The Ultimate Book Blogger plugin recently passed 1,000 sales. And I’m floored. I never thought I’d get to this point. When I first built the Ultimate Book Blogger plugin I was in college and doing this for fun. I expected to maaaybe earn $500. At […]
Tag: Plugins
New UBB Add-Ons and a First Look at My Newsletter Plugin
I’ve been working hard and have some awesome new products available in the shop that I’m excited to share with you! Then I’ll give you a tour through my upcoming, re-coded newsletter plugin. It’s super snazzy. 😉 Get your flame on The UBB Flame Ratings […]
What It Takes to Build a WordPress Plugin
A lot of steps go into building a WordPress plugin. I’ve released many premium plugins, free plugins, and even one plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Today I thought I’d talk about what it actually takes to build a plugin, whether it’s free or paid. First […]
Add Collapsing Date Archives to Your Blog
Hi Ashley, I was wondering what plugin you use for your Archives? I’m trying to find one for WordPress that can show posts in a dropdown list split up by year/month (similar to what’s available on Blogger). I find they really help push my pageviews […]
All the WordPress Plugins I Use for Blogging
I’ve already written a post on 15 must-have plugins for a WordPress blogger, but this time I thought it would be fun to list every single plugin that I use and why. I guess this is my own way of saying, “Here are the plugins […]
How I Made My Own E-Course Plugin
There are two things you probably already know about me: I love to code. I always aim to keep everything in-house and flowing together. These two things both came into play when I decided to start my own e-course. The easiest and quickest way to […]
How Many Plugins is too Many?
I was wondering if there is a limit to how many plugins a website should be running? I have 14 running right now (Askimet, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.) and I’m wondering if at any point the amount of plugins will end up bogging down my […]
Mobile Themes & Responsive Blog Designs
With UppSite Mobile announcing today that they will yank their plugin in July (this is what I was currently using) I’m wondering what people without coding skills use to make their Website/Blog mobile responsive? Better yet, how can someone customize the look of their site […]
Why I Hate Relying on Third Party Plugins
Third party plugins break! I’d been using a plugin called MyMail for a year now to send out my email newsletter about new posts and everything was peachy. Then I update to WordPress 3.9 and it breaks… while I’m in Boston with family (the worst […]
SEO When Commenting, Breadcrumbs & Changing Images
Does the way you comment on Blogger affect your SEO? Today we have a question about commenting on Blogger blogs and how the method you use affects your SEO. Hi Ashley! I was just wondering whether how you sign into a Blogger blog’s comment box […]