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WordPress is the most popular blogging website for a reason. The program is easy to use and provides so many options for making your blog stand out and look just the way you want it to. However, you need to know how to use the site to get the most from your experience. Follow the simple tips below to make WordPress work for you.



Make your theme current on your website to draw more traffic. Switch to a new theme that accentuates your colors and logos. Also, you may want to opt for a more professioanl theme if you are planning on showing your site off to a high volume of potential customers each day.



Be sure to add an author biography to each blog post on boards where many bloggers are posting. In this way, each blogger gets proper credit and it is easier for readers to know who posted what at a glance. Furthermore, readers will tend to stay on your page if they can get all the information they need in one place.



Make the most of your titles and your descriptions. Any time you share posts on social media sites a description and title may be required. These are important in terms of good search engine optimization, so don't just toss out titles and descriptions in a random fashion. Give it some thought and optimize with good keywords.



If your post has a long title, clean up its permalink. Something like, &The Top 5 Ways Parents Discipline their Children& is a little too lengthy. Rather, make the permalink something along the lines of your target SEO keyphrase, such as &parental-advice-misbehaving-kids.&



When looking for a template, look for one that has the basic layout and design that you desire for your site. This way, you would not have to customize it too much in order to give it the look that you want. This will cut down on your site development time.



Ensure that users have easy access to your articles, which should be in their email, at their leisure. This is crucial for sharing purposes. Visitors may not have access to sites like Twitter or Facebook at work and need a way of sharing your article with others. You can use a plugin called WP-Email to help you do this.






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When you are choosing a Wordpress template to use, pick something that gets frequent updates. You do not want to use a template whose creator has abandoned updates because sometimes you have to address security issues. A creator who is proactive in updating his template will give you a better product.



Only use WordPress plugins that you absolutely need. Plugins are cool and all, but they can make your site load at a snail's pace. That means your site could run slow, which will impact your search engine ranking. A faster website tends to be higher up in the search engine results.



Want to change authors on a post? Just edit the post and click on &Screen Options&. Next, choose Author and then choose whomever you want to become the author of the post. Next, click &update& or &publish& to finish the change and have it go live on your website and you're done.



Although WordPress seems overwhelming to begin with, it really is not all that complicated to use. You just have to get used to the controls and tools available on the blogging site. Remember the helpful tips above when using WordPress and keep yourself updated to have the best experience with WordPress.





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