Year: 2019

  • How to Add Click to Tweet Boxes in WordPress (Easy Way)

    How to Add Click to Tweet Boxes in WordPress (Easy Way)

    A click to tweet box highlights a short, quotable line from your post. When a reader clicks it, X (formerly Twitter) opens with the quote and a link to your post already written, so sharing takes one click. Quotes like this often get more engagement than a plain headline and link, because they make the…

  • 12 Common Affiliate Marketing Mistakes You Might Be Making

    12 Common Affiliate Marketing Mistakes You Might Be Making

    Affiliate marketing looks simple: write about products, add links, earn commissions. In practice most bloggers who try it earn little, and it is rarely because of a lack of traffic. It is usually a handful of avoidable mistakes. I made several of these myself over twelve years of affiliate marketing on RoadToBlogging. Here are the…

  • How to Find and Fix Broken Links in WordPress (Easy Method)

    How to Find and Fix Broken Links in WordPress (Easy Method)

    Every blog collects broken links over time. Sites you linked to shut down or reorganize, you delete or rename your own posts, an image gets removed, or a typo slips into a URL. Each one sends a reader to a dead end, wastes Google’s crawl on pages that do not exist, and leaks the value…

  • How to Stop Spam Comments on WordPress (8 Easy Ways)

    How to Stop Spam Comments on WordPress (8 Easy Ways)

    Comments turn a blog into a conversation, but spammers abuse them to drop links. On popular blogs, spam can easily outnumber real comments, and deleting it by hand quickly becomes a part-time job. Here are 8 easy ways to stop spam comments in WordPress in 2026, from simple settings to free plugins. What Is a…

  • How to Create an Expert Roundup Post (7 Easy Steps)

    How to Create an Expert Roundup Post (7 Easy Steps)

    An expert roundup post collects answers from several people in your niche to one specific question and publishes them together. Done well, it gives readers perspectives they cannot get from a single author, gets shared by every contributor, earns links, and starts relationships with people who would never have answered a cold email about anything…

  • Best Content Locker Plugins for WordPress (Social and Email)

    Best Content Locker Plugins for WordPress (Social and Email)

    A content locker hides part of a post, such as a bonus download, template, or extra tips, until the reader takes an action. Classic “social lockers” asked readers to share a post to unlock it; today, email lockers that ask for an email address are far more common and effective. Updated October 2026: several social…

  • Blogger vs WordPress: Which Is Better for Your Blog?

    Blogger vs WordPress: Which Is Better for Your Blog?

    If you are about to start a blog, one of the first decisions is the platform. Blogger and WordPress are two of the oldest and best-known options, and they suit very different goals. Quick answer: Blogger is free and simple, good for a hobby or personal blog. Self-hosted WordPress costs a little but gives you…

  • I’m Harsh Agrawal, Founder of ShoutMeLoud, and This Is How I Blog

    I’m Harsh Agrawal, Founder of ShoutMeLoud, and This Is How I Blog

    Harsh Agrawal is an award-winning blogger from India. He is the founder of ShoutMeLoud, a blog that aims to help people to become their own boss. He started his blogging journey in 2008 and left his full-time job in 2009 to become a full-time blogger. Now he is one of the most successful bloggers of…

  • WP Table Builder: Drag and Drop Table Plugin for WordPress (Guide)

    WP Table Builder: Drag and Drop Table Plugin for WordPress (Guide)

    Tables make data easy to scan, and they are perfect for comparisons, pricing, and product lists. The core WordPress Table block works for simple text tables, but it cannot add images, buttons, or star ratings inside cells. That is why we built WP Table Builder, a drag and drop table plugin for WordPress. You build…

  • How to Add a Call to Action in WordPress (5 Easy Ways)

    How to Add a Call to Action in WordPress (5 Easy Ways)

    Every website exists for a reason. You want visitors to do something: join your email list, buy a product, click an affiliate link, book a call, or share a post. The more visitors who take that action, the more your site grows. The way to get them there is a clear call to action (CTA).…

  • How to Optimize WordPress Images With Smush (Step by Step)

    How to Optimize WordPress Images With Smush (Step by Step)

    Images make posts easier to read and remember, but large images are the most common reason WordPress sites load slowly. Slow pages hurt your Core Web Vitals, your rankings, and your readers’ patience. The fix is to compress your images without visible quality loss, and the easiest way is a plugin. In this guide I…

  • 9 Best Email Subscription Popup Plugins for WordPress

    9 Best Email Subscription Popup Plugins for WordPress

    “The money is in the list” is still true in 2026. Your email list is the one audience no algorithm can take away, and popups remain one of the most effective ways to grow it, because readers cannot ignore them the way they ignore sidebar forms. You do not need any coding skills. These are…