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The Plugins You Need to Create a News Site with WordPress

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WordPress represents the ideal publishing platform for news websites. Although there are some limitations when using WordPress out-of-the-box, there is an extensive array of plugins available that are capable of adding the required functionality for a large, multi-author publishing platform.

Keeping the WordPress core as lean and fast as possible should be your overall objective in order to present the best user experience. To accomplish this, you need to select an appropriate theme for a news-based site such as our DW Focus Theme combined with plugins that provide the appropriate functionality without sacrificing performance.

DW Focus - Responsive News Theme
DW Focus – Responsive WordPress News / Magazine Theme

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Say hello to new DW Page update 1.1.0

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DW Page 1.1.0

Our team is happy to announce that the updated version of DW Page 1.1.0 is now available.

NOTE: DW Page 1.1.0 is re-developed from scratch, it differs from the older DW Page, thus we highly recommend you proceed fresh installation when using DW Page 1.1.0.

If you are new to DW Page, here is a brief about this theme: DW Page is a clean and modern one page WordPress theme, packed with 6 beautiful design theme styles, bonus template pages and number of rich-featured plugins.
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How to Use Caching to Increase the Speed of Your WordPress Website

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When someone visits your website, you have mere seconds to grab their attention and keep them engaged in what your site has to offer. The faster your website loads when visitor arrives, the better. If your overall site performance is low however, you risk alienating a portion of the traffic your site receives.

Your WordPress website shuttles lots of information between many different computers, near and far, to deliver content to your readers. Would you like to know a great way to quicken the retrieval time of your content, increase your site’s overall speed and performance, and even lessen the traffic that flows around the internet on a consistent basis?

If so, you are in the right place. The fastest, most efficient way to optimize your WordPress website is through a concept called caching,  and in this article we will explain how you can make use of this to improve the speed of your website. Continue

The differences between WordPress Discussion Forums and Question and Answer Boards

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If you want to add an interactive section to your website, where your visitors can post content and have other visitors respond to that content, then there are a few different solutions that could help you achieve this.

One popular option could be to add a discussion forum to your website, while the other option could be to add a question and answer section. While these two modes of discussion do share many similarities, they are also different in enough ways to make them better suited than the other, for use in certain scenarios.

In this post we will help you decide whether a discussion forum or a question and answer section would be a better addition to your website. We will also cover two of the best plugins available for adding either option to your WordPress website. By the end of this article you should be ready to get started and add the right type of discussion area to your website.

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DW Focus – New update version 1.2.0

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DW Focus 1.2.0
UPDATE 28 May 2015: The DW Focus stable version 1.2.1 is finally available. You can find the download link in your DesignWall profile. For any question related to the new DW Focus 1.2.1, please submit via this dedicated forum
NOTE 24 May 2015: This version is not recommended for your production site. The updated Focus sees some revamped elements which differ from the old Focus version. Also this beta release might see potential bugs, it takes our team some time to have all fixed in the stable release.

DW Focus has been one of the most wanted Responsive News & Magazine WordPress theme. This theme was ranked 10th out of Mashable’s 20 Stunning Responsive WordPress Themes – http://bit.ly/dw-focus-mashable

DW Focus comes with the beauty of simplicity, from typography, grid-based layout and structure. The updated DW Focus 1.2.0 almost inherits what make this theme a stand-out:

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Security Updates for our WordPress Themes & Plugins

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UPDATED ON APRIL 29, 2015

WordPress has just released the latest stable version WordPress 4.2.1. You are recommended to update this version immediately to protect your site from a flaw that could allow remote code execution to gain administrative control without authorisation.

We are announcing a security update to both our themes and plugins due to WordPress 4.1.1 (and earlier) XSS vulnerability. Strongly encourage you to update to WordPress 4.1.2 immediately. There are probably a few of other plugins you use are affected too.
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Essential Plugins and Themes for Creating a WordPress Website That Isn’t a Blog

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It might seem strange to use WordPress to create a traditional type of website, one which has a fixed home page and doesn’t include a blog. However, if you are already familiar with WordPress, or you want to make use of the countless themes and plugins available for the software when creating a traditional non-blog website, we totally understand why you would want to use WordPress for this purpose.

Being able to tap into the shared knowledge of the large community of WordPress users and its burgeoning ecosystem is another benefit of using this software that can’t be overlooked.

So in today’s post we are going to look at some useful plugins and themes you can install on your brochureware or non-blog website, which will make it easier to manage, add some essential features, and generally look and work better. Continue

How to Create a Regular Static Website Using WordPress with Optional Blog

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Although WordPress started out as a tool for creating blogs, over the years new features have been added to the software which has seen it become increasingly used for building regular websites. The types of the website built in this way could include a business site, a portfolio, or an online store, to name just a few.

One of the great things about the flexibility of WordPress is that these websites can still include a blog if necessary, it’s just that the blog posts aren’t front and center, or the main attraction of the website.

So if you need to create a regular website as opposed to a blog, read on for our guide to setting up a static website powered by WordPress. Continue

How to Make Your WordPress Blog Content More Socially Shareable

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We all know social media can be an effective way to get more traffic to your website and grow your audience. But with so many different options out there, it can be hard to know what we should be doing to make our website as social media-friendly and shareable as possible.

