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How to Add Categories and Tags to WordPress Media Library

Do you want to add categories and tags to images in your WordPress media library?

Tags and categories can help you organize media files in a way that makes sense to you. This can make it easier to find images when you need them.

In this article, we will show you how to easily add categories and tags to the WordPress media library.

Add categories and tags to WordPress media library

Why Add Categories and Tags to Images in WordPress Media Library?

WordPress comes with a feature called taxonomies, which allows you to sort your posts into categories and tags or create your own custom organization types for your content.

However, the default category and tag taxonomies are only available for posts. This means that these taxonomies can be added to any WordPress post type, including pages, attachments, or any custom post type you may be using on your blog.

When you add an image to your WordPress posts or pages, it is stored in the WordPress media library as an attachment. This means that it is a post type and can have its own taxonomies, too.

Adding categories and tags to your WordPress images can help you find and sort images easily. Instead of looking through your entire image library, you can just search by category or tag.

Having said that, let’s see how to easily add categories and tags to images in the WordPress media library. We will cover two methods, and you can use the quick links below to jump to the one you want to use:

Method 1: Add Categories to Images in the WordPress Media Library

If you want to add categories to your images in the WordPress media library, then you can use this method.

First, you need to install and activate the Media Library Categories plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

This plugin works out of the box, and there are no settings for you to configure. Upon activation, the plugin will simply add a Categories tab under the Media menu tab in the WordPress dashboard.

Now, to add new categories for your images, head over to the Media » Categories tab from the WordPress admin sidebar.

Here, you’ll notice that all the categories that you have been using for your posts are displayed in the right column.

You can use these categories for your images. However, if you want to create a new one, then simply type a category name and slug in the ‘Add New Category’ section.

Create and add categories for images

Once you are done, click the ‘Add New Category’ button to store your settings.

Next, visit the Media » Library page from the admin area and click on the ‘Edit’ link under any image where you want to add a category.

Choose an image to edit

This will open the image of your choice on the ‘Edit Media’ page, where you can easily select a category for it from the ‘Categories’ section in the right column.

Once you are done, don’t forget to click the ‘Update’ button to save your settings.

Add images category

If you want, you can also create sub-categories for the images. For more information, see our guide on how to add categories and subcategories.

Once you have added the categories for all the images, you can easily sort them on the ‘Library’ page. To do this, select a category of your choice from the ‘View all categories’ dropdown menu and click the ‘Filter’ button.

The WordPress media library will then only display images that belong to that category.

Filter images by category

If you want to add tags to images in the media library and allow users to filter images by tag on the front end, then this method is for you.

Envira Gallery is the best WordPress photo gallery plugin on the market. It allows you to create beautiful and mobile-friendly image galleries in WordPress.

Envira Gallery comes with a Tags Addon, which lets you add tags to the images in your galleries.

First, you need to install and activate the Envira Gallery plugin. For more detailed instructions, see our beginner’s guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Note: Envira Gallery also has a free version. However, you’ll need at least the Plus plan for the plugin to unlock the Tags add-on.

Upon activation, visit the Envira Gallery » Settings page from the WordPress dashboard to enter your license key.

You can get the key from your account on the Envira Gallery website.

Add the Envira Gallery license key

After that, visit the Envira Gallery » Addons page from the WordPress dashboard and locate the ‘Tags Addon’.

Once you do that, simply click the ‘Install’ button to unlock the Tags feature.

Upon installation, you’ll also have to toggle the switch to activate the Tags addon.

Install the Tags addon

Next, you can create a new gallery for your WordPress blog or edit an existing one. For this tutorial, we will be creating a new gallery for your WordPress website.

To do this, visit the Envira Gallery » Add New page from the WordPress dashboard. Here, you can start by typing a name for your gallery.

After that, click the ‘Select Files from Other Sources’ button to start adding images from your media library.

To add images from the computer, click the ‘Select Files from Your Computer’ button.

Add media library images

Once you have done that, scroll down to the ‘Currently in your Gallery’ section. From here, you can configure the gallery layout, add a lightbox, create a mobile-responsive gallery, and so much more.

For details, see our beginner’s guide on how to create an image gallery in WordPress.

To add tags, simply click on the pencil icon on an image.

Click the pencil icon to edit an image

This will open the ‘Edit Metadata’ popup on the screen, where you can add a title, alt text, and caption for your image.

