Monthly Archives: April 2014


7 Places to Find Images for Your Blog Posts 2

Image GalleryThere is no doubt that images spice up your blog posts. They are an essential inclusion for any website but many bloggers and website owners are at a loss as to how to find images that can be legally used on commercial sites.

So here is a list of places that you can explore to see if they match what you are looking for. All sites, but one, are free. Some require attribution , others don’t so you can check via the link that appears beneath the website screenshot or via the site itself. (more…)


How to Display Popular Posts Without a WordPress Plugin

Plugin Performance

Website Tips 4 U currently has 25 active plugins.  Whilst this can be a manageable number, it would still be nice to be able to get by with fewer plugins to reduce page loading times.

In fact I use a Performance Profiler plugin to check which plugins might take too long to load and have thus eliminated where possible the most taxing plugins time-wise.

When this post was originally published, the Pingdom Speed Test recorded the following for Website Tips 4 U but it would be nice to reduce the load time further.

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The Best of the Best Blog Posts Found in April 2014 4

BestAs you know, I have been on the lookout for blog posts that make a real contribution. These are posts that usually contain actionable tips. Sometimes they are case studies, other times they are more tips-related. Either way, they are posts that I think can inform us as well as inspire us.

You can see my previous monthly blog roundups here:

This post is devoted to the inspiring posts that I have come across in April. (more…)