Share Your Favorite Plugin: Enable Media Replace

four of my favorite WordPress plugins from the WordPress directory

Imagine you’re updating an image gallery on your WordPress site.

And all you want to do is replace one image you used last year with a new version. But you want to keep the same file name.

You could take the time and trouble to locate the image in your Media Library, delete the file, and upload the new image. Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: Enable Media Replace

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