This tutorial discusses how to change the language on your WordPress site, this is particularly important when your business is expanding into regions or countries where the language is not English. A language-based website relevant to that region can be an effective marketing tool – read up more on the following blogs: VIDEO: How To Update WordPress Plugins In cPanel Changing Language SettingsAdditional InformationWhat Happens When Changing Languages on WordPress?Why Change Your Site’s Langu… Read More


The Writing Settings will allow you to change the formatting, content type, email posting, markdown on your site. Default Post Format The majority of Themes on WordPress do not support multiple post formats. The default is “Standard”  Other options are: Aside – Image – Video – Link – Quote – Gallery – Status  Markdown When switched on, allows you to write posts in markdown format. Markdown is a light markup language that one can use to add formatting elements to plain text posts. Date and Time… Read More


To create a Privacy Policy webpage, you can either create your own or use the template provided by WordPress: On the WordPress Dashboard go to “Settings” and select “Privacy Page” Click “Use this Page” and it will save a Privacy Page to your website   WordPress Hosting      … Read More


These Writing Settings are specific to the WordPress Admin Dashboard. Click the “View” tab in the upper right corner of the Dashboard and the select “Classic View” Formatting  Convert symbolic emoticons into the graphical emoticon e.g. 🙂 will display as a smiley face Correct invalid nested XHTML which may cause problems with your layout, ensure that you double check your layout that it is correctly presenting on the page. Default Post Category Applies a default category selection for a p… Read More


How to backup a WordPress website with Hosted.com® has never been easier, as we take the worry out of it for you, with daily Acronis backups of all our hosted WordPress servers and their websites. If you need to restore your website and are uncertain as to how to proceed, please reach out to our Support Team and they will be happy to assist you. A broken website is a site owner’s worst nightmare. Coding errors, incompatible plugins, or malware attacks can all cause a crash. Some of these err… Read More


To change the Title and Tagline of your WordPress site, you must first be logged in to your Hosted.com® Account and have accessed WordPress via cPanel Control Panel. VIDEO: How To Update WordPress Plugins In cPanel Two Methods to Change the Title and TaglineMethod 1: Appearance WordPress SettingsMethod 2: General WordPress SettingsAdditional Information:Website Titles vs. TaglinesThe Importance of Your WordPress Website’s TitleHow To Update WordPress Plugins In cPanelLogin to Hosted.com® Ac… Read More


This article covers steps on how to change a WordPress password, and assumes that you have logged into your Hosted.com® account and have accessed WordPress via the cPanel control panel, or alternatively you have logged into WordPress online. Changing a WordPress password, is one of the most important security tasks you have to do as soon as you activate WordPress, because there is a default Admin password that is most commonly sought in hacker attacks. VIDEO: How To Update WordPress Plugins In… Read More


This tutorial shows you how to install WordPress from your Hosted.com® Hosting plan and assumes that you are already logged in to your Hosted.com® account. VIDEO: How To Update WordPress Plugins In cPanel Install WordPress From The Hosted.com® Control PanelAdditional Information:Completing Your WordPress InstallationLogin to Hosted.com® AccountAccess WordPress via Your Hosted.com® AccountAccess WordPress via cPanelAccess WordPress via cPanel OnlineHow To Update WordPress Plugins In cPanel … Read More


A WordPress White Screen error, also called the White Screen of Death (WSoD), is one of the most common WordPress errors. It is also frustrating because it doesn’t necessarily tell you what is causing the error; it just locks you out of your WordPress website. Here, we explore what causes this issue and give solutions to get your site back up and running. This article assumes that you have already logged in to WordPress. VIDEO: How To Update WordPress Plugins In cPanel WordPress White Screen … Read More


When uploading a WordPress Theme via your WordPress Dashboard, it should let you immediately activate it once it’s installed. However, you may encounter a Missing Theme error. This means the Theme can’t be installed. As a result, you won’t be able to activate it. Here are 2 ways to resolve it: This article assumes that you are logged in to WordPress and gives two ways to resolve a “Missing Theme Error”. VIDEO: How To Update WordPress Plugins In cPanel Fix A WordPress Missing Theme ErrorTh… Read More