In this post you will find some actionable advice on using social media to promote your blog posts and other website content more effectively. While most of the content here is platform agnostic, WordPress users will get the most benefit from this article thanks to the wide range of social media integrations available for this platform. Continue

Customizing the WordPress Admin Area to Make It Your Own

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There are a number of reasons why you might want to customize the admin area of a WordPress website. One of those reasons could be to make the dashboard area easier to use from your perspective as a site administrator. The other reason could be to improve the user experience for your co-authors or clients.

While the admin interface looks fairly clean and manageable on a fresh installation of WordPress, it doesn’t take long for the sidebar menu and toolbar navigation systems to start getting cluttered. This can not only make it difficult to find the items and pages you are looking for, but it can easily overwhelm new users who are just logging into the back end of a WordPress website for the first time. Continue

Its Time to Take Another Look at Jetpack

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At the recent Pressnomics event, WordPress creator and Automattic head honcho Matt Mullenweg suggested that the Jetpack plugin, from WordPress.com, was partly responsible for the success of the WordPress software to date.

Matt has also mentioned that Jetpack and its social and mobile-friendly modules would be a key player in helping WordPress move from its current market share of 23% of all websites, up to the 50% mark and beyond. Continue

Checklist for Choosing the Perfect WordPress Theme for Your Website

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New WordPress themes are launched every day and the number of options on offer for giving your website a makeover shows no signs of slowing down.

While choice is a good thing, too much of it can lead to decision fatigue, increasing the chances of you making an impulse buy and ending up with the wrong choice for your project. With so many WordPress themes on offer, this could easily happen.

So to help you with the task of finding the prefect theme for your next project, use the advice and list of items to look for and consider below in order to filter out many of the themes vying for your attention. This should make the task in hand much more manageable and likely to have a satisfactory outcome. Continue

How to Publish Professional Looking Review Posts on Your WordPress Website

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Whether you are publishing reviews of products and services you’ve used, or promoting your own offerings for purchase online, an effective way to present that content is to use a dedicated review post template. This helps your reviews to really stand out from the competition and catch the eye of your visitors.

Thankfully as a WordPress user you are in luck as there a number of high quality free and premium review plugins for WordPress that make it very easy to convert your regular blog posts into feature rich review posts.

In this article we will take a look at the best options for publishing professional looking reviews on your WordPress website, without the need to switch themes or alter your existing template. Continue

Boost Website Conversions by Implementing These Social Proof and Trust Signals Today

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If you are selling products and services on your website, then conveying an air of authority and trust to your visitors is vital.

Even if you are just sharing your thoughts and offering advice via your blog, an inability to portray a level of credibility and trustworthiness can turn readers away before they’ve even read their first post on your website.

If you want to increase the chances of your visitors adding an item to the shopping cart, getting in touch to procure your services, or subscribe to your blog, using the tips and tools below to boost your credibility is a great place to start. Continue

How to Sell Digital Downloads with WordPress and Easy Digital Downloads

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If you’d like to sell a digital product on your WordPress blog or website, or you need to build an online store to offer digital downloads from, then the Easy Digital Downloads plugin is a great choice.

By installing this free plugin on a WordPress website you can almost instantly start listing digital downloads for sale, with the ability to collect payments. If you are familiar with WordPress then you could have a product online and available for purchase within minutes, and even if you are new to WordPress, it won’t take you long to work out how to start listing digital files for sale online. Continue

Improve Your WordPress Typography by Using These Free Tools

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In this post we will be taking a look at some tools and plugins that can make it easier for you to get typography right on your WordPress website. If you are looking for ways to optimize your content and improve the user experience on your website, typography could be one untapped area that could yield great results.

An understanding of the art of typography is a valuable skill to possess for anyone working in publishing, including bloggers and web designers. While it’s not something you can expect to master in a single blog post, by the end of this article you will have discovered some tools which can give you a shortcut to the end goal of having great looking written content on your website. Continue

Tools for Building a Money Making Affiliate Website with WordPress

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Affiliate marketing is one of the easiest ways to make money online: simply refer a visitor to a product or service, and then earn a percentage of any transactions that take place. While it’s not quite as simple as that, it is a way of generating an income online that has a very low barrier to entry, little technical knowledge needed to get started, and a minimal financial investment required.

When combined with WordPress, itself something that can be very easy to get started with, as well as requiring a very small financial outlay to begin using, affiliate marketing could be just the model you are looking for to supplement, or even replace your current income stream. Continue

How to Create Charts and Graphs in WordPress to Visualize Your Data

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Adding images to your posts is an essential way to bring your content to life. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then adding a few relevant images to your posts can help win over your readers and get your message across in a more effective way than just a wall of text.

While screenshots are great for illustrating software related posts, and photographs can really enhance a travel blog, when it comes to illustrating data-focused content, the available options aren’t as obvious.

Screen grabbing charts and graphs from a spreadsheet is one option for visualizing your data, but if you are using WordPress then there are a few better options than that available to you. To find out the best way to add graphs and charts to your WordPress posts, read on for our guide to the best data visualization plugins for WordPress. Continue

Custom Fields for WordPress Explained: How to Create and Use Them

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In this post we are going to be taking a look at custom fields in order to help you get a good understanding how you can use this useful, but sometimes overlooked feature of WordPress, and also give you some advice on getting started with using them on your website.

In a recent post we looked at custom post types and taxonomies in WordPress, and while you don’t have to use them with custom fields; it’s not uncommon to see them used in tandem on a website. Continue