How to Display Random Content on Your WordPress Site

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When my client asked about a new page on their WordPress website, a page that would display random content in two sections of the page, I had a number of questions about what they envisioned.

  • What were the goals for the two sections?
  • Was the content already available?
  • Was the content images? Graphs? Videos? Text?
  • Would the content be a mix of text and imagery?
  • Would each piece of content link to another post or page on the client’s site? Or to an external site?
  • What was the expected behavior for the two sections of content?

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Plugins I Commonly Install on WordPress Sites

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As an organizer for Metro Detroit WordPress and West Metro Detroit WordPress meetup groups, not one event goes by when I’m not asked by a member, “Deborah, what plugin do you recommend for WordPress?”

I ask questions about what plugins they’ve looked at already, their goals and expectations, and share my recommendations.

Often the conversation leads to the topic of this post: what common plugins to install on WordPress sites. Continue reading Plugins I Commonly Install on WordPress Sites

Share Your Favorite Plugin: Two-Factor

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When my smartphone crashed in January 2019, I quickly discovered the issues involved with having a two-factor authentication method that only sent info to an app on my smartphone.

Since my phone wasn’t working, I couldn’t access many accounts as well as WordPress websites where I depended on authentication from a mobile app.

Argh! Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: Two-Factor