You can also add multiple media tags for an image by separating them with a comma. Once you are done, don’t forget to click the ‘Save Metadata’ button to store your settings.

Add image tags

Just repeat the process to add tags to other images in your gallery.

Then, switch to the ‘Tags’ tab from the left column and check the ‘Enable Tag Filtering?’ box.

This will allow your users to filter all your gallery images using the tags.

Enable tag filtering

By default, Envira Gallery will create a filter for all the tags that you have added to your gallery.

However, if you want to include only specific tags for filtering, then you can also do that by typing those tags in the ‘Tags to include in Filtering’ option.

If you leave this section blank, then all the tags will be filtered. Next, you can also choose the tag position, enable/disable the ‘All’ tags feature, and sort tags according to your liking.

Once you are done, don’t forget to click the ‘Publish’ button at the top to save your changes.

Choose specific tags for filtering

You and users will now be able to use tags to filter images on your website.

Filtering by Tag in the Media Library

To filter images using tags in the WordPress dashboard, visit the Media » Envira Tags page from the admin sidebar.

Here, you will notice all the tags that you have created are listed on the left, and the number of images with that tag is listed in the ‘Item’ column.

To find the images that have a specific tag, simply click on the ‘Items’ number for that tag.

For example, to find all the images with the tag ‘architecture’, you will have to click the ‘1’ number in the architecture tag row.

Tag filtering on WordPress dashboard

This will open all the images with that tag in the media library.

This way, you don’t have to search through all your images to find the ones you are looking for.

Tag filtering image results

Filtering by Tag on the Front End

With Envira Gallery, users visiting your website can also filter images based on their tags.

Keep in mind that this feature will only work if you have checked the ‘Enable Tag Filtering?’ box for the gallery settings.

To enable this feature, you must first add the gallery you created to your website. For this, open the WordPress page/post in the content editor and click the add block ‘+’ button.

Once the block menu opens up, add the Envira Gallery block to the page/post and then select the gallery you created from the dropdown menu in the block itself.

Add envira gallery block

Finally, click the ‘Update’ or ‘Publish’ button to store your settings.

Now, you can visit your WordPress site to view the image gallery, where you will notice tags for filtering at the top of the images.

Once a user clicks on a tag, only images with that specific tag will be displayed in the gallery.

Tags filter preview

Bonus: Prevent Image Theft in WordPress

As a photographer or designer, using categories and tags can help you organize and display your images on your WordPress site. However, you may be worried about other people stealing your photos.

This is called image theft, which is the unauthorized use of your images on other websites.

It is a common problem for photographers and graphic designers because even though non-copyrighted image theft is unethical, it is not illegal. This means anyone can copy and sell your images as their own.

However, there are a few tricks that you can use to prevent image theft on your WordPress blog.

The first thing that you should do is disable right-click on your images. This will protect your copyright and prevent users from easily saving your images on their desktops.

You can also add a watermark to your images. Many stock photography websites use this method, which allows you to promote your images while protecting them from being stolen.

To create watermarks for your images, you will have to download the Watermark addon from Envira Gallery.

It is the easiest way to add watermarks without using any custom code. For details, see our tutorial on how to automatically add a watermark to images in WordPress.

Add watermark to image gallery

Other steps you can take to protect your images include registering your copyright, using a digital signature, and including hidden foreground layers.

To learn more tips on protecting your website from image theft, see our beginner’s guide on ways to prevent image theft in WordPress.

We hope this article helped you learn how to add categories and tags to the WordPress media library. You may also want to see our guide on how to find royalty-free images for your WordPress blog posts and our picks for the best WordPress slider plugins.

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SEO Strategies for CloudServerUAE and Buziness

In the fast-paced digital landscape, where competition is fierce and attention spans are fleeting, having a robust online presence is paramount for businesses. In the UAE, companies like CloudServerUAE and Buzinessware are leading the charge in providing cutting-edge cloud server solutions. However, to truly stand out in the crowded online marketplace, strategic SEO (Search Engine Optimization) efforts are indispensable.

Understanding the Importance of SEO
In today's digital era, where the majority of consumers turn to search engines like Google to find products and services, appearing prominently in search results can make or break a business. SEO is the key to unlocking this visibility. By optimizing their websites for relevant keywords and improving various aspects of their online presence, companies can enhance their search engine rankings and attract more organic traffic.

