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How to Redirect First-Time Commenters to a Thank You Page

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Dec 09 2011 | Comments (0)
Redirecting first-time commenters on your blog to a Thank You page is a good strategy to increase your traffic because showing gratitude to them increases the likelihood of them remembering your blog and encourages them to see more of your posts. Moreover, what...

How to Download WordPress PayPal Button Generator for Free

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Dec 08 2011 | Comments (0)
Do you want to place a ‘Buy Now’ or ‘ Donate’ Button on your blog ? Now you can  do so by using  WordPress Paypal Button Generator. After you install this handy plugin, you will be able to quickly generate customisable  Donate’,...

Five Brilliant and Free Social Bookmarking Plugins for WordPress

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Dec 05 2011 | Comments (5)
Writing quality content is only one part of blogging success. The other, and arguably more difficult, part is getting traffic to your blog. This is because even if you write great content regularly, but fail to attract visitors, your blog will be termed as a failure....

How to Add a Variety of Shortcodes to WordPress

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Dec 03 2011 | Comments (2)
Shortcodes, as the name implies,  are small pieces of code that can be inserted to easily use an existing functionality built-in within a theme or additional functionality via installed plugins. They are mainly used to add flair to posts and variety to their structure....

Why you should install CommentLuv on your Blog

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Nov 29 2011 | Comments (9)
CommentLuv is an extremely useful plugin that allows the readers of your website to insert a link to their recent post when they leave a comment on your blog. It has proven to be very popular, with a download count of more than 440,000 on the official WordPress...

How to create a Featured Posts slider using SlideDeck

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Nov 28 2011 | Comments (2)
Featured post sliders are very popular across blogs because they showcase the very best content of your site in an attractive manner which can easily attract the attention of your readers, especially first-time visitors, and encourage them to check it out. Moreover,...

How to Setup and Configure WP Super Cache on your Blog

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Nov 23 2011 | Comments (6)
There are some plugins that are essential for every WordPress user and WP Super Cache is certainly one of them. It generates static html pages for your blog and saves them on your server. These html pages are then served to most of your visitors instead of the...

Why you should use Contact Form 7 on your blog

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Nov 13 2011 | Comments (2)
Many bloggers underestimate the importance of a contact page on the blog. Many visitors on a blog are reluctant to post comments. Having a contact page gives them another way to contact the writers or the owner of the blog. If you do not have a contact page...

How to install and use StatCounter

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Oct 29 2011 | Comments (1)
After starting your blog, one of the first things you should do is to install a tracking script to keep note of all the visitors to your blog. These days Google Analytics is the most popular tracking software.  Although it does the job brilliantly and provides...

LinkWithin: The Best Related Posts Plugin

Posted by Faizan Elahi | On: Oct 21 2011 | Comments (2)
Installing a Related Posts plugin is one of the most popular methods to increase traffic to your blog.  Such  plugins display similar posts below each post based on different criteria. They encourage readers of your blog to check out more of your posts, and...