inSite is a service and plugin for WordPress that gives your website the ability to change itself, or perform an action, depending on when and
Today we are going to be taking a look at a unique take on providing WordPress themes, named CloudPress, it is an app which lets
MotoPress is a drag and drop content editing plugin that we reviewed favorably in the past here on WPLift, its a very well made plugin
If you want to display different sets of content on your website, to different segments of your visitors based on their location, then a geotargeting
Classified advert sites have been around since the dawn of the internet, sites like CraigsList and Gumtree allow users to post items for sale in
If you run a service or sell a product then providing support is an essential part of doing your business online, inevitably you will acquire
If you want to find out more about what your visitors are doing after they’ve arrived at your website, PT Engine is a service you
If you want to increase the number of your visitors that sign up to your newsletter or email list, getting creative with how you display
If you are launching a new product or service then building up a pre-launch mailing list is one of the best ways to generate some
Social Streams is a free plugin for WordPress that will allow you to display the latest tweets and instagram photos on your website based around
Mobile browsing is ever on the increase, if you are serious about your web presence these days it is essential that you optimize your website
If you are running an eCommerce store built using WordPress and the WooCommerce or WP eCommerce plugin, or you are looking for a platform for
Since the various Google Panda updates hit, a greater importance has been placed on on-site SEO. Sites with bad internal link structures were smacked, that
January is the time for New Year’s resolutions to start and the main one for most people is to lose a little weight after the
The image slider is a highly requested feature on most websites as it allows you to showcase a few posts or products together in one
Now that December has arrived we can start getting prepared for Christmas time, we have been buying our presents and our decorations will be going
The Oasis Workflow plugin has been created to help you automate your WordPress editorial workflow. If you are looking to simplify and automate your publication
I have been co-founder of two companies which ship physical products sold online, in doing so I tried out a few different open source systems
Optin Ninja is a tool for WordPress that allows you to create high converting landing or squeeze pages for your website, in order to grow
One of the weak points for WordPress security is the WordPress login page – many times bots and hackers will target this using brute-force methods
Today we are looking at a relatively new email and SMS marketing service called SendinBlue. This service was launched in 2012 and aims to compete
A lot of product or business themes these days bundle in the ability to create pricing tables which you can use to create a listing
As you may know, spam became a big problem here on WPLift – I used to leave comments open on all articles and let Akismet
If you wish to allow user registration and login on your WordPress website you will quickly find that the default system which ships with WordPress
Using a popup plugin on your WordPress website is a proven way to bring attention to your mailing list, social networks or other action you
I have been searching around lately for good plugins to add videos to WordPress as I am in the process of building a video section
In this post we will be taking a look at two popular WordPress optimization plugins to see how they compare against each other when it
If you have a large amount of content on your site which you need to provide access to in your main navigation menu, this can
If you review products or services on your WordPress site then using a plugin to handle the scores which outputs rich snippets for the search
We all know that having a contact form on your site is essential for most types of website and there are a number of free
Adding videos to your WordPress website is a great way to increase value for site visitors and get them more active on your site (
If you run a WordPress website which allows member logins such as a forum or BuddyPress site, membership site and so on, then you will
If you’ve ever wondered which text or other page elements on your website is the most effective at persuading your visitors to complete a certain
Adding a “Like” button to your WordPress site is a simple and easy way to gain feedback on posts, images and other types of content
WP Auction Software is a premium plugin from WPEka that has been designed to add auction sale functionality to WordPress. The plugin contains everything that
WordPress is perfect for running your business website, it’s open source nature and huge collection of themes and plugins mean its now cheaper than ever
Out of the box, WordPress doesn’t include any support for adding tables of data to your posts and pages. However, there are plenty of plugins
If you’ve ever wanted your WordPress site to be able to work as a full blown event management or booking management system, let me tell
Out of the box, the default WordPress search just provides results based on the content & title of a post. This is usually ok for
Social Media is great for driving targeted traffic to your site for free. If you have a good Twitter or Facebook following then you are
If you run any kind of website with a physical presence then embedding a Google map on your site is a great way to allow
