner or later hacked.
So always go for reliable sources as regards themes and plugins. So you can always look at websites like WordPress.org or ThemeForest and Code Canyon.

You have not set a favicon

A favicon is a small icon of your site in a browser tab. This little icon makes sure that visitors easily identify your site when multiple tabs are open.
For this reason it is so basically important to set a favicon. It's a bit of branding. Want to know how to set a favicon, you can article set WordPress favicon on your website to view.

You have no contact

If you have a website it is possible that visitors want to contact you. This may be because your visitors questions or suggestions, you want to encourage you to keep going with what you're doing, collaborations and stuff.
Although it may not seem necessary at first to make a contact form on your website, it is a missed opportunity not to have it. There are several plugins for WordPress to find that you can make a contact. The article WordPress contact form do I explain you like how you look a contact form on your website.

You carry no updates

Updates associated with software and that is not natural for nothing. With WordPress there are regularly updates itself and WordPress plugins and themes which you use them. All of these updates are there to keep everything as safe as possible, add new features and fix bugs.
So there is really no reason not to perform these updates. It may seem scary to perform an update, because now everything works fine and maybe something goes wrong with an update. This feeling we all know, but the chance that something goes wrong generally quite low. Nevertheless, it is always recommended to perform to perform a backup of an update, which immediately is the next point.

You do not make backups of your website

When it comes to technology, nothing is certain. It is therefore advisable to regularly make a backup of your website. You thus everything in your hands and you can always fall back on your homemade backup.
All you really need to do is think of how much data can lose you up and you'll immediately know how often you should make a backup. It is also wise to always make a backup of your website before you perform updates.
A backup is otherwise not so difficult. There are several free backup plugins available that you can use. The only thing to look for is that you make a backup of your files and database. Both are needed to restore your website.
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# 5 Multi-Step Checkout

If you have a WordPress website installed with WooCommerce, you always automatically place can be settled. With the plugin Multi Step Checkout page you can reckoning give a nice appearance.
The plugin Multisttep Checkout offers you fourteen different styles and eight different animation effects. It creates a unique design where the more attractive and easier to move through the checkout.
Behind the scenes, you can easily set the checkout should look like. So there you decide what style is used, what colors you choose and for whatever animation you go.

# 4 Axis


In WordPress, it is possible to count down to the big events such as the launch of your website. Axis is a plugin that lets you create a beautiful coming soon template.
With Axis, you can make a coming soon page where you can decide how the background looks. You can go for a fixed image, a slideshow or a YouTube video background. Thus countdown really a celebration.

# 3 Smart System Footer


If you have a website, it's helpful to have a footer where you mention the one and the other. You'll find a footer often contact information and links back to the example terms.
With the plugin Footer Smart System, it is possible to provide your website with a footer to tell you. Where do you normally often fills a footer with HTML code, you can just with this plugin to work with Visual Composer.
Ideally, you also agree to set a different footer on each page. So as always the right information at the right page.

Author # 2 Ultimate Box


With most WordPress themes that you install, it is possible to indicate when messages which the article was written. Often there is one tiny sentence to by whom it was written.
Ultimate Author Box can help with that. The plugin makes the block containing the article who has written looks well cared for. So you can a photo bijplaatsen, social media buttons and a text writer.
How to see the box eventually comes out, you have complete control. To get you to help you get started, there are already 19 hand-made designs available.

# 1 WhatsApp Connect


The number one of this month is the plugin which makes it possible to let customers contact you make through WhatsApp. Connect with WhatsApp you can place a button on your website where customers then need to print only if they contact you want. With one press of a button, they can open a chat with you, so now you never miss a potential customer.
Ideally the plugin is that you basically anywhere you answers because we have installed all really anno 2017 WhatsApp on our mobile. So, you can be rapidly serve potential customers.
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WooCommerce 3.0 was released last Tuesday (April 4, 2017).
The new version comes with new features, enhancements, and other useful things.
Originally, version 2.7 be released, but has finally decided to call it version 3.0. This shows how important this update is.
For you as a user are WooCommerce not perceive many changes. However much changed Technically there. So always make a backup before you apply the update and test everything in advance on a test site.
Are you curious about what's new in version 3.0 WooCommerce? Let's begin soon.

