The difference between WordPress and website builders. FAQs.

The difference between WordPress and website builders. FAQs.

What’s the difference between WordPress and a simple website?

WordPress is a Content Management System or (CMS) that is primarily, but not only used for blogging and building websites, but for ecommerce sites, forums, and even social media sites and by new organizations. The term “Content Management System” or CMS is just another more modern name for a “Website Builder”.

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WordPress add_filter vs add_action functions, the basics.

WordPress add_filter vs add_action functions, the basics.

What are the WordPress add_filter vs add_action functions?

Ever get a plugin or theme that would be perfect if you could just make one or two tweaks to it? However, these two tweaks will require you just to add a little bit of code, maybe even some shortcode. 

But before you do, you need to understand the basic concepts of add_filter vs add_action, the differences and how they work in WordPress before you turn an almost perfectly coded plugin or theme into a complete jumbled mess.

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WordPress plugin options for a PDF Gallery. FAQs.

WordPress plugin options for a PDF Gallery. FAQs.

Why get a WordPress plugin for a PDF Gallery?

Many times you may find that traditional WordPress gallery plugins don’t work very well with PDFs and other documents. 

However, sometimes we simply want to include a gallery of easily clickable documents including PDFs to a WordPress post or page. 

We may even want a separate WordPress gallery specifically for PDFs in its own category on our WordPress website.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a WordPress plugin that allowed users to effortlessly create a PDF Gallery of documents and other attached media, much like gallery plugins that are already available for images and other media?

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Web Hosting vs VPS Hosting, FAQs before you buy.

Web Hosting vs VPS Hosting, FAQs before you buy.

Web Hosting vs VPS Hosting.

Web Hosting is a general term used to describe all forms of hosting a website on the internet through various servers and configurations. 

Web Hosting companies provide their server computers to store websites which comprise of various files. The Server is a special computer that has the capacity and capability to store and host websites and web based tools.

Though, for the purposes of this post, we will take Web Hosting to mean the most common form of hosting for websites which is the Shared Hosting.

Whereas VPS Hosting which stands for Virtual Private Server Hosting, is a more exclusive and generally more expensive plan than Shared Hosting as far as Web Hosting plans are concerned.

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