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First of all, we wanted to wish you guys a Happy New Year. As we look back at the year of 2012, it was full of success and joy for the WPBeginner team. It was also a great year for the WordPress community in general.… Read More »

Do you want to create your own customized short URL for your blog? Customized short URLs are often branded short URLs that are easy to remember and share. For example, we use wpbeg.in for our branded custom short URLs. In this article, we will show… Read More »

A currency converter allows your website visitors to quickly calculate the exchange rate of different currencies without leaving your website. It makes it convenient for customers to purchase products in their own currency. Over the years, we’ve helped thousands of users create eCommerce stores and… Read More »

Want your embedded content to look perfect on your WordPress website, no matter the screen size? By default, WordPress does a great job at embedding videos and other oEmbeds in your posts and pages. However, based on our experience, you sometimes need more control over… Read More »

One of the most underrated WordPress hacks we’ve discovered after years of running sites is changing the default media upload location. This simple tweak can have a surprising impact on your site’s performance and management. Besides better file organization, this change can speed up your… Read More »

If you look at our blog posts, you’ll see that the comments section is often buzzing with conversation. If you’re hoping to build a blog community that’s just as active and engaged, using quicktags can help with this. By default, the WordPress comment box allows… Read More »

Just a few moments ago, WordPress 3.5 was released. The version is named Elvin in honor of drummer Elvin Jones who played with John Coltrane in addition to many others. WordPress 3.4 was downloaded over 28 million times. In WordPress 3.5, we saw some major… Read More »

Just a few days ago, one of our users reported an unusual problem. The problem was that he was reaching the custom menu items limit. Anything he saves after he reached the menu item limit would not save at all. We had never heard of… Read More »

Do you want to learn how to improve WordPress search by using Amazon CloudSearch? Amazon CloudSearch is a platform powered by Amazon AWS that gives you more control over WordPress search and provides you with faster and better results. In this article, we will show… Read More »

Every business needs a business card if you hope to exchange contact information at networking events or conferences. Few weeks ago, the folks over at Moo reached out to us with regards to a product review. We are normally very skeptical about these business card… Read More »