Category: WordPress | Brian’s Tips and Tricks for Web Developers

Fix the WordPress Divi Contact Form Error “Please refresh the page and try again”

November 21, 2017April 21, 2018 WordPress 5

I use the Divi WordPress theme in many of my sites. On my personal site, I was using the Divi Contact Form module at

Use WordPress as a Static Site Generator for Insane Speed, Reliability, and Security

October 27, 2017August 3, 2018 WordPress 4

WordPress is a great website platform which I use and develop on every day, but, it has its weaknesses. It requires a database that

The Easiest Way to Make Your WordPress Divi Accordion Start Out Closed

August 12, 2016July 9, 2018 WordPress 16

Many people who use the WordPress Divi accordion want it to start out closed by default. Every WordPress client I have who uses the

Query a WordPress Custom Field Stored As an Array

July 21, 2016January 3, 2017 WordPress 0

Querying a WordPress database is pretty straightforward using WP_Query or get_posts(). However, I ran into a problem when I was trying to search for

The Best WordPress Backup Plugins

June 27, 2016January 3, 2017 WordPress 26

If your WordPress website has any value to you, I can’t stress how important it is to back it up regularly. This can be

Set Up a Background Task (“Cron Job”) in WordPress

May 12, 2016January 3, 2017 WordPress 4

Let’s say you have a page or piece of code that needs to be run regularly, say once a day, or once an hour.

Import Members into WordPress Ultimate Member from CSV File

November 17, 2015October 10, 2017 WordPress 19

The Ultimate Member plugin is a formidable package for managing membership on a WordPress site. Surprisingly, however, it does not have a built-in way

Fix WordPress Ultimate Member Cover Photo Not Uploading

November 13, 2015October 24, 2017 WordPress 17

Ultimate Member is a very widely-used membership WordPress plugin. It works well, but I’ve come across a number of problems with the uploading of

My Most Useful WordPress Plugins (My “Cheat Sheet”)

May 2, 2015August 3, 2018 WordPress 4

These are life-saving WordPress plugins that I use on many of my clients’ and my own sites. Alright, maybe “life-saving” is a slight exaggeration,

Create a WordPress Multisite Network with Different Domain Names

February 23, 2015February 10, 2018 WordPress 24

I had a situation where I needed to create a WordPress Multisite network of sites with each site having completely unique domain names. I found

Map a Separate Domain Name to a WordPress Page or Post

February 8, 2015February 10, 2018 WordPress 33

I had a client who wanted to map a domain name directly to a WordPress Page, and not show the WordPress URL. For example, let’s

Style the WordPress Media Player!

August 9, 2013February 10, 2018 WordPress 180

The WordPress 3.6 Media Player came at just the right time for me. Just a month before, Yahoo discontinued their Yahoo Player, and I

Make Any WordPress Theme Responsive (Mobile-Friendly)

April 1, 2013February 10, 2018 WordPress 34

Here is the scenario: You’ve searched high and low and found the perfect WordPress theme for yourself or your client. But, there’s one big

Twelve Ways to Massively Speed Up Your WordPress Site

March 12, 2013August 3, 2018 WordPress 17

Is your WordPress site loading slowly? There is a cool tool called Pingdom which creates waterfall charts so you can see exactly what is slowing

Top Ten Tips for Web Developers from WordCamp Boston 2012

July 17, 2012May 31, 2013 WordPress 2

I recently attended my first WordCamp and had a great time meeting new people and learning from the WordPress masters. From all of the

Make a WordPress Post Stay at the Top of the Page

February 22, 2012October 7, 2014 WordPress 1

Most WordPress landing pages either contain static information or the latest posts. But what if you want the both worlds – a landing page