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Get the most from your WordPress Website

WordPress has been the main Content Management System (CMS) we've used since 2008.

WP - Just for blogging?

At that the time WordPress 2.7 was considered to be "just for blogs" but it was clearly a very good option for building regular business websites, with particular configuration options that turned it from primarily blogging to handling pages in a hierarchy.

Custom WordPress coding

Right from the start clients wanted custom WordPress functionality and with years of experience in PHP Ben (our founder) began customising websites and learning what now is called the WordPress way. This WordPress Way means that websites can be customised and the code added so that it doesn't prevent the core, and other plugins from being upgraded and improved over time. It is also referred to as being "pluggable", this is a clear feature that distinguishes a novice from an expert in terms of WordPress coding... and the big warning sign comes if your web designer tells you NOT to update a plugin, or core!

WordPress & SEO

As far back as 2008 Ben wrote blog posts about WordPress SEO, based on Technical SEO principals that we still use today (in 2024).

Services

Our primary business services revolve around WordPress

Posts

Below are blog posts about WordPress Design, WordPress Custom Development and WordPress SEO.

Articles about WordPress

August 30, 2012
WordPress
WordPress - Changing the on page title without renaming the page

From working with an in house SEO team, I regularly get asked about changing particular sections of text within WordPress sites, the answer usually lies within an excerpt, a widget or […]

August 16, 2012
Website Design
WordPress
WordPress user registration and newsletter sign up all at once

A handy tip for allowing users to sign up to your newsletter while also registering as a user on your website.

August 9, 2012
Web Development
WordPress
What's the best way to migrate a WordPress website?

If you've got a WordPress website (or any website for that matter!), chances are you're going to need to move it at some point - whether you're moving from development to […]

April 14, 2012
Web Development
WordPress
Gravity Forms Add-On for CapsuleCRM

I really like CapsuleCRM. It really epitomises what is great about the web: A simple system, with a true "Killer App." To coin a dot-com-boom phrase: Manage your customers - that […]

March 15, 2012
Website Design
WordPress
Why WordPress Websites are Awesome

At Matter Solutions, we make no secret of the fact that we love WordPress.  Let me point out just a few of the reasons why we do… Blogging is great for […]

January 10, 2012
Web Development
WordPress
Making Gravity Forms process a custom form in 3 easy steps

A problem I have found in the past is being able to code my own web form just the way I want it, whilst still allowing the powerful Gravity Forms plugin […]

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