Are you blogging on WordPress and have been doing so for a while? Then you might have an inkling that some of your articles are outdated and need an update. Unfortunately, WordPress doesn’t inherently account for this, displaying only the date of the article’s initial publication. This could be counterproductive when a potential reader stumbles upon such an article and leaves the website, assuming it’s not current based on the date. That’s why it’s a good practice to show the date of the article’s last update as well. Why? Because it lets the reader know … Read more

If you use the popular WordPress editorial system for your blog, you might be aware that it provides two options for displaying articles on the homepage. You can either show only an excerpt of the article or display the entire article. The choice is yours. In WordPress, we refer to the excerpt as ‘excerpt,’ and by default, WordPress limits it to the first 55 words. This means that on the homepage, you’ll see the article’s image, the first 55 words, and then a ‘read more’ link. Today, we’ll focus on how to modify the length … Read more