Leveraging Keywords: CloudServerUAE and Buzinessware
At the core of any effective SEO strategy lies keyword research. For CloudServerUAE and Buzinessware, identifying and targeting the right keywords is crucial for reaching their target audience. Keywords such as "cloud server UAE" and "Buzinessware cloud solutions" are likely to be highly relevant to their offerings. By incorporating these keywords strategically throughout their website content, meta tags, and headings, they can improve their visibility in search results related to cloud services in the UAE.

Content is King: Educate and Engage
In the realm of SEO, content reigns supreme. Both CloudServerUAE and Buzinessware can leverage content marketing to establish thought leadership and engage their audience. By creating informative blog posts, whitepapers, and case studies that address common pain points and provide valuable insights into cloud computing, they can attract organic traffic and establish credibility in their industry. Additionally, regularly updating their content and incorporating relevant keywords can signal to search engines that their websites are active and authoritative.

Technical Optimization: Ensuring Smooth Performance
In addition to content optimization, technical aspects of SEO play a critical role in determining a website's search engine rankings. CloudServerUAE and Buzinessware should focus on ensuring that their websites are mobile-friendly, have fast loading times, and are secure with HTTPS encryption. Optimizing website architecture, implementing proper URL structures, and utilizing schema markup can also enhance their visibility in search results and provide a better user experience.

In conclusion, SEO is a powerful tool for enhancing the online visibility and success of businesses like CloudServerUAE and Buzinessware. By leveraging keywords, creating valuable content, optimizing technical aspects, building backlinks, and continuously monitoring their performance, they can climb the ranks in search engine results pages and stay ahead of the competition in the dynamic world of cloud computing.[Click Here]

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Combining CSS :has() And HTML <select> For Greater Conditional Styling

Even though the CSS :has() pseudo-class is relatively new, we already know a lot about it, thanks to many, many articles and tutorials demonstrating its powerful ability to conditionally select elements based on their contents. We’ve all seen the card component and header examples, but the conditional nature of :has() actually makes it adept at working with form controls, which are pretty conditional in nature as well.

Let’s look specifically at the <select> element. With it, we can make a choice from a series of <option>s. Combined with :has(), we are capable of manipulating styles based on the selected <option>.

<select>
  <option value="1" selected>Option 1</option>
  <option value="2">Option 2</option>
  <option value="3">Option 3</option>
  <option value="4">Option 4</option>
  <option value="5">Option 5</option>
</select>

This is your standard <select> usage, producing a dropdown menu that contains options for user selection. And while it’s not mandatory, I’ve added the selected attribute to the first <option> to set it as the initial selected option.

Applying styles based on a user’s selection is not a new thing. We’ve had the Checkbox Hack in our pockets for years, using the :checked CSS pseudo-class to style the element based on the selected option. In this next example, I’m changing the element’s color and the background-color properties based on the selected <option>.

See the Pen demo 01 - Using the :has selector on a dropdown menu by Amit Sheen.

But that’s limited to styling the current element, right? If a particular <option> is :checked, then we style its style. We can write a more complex selector and style child elements based on whether an <option> is selected up the chain, but that’s a one-way road in that we are unable to style up parent elements even further up the chain.

That’s where :has() comes in because styling up the chain is exactly what it is designed to do; in fact, it’s often called the “parent selector” for this reason (although “family selector” may be a better descriptor).

For example, if we want to change the background-color of the <select> element according to the value of the selected <option>, we select the element if it has a specific [value] that is :checked.

See the Pen demo 02 - Using the :has selector on a dropdown menu by Amit Sheen.

Just how practical is this? One way I’m using it is to style mandatory <select> elements without a valid selected <option>. So, instead of applying styles if the element :has() a :checked state, I am applying styles if the required element does :not(:has(:checked)).

See the Pen demo 02.1 - Using the :has selector on a dropdown menu by Amit Sheen.

But why stop there? If we can use :has() to style the <select> element as the parent of an <option>, then we can also use it to style the parent of the <select>, as well as its parent, in addition to its parent, and even its parent... all the way up the chain to the :root element. We could even bring :has() all the way up the chain and sniff out whether any <select> child of the document :root :has() a particular <option> that is :checked:

:root:has(select [value="foo"]:checked) {
  // Styles applied if <option value="foo"> is <select>-ed
}

This is useful for setting a custom property value dynamically or applying a set of styles for the whole page. Let’s make a little style picker that illustrates the idea of setting styles on an entire page.

