Tech Tag: WordPress

You can use the My Private Site plugin.

Put the following code at the bottom of the theme’s functions.php, save and update, reload the site, delete the code from functions.php, save again and update. Then, you don’t need to go to MyPHPAdmin.

$wpdb->query( "UPDATE wp_posts SET post_excerpt='' " ); 

I installed Easy Add Thumbnail so that the first image appearing in a post becomes the featured image. After that, I installed a plugin called Quick Featured Images. This plugin allows you to set featured images in bulk for existing posts and also set them for future posts. With this plugin, you can assign specific featured images based on categories or tags, so I set a featured image for all categories and also for future posts.

With these two plugins, 96% of the posts now have featured images, but 4% still do not. The issue is with the posts where Easy Add Thumbnail didn’t pick up the image as a featured image, even though it existed within the post. For these remaining posts, I installed a plugin called Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) to generate featured images and avoid leaving any “No Images” placeholders. However, the featured images created by Auto Featured Image seem somewhat rough or odd, so I plan to fix them in the future.

Boost WordPress site traffic without Google by:

1. Social Media: Share content on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn; create shareable visuals; engage in groups.
2. Content Marketing: Guest blog, collaborate with influencers, and send email newsletters.
3. Forums & Bookmarking: Share insights on Reddit, Quora, and niche forums with links to your site.
4. Video Marketing: Create YouTube tutorials, live streams, or webinars linked to your site.
5. Influencer Marketing: Partner with relevant influencers for promotions or sponsored content.
6. Paid Ads: Run targeted social media and native ads.
7. Community Building: Build online groups and host webinars to foster engagement.
8. Other Search Engines: Optimize for Bing and Yahoo.

Diversify your strategies to grow visibility and traffic effectively.

It is best to use the PNG to JPG plugin.

It is best to use the “Gallery” block.

It is better to use the Post Type Switcher plugin.

Install the Rankmath plugin. You can do this by going to “Title and Meta” then “Author” and disabling it. However, please note that if you disable this, you will not be able to use the ActivityPub plugin to connect WordPress to Fediverse.

Use Permalink Manager Lite.