299 – Customize Your Website’s Theme the Right Way

299 – Customize Your Website’s Theme the Right Way Announcements Jetpack 4.2.2 WordCamp US Volunteers Needed WordCamp Columbus this weekend Is there a plugin for that? With more than 43,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, it’s hard to find the perfect one. Each week, I will highlight an interesting plugin form the repository. For more great plugins, download my 50 Most Useful Plugins eBook. Popup is the most complete popup plugin. HTML, image, shortcode and many other popup types. Customize Your Website’s Theme the Right Way Types of Customizations: Small visual changes Rearrange content on a page Change output of a plugin Wrong way to Customize: Editing theme or plugin files Adding code to functions.php Right ways to Customize: Using theme or plugin’s built in settings Using a plugin like Jetpack, Simple Custom CSS, Simple Custom CSS or JS or Theme Customision Create a custom functionality plugin Create a child theme Thank You! Thank you to those who use my affiliate links. As you know I make a small commission when someone uses my link and I want to say thank you to the following people. For all my recommended resources, go to my Resources Page View on YourWebsiteEngineer.com