New product gallery

The biggest improvement that users see in WooCommerce 3.0 has to be the new product gallery. In the video below you can see the demo.
The gallery is as you see some adjustments. Visitors can magnify the image and zoom. When clicking on a small image (thumbnail), then switch the main image instead of the other image opens in a lightbox. It works by these adjustments are all slightly better and finer.
For mobile users, the gallery has become a lot better. So you can swipe through the gallery, you can zoom by pinching and swipe up you close the image.

performance improvements

What you as a user can also regarded WooCommerce version 3.0 is that it works quickly and efficiently. This update has actually like almost always several performance improvements. Especially big web shops will publish the best brands.
So include the number of requests to be made in this release to load become less upsells and related products. In addition, are now used to determine the taxonomies to product visibility, featured products and sold out. Previously, this was done in a slower manner, namely by post meta.
Testing developers saw a rate increase of about 94%. Definitely nice if you ask me.

CRUD Classes

Most of the changes and improvements in this update are not visible. CRUD Classes are also included. The Classes CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) are for orders, products, customers, shipping zones, discount codes and payment tokens.
The classes provide simply put a better structure and validation of all the above date, so the margin of error is less. It gives developers a unified way to deal with the database.

Improved logging system

Furthermore, in WooCommerce 3.0, a new form to keep track of things (logging). The new log system now has options to make it easier to change certain behavior of the logger without having to replace something there.
Log messages now contain multiple levels as debug, emergency, critical, warning or notice. These messages can also be put in the database, which you can view via the WordPress admin section.
Not very interesting as users, but developers can overtake easier problems this way.

Were all these improvements?

No, we have still not seen it all, but I do not want too much voorschotelen technical details. So you can manage more data faster with the new CLI (Command Line Interface).
Furthermore, tax rates automatically sorted, making it easier to add and manage new tax zones. WordPress Multisite existing users added to the shop if the user already has an account somewhere else in the same network.
So far in brief what improvements have not all been implemented in WooCommerce 3.0.
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It is occasionally anything searching for good plugins, but it succeeds me happy still to serve up your new monthly weather plugins that have not been through this.
Let's make this intro for too long because I already notice that your eyes to the plugin at number 5 disappear. Here is the top 5 this month.

# 5 Bainternet Posts Creation Limits

You want to make sure that there is a limit on the number of posts, pages or custom post types that a user can create on your website? The plugin Bainternet Posts Creation Limits can help.
Using this plugin you can create different rules so you can create different limits for users. You can create rules for a user, but really for a specific user.
For each rule you create, you can specify which user role or user is valid for any post type it is, what is the limit for the status of the post type and how long the limit is valid. So you can specify for example, that a user can create two posts per week.

# 4 Ultimate Slider

The Ultimate Slider plugin can add a responsive slider using a shortcode to posts and pages. You get with this plugin also an additional widget to be able to make a slider in the sidebar.
Once you have the plugin running on your website, you can at "Ultimate Slider -> Settings" set right the necessary settings. So you have influence or the slider is automatically played, how long the transition time, where and whether the timer bar to be displayed and a number of other things.
The beauty of this plugin is that there is support for WooCommerce so you can get WooCommerce products in your slider.

# 3 Say What?

The plugin Say What can help you if you want to translate some words on your website without having to adapt it to edit the code or a translation file.
Once you install the plugin and enable you to "Tools -> Text changes" going to make a translation. You must enter the original string (text), a text domain, text context (not always necessary) and of course the replacement text.
It is with this plugin so still get a look at domain behind the text in the code of the plugin, but also works very simply. You can otherwise only translate words and phrases that are actually marked to translate.

Team # 2

Want to create a page with all the people who might write for your blog work for your company or sit on your sports team. The plugin Team is ideal for here.
With this plugin, you get a team builder with two different designs. Using the team builder you include the ability to post photos, fill in names, describe a function/position, and add a brief description. It is also possible to connect social media profiles.
Furthermore, you can fully customize the design to your own house style. You can change the Team Settings colors and font sizes and there is also a separate section where you can custom CSS code into it.

