In December, WordPress, the content management system that forms the backbone of many websites, rolled out its 5.0 update. Probably the most radical change it has ever made, the big difference was the introduction of the Gutenberg editor.

Upon its release, most experts advised webmasters to wait until at least the New Year to move over to (more…)

Content management system WordPress has been around for 15 years now, and although it has constantly been developing, its basic layout and tools have remained largely the same throughout. Today, it unveils what some in the software and content management industry are calling its biggest ever update, with the rollout of WordPress 5.0.

What’s new?

WordPress hopes (more…)

Recently I needed to install the WordPress Plugin WP-Polls onto a website to conduct a survey of the website’s visitors. It’s a great little plugin, and works very quickly and easily allowing website owners to create polls and have their visitors vote in the poll.

It’s also very topical considering the current EU referendum!

Anyhow, after installing this plugin I noticed it wasn’t actually working as expected. It outputted the question and the poll answers sure enough, but the ‘Vote’ button didn’t work when clicked on, and neither did the ‘show results’ link. It was as if the button was deactivated.

A quick search on Google revealed that this was a common problem, with a couple of possible causes and fixes. As I’m often frustrated at the way WordPress.org closes down its support forum threads before someone has (more…)

WordPress is reportedly utilised by over 24% of all websites according to w3techs.com, which equates to over 60% of the content management system (CMS) market share. This information clearly indicates that the CMS is popular amongst the online community.

Largely, however, WordPress does require you to have a working knowledge of (more…)