In many ways, the web has improved the interaction between customers and businesses. We can find what we want more quickly, assess the quality of
OptinLinks is an email sign up form plugin for WordPress. However it’s one with a difference and it works unlike the majority of popup optin
Today we have another review of a front-end page editing plugin. This plugin is created by the folks at Shindiri Studio, a Serbian based company
WordPress Social Sharing Optimization is a plugin that aims to help you increase the click through rate of your social shares, which in turn results
Podcasting can be a great way to grow your audience, thanks to the additional way in which new listeners can find your content. It can
The WordPress eCommerce plugin market is currently very well served by the likes of WooCommerce, JigoShop and WP e-Commerce but the area is big business
There are lots of Drag and Drop content editing plugins being released lately as people are wanting more control over how their sites look without
Velocity Page is a newly released WordPress plugin that allows you to build page layouts and edit the content of those pages through the frontend
bbPress is an amazing free plugin which uses the power of WordPress to run a discussion forum. Activating the plugin uses built-in WordPress functionality like
If you are using a responsive theme it is essential that you make sure that the navigation works correctly on all devices – it should
If you’ve ever tried to use the built-in search functionality of WordPress in order to search the published content on a site, then you will
I’m currently rebuilding my theme shop ( ThemeFurnace ) and have been looking at WordPress based help desk solutions which I can use for customer
If you are a content producer and would like to generate more viral interest in your product then using a content locker is one way
wpDataTables is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to create tables, charts and graphs for your posts and pages either by uploading a file
There are a ridiculous amount of WordPress business themes available with most features you will ever need built-in. However, if you decide to go the
If you need the ability to allow customers to specify a delivery date or time when ordering from your WooCommerce or WP e-Commerce powered online
The Startup Design Framework is advertised as a tool primarily aimed at start-ups who are looking to build a better website for their organisation or
If you find yourself constantly drawn to Google and doing searches to try and find where your site is ranked in its results pages, then
We recently looked at the CoSchedule service and plugin which is a content scheduling tool for WordPress. As well as its article scheduling features, the
bizXpress describes itself as a business-building service that aims to ‘take you from struggling webmaster or blogger to successful entrepreneur earning a sustainable income from
CoSchedule allows you to add a drag and drop editorial calendar to your WordPress site for scheduling content. When posts are added to the calendar,
Flowplayer markets itself as ‘the video player for the web’ and it’s a service designed for managing self-hosted videos. If you don’t want to hand
WordPress has well and truly surpassed its origins as a blogging platform. Although still the option of choice for many bloggers, the range of different
Even though Google unceremoniously dropped their support for RSS, via the discontinuation of their well-loved, if not well-used (enough) Google Reader service, there is still
There are a lot of photography blogs that use WordPress as their Content Management System to host their pictures up on the internet for the
These plugins allow you to enhance and improve the current WordPress menu system. In most cases they allow you to increase the amount of content
Creating and managing a multilingual WordPress site is easier than you might think, thanks to the available plugins. With free and premium options available, you
If you want to improve the security of your WordPress site then Rublon is a free service that will be of interest to you. The
Optinmonster is a new premium plugin by Syed Balkhi from WPBeginner and Thomas Griffin who created the Soliloquy Slider. It is essentially a new popup
CMS2CMS is a service that handles the migration of site content from one CMS to another. The service is capable of migrating a number of
While a standard contact form is a simple way to allow your readers to send you feedback, a dedicated feedback plugin can help you get
If you have multiple authors writing for your blog, creating an author listings page is a great way to showcase them and their work. Readers
If you run an eCommerce store or promote any kind of products or services on your site, then you will know the power of customer
A couple of years ago, running an online shop required huge investment which was typically reserved for the corporate fat-cats. Building the online shop would
Some big blogs like Mashable and Techcrunch have a “Trending” or popular posts area in their sidebars which help direct site visitors to hot posts
If you want grow your readership and develop a better relationship with your audience then building a mailing list or newsletter for your website is
The set of Author hReview plugins currently* comprises of three separate plugins which are available in one premium bundle. While they are different plugins, there
While contact forms are an effective way of letting your visitors get in touch with you, there are other options available to WordPress site owners.
