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[How-To Guide] Install Plugin In WordPress Blog

WordPress no doubt best and most popular blogging platform because it is easiest and offers you lots of free themes and plugins which will enhance your blogging experience. Already I’ve covered a tutorial on “How-To Add New Themes” and now in this post focus on adding plugin in your WordPress blog.

Step-By-Step Guide On Adding Plugin in your WordPress Admin Panel

Step1: Login into your wp-admin Panel by typing this URL in your browser

http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-admin

Step2: Now click on Plugins Option as shown below:

Step3: Now click on “Add New” and it will open a new page.

Step4: On new page, you can add your favorite plugin on your WordPress Admin Panel.

Step5: Now type your plugin name and hit search button (for me its disqus comment system) and it will show you all the results as shown below:

Step6: Now click on install button and it installs the plugin in your wp-content/plugins folder.

Step7: After clicking on Install Button, it opens a new page as shown below, where you’ve to activate the plugin.

Congratulations, you’ve successfully added new plugins in WordPress dashboard.

If you face any difficulty then let us know in the comments section.

[How-To Guide] Rename “Uncategorized” Category Name In WordPress

After installing WordPress, you will see that WordPress comes with 1 default post, 1 default category (uncategorized) and 1 default comment as shown below:

You can easily delete the default post and the default comment but not been able to delete the default category (named as Uncategorized) Why? It is because, when you’re going to publish a new post and forget to assign a category to this post then by default the published post will take “Uncategorized” category and when a reader or visitor sees that it doesn’t look professional and will taint your blog image.

The best way to avoid this error it to rename this uncategorized category to some other name which looks more professional and suits your blog’s niche. Some of the advantages of renaming this uncategorized category are as follows:

1) Search Engines love categories.

2) WordPress turns categories into tags.

3) Easy to count how many posts within the same category.

4) It helps readers to find the related information on that particular topic easily.

This post guides you on how to rename the default uncategorized to some other name (for me the other name is “WebGuide4U” as it is the name of my blog)

Step1: Firstly go to WordPress Dashboard

Step2: Now click on Post and select Categories under it (as shown below).

Step3: After selecting the categories option, it will direct you to a new page where you’ve to click on edit button to rename a category (as shown below):

Step4: Now you’ll see the edit page. Now simply rename the category to other name you like (for me I’ve renamed it to “WebGuide4U”) and click on “Update” button.

Step5: After clicking on “Update” button your category gets rename to other name (for me its “WebGuide4U”).

That’s all you’ve renamed the category in no time and now enjoy fearless blogging. In the meanwhile let me know your thought about the name uncategorized?

Top WordPress Plugin To Optimize Database

WordPress, no doubt most popular blogging platform among bloggers/webmasters and its plugin directory made him best among all the blogging platform. We had already provided you a step-by-step guide on Optimizing And Repairing WordPress Database by using PHPMyAdmin or by using WordPress built-in hidden feature. When you look out those articles, you’ll find that all of them requires technical stuff and if you commit a single mistake you’ll ruin all your hard work in a second. It’s a suggestion not to apply them unless and until you’re familiar with them. Especially newbie don’t apply them directly.

If you’re not familiar with PHPMyAdmin or technical stuff, then no need to worry WordPress Plugin Directory is there for your help. It offers you lots of plugins which optimize your database without even using your cPanel or PHPMyAdmin. So here comes the list of handy plugins which optimizes your WordPress Database in no time.

1) WP-Optimize

This is a database clean-up and optimization tool. It doesn’t require PHPMyAdmin to optimize your database tables. It allows you to remove post revisions, comments in the spam queue, un-approved comments within few clicks.

2) WP Database Optimizer

This plugin allows you to optimize your WordPress tables on a schedule. It uses the WordPress databases class to do the work, and you can set the number of days in between optimizations.

3) Clean Options

This plugin finds orphaned options and allows for their removal from the wp_options table. This plugin is for advanced users only, so use it with care.

4) WP-DBManager

It allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database.

Although, I had provided you the list of all useful plugins which helps you to optimize your database before using any of them back-up your database first and do not DROP or EMPTY any table which you do not know.

Finally in the comments section do let us know which plugin you like the most and why?

[How-To Guide] Repair WordPress Database Using PHPMyAdmin

Already, in earlier articles I had provided you a step-by-step guide on Repairing and Optimizing your WordPress driven website without using any plugin and Optimizing WordPress Database using PHPMyAdmin. Continuing on same series of posts, this post focus on Repairing WordPress Database using PHPMyAdmin.

Step1: Login to your WordPress Database using PHPMyAdmin.

Step2: Now select the database which you want to repair. Click on “Check tables having overhead” option to select the right tables.

Step3: From drop down menu, select the menu item which says “Repair table”, this will repair the table.

Step4: After selecting “Repair table” option, this will repair the database and will be look like this:

PHPMyAdmin is the easiest way to repair the database tables without adding plugin load to your WordPress site.

Note: Before applying this tutorial back-up your database and never click on options like Drop, Empty because they will ruin your database and create problem so be careful.

Finally in the end do let us know in the comments section, if you faced any problem?

[How-To Guide] Optimize WordPress Database Using PHPMyAdmin

Already I had provided you a step-by-step guide on repairing and optimizing your WordPress driven website without using any plugin. This article focus on optimizing WordPress Database by using PHPMyAdmin.

PHPMyAdmin, free software tool written in PHP and made to handle administration MYSQL over world-wide web.

Step1: Login to your WordPress Database using PHPMyAdmin

Step2: Select the right database, if there is only one database then it would be chosen by default.

Step3: Now click on “check tables having overhead” option and select the proper table as shown below:

Step4: From drop down menu (as indicated above in screen-shot), select the menu item which says “Optimize table”. This will optimize the tables which is shown below:

PHPMyAdmin is the easiest way to optimize the overheads of your database without adding plugin load to your WordPress site.

Note: Before applying this tutorial back-up your database and never click on options like Drop, Empty because they will ruin your database and creates a problem so be careful.

Finally in the end do let us know in the comments section, if you faced any problem?