WordPressDrivenChurch

One essential feature of any church web site is the ability to manage events in some way. Many simply use Google Calendar which is also a great way of sharing the same data with other poeple and applications, while others crave a more integrated way of handling events within WordPress itself. The first time I.. continue reading »»

Have you heard of BuddyPress? Put simply it turns your WordPress powered church web site into a social network! I published an introductory post last week over on the Living Open Source blog about Building Community with BuddyPress, claiming: It could make your church online a place to hang out, rather than just a place to read about your.. continue reading »»

The success of WordPress has been due in part to its ease of use, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement. The Front End Editor plugin by scribu (Silviu-Cristian Burcă), is likely to delight your church office staff because it will not only make it easier to edit content on your WordPress church.. continue reading »»

For as long as computers have existed, taking backups has been the obvious but often rather neglected discipline of users. And your WordPress church site is no different. You have spent hours setting up your site and even more hours posting regular content, so what would happen if tomorrow your site’s database evaporated? You really.. continue reading »»

It is great to see so many churches moving to WordPress and creating some really great looking and functional sites. The WordPress-Driven church directory continues to grow and so we thought we would highlight five awesome recent additions to the directory for your inspiration. If you are looking for a new theme for your WordPress.. continue reading »»

Quite a regular request I get is to reccomend a plugin for publishing sermons on a church WordPress Driven site. Now while there are some great plugins around, including the popular Sermon Browser by Mark Barnes, it seems to be rather too often overlooked that WordPress does podcasting without any plugins. In fact for many users.. continue reading »»

Always use a child theme to customise any theme and you will be able to keep your base theme up to date without losing all your modifications. Almost all themes available for WordPress can be customised in this way. It is a myth to suggest only certain themes support child themes and it is actually.. continue reading »»

Whether you are using WordPress for your personal blog, using it to run your buisness or church, making sure your visitors can contact you easily is essential. If you publish your e-mail address on your site, you will quickly find your inbox filling up with junk e-mails, so you need a way that protects you.. continue reading »»

“If only I could just…” well you can with WordPress thanks to the huge number of plugins available. But if you are new to WordPress, how do you know what is possible, and how do you find great plugins. Well here is my list of really very useful plugins. All themes on the Loom support.. continue reading »»

Many WordPress applications want to be able to include and mange calendar events for their readers. This is certainly true for those using WordPress to run their church web site. Google Calendar is a great way of managing these events, particularly since so many other applications and people can access the data too. There are.. continue reading »»