One of the best things about using WordPress to publish information for the web is the fact that it is interactive. Viewers can subscribe to your blog and then post comments and interact with other users on the site. Unfortunately, spammers invade the users list as well and cause your database to swell with junk….

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Trying to track down why a WordPress update won’t install can be frustrating. However, one of the first things you should check in these cases is has the domain exceeded the amount of disk space allotted to it. If the domain is over the disk space threshold, updates to plugins, themes, and core WordPress files…

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I use a self hosted version of InfiniteWP to keep all my WordPress sites up-to-date with regard to themes, plugins, and the WordPress core files. Every once in awhile, InfiniteWP will pop up a message that it has an update for the admin interface as well. However, when I tried to install the update, it…

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Keeping WordPress up-to-date with the latest version of core files, theme, and plugin updates is one of the best ways to improve the security of your site. However, there are times when completing these simple chores can be maddening. Especially when you run into an error when trying to install an update. One error I…

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I use the FlexSqueeze theme for FastWPTips.com and when I updated to the latest WordPress 3.6 core, I could no longer access the design tabs in the theme options. Instead I received a blank page. This oddity in WordPress 3.6 is caused by the fact that a new version of jQuery is used in WordPress…

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One of the best things about having a website is actually being able to create an income from creating articles, sharing information, and giving your opinion about things. While ads, in the form of banners, text ads and pop ups, can create a good income, they can also be annoying if someone is actually trying…

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Tables are an old school way of displaying information on a web page. I’ve used tables since I started working with HTML back in 1994.  With the creation of CSS, tables quickly became an old way of displaying columnized data. However, it is still one of the most effective ways of displaying columns and tables…

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WordPress is an easy to use content management solution that can be installed on a domain in a matter of minutes. It makes creating a website easy and dare I say fun! However, if you have more than one wordpress site it can be a time consuming process to manage WordPress. For security reasons, you’ll…

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I have domains, and specifically WordPress sites, on several different servers. Most of the time when I update plugins, its a simple click and the plugin updates automatically. However, on some domains the update process halts to ask for FTP server information including the server name, login username, and password. I have to type this…

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One of the best things about WordPress is the built-in upgrade options for the core files. WordPress pops up a notice when you log into the Admin panel that an upgrade is ready. You click on the automatic upgrade link and wait a few minutes and your core wordpress files are updated automatically with ease…….

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