WordPress Video Tutorials

UpdraftPlus – How to Backup and Restore Your Site with the Free Version

June 7, 2017 by MaAnna Stephenson

See how to backup and restore your site with the free version of the UpdraftPlus plugin, plus an easy way to backup the files it does not automatically get that you most definitely want to have.

Facebook Authorship – MaAnna Minute

June 19, 2015 by MaAnna Stephenson

Check your site to see how to set up the new Facebook authorship feature where they will show your link in the byline of posts you share there. Quick MaAnna Minute video tip.

Why You Need a Robots.txt File – MaAnna Minute

June 18, 2015 by MaAnna Stephenson

A robots.txt file is full of directives for all the bots that need to crawl your site. And I’m going to show you
the nasty things that can happen to your site if you don’t have a good one, what a good one looks like, and how to add one to your site.

Add Featured Image to MailChimp RSS to Email with Post Summary

June 1, 2015 by MaAnna Stephenson

Adding a featured image to an RSS email seems like a simple thing to do, but it isn’t. In fact, WordPress does not natively support the proper tags to make it happen. Even if it did, MailChimp only supports it if you show the full content. I researched and tested until I finally found a super plugin and the right settings to make it all work. And I’m happy to share my findings so you can do it too in a video and written tutorial.

WordPress SEO by Yoast Version 2.0 Tour

March 26, 2015 by MaAnna Stephenson

See new features and enhancements, plus where all of the settings have been moved in the latest major update of the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast, ver 2.0.

New in WordPress 4.0

September 8, 2014 by MaAnna Stephenson

In this quick video tour, see all of the new features in WordPress 4.0.

Noindex Hide Page from Google and Sitemaps

July 18, 2014 by MaAnna Stephenson

The WordPress SEO plugin has 5 settings that make it super easy to keep special site pages out of search. for example, special sales pages or membership pages. They can be hidden from both your HTML and XML sitemaps. See how to do it in this quick video tutorial.

New TinyMCE Advanced 4.0 for WordPress 3.9

April 20, 2014 by MaAnna Stephenson

The popular TinyMCE Advanced plugin has been revamped for WordPress 3.9 as of April 19 2014. In fact, the new plugin will not give you an update notice until it detects that you have upgraded to 3.9, which is great, because it is required. In this video, I’ll take you on a tour of the new features and the quick and dirty setup of the toolbars.