# 1 Toolset Types

Standard WordPress pages and posts his post types. In certain situations, this is not sufficient or is it just more convenient to have a separate post type to list. The Toolset Types plugin allows you to create new kinds of post types.
In the video below you can see at a glance what you can expect some of the plugins, what opportunities you get and how it all works.
With Toolset types, so you can add custom post types, custom fields, and taxonomies. The advantage of this plugin is of course that you have a super convenient interface to add new custom post types and you do not immediately need the code.
So if you once get into a situation where you think you need a new custom post type, then this plugin is highly recommended.

Curious for more useful plugins?

It will not surprise you that much more plugins for WordPress are available to use on your website. See therefore hesitate to previous editions of the Top 5 WordPress plugins of the month.
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WordPress comes standard with the ability to give your website users different roles and responsibilities.
If your website has multiple users, it is important to give all users the appropriate roles and permissions for your own safety.
So it is not convenient for example, that someone who writes only for items you get the user role administrator.

Make only one administrator account

A secure WordPress installation is in the ideal world but one administrator. All other users on the sites it's best to give a different role with fewer rights.
The administrator account because only hear for the user who runs the website, keep up-to-date, may modify the files and stuff. This is definitely not something you want to empower everyone because a mistake is easily made and can have serious consequences for your website.
When someone else makes your website work that requires administrator rights, this is obviously not a problem and you have to create an additional administrator account. When the work is done you better delete this account again or give a lower part (subscriber). This way you can prevent abuse is made from the account.

Which user roles are available in WordPress?

When you create a new WordPress user, you always have the possibility to give it a certain role. The following user roles are the default roles that are built into WordPress:
  • administrator
  • Editor
  • Author
  • Writer
  • Subscriber
When you get to see more roll on your site you will probably have to run a plugin that does this. For example, a shop or membership plugin can all provide additional user roles in WordPress.
The default roles have the opportunity to show what a user can and can not do on your website. Below you can read what you can do with each user role.

administrator

The administrator of a WordPress website has access to all WordPress components and has the power to do all that is possible in WordPress. As an administrator, you can include the following:
  • Update WordPress;
  • Installing WordPress themes and plugins, edit, delete and update;
  • Posts, pages, create and delete categories and tags (also from other users);
  • add new users or edit or delete existing users;
  • Managing menus;
  • Add widgets and remove;
  • Upload files to WordPress;
  • moderate comments;
  • adjust all settings;
  • And much more.

Editor

The editor role is for users who are allowed to see all the content, edit and manage. The editor has no further rights to make changes to the settings of WordPress, plugins or themes.
The editor can make itself new posts and pages as well as posts and pages that are made available by other users, edit or even delete. Furthermore, the editor can also moderate comments.

Author

An author has the right to create items and his or her own view articles, edit and manage. When an item is finished, the author can publish the article without having to watch an editor or administrator accordingly.

Writer

The user role as the writer must create author articles, view, and edit. Unlike an author may publish his or her own articles a writer only yourself. Articles that makes a writer must first be checked for publication by the editor or administrator of the website.

Subscriber

A subscriber may actually nothing on your website, other than reading the articles published and update their profile information.
The subscriber role is therefore often given to users on sites where courses can be followed in a membership area.

Give users the appropriate user

With the above information can be all users on your website the right role to keep as safe as possible your website. Give any users unnecessarily more rights than is necessary to prevent problems.
This allows you to someone who first gives an article for you better write the author role, then that makes you a writer or editor straight away. You do not know what they are going to publish and would certainly not this person immediately has the ability to remove other items.
Administrator privileges You must not be given to anyone, but if all goes well you this himself can understand. Always use common sense and do not give someone more rights than necessary because he or she insists on it.
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# 10 Easy Social Share Buttons

As first a plugin that makes it blazing easy to add share buttons to your website: Easy Social Share Buttons. Easy Social Share Buttons can add a few clicks share buttons and more than 45 major social media to your website. Think of a button, making your WordPress posts can easily be placed on Facebook and Twitter.
You can count on the plugin look 52 beautiful designs to the social share buttons also good to drop. In addition, you have another choice of animations. With this plugin it is a joy to share an article. Did you know that this plugin I use myself on Web tales? I'm totally satisfied.

