The StaxWP Blog
Practical guides on building, securing and scaling WordPress sites — from the team behind BuddyBuilder, Visibility Logic and Stax Theme.
WordPress Plugins
Extended Profile Fields in BuddyPress help site owners collect additional user profile details. For example, you can have a field such as “Gender” that you intend users to specify their gender. Rendering of these profile fields on the frontend within user profiles will hence be required. In a default BuddyPress Installation this is something that […]
Tips & Tricks
With the help of the Visibility Logic and Elementor plugins, you can actually hide or show content based on Geolocation on any WordPress site. Visibility settings can be applied to elements, sections and containers. As an example, you can hide a banner or text within your site from site visitors in a specific country or […]
Tips & Tricks
WordPress security is quite vital in the WordPress ecosystem. One of the security approaches to take is to secure your Wp-admin. This is because the Wp-admin is likely to be the first point that attackers will use to try and gain access to your site. By default WordPress administration files are stored within the Wp-admin […]
Tips & Tricks
The “Comments Are Closed” message is a common message in WordPress sites. Comments in WordPress serve as a means for readers to communicate within your website. This drives engagement amongst readers, that may in turn lead to high SEO scores for your website. However, at times you may encounter the ‘Comments Are Closed’ message within […]
WordPress Plugins
Elementor is one of the most common page builders that boasts over 5+ million active installations. The Elementor not loading error is also a common occurrence while trying to edit content within your website. The error is quite frustrating as it makes it impossible to edit the content within your website. Within this article, we […]
WordPress Plugins
Users within your website who want to get in touch with you the site owner are likely to first look for a contact form within the website. A contact form serves as medium of contact between the site visitor and the site owner. If for example you are running a professional service website, potential customers […]
Tips & Tricks
As WordPress site administrator, at times you may forget your WordPress password if you have too many sites to manage, or even loose your WordPress Password for example after a security breach. This in turn makes logging into your website backend nearly impossible and can hence lead to frustrations. In WordPress, there are various approaches […]
General
The White Screen Of Death is a common WordPress error that you are likely to come across as a regular WordPress user. This error can be quite frustrating since there is no informative message on the cause of the error. In this guide we will look into what this error is as well as some […]
Tips & Tricks
Adding Custom CSS to your WordPress site helps in altering the look of your website. To begin with, every WordPress theme is developed using specific primary language components. These include PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. PHP is used for the Backend code whereas HTML, CSS and JavaScript are used for the frontend. In summary, the […]
Tips & Tricks
The “error establishing a database connection” is a common WordPress error and can be panic striking especially for beginners. This is because once you encounter the error within your website, you are not in a position to view any other website content. There is just a a blank screen with the text. This error can […]
General
Since the introduction of block patterns, there has been a spike in interests around block patterns within the WordPress ecosystem. The addition of block patterns to Gutenberg has been quite advantageous to WordPress users. This is because you can now use premade designs while designing your website and tweak them to your preference. This really […]
General
Gutenberg and Elementor are quite common terms that you may have come across in the WordPress world. While designing a WordPress site, the thought of which page builder or site editor to use is something that may have crossed your mind. A page builder that comes top in the list is Elementor. The Gutenberg editor […]
