10 Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

Give your website a unique look

One way to stand out from the WordPress crowd is to use the Site Editor and Template Editor.

With the Site Editor, you can customize everything in your website including

An interesting feature of the Site Editor is the Template List view. It lets you choose whether you want the changes to apply to the entire website or a particular template.

The Template Editor is where you can create, edit, and assign templates to a particular website post/page. Both of these editors are located in the “Appearance” section of your WordPress Dashboard.If you want to learn more about customizing your WordPress website using these Editors, check out this comprehensive guide for all the information you need.

Optimize images for faster loading

Images can take up a lot of space affecting your website’s loading speed and SEO. To prevent this, it’s advisable to use compressed images on your website.

There are several plugins available in the market that automatically compress the images you upload to your WordPress website. To name a few, 

Make your brand colors pop with the Duotone filter

At times, you find the perfect image. However, its color schemes do not reflect your brand personality. In such cases, change the image hue with the Duotone filter to make it perfectly fit your website’s design.

Duotone is a WordPress filter that changes image colors to blend any two shades you select. To use this filter,

• Click on the desired image
• Click on the dotted circle Duotone filter symbol from the toolbar right above the image 
• Choose a combination of “Shadow” and “Highlight” to mix the shades
• You have now applied the filter successfully!

Now your image has the perfect colors that match your website’s branding.

Automatically publish posts to social media

In modern times, social media marketing is an effective tool to drive quality traffic to your websites. However, sharing WordPress posts manually on social media is time-consuming. There are several plugins that automate the process for you. However, too many plugins might affect your site’s performance and security. 
Therefore, we recommend using Integrately: a one-stop solution for all your integration needs. Integrately connects your WordPress site to over 900+ apps including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more. Plus, it requires no technical knowledge and has millions of ready-to-deploy 1-click automations. To get started, sign up for a free Integrately account and set up an automation flow using this video guide.

Use Query Loops: The Smart Way to Display Your Blog Posts

If you are looking to customize the way your posts are displayed on your website, that too without writing a single line of code; then Query Loops is your go-to tool.

Query Loops can help you with the following tasks

• Choose a layout and pattern to display blog posts/pages
• Customize the patterns by adding/editing block elements
• Specify exactly what to display including
  • Post categories
  • Tags
  • Authors

  • A featured image
  • Dates, and much more

• Add filter conditions that decide which blog posts to display. You can choose to display posts from particular

• Choose a layout and pattern to display blog posts/pages
• Customize the patterns by adding/editing block elements
• Specify exactly what to display including
  • Categories
  • Tags

  • Authors
  • Keywords

• Order the posts either alphabetically or by the posting sequence
• Include a sticky post
• Change the query loop’s background or text color

All these features make Query Loops an essential tool for customizing how your blog posts look on your website. To get started with Query Loops, check out this video from WordPress.

Paginate blog post comments

Popular blogs attract loads of comments and displaying them on a single page makes it overwhelming for readers. To easily manage the comments without affecting your website’s loading speed, you can paginate your blog comments.

Paginating means displaying only a certain number of comments on each page. To access the in-built paginating feature from Wordpess, follow these simple steps

• Go to your WordPress Dashboard
• Access the “Discussion” section under “Settings”
• Check the box next to “Break comments into pages“

• Specify the following details:

  • Number of comments per page
  • Default display page option
  • Comment Order
• Scroll to the bottom and save your changes

Now, your blog comment section looks clean and organized!

Add an extra level of security to your admin account

WordPress has a strong security system to protect your site from hackers. However, cybercriminals always find some way to break through the security layers. Thus, you need to take additional security measures like

• Limiting login attempts: This provides users only a certain number of log-in tries before being locked out. To do so, you must install the “Limit Login Attempts Reloaded” plugin.
• Adding two-factor authentication: This demands two pieces of information for logging you in; for instance, a password and a security code. Some popular plugins that help enable 2-factor authentication for your account include

With these security measures in place, your website is well-protected against hackers.

Customize your login page

A custom login page adds a personal touch to your website and makes it unique and distinguished from the others. Plus, this also makes it harder for hackers to guess your login URL.

To create a custom login page, you can use the plugins like

Keep an eye on your traffic

It’s important to keep an eye on your website traffic to see how well your site is performing. We have compiled a list of the best WordPress plugins that can assist you with analyzing your website

Always have a backup

You can never rely on a single database because if something goes wrong, all your website’s content could be lost forever. Thus, you must always back up your website using WordPress plugins like