How to Use MailChimp with WordPress

February 12, 2016 No Comments

So, you’ve heard that you need a mailing list for your website, and you’ve also heard that MailChimp is a great option, but that’s pretty much all you know? You’ve come to the right place. In this post, we’re going to demystify mailing lists– what it is, why you need one, and how to build one easily with MailChimp. Let’s get started.

Website Building: WordPress Trends to Look Out for in 2016

February 9, 2016

Please bear with me as I say it, but WordPress seems to be just as susceptible to trend-following as anything else. Well … okay … maybe not as much as fashion. Don’t believe me? To prove this point, today we’re looking into the 9 WordPress trends in website building to look out for in 2016.

6 Best Plugins for Improving Search on Your WordPress Site

January 26, 2016 1 Comment

WordPress powers one out of every four websites in existence. It is epic in every way, except for search. To be blunt, the WordPress default search is horrible. If you’ve ever searched for something on a WordPress site via the built-in search engine, you definitely understand what it feels like to be criminally insane. Your query never returns any results and you’re ready to punch whoever developed this regrettable search engine in.the.face.

How to Setup WordPress Multisite

January 22, 2016 2 Comments

Do you have more than one website? It’s 2016, of course you do. But, are you still logging in to each one separately like it’s 2003? What if I told you that WordPress makes it possible to easily manage multiple sites without remembering a gazillion logins, or painstakingly updating plugins? There’s no need to install multiple WordPress installations either. Believe me, those five minute installs can definitely add up to a lot of wasted time, especially when you could be one and done with the WordPress Multisite.

The Need for Speed: 8 Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site

January 19, 2016 1 Comment

Do you suffer from slow site-itis? Is your WordPress moving at a snail’s pace and you want to know how to increase load times? Great! We’ve got eight ways to speed up your WordPress site, and most of them are free and easy to do. Ready? Let’s go.

3 Ways to Post Visual Content in WordPress

January 11, 2016 No Comments

In its default setup, WordPress isn’t particularly friendly towards visual content, per se. I mean, sure, you can publish blog posts that are chock-full of images, videos, even infographics. But when it comes to the structure of those posts themselves, you’re stuck with the standard content-sidebar layout.

9 Problems With WordPress You Didn’t Know About (And How to Fix Them)

November 30, 2015 6 Comments

We love WordPress. If it wasn’t for WordPress, there would be no ThemeTrust. It really is that simple. That being said, though, WordPress has its flaws – flaws that every site owner should address. Some of them are crucial for site security, others are more cosmetic in nature but can be equally frustrating.

Introducing Create: Our New Multipurpose WordPress Theme

September 14, 2015 No Comments

Create is our brand new multipurpose WordPress theme. It’s our most powerful and flexible theme yet. Built around the awesome open source Page Builder from SiteOrigin, it gives you maximum control over page layout and content creation. It also comes bundled with the #1 slider plugin, Slider Revolution, a $19 value! Another awesome feature is the One Click … Read More

How to Create Custom Controls for the WordPress Theme Customizer

June 17, 2015 4 Comments

The WordPress Theme Customizer (also referred to as the “Customizer”) feature gives developers the ability to customize the appearance of their theme, and even help them preview the changes made to the theme in real time. In today’s era, where the race to attract customers towards a website is intensifying, you’ll often feel the need … Read More

ThemeTrust Spring Sale – 30% Off Themes

April 24, 2015 No Comments

We are a few weeks into Spring. Birds are chirping and flowers are blooming. What a great time of year! To celebrate, we are offering 30% off on WordPress themes at ThemeTrust. Enter the coupon code spring in your shopping cart.