Share Your Favorite Plugin: Public Post Preview

four of my favorite WordPress plugins from the WordPress directory

At the November Metro Detroit WordPress meetup last night, our theme was Share Your Favorite Plugin where several members (me included!) spoke about one of our favorite WordPress plugins.

Each speaker had five minutes to explain:

  • Why the plugin was one of their favorites
  • What features the plugin offered
  • How the plugin worked

We had talks on Contact Form 7, Advanced Custom Fields, Duplicate Post, WooCommerce, and Public Post Preview (which I presented). Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: Public Post Preview

5 Interesting Things I Learned at WordCamp Cincinnati 2016

WordCamp Cincinnati red t-shirt, nametag, notebooks, and chocolate bar

This past weekend I traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio and joined over 200 business owners, designers, developers, writers, and digital marketers at WordCamp Cincinnati.

Held at the University of Cincinnati, the two-day WordPress-focused event featured a schedule with a wide range of speakers and topics.

WordCamp Cincinnati included tracks for marketing, development, WordPress how-to, and a full-day WordPress 101 session to learn how to create your first self-hosted WordPress site. Continue reading 5 Interesting Things I Learned at WordCamp Cincinnati 2016

Latest Easy WP Guide Updated for WordPress 4.6

Easy WP Guide

As co-leader of Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup, I get asked a lot of WordPress questions from members.

I need to add a contact form on my site, what form plugin do you recommend?

Deborah, can you tell me where I can find a free WordPress theme? Sure, check out the WordPress theme repository.

What’s the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org?

But when a member asks me for an updated resource that will help them manage content on their WordPress website, there’s one place I point them to.Continue reading Latest Easy WP Guide Updated for WordPress 4.6