See the Pen demo 03 - Using the :has selector on a dropdown menu by Amit Sheen.

Or perhaps a theme picker:

See the Pen demo 04 - Using the :has selector on a dropdown menu by Amit Sheen.

How that last example works is that I added a class to each <select> element and referenced that class inside the :has() selector in order to prevent unwanted selections in the event that there are multiple <select> elements on the page.

And, of course, we don’t have to go all the way up to the :root element. If we’re working with a specific component, we can scope :has() to that component like in the following demo of a star rating component.

See the Pen demo 05 - Using the :has selector on a dropdown menu by Amit Sheen.

Watch a short video tutorial I made on using CSS to create 3D animated stars.
Conclusion

We’d be doing :has() a great disservice if we only saw it as a “parent selector” rather than the great conditional operator it is for applying styles all the way up the chain. Seen this way, it’s more of a modern upgrade to the Checkbox Hack in that it sends styles up like we were never able to do before.

There are endless examples of using :has() to create style variations of a component according to its contents. We’ve even seen it used to accomplish the once-complicated linked card pattern. But now you have an example for using it to create dropdown menus that conditionally apply styles (or don’t) to a page or component based the currently selected option — depending on how far up the chain we scope it.

I’ve used this technique a few different ways — e.g., as form validation, a style picker, and star ratings — but I’m sure there are plenty of other ways you can imagine how to use it in your own work. And if you are using :has() on a <select> element for something different or interesting, let me know because I’d love to see it!

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How to Create an Effective Content Plan in WordPress (9 Expert Tips)

Are you hitting a brick wall trying to plan upcoming content for your blog or business website?

A WordPress website is a powerful tool. But so many business owners waste their potential by not being intentional about the content they create.

The right content will attract the right visitors. It will answer their questions and provide the information they are searching for. Plus, it can help you grow a community of people who appreciate the types of products or services you provide.

So, here are my top tips on how to create an effective content plan in WordPress.

Note: This is a guest post by Chris Christoff, the Awesome Motive partner in charge of MonsterInsights, the best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. This is an expert column that we publish every Thursday, where we invite a WordPress expert to share their experiences with our readers.

How to Create an Effective Content Plan in WordPress

I will cover quite a few topics in this post. Here’s a handy list so you can jump to the section you are most interested in:

  1. What Are Users Searching For?
  2. Which Search Terms Are Bringing Visitors to My Website?
  3. Who Is Visiting My Website?
  4. What Is Working on My Site?
  5. What Is Declining in Traffic on My Site?
  6. What Is Missing From My Site?
  7. What Are My Competitors Doing Well?
  8. Use AI Tools to Discover More Content Ideas
  9. Schedule Your Content Plan on a Content Calendar

1. What Are Users Searching For?

Internet users perform 5.9 million Google searches per minute. Wouldn’t it be great to know what they are looking for so you can provide the answers? That’s what keyword research is all about.

Keywords are the specific words and phrases that users type into Google and other search engines to find the content they are looking for.

You can explore the top keywords related to your blog’s niche using free and paid keyword research tools. Throughout this article, I’ll touch on how to use a number of these tools.

Let’s start with Semrush. This is one of my favorite keyword research tools because it makes it easy to discover keywords related to your WordPress blog.

You simply type in any word or phrase related to your business, and Semrush will give you a list of keyword variations, questions, and related keywords.

A list of related keywords in the Semrush platform

These will reveal topics you should plan to write about. Make sure you include these keywords in a natural way within the content of your blog posts.

Alternative: The WPBeginner Keyword Generator is another great and free option.

Another useful tool is Google Trends, which shows you how the popularity of a keyword varies over time. This can show you whether a specific keyword is becoming more or less popular, or if it is searched for more often at certain times of the year.

Google Shopping ads trends

This will help you spot topics that are quickly growing in importance and topics that are best written about at certain times of the year.

For example, you will want to schedule some topics for summer or winter or during certain holidays, like Christmas or Thanksgiving.

2. Which Search Terms Are Bringing Visitors to My Website?

Now you have a useful list of the relevant keywords that users are generally searching for, you should spend some time learning about the phrases people are using to find your WordPress site right now. This will be a list of search terms you are already ranking for.

One of the best tools to uncover this information is Google Search Console. It’s a free tool that lets you monitor your site’s presence in Google search results.

However, like many online tools, Google Search Console is quite technical and can be difficult for beginners to use.

