What Is Your Most Painful Task In WordPress
WordPress is the best blogging platform in my opinion (I bet that comes as surprise 
) but it has its own share of problems and issues. However much we would like to have a magic button to “get it done” it hasn’t happened… yet.
In this post I want to ask your opinion and request that you share your personal most painful task that comes to your mind when you deal with WordPress…
I have decided to separate it into several categories with explanations and provide a quick poll below it. Please take a minute and share your opinion.
- WordPress install and configuration – this would include install of the core and then choosing all the right options for your blog setup to ensure best performance in Search Engines and otherwise.
- WordPress upgrade – just as it state, upgrade of the core system.
- Locating Quality plugins – and by this I mean finding plugins that provide the functionality without breaking everything else you have on your blog. As we all know, all plugins are different and while one excel at what it is designed to do – others make your blog completely die.
- Installing and configuring plugins – however easy authors try to make this process, more often then not they use techno-geek speak and unless you have the required knowledge it might be very hard to implement the plugin you love to have.
- Upgrading plugins – as new version released quite frequently, this adds that overhead level many are not comfortable with.
- Finding and Installing Quality themes – same as with plugins, finding a solid quality theme can be a chore for your demanding needs and ensuring that it will work with what you already have can be even more difficult.
- Customizing themes – make them yours. Show your personality, that is if you have required knowledge.
So let me know what you think…
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WordPress is the best blogging platform in my opinion (I bet that comes as surprise Wink) but it has its own share of problems and issues. However much we would like to have a magic button to “get it done” it hasn’t happened… yet.
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I wouldn’t pick any of these, I’d say managing images is the biggest pain in the butt when using WordPress
Sizing them, trying to find old ones, etc…their image library could be sooooo much better.
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Hmm, it’s built right into your editor… I didn’t even think that would be hard …
Alex
Like Frank said below, it’s not that it’s hard to add a picture, but if say i want to use the same image over and over again, I basically have to go look up an old blog post to find it.
I use pictures in almost every post, so if I want to find an old one to use again, it’s a pain. That’s all I really mean.
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Good point …
Thanks for input.
I’ll have to go along with Mike and say image management as well. I almost always have to manually code the HTML to get what I want. And, as he mentioned, finding old images is a pain.
Along the same lines is embedding scripted components in a post. While I understand some of the logic as to why it’s this way, spam and malware protection, I just wish it wasn’t so ‘helpful’ at times and that I could turn it off easily.
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The answer to your contest question is Winston Churchill.
cheers!
I am glad to read this quote “Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam.” which has been written by Winston Churchill.
Awaiting your response.
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I want more info on customizing themes for non-photoshop’ers and non-programmers setting up customized wordpress blogs..
Why dont you write something for people who have no knowledge of PHP, CSS and wants to install a wordpress blog but does not know how to design a template or even customize it…
I am looking forward to much much info on that……
Getting good wordpress themes is a pain in the ass and getting them free is another issue..
HELP! HELP! HELP!
You will good traffic to this stuff as well coz its faced by ample number of people…
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Ronak,
I’m no theme designer … but I generally I can get around to do my own tasks. I think what you are asking for is on border of being impossible. Customizing theme requires work with images (where Photoshop is my tool of choice), php and css. How can you customize theme without attempting to learn it? Sorry, I don’t think its possible and my recommendation is to either use one that fits your needs or hire someone to customize it to your liking.
Sorry, some tasks simply require certain level of knowledge.
Alex
Your blog is cool and I want to make it cooler..
The point is that beginners with no PHP, CSS and photoshop knowledge will have to learn it but there is no one talking from the point of view of a fresher learning these things.. OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU!
I am confused that how much time these things will take to learn when I have already downloaded lynda video tutorials of each of these..
can you write a few posts on what role does these PHP, CSS and Photoshop plays or even a series of tutorial that helps people like me to know where to start from by myself when creating a blog..
You know what! I was very happy indeed that I found your blog and that too a nice one with good informative and USEFUL content.
Alex, pleeease.. try and understand my view point.. its a request!!!
Imagine the traffic you will get because your content will be very unique indeed.. and very very USEFUL..
Also, am I winner in the lrecent contest of RSS readers?
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Alex,
I am saying I wish to learn PHP, CSS and photoshop but dont know how much time it will take and what part of php, css is applied while installing a wordpress blog..
What role does PHP, CSS, and photoshop plays..
It’s ultimately your choice at the end of the day.. I can just request..
I will be really glad if you convert the problem into a huge PR and traffic opportunity for the “emergence” of your blog..
I very well understand that you write quality, not quantity! Hats off to you!
Ronak Shah’s last blog post..Online Copywriting
Ronak,
Am not a designer and while am able to do my own work – creating tutorial on subject would be outside of my “comfortable” knowledge at this point.
Plus I have see tutorials on the subject done already. Just look it up…
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Alex
Alex,
Whatever the case, I just thank you for replying to me on that.
If you aren’t comfortable doing that right now, I will be happy if you just paste links of some other blogs that answer the queries I have within the posts that you write or even paste it here in the comments so that at least I will receive it in my mailbox someday fortunately.
I am really looking forward to winning the contest with wealth 2.0 package..
Happy blogging!
Regards,
Ronak.
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Microsoft tried something like this out a few years ago and called it “FrontPage”. The results weren’t so good.
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Hi – I attempted to integrate a forum into a WP blog and the only bridge I could find was by some guy who was just “trying it” so there was no support, no instructions, nada. The open-sourcedness of it is what bugs me – but I have no left brain. To me, WP is like rocket science. I assume you all know about the WP Theme Generator? http://www.yvoschaap.com/wpthemegen