Themes

Want to make your WordPress widgets stand out? While widgets are great for adding extra content to your site, the default styling often doesn’t match your brand or grab visitors’ attention. Take our sidebar widgets, for example. We’ve customized their appearance to highlight important resources and make them blend seamlessly …

Child themes are one of those WordPress terms that get thrown around a lot and leave beginners confused. You might have even heard of them and decided to skip creating them because of how complicated they seem. We get that. But in our experience, child themes can save you a …

One of the great things we love about WordPress is how customizable it is. You can tweak almost every aspect of your site to make it uniquely yours. But sometimes, you have to admit that one theme just doesn’t have all the capabilities of another. That’s why a lot of …

Does your WordPress theme meet the latest standards? Many website owners aren’t sure if their theme is up-to-date. In reality, a bad theme can slow down your site or even make it unsafe for your visitors. WPBeginner has helped countless users create successful online spaces, and we know that a …

Child themes allow you to make changes and customize your WordPress theme without ever editing the main theme. This allows you to continue to get theme updates without losing your changes. Recently one of our readers asked us how would he go about using his child theme on his wife’s …

When we look at WordPress websites using regular image files for their icons, we can’t help but think they’re missing out on something better. That’s because icon fonts are the smarter choice – they load quicker, look sharper on any screen, and you can easily change their size or color …

Recently one of our readers asked us for a tutorial on how to add CSS Ghost buttons in their WordPress themes. Ghost buttons are the transparent call to action buttons which are very popular these days. In this article, we will show you how you can easily add CSS ghost …

You’re probably familiar with the Category widget in WordPress. Recently, one of our readers asked us if it was possible to display recent posts in a drop down as well. In this article, we will show you how to show recent posts as a drop down in WordPress. Why and …

When we first set up our WordPress blog, we spent a lot of time experimenting with different themes. Although we now have a custom design, we know the ins and outs of picking the perfect WordPress theme for a blog or business website. There are thousands of different free and …

Most professional web developers use a version control system like GitHub or Bitbucket and automatically deploy their changes to staging or live sites. We’ve tried multiple tools to automatically deploy changes. Based on this real-world experience, we found that you can use DeployHQ to push theme development on your site. …