Have you ever wanted your visitors to login to your WordPress site using their Facebook or Twitter accounts? That’d be cool wouldn’t it? Looking all
Do you run a service based website? Do you sell products or software on your WordPress website? Well if you do, you would realise the
The internet and food go well together – everyone is blogging about what restaurants they ate at, sharing the photos on twitter and instagram, ordering
Often the best things in life aren’t free. Like a week off at Goa. Or a sky-diving experience. Or a McChicken burger. We all know
For years now it’s been said the web over that the default search feature for WordPress is…well, pretty awful. Not only does it sort by
If your blog based on WP you are certainly a lucky fellow! Firstly, because new constant releases of this CMS make it really comfortable and
I have been doing a bit more work on “A Better Planet”, my attempt at creating a more up to date and relevant version of
I have created a new plugin called “A Better Planet” which is simply a news widget for your WordPress dashboard intended to take the place
There’s a case to be made that the most important thing you can do with your WordPress website is build out a good email list.
bbPress is a great add-on for WordPress for easily adding a forum to your site while retaining the same membership structure and is easily integrated
WordPress sliders are one of the most popular features for many WordPress users. They add an undeniable element of style and flare to many web
WordPress is the world’s number one blogging platform and CMS. As such it’s the platform of choice for most of the world’s largest and most
Parallax is a nice effect which scrolls the background along with the foreground at different speeds to give the effect of depth, we have previously
Have you ever been frustrated by how ugly your WordPress admin looks? If you have, you’re not alone. For years design conscious members of the
One of the first things many do when starting up a new WordPress website is begin building an email list. This almost always involves putting
We all know how WordPress is a full blown CMS. Let us add to its inventory. Have you ever wanted to run a membership based
As I’m sure many of you can attest to viewing analytics for your WordPress site is not only helpful in determining what works, what doesn’t,
The Table of Contents Plus plugin for WordPress is a powerful and user friendly tool that allows you to add as many or as few
One of the reasons we love WordPress is because of its versatility and open-source code. Plus the list of 100,000+ free plugins and themes (which
Search Engine Optimization is an ongoing process which requires a lot of patience, with equally sweet returns. One of the many reasons to love WordPress
As a new year gets underway it’s only natural to think about how to make the most of it. For myself and millions of WordPress
For your average blog it’s not very difficult to keep track of upcoming posts for the very simple fact that there aren’t a lot of
There are many valid methods for keeping track of future post ideas. (if you need help generating ideas, see our post on tips for getting
Restaurant websites are a niche that seems like a perfect for using WordPress, in the past we have looked at various restaurant themes and plugins,
I recently became involved in a new venture which involves an eBay shop and have been having a think about building a website for the
Don’t we have enough social sharing plugins for WordPress? I would have thought so, but I came across a nice new free plugin called Juiz
With FeedBurner looking like its going to be closing down, I took a look at some free or cheap alternatives to Google’s service but none
Up till now if you wanted to add an image gallery to your WordPress site, one of the best plugins to use was NextGen –
I have talked about building a newsletter for your WordPress site in the past, I also did a detailed walkthrough of the Pippity plugin that
We all know that adding buttons for social media which allows your users to share your content easily, increases shares and helps your best content
Are you familiar with that feeling of despair that slowly settles in after hours of staring at the words you’ve just written – not sure
At WPlift, we like to explore plugins that allow users to extend WordPress and add uncommon but very useful functionalities into it. An average user
Whether you are new to WordPress or an expert, you should know that backing-up your wordpress blog is an essential step you must take after
WordPress is used by all kind of websites as their primary CMS. Even though these websites differ a lot from each other in terms of
The use of images in blogs and posts is more prevalent that ever before. With the common user hopping from page to page, seeing an
If you are a business owner or campaigner, read on, because this WordPress plugin is for you. Social Contests makes it easy to set up
