Speed up WordPress in 10 minutes with Quick Cache

The need for speed is crucial in modern webdesign. To speed up WordPress performance, caching plugins are very popular.

Introducing a caching plugin in WordPress means faster page download, better user interaction, better SEO performance, and reduced usage of server resources. It’s obvious why this is important.

In this post we’ll take a closer look at the relatively new cache plugin – Quick Cache. The impressive thing about Quick Cache is that it works great out of the box, which makes it interesting for you, if you haven’t tried caching plugins for WordPress yet, or if you’re having trouble getting some of the other plugins to work.

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Display random posts in WordPress

On a blog, it’s typically only a small portion of the posts that’s being read.

However if you want to inspire your readers to read further posts, a random post script can be a effective tool to expose additional content to your users and thereby increase the stickiness of your site.

In this post you’ll learn how easy it is to insert a random post script in WordPress.

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Display external RSS feeds in WordPress

Displaying external RSS Feeds is quite common in blogs.

Typical sources can be external partners, general sources of inspiration, or sites that you admire.

In this post we’ll show you 2 methods for displaying external RSS feeds in WordPress -  the built in WordPress widget, and a stand alone code.

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Scheduling posts in wordpress

For some blogs it’s very important to frequently publish new posts, which normally requires regular attention to your blog..

With the little trick in this post, you can learn how to schedule when new posts are published, so you don’t have to manually publish all your posts.

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Display WordPress blog posts automatically on Facebook

If you have a WordPress powered Blog, it’s a good idea t use the great RSS functionality in WordPress to automatially display your recent posts on your Facebook profile, and therby distribute your content automatically on more channels.

In this post you’ll learn how easy it is to connect your Facebook profile with your WordPress based Blog.

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Automatically update copyright text each year

Having a copyright notice somewhere on your pages is always a good idea.

However to keep the copyright notice valid and ensure that your site looks professional, it needs to be updated each new year.

With the little trick in this post, you can insert a small piece of PHP that automatically updates your copyright text in your website or WordPress powered blog.

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Smart RSS reminder in WordPress

RSS subscriptions is a great way of attracting new and hopefully loyal users to your wordpress based blog.