That’s the problem MonsterInsights intends to solve. It connects with Google Search Console and Google Analytics to let you view easy-to-understand reports right from your WordPress dashboard.

For example, MonsterInsights offers a Search Console report that lists the top 50 Google search terms that bring visitors to your site.

Viewing Google Search Console Report in MonsterInsights

This data shows you which topics your current visitors are interested in. Since you are already getting traffic on those keywords, you can improve your search performance by creating new content on those topics.

Next, I recommend asking yourself whether your WordPress blog posts are ranking for the right keywords. If you have already written content that targets specific keywords but are not getting much traffic for them, then you will need to concentrate on creating better content.

3. Who Is Visiting My Website?

I always suggest that business owners plan their content around their target audience. This is the group of people you want to reach with your products and services.

They are likely to have similar demographics, needs, and interests, and understanding what they are will help you write more engaging content.

The best tool for understanding your website visitors is Google Analytics. It’s a free tool that collects all sorts of information about your website visitors, including the country they live in, the operating system and browser they use, and even their screen resolution.

You can view this information right from your WordPress dashboard using the MonsterInsights Demographics report. It displays visitor information from Google Analytics in a friendly and helpful way.

You can see your visitors’ ages and genders at a glance. This information will help you plan more compelling content.

Age and gender demographic charts

For example, you will probably want to write with a different style and voice for young female visitors compared to a website that attracts mainly middle-aged men.

This report also lists your visitors’ interests, revealing the topics your target audience is most interested in. This data is also very helpful when planning content.

For more details, just see this article on how to track website visitors in WordPress.

Interest report

You may be surprised by this demographic data because you are trying to target a completely different audience. In that case, something has gone wrong with your content, and you should keep these insights in mind when planning new content and updates.

4. What Is Working on My Site?

Another important consideration when creating an effective content plan is looking at the website content that is already working well. These are the posts that are receiving the most traffic and that your visitors spend the most time on.

For example, it’s always a good idea to look for your most important pages and posts.

MonsterInsights Top Posts/Pages Report

Once you know which posts are performing the best, you can plan to create more content on similar topics and grow your traffic.

I also recommend checking keyword rankings for your top articles. You may be able to improve their rankings by scheduling updates and optimizations.

You can uncover more detailed insights by installing the MonsterInsights Custom Dimensions addon. This will let you create reports of your most popular authors, top categories, top focus keywords, and most popular post types.

In turn, this information will help you build a data-driven content strategy that works.

For example, if one author’s posts are performing well, then you can train the rest of your team to follow their techniques. Or discovering your top categories will show you popular topics on your website that you should plan more content for.

5. What Is Declining in Traffic on My Site?

Content planning isn’t just about deciding on new articles to write. It’s also about regularly updating existing content to stay relevant and accurate.

Content decay is where your posts decline in traffic and search rankings over time. They will continue to lose traffic unless you update that content.

This can happen when your content becomes old or outdated, or your competitors write better content targeting the same keywords. It may also be that those keywords are no longer being searched for as often, or that Google has changed their algorithm.

In my opinion, content decay is one of the biggest problems faced by website owners and online businesses.

That’s why it’s a good idea to monitor how individual posts are ranking using a WordPress SEO plugin. All in One SEO (AIOSEO) is one of the best options, and it helps you easily optimize your website for search engines.

It has a Content Performance report that displays your best-performing posts and pages and shows whether their search engine rankings are rising or falling.

AIOSEO's Content Performance feature

You can quickly see which posts have lost the most rankings in the ‘Top Losing’ tab.

AIOSEO also offers a more detailed Content Rankings report. This displays the date you last updated all of your website content, the change in ranking, and a helpful graph of how each post has performed over the last year.

All in One SEO Content Rankings Report

Once you identify the posts on your website that are declining, you can schedule updates so they will start to rank well again.

You should update any information that has changed since the post was written and optimize it for SEO. For example, you might update the images, embed a video, or add a table of contents or FAQ section.

6. What Is Missing From My Site?

Your WordPress blog is a work in progress. That means there will be lots of topics that users are searching for that you haven’t written about yet.

One of the best things you can do when planning new content is to perform a content gap analysis. This process involves comparing the keywords your audience is looking for against your website content and planning to write new posts to fill the gaps you haven’t covered yet.

I showed you earlier how Semrush can help you discover important keywords that you should cover in your articles.

