• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
SideGains Logo

SideGains

Blogging Tips & Tutorials

  • Home
  • Blog
    • Blogging
    • SEO
    • WordPress Tips
    • Tutorials
    • SideGains
    • Motivation
    • Content
    • Social Media
    • Making Money
    • Search Engines
    • Domains & Hosting
    • PPC
    • Frugal Living
  • About
  • Blogging Resources
  • Contact
Home » WordPress Tips » Page 2

WordPress Tips

The WordPress content management system is one of the most popular blogging platforms powering over 60 million websites. It's easily the most widely used blogging tool on Earth. Find out how to supercharge your WordPress blog with our straightforward tutorials, hacks and tips.

How to Change WordPress Passwords in 2 Simple Ways

9th April 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

How to Change WordPress Passwords

I'm writing this post about how to change WordPress passwords based upon a recent experience with a client, who found himself in a very unfortunate predicament. I won't repeat the details of it here, but this experience shows why understanding how to resolve such a seemingly small thing as changing … [Read more...] about How to Change WordPress Passwords in 2 Simple Ways

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

An Unfortunate WordPress Admin Login Problem

8th April 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

An Unfortunate WordPress Admin Login problem

This is an anecdotal post from my own experience. It's based upon a client with a very difficult and unique position in accessing his WordPress admin login. It demonstrates the importance of a number of things, not least how vital it is to understand the basic workings of WordPress and how we must … [Read more...] about An Unfortunate WordPress Admin Login Problem

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

Where is the Favicon in WordPress + How to Make One Too!

31st March 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Where is the Favicon in WordPress?

What the heck is a favicon? Why is it such a big deal… or actually is it actually any sort of deal at all? If you don't know the answers to these questions I'll explain what a favicon is and why it's worth taking some time to add one to your WordPress blog. If you know what they are but don't know … [Read more...] about Where is the Favicon in WordPress + How to Make One Too!

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

WordPress Categories vs Tags: A Simple Guide to Their Uses

9th March 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

WordPress Categories vs Tags

Like some of my tutorial type posts here at SideGains, I'll often write about things I'm investigating or learning. It seems reasonable to me that if I need to find out about something, then others probably need to do the same too. So... today I'm drilling into WordPress categories vs tags. In … [Read more...] about WordPress Categories vs Tags: A Simple Guide to Their Uses

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

8 Powerful WordPress Optimization Techniques

2nd March 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

8 WordPress Optimization Techniques

If you ever find yourself with time to spare as a WordPress blogger, you could do a lot worse than carrying out some spring cleaning and WordPress optimization techniques to keep everything ship shape. Let's be honest, you'd never live in your home and not tidy it up regularly or leave something … [Read more...] about 8 Powerful WordPress Optimization Techniques

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

How to Optimize WordPress for SEO – An Introduction

21st February 2020 by Paul 4 Comments

How to Optimize WordPress for SEO

We know how important Search Engine Optimization is to give your posts a fighting chance of appearing in search results. In this post, I'm going to tell you how to optimize WordPress for SEO and give you a simple checklist of some of the items you'll need to work through. I can't stress enough … [Read more...] about How to Optimize WordPress for SEO – An Introduction

Filed Under: SEO, WordPress Tips Tagged With: SEO, WordPress

How to Create a 403 Error Page Template for WordPress

27th January 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Create a 403 Error Page Template

This post about creating a 403 error page template is kind of a follow on from my recent post about how to disable directory listing in WordPress. In that guide I talk about locking down the potential security risk of leaving your directories visible. The result of following the guide means that … [Read more...] about How to Create a 403 Error Page Template for WordPress

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

How to Disable Directory Listing in WordPress to Make Your Blog Secure

1st January 2020 by Paul 2 Comments

Disable Directory Listing in WordPress

This post will help you avoid a potentially BIG problem if you have a WordPress blog on a host running the Apache Web Server. The problem is that your directories might be visible. I'll explain why this is a problem and how to disable directory listing in WordPress. Hopefully you can sleep easier at … [Read more...] about How to Disable Directory Listing in WordPress to Make Your Blog Secure

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

Forget Everyone Else… What is the Best WordPress Theme For You?

13th December 2019 by Paul Leave a Comment

What is the Best WordPress Theme For You?

It's a question I've seen many times in a bunch of forums and on sites like Quora. The problem is it's such a massive open-ended question. Asking people to define which WordPress theme is best for blogging will literally result in a thousand different responses, depending on the viewpoint of the … [Read more...] about Forget Everyone Else… What is the Best WordPress Theme For You?

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: Themes

How to Create a WordPress Categories Menu Video Tutorial

15th November 2019 by Paul Leave a Comment

How to Create a WordPress Categories Menu

I've recently changed the layout of my WordPress blog to disable the sidebar from certain pages. The trouble is the sidebar is the place where I listed my categories, which causes a little navigation problem. The solution was to create a WordPress categories menu and add it to my main site … [Read more...] about How to Create a WordPress Categories Menu Video Tutorial

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links from which I may make a commission at no cost to you. See How SideGains Makes Money for more information.

My name’s Paul.

I’ve been using WordPress to build blogs since 2005. SideGains condenses my 15+ years of experience of blogging, SEO and PPC in one place… I hope it helps YOU!

Find out more about SideGains, what makes me tick & why I started this blog.




  • Blog Post Formatting Guide
  • Blogging Goals Planner
  • Google Analytics Dashboard Sheet

... and more!

SiteGround Banner

WP Engine Banner
SEO PowerSuite - all-in-one SEO tool

Footer

About SideGains

SideGains is designed to give you the blogging tips & tools you need to create an online income outside of the 9 to 5.

Find out more about SideGains, what makes me tick & why I began the SideGains project.

Information

  • How SideGains Makes Money
  • Privacy
  • Contact Me
  • SideGains HTML Sitemap

Work With Me

  • Hire Me!
  • Guest Writers

Copyright © 2021 SideGains.com

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Instagram
  • YouTube