6 Hidden WordPress Settings You Likely Missed

One of the strengths of WordPress, is simplicity. On its own, without plugins and themes, there isn’t a whole lot of configuration. This is what attracted me to it. I’d been using many different systems before it. They all had a crazy number of settings. That doesn’t mean it’s bad. Just overwhelming and perhaps 80%…

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WordPress Formatting Shortcuts Cheatsheet

Yay! WordPress has introduced Formatting Shortcuts in the editor and I’m super excited because this tremendously reduces writing friction. Writing friction? What’s that? Simply put, the less you have to move between keyboard and mouse, the faster you will be at writing. I’ve touched on previously too when talking about keyboard shortcuts for WordPress. This…

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26 Truly Free Stock Photography Resources

Paying for stock photography can eventually suck up all your hard earned money. What is one to do as the Internet gets more visual? Don’t get me wrong, I believe we should purchase quality photos as often we can afford or budget for, in particular when we want a higher quality image to go with the post.…

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Why You Need To Write Shorter Posts

Early in the year, I took a piece of advice from a very successful blogger. That’s to write shorter posts. It’s been tough. Every time I focus on a blog posts, it tends to end up in the 700 – 1000 word range. I’m not accepting defeat yet because there’s lots of good reasons we should…

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