How to Use the Gravatar Widget in Jetpack Updated on November 19, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana When a new visitor lands on your blog it is customary to provide a picture of yourself or your brand. Most advice bloggers will agree that if your blog is personal in nature then a picture of yourself would be preferrable. The Jetpack plugin for WordPress lets you easily add a Gravatar widget to your Read More >
BoldGrid Backup Plugin FAQ Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The BoldGrid Backup plugin lets you backup your WordPress site and schedule automatic backups. The questions below represent common backup questions that are answered with the use of the features in the BoldGrid Backup plugin. This FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) includes instructions on the use of features found within the free BoldGrid Backup plugin. For Read More >
How to Create a Custom Page for WHMCS Updated on February 14, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In This Tutorial: Create PHP File Add PHP Code Create Template File Add HTML Code WHMCS is a system designed to automate and manage many common web hosting tasks for resellers. For instance, WHMCS can handle the point of sale, billing, and setup of a new account, including provisioning it on the server. WHMCS creates Read More >
How to Select a Home Screen (iOS) App Icon for Your Website Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor iOS device users have an option to Add to Home Screen from the Share menu. This option allows the user to save the URL to their Home Screen for quick access. If you have installed the Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator plugin, then you can customize the image that is used (as the App Icon) on their Read More >
How to Install Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator is a great tool you can use to customize your favicon (or site icon). This unique plugin extends the functionality of the favicon across various devices (including iOS, Android, and Windows) by generating compatible images and unique code for each browser/device/operating system. In this guide, you can learn how to install the Read More >
How to Install the AddToAny Share Buttons Plugin Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Social media is an easy way to help increase the number of visits to your website. Allowing your visitors the ability to share content from your website to social media helps you to spread your content throughout the internet. In this guide, you can learn how to install the AddToAny Share Buttons plugin to display Read More >
Set the Description of WordPress with Open Graph Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When a visitor shares a Page from your website to Facebook, there are particular details that Facebook looks for to generate a post containing a preview of your content. These details, also known as Open Graph Markup, can be modified using the Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags plugin for WordPress. With Read More >
How to Install the Open Graph Plugin Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor If you have installed the AddToAny Share Buttons plugin for WordPress, then your visitors are able to share content from your website to Facebook. Facebook takes advantage of Open Graph Markup to obtain the details needed to generate a post that contains a preview of the content (ie: Page, Post, etc.) being shared. Open Graph Read More >
How to Manage Email Subscriptions with Jetpack Updated on December 28, 2020 by Christopher Maiorana Getting in touch with your site visitors can be a difficult task. But it’s something you may need to do from time to time. An easy way of getting in touch with your visitors is to provide an email subscription. Since virtually everyone has an email address, it’s reasonable to assume that email is a Read More >
How to Set the Image of Your WordPress Page Content when Sharing to Facebook Updated on March 21, 2025 by Jesse Owens When a visitor shares content from your website to Facebook, there is specific metadata that needs to be present to generate a post with a preview of the content being shared. This information, also known as Open Graph Markup, can be modified using the Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags plugin for Read More >
How to Edit BoxTrapper Confirmation Messages Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor As we continue our series on BoxTrapper, we will now show you how to edit your BoxTrapper Confirmation Messages in cPanel. This allows you to customize the blacklist, verify, verifyreleased, and returnverify messages. Below is a description of how these messages are utilized in BoxTrapper. Message Description Blacklist This message is sent when a sender Read More >
How to Add a Facebook Share Button to Your WordPress Website Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Social media is a great resource to help drive traffic to your website. Allowing your visitors the ability to share content from your website to Facebook can provide an avenue, much like putting your ad in the Yellow Pages, for example. In this guide, you can learn how to use the AddToAny Share Buttons plugin Read More >
How to Configure BoxTrapper Settings Updated on January 23, 2024 by InMotion Hosting Contributor After enabling BoxTrapper you may want to configure your BoxTrapper settings. This includes adding forwarding addresses, enabling automatic whitelisting, and setting how long to keep logs and messages in queue among other settings. This ensures you are getting the most out of your Boxtrapper tool and valid emails are not being blocked. Configure BoxTrapper Log Read More >
How to Get Started with BoldGrid Using a Host File Modification Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In This Tutorial: Prepare WordPress Hosts File Mod Install WordPress Install BoldGrid Initialize BoldGrid A hosts file modification is a convenient way to manipulate your computer to force your domain to resolve to a particular IP address. For instance, if you are hosting your website with a third party and plan on building a BoldGrid Read More >
Optimize WordPress Guide: Tuning for VPS & Dedicated Servers Updated on May 8, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article, we walk through the process of tuning your VPS or Dedicated Server for the best performance on our WordPress Optimized or PHP-FPM stack. On our Managed WordPress Hosting platform, the server is managed by our system administrators, and tuned out-of-the-box for optimal performance for most users. However, some users or resellers may need the additional flexibility afforded by the VPS and Dedicated platforms.
How to Enable Boxtrapper in cPanel Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor As we continue our BoxTrapper series, we will now show you how to enable BoxTrapper in cPanel. This allows you to utilize the BoxTrapper tool to reduce the amount of spam you receive. For more information on this tool see our full guide How can I use BoxTrapper to help prevent Spam. We recommend using Read More >
Org2Blog – Post to WordPress from Emacs Updated on March 30, 2021 by Christopher Maiorana Org2Blog provides a way of synchronizing your Org mode document with a WordPress post or page. Org2Blog Requirements Installation Set Up Your Website Media Management More Resources On Managing WordPress Here are the top benefits of using Org2Blog: Post and update WordPress content from within Emacs Manage content locally Speed up your workflow Optimize content Read More >
WordPress Scope of Service Updated on March 20, 2025 by Kyle McClammy Our goal is to provide you – our valued customers with holistic WordPress product, functionality, and design troubleshooting support. If you’re interested in a fast, secure WordPress experience and not interested in spending hours tweaking and optimizing, check out InMotion Hosting’s superior WordPress Hosting packages. Our world-class Technical Support team is available to serve you Read More >
Helpful WordPress Plugins for Caching, Security, and SEO Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Here is a list of some basic, helpful WordPress plugins to help you get started. There are many more available through WordPress.org but here are several that you may want to use: Caching WP Super Cache – This is a caching plugin for WordPress. One of the main issues we see with WordPress sites is Read More >
How to Install the WordPress Importer Plugin Updated on December 14, 2020 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this guide, we will show you how to Install the WordPress Importer plugin. This plugin allows you to import Pages, Posts, Authors, and Categories into your WordPress website. When migrating Pages and Posts from another location, it can save time since you do not have to mannually export and import them into the database. Read More >