It also offers a Keyword Gap report that can automatically show you which keywords are missing from your website or not performing well.

Keyword gap tool

You simply enter the URLs of your top competitors to discover the keywords they are ranking for but you are not.

Then, you can easily filter the list to find keywords that are missing or weak on your blog.

Missing keywords

Once you identify which topics are missing, you can plan to create helpful content to fill those gaps and improve your website’s search performance.

Now, I want to show you some other ways you can get content ideas from your competitors.

7. What Are My Competitors Doing Well?

I’ve been working in the content marketing space for a long time, and it’s more competitive than ever. You can only stay ahead of the game if you keep your eye on what others are doing in your industry.

Chances are, some of your competitors’ content is outperforming yours. Performing a competitor analysis lets you study what they are doing well so you can improve your own website and ultimately outrank them on search.

You’ve just seen how the Semrush Keyword Gap report shows you the keywords your competitors outrank you on. You can also use their Domain Overview report to discover a more complete analysis of competing websites.

Semrush Domain Overview Tool

Once you enter your competitor’s URL, you’ll be able to see its authority score, organic search traffic, paid search traffic, backlinks, and a whole lot more.

You’ll also see the countries that provide the most traffic and a graph of their traffic over time.

Enter competitor URL in domain overview

Besides that, you can discover their top-performing pages and tons of other useful data that you can use to improve your content strategy.

I appreciate how Semrush lets you dig in and explore each aspect of the report to give you fresh insights into your competitor’s SEO strategies.

Now, you can use that information to set goals for your website and identify areas for improvement.

8. Use AI Tools to Discover More Content Ideas

Marketers who use AI (artificial intelligence) see an average of 70% increase in ROI (return on investment). When brainstorming new content ideas, artificial intelligence tools can help by identifying relevant trends, topics, and keywords.

This can spark new content ideas and help you stay on top of current industry discussions.

It can be as simple as typing the right prompt into ChatGPT.

With practice, you’ll start using longer and more precise prompts to get the exact help you are looking for. Here are a few of my own examples that you can use when creating a content plan.

This prompt simply asks for 10 blog post ideas on certain topics, along with a title for each post:

Create a list of at least 10 blog post ideas on the topics of stress management and mental health. Suggest an SEO-friendly title for each post, and use an emotional and persuasive tone in post titles.

Below, you can see the ideas that ChatGPT gave me in response:

ChatGPT Prompt to Generate Content Ideas

If you are planning to write product reviews, then you can ask the AI for the most popular products used in a particular area, and a brief explanation of how they can help, like this:

Create a list of the most popular equipment needed in a home office, along with the pros and cons of each one.

In the same way, you might ask for a list of problems people typically have when trying to accomplish a particular task:

Create a list of problems people typically experience when performing a content gap analysis. Provide three tips on how to overcome each problem.

Specific questions like this will provide a more helpful list of suggestions than generic prompts.

Once you have generated a list of new content ideas, artificial intelligence can help you write powerful headlines for each post. For example, I recommend starting by using a free headline analyzer tool on websites like WPBeginner and MonsterInsights.

After that, you can use tools such as All in One SEO to optimize your headlines. With the click of your mouse, you will be offered 5 optimized post titles that are designed to capture your audience’s interest using up-to-date best practices.

AI generated headlines

For more details, just see this tutorial on how to write powerful headlines with AI.

9. Schedule Your Content Plan on a Content Calendar

If you followed all my tips above, then you should now have a very long list of ideas. This will include new blog post topics, optimized titles and keywords, and articles that need to be updated.

It’s now time to make a plan. The problem is that a large list of keywords can overwhelm beginners, so they simply give up.

You can make sure those posts actually get written or updated by scheduling them on your content calendar. This will act like a roadmap, giving you a clear overview of your content strategy and keeping you on track.

You can use popular online task management tools like Asana or Trello. You may already be familiar with these web apps, and they come with powerful features that help you stay on track.

Additionally, if you have a multi-author blog, then solutions like PublishPress Pro can improve your editorial workflow. This WordPress plugin lets you create a content calendar with custom post statuses, editorial comments, and email notifications.

Just make sure that your publishing schedule is consistent and achievable. Your goal is to create a bird’s eye view of your content strategy that keeps you organized and productive.

I hope these practical tips help you create an effective content plan for your WordPress blog. You may also want to see these guides on how to increase your blog traffic and the best analytics solutions for WordPress users.

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