5 Unknown But Powerful Features Of Wordpress

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WordPress is probably your favorite and most loved CMS that you have been using for site management for a long time. But you might still be unaware of some of the powerful features it has. Here are some undiscovered features that you can use to maximize the benefits of using WordPress sites and blogs.
1. Featured Image
'Featured images' were included from the WordPress version 2.9 onwards, so many old timers are still unaware of its existence. This convenient option lets you improve the visual presence of your site by automating the process of adding thumbnails or images. All kinds of cropping and resizing of images are done automatically. So you can save time by using this feature.
It lets you add a thumbnail for every single post and also provides a good control over how your images are displayed in social media.
2. Scheduled posts
Bloggers have the bad habit of either binge working or taking a long break from writing articles. In most of the situations they do not find enough time to write regularly. But postings must be done regularly to keep your site active. If you are someone facing such a problem, the scheduled posts feature from WordPress can help you.
Many bloggers either ignore this feature, or just do not even know that it exists Manual publishing of drafts at a regular interval may seem like a good plan but is quite executed properly. To avoid uncertainties and missed schedules on blog posting, it is better to use this feature which lets you schedule a post for publishing it later. This can be done by selecting the time and date of publishing.
3. Configuring secret keys
There are three secret keys available from WordPress 2.6 onwards that protects your login sessions from hackers and malicious users. They are AUTH_KEY, SECURE_KEY and a LOGGED_IN_ KEY. You need to configure these three keys using the 'wp-config.php file' by changing the unique phrase associated with the three keys. This will give an extra protection to your site.
4. Sticky posts
'Sticky posts feature' lets you promote your most popular posts that drive a lot of traffic to your site. This will let you maximize the returns from an already profitable blog. To use this feature you need to change the visibility option on your post's Publish section. Check the 'Stick this post to the front page' option and the post that you want to promote will be displayed on the front page.
5. Turn off post revision
Maintaining multiple versions of your post may get expensive in terms of space. While revisions can come in handy for special purposes, storing all versions will only eat up your database space. To deal with this problem, WordPress lets you limit the number of 'posts revisions' that you want to keep. To make this feature come into effect, you need to make a change to the wp-config.php file. Just change the number next to the 'WP_POST_REVISIONS' to the desired number of revisions that you want to keep. To completely turn off storing revisions, you can just change the value to a Boolean false.
Source by Prarik Shah
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