WordPress Tutorials, How-to Articles, Plugin Tests, and More

Running a WordPress website can be a complex undertaking. You have to educate yourself in many areas: from hosting over security and site speed optimization to web design, SEO, and producing content.

To help and support you in making the most out of your WordPress site, this collection of articles contains everything from WordPress beginner tutorials over plugin reviews to step-by-step how-to posts. You'll get an in-depth education on how to improve your site and have fun while doing it, pinky promise!

Last updated on July 29, 2021, by Nick Schäferhoff No Comments (Yet)

The Complete Review of Yoast SEO: Installation, Main Features, Pros & Cons (2021)

Yoast SEO has been my go-to SEO plugin for years. I use it on pretty much all of my own and my client sites and I have recommended it to anyone asking me for a good SEO plugin for as long as I remember. So, why would I decide to write a review of Yoast SEO now?

Well, recently, in hanging around the WordPress subreddit and generally listening to the chatter in the WordPress sphere, I have come to realize that there a whole bunch of new SEO plugins that I know nothing about. In addition, some plugins that I have used in the past have gone through years of development and might be completely different now.

That’s why I have decided to write a series of reviews of the best available WordPress SEO plugins and compare them to one another (here are the other reviews: All in One SEO, The SEO Framework, Squirrly SEO, Rank Math SEO, SEOPress). This is both to get myself up to date and also provide an overview and advice to those trying to decide on which SEO plugin to use.

Last updated on July 29, 2021, by Nick Schäferhoff 16 Comments

How to Create a WordPress Child Theme Step by Step – The Ultimate Tutorial

Learning how to create a WordPress child theme is a crucial skill for anyone who wants to get the most out of their site. Child themes are the safest way to customize WordPress and they allow you to change literally anything about your website.

Creating a WordPress child theme is also a great way to enhance your web design skills and learn more about the WordPress platform. Plus, it’s easy. You can achieve a lot by simply copying and pasting. As a consequence, it’s even feasible for beginners.

In this article, I will give you a step-by-step introduction to how to create a WordPress child theme and use it to customize your site at will. This is a long guide (more than 7,700 words). For that reason, feel free to use the links below to jump to the sections most interesting to you: