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Is your WordPress blog suffering from low traffic? Are you considering starting a blog, but don’t know how? Blogs don’t just go up overnight; you have to invest time and energy into it. This article will get you started.

Choose a website design that is individualized for your WordPress site. Since it potentially saves you time it can appear like a good idea, but it won’t provide users with a great first impression. You should have a site that showcases your individual business.

You have to make sure you use Alt and Title. You should include alt text when adding images to your posts. Both allow you to add more keywords to your page, which effectively increases your page rank.

Learn about WordPress before you install it. Planning ahead will give you an advantage when you start. Research SEO, WordPress and content generation before starting to develop your site.

Clean up the content and comments that do not add any value to your website. That will help you to keep the site friendly to people who are looking at it. You can use a plugin called Akismet to filter spam on your website.

Sometimes you might think some changes you’ve made weren’t saved. That is probably not the case. Clearing the cache can help solve this. Just hold the ‘shift’ key when you refresh your browser to see the changes.

Do many people leave comments on your posts? If you do, scanning through every comment can be hard on you and on your other readers. You can install a simple plugin that will put page numbers into this section. That will improve navigation and make your site look better organized.

Better your search engine rankings by taking a couple minutes with pictures before uploading them. Make sure to give titles, as well as alternate text tags. If someone “pins” one of your images on Pinterest, your title will be what shows up on their blog.

Help users easily send articles to you when they want. This is crucial for sharing as well, because many users may lack Twitter or Facebook access on the job, but they may want to share those articles. Take advantage of WordPress email plugins for this purpose.

Security is key to a WordPress site, so be sure to keep passwords to yourself. Additionally, only use plugins from reputable sites, checking the reviews posted before you install them. If your site is hacked or the victim of malware, your hard work could all be lost.

Always keep your library of media organized. It may be tempting to just upload images directly into the library, but things can become chaotic really quick. Develop a system of folders so that things go where they should. Just this simple move will make it much simpler to find (and use) photos in the future.

After reading this article, it’s likely you know a bit more about WordPress Apply what you have learned today. You will be able to bring more traffic to your site. Additionally, your users will like it more. Save this article for referral in the future. When you have used these suggestions, your blog or site will be better for it.