Elegant Themes is one of the most popular WordPress Premium Theme providers. Well known for their beautifully designed themes and plugins, Elegant Themes has so
GigPress turns a simple WordPress website into a powerful CMS for musicians, bands, artists, other performers, and performance centers. It comes as an easy to
One of my favorite things about WordPress is that if you have an idea for a website you can almost instantly make it happen. After
An author box is an area that follows a post in a WordPress site which gives the reader more information about the author of that
Integrating Facebook with WordPress just got a lot easier with the release of the official (and free) Facebook plugin. It has a whole raft of
I recently decided to retire my two WordPress powered blogs. The reason was that the source of income for these blogs died and keeping them
A lot more themes are going responsive these days so some other popular sliders just aren’t viable any more so I went looking for a
Dropbox is an online storage service, once you have signed up for free it creates a new folder on your computer and anything you place
WP-Pinner is a new WordPress plugin that’s currently in beta, which allows you to auto-post images from WordPress to Pinterest, Schedule Future Pins, Auto-Follow users
Embed Plus is a plugin for WordPress which allows you greater control over your Youtube videos that are embedded on your site. It provides the
With the rise of Web Apps and SAAS which have different payment plans, we started seeing pricing tables as a way for companies to indicate
Since CSS3 became widely supported, it has opened up a whole new world of CSS-based buttons that we can use in our web designs. You
Selling digital downloads is one of my favourite ways to monetize a website, if you have a website or blog, creating a digital product such
In today’s post Im going to show you how to use one of my own WordPress plugins – WP AdCenter. WP AdCenter is an advertising
Adding videos to WordPress is very simple and easy. You can easily embed videos from popular video sharing sites into WordPress by just pasting the
WordPress is used by all kind of websites. There are artists, freelancers, hobbyists, non-government organizations, charities, churches, causes and so many other individuals and organizations
If you offer any downloads on your site and you are not getting anything in return for them – why not build your twitter following
As an advance Content Management System, WordPress not only provides web publishers tools to publish their content, but also the tools to make beautiful websites.
Using images in your blog posts is an essential way to improve them and break up the text as people respond well to images. Finding
Having a Frequently Asked Questions or F.A.Q section on your website can help cut down on customer support enquiries – they are just generally a
There are a few WordPress form plugins such as the free Contact form 7 and the premium Gravity forms, but Gravity forms is quite expensive
Custom Post Types in WordPress allow users to define different content type. By default WordPress comes with Posts, Pages, Attachments, Nav Menu and Revisions post
There are some awesome WordPress plugins in the official plugin directory with very few downloads, low ratings, fewer votes, and support threads. These are really
Pinterest is the latest social network that is currently gaining a lot of attention online, its signing up many individuals and brands at a fast
WordPress is not just a platform to publish blogs, or small business websites. It is powerful enough to be used by newspaper websites, magazine sites,
Yesterday we looked at productivity plugins for your business website, one area I have been looking at a lot lately is using WordPress as a
WordPress is not just a way to publish pages on the internet. There are all kind of things that you can do with it. For
I was not much of a Twitter fan, I just recently rediscovered the potential of it and how useful, fun, and addictive it is. Now
This is a guest post by Devesh from WPKube The contact form is such an important part of your blog or website. It is something
Displaying social media icons on your blog is essential if you want to build your followings and get more people to share your content. There
Adding maps to your WordPress blog post is really simple, you can just go to the Google Maps and get the embed code or use
WordPress is a very search engine friendly CMS by default. It can be made even more friendly by using essential WordPress SEO settings and plugins.
One of my new year resolutions for WPLift was to build up some scheduled posts as drafts so I dont have to write everyday –
I was recently looking for a plugin to display related posts with thumbnails at the end of each post. There are several plugins to do
Shortcodes can be extremely handy to add extra functions or design features to your site, lots of themes these days have them built-in which probably
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