# 9 Hide My WP


Not everyone who has a WordPress website, likes it that others can see that using WordPress. That may be partly related to the fact that a WordPress website can be hacked sooner if it is known at which place there can be logged. Fortunately, Hide My WP outcome.
With the plugin it is possible to hide the names of themes and plugins and wp-login. Furthermore, you can also change permalinks and wp-admin rename. So again do the hackers a bit harder to get to your site. You also get an overview of what you people trying to hack. You'll see include their IP and where they come from.

# 8 Essential Grid


Essential Grid is the most popular grid plug-in now. The plugin would reach the makers it would be easy to show different content in a grid layout. Meanwhile, the plugin of all trades.
It does not matter whether you're a portfolio, blog, gallery, pricing table, testimonials or start a WooCommerce shop with Essential Grid can achieve it all. With the plugin, you can easily choose a look that fits your idea. Then copy the shortcode and place it where you want.

# 7 EventON - WordPress Event Calendar Plugin


Do you want your WordPress website includes a blog, then you may well come to EventON. The plugin ensures that there is available an appropriate events calendar or for any website.
With EventON you can easily create calendar entries. It can also indicate whether the event will find more common place, whether it is single. Also you can choose which layout goes to your preference.

# 6 Ninja Popups


Ninja Popups is a plugin that you can use ideal if you are looking for an option to show pop-ups on your website. You can choose all heaps of different themes and build a pop-up is a piece of cake. Indeed, there is a built-in drag and drop visual editor, giving you ready your own pop-up in no time.
You do not necessarily have to choose a random pop up. With Ninja Popups can also go for entertainment. There are also another eight additional themes allowing you to get your subscriptions to a newsletter.

# 5 Royal Slider - Touch Content Slider for WordPress


To get a slider in WordPress, there are now a lot of plugins available. Royal Slider is, however, the premium plugins currently one of the most popular slider plugins.
Royal Slider you can create user-sliders where you can post photos and videos. In this way, which is what you want to show yet again anything extra on to your visitors. You're taking a lot of choice when it comes to the appearance of the slider.

# 4 Layer Slider Responsive WordPress Slider Plugin


Layer Slider is the same kind as Royal Slider plugin. Also with this plugin it's possible to create sliders so that what you want to show just a little extra notice.
An advantage of this plugin is that Layer Slider itself has very focused on user experience. This makes it very easy to choose a slider that suits you and you can then also again easily set it on your favorite way.

# 3 Uber Menu - WordPress Mega Menu Plugin


In WordPress you concerning menus now actually in all directions. You can go for a smaller menu, without the visitor gets lost, or you can just go to a menu where you want to give the visitor a lot of choice, with everything neatly in a row.
In Uber Menu you can go for some more extensive menu. So you can add photos to the menu, but also easy to get started with styling the menu. So what colors and fonts you can indicate to use. Additionally, you can with Uber Menu use HTML codes, widgets and shortcodes in your menu. The plugin does his name Uber Menu certainly honor.

# 2 Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin


Plugins to create a slider that is entirely to your own taste, his hip. We finally all or certain content on our website which we hope to do just that little bit extra noticeable than other content.
Slider Revolution is also the most popular slider plugins. With this plugin you can really go either way. Do you go for a simple slider or are you more a fan of a carousel? It's all a piece of cake with the flexibility of Slider Revolution.

# 1 Visual Composer: Page Builder for WordPress


The plugin that is in first place without any doubt, is the Visual Composer: Page Builder for WordPress. With the plugin it is easy to build a website without having to have knowledge of coding. The plugin includes a lot of templates and options, so you can just indicate what features should be added to your website.
Visual Composer is also seeing a very popular plugin and we regularly add-ons appear to further extend the functionality of the plugin. In the top ten most popular plugins is also one of those add-ons, namely the Ultimate Addons . These add-ons make Visual Composer even more extensive.
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