Images upload fine but don’t display in the WordPress media manager – how to fix

This is a simple guide to fixing the problem where your images appear to upload to your WordPress site but don’t display properly in the media manager Ever experienced that problem where you upload an image through the WordPress media-manager, but they don’t appear properly? It appears like it has uploaded but there is just … Continue Reading

Setting your WordPress site language to English (UK)

On occasion I’ve come across WordPress installations that don’t have English (UK) as an available language and it turns out it’s not such a straight-forward problem to fix. The default WordPress installation comes with all manner of languages including Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, and Korean, however, English (UK) isn’t always there. I suppose the reasoning behind … Continue Reading

WordPress – Install Contact Form 7 and Minimise Spam Without Missing Messages

WordPress tutorial – how to install Contact Form 7 with message logging, Google CAPTCHA V2 integration and extra anti-spam measures Step 1 – install the required plug-ins From your WordPress dashboard, go to the plug-ins menu and select ‘add new.’ Search for, install and then activate the following: Contact Form 7 Really Simple Captcha Insert … Continue Reading

WordPress – change the default ‘from’ information

The default email address and from name in WordPress notification emails can be easily changed by editing your functions.php file Simply add the following code (remembering to change the email address and name to the ones you want to use instead) add_filter(‘wp_mail_from’, ‘new_mail_from’); add_filter(‘wp_mail_from_name’, ‘new_mail_from_name’); function new_mail_from($old) { return ‘yourname@yourdomain.com’; } function new_mail_from_name($old) { return … Continue Reading