30 Common WordPress Mistakes

30 Common Website/WordPress Mistakes by both Novices & Pro Authors

Allowing your content to be author-focused instead of reader-focused

Using WordPress.com instead of self-hosted WordPress (.org)

Using a generic or defective theme

Not designing for mobile use

Not optimizing pages and images for SEO

Not properly integrating social media

Not setting up the permalinks properly (A.K.A. ugly permalinks)

Too many categories, not enough tags

Letting it be too design heavy or too boring

Overwhelming your visitors
Too many navigation links
Too much on the home page
Too many pop-ups and moving graphics
Too many ads

Not using video to the best of your abilities

Not making it easy for visitors to connect with you on social media

Not making your book’s buy-now button easy to find

Not offering an easy way for visitors to get on your list (appealing incentives?)

Not using effective calls to action (where are you leading them?)

Not taking full advantage of the scripts that are available such as
Google XML Sitemaps
Contact Form 7
Akismet
All in One SEO Pack

Running too many unnecessary scripts

Trying to run e-commerce plugins on WordPress

Not posting on the blog often enough

Not having a regular backup of your database & site files

Not using Google Analytics

Not using Webmaster tools to get your site indexed

Ignoring Google Authorship Markup

Not using a Gravatar (Globally Recognized Avatar)

Not customizing the Favicon

Not taking advantage tools like CDN and CACHE that help your site load faster

Ignoring WordPress updates

Going with a faulty hosting company just because it is cheaper

Not taking steps to further “harden” your WordPress site (here are just a few)
Not using proper security plugins
Not changing the default username from “admin”
Not changing the “wp_” prefix of your database table

30. Not talking to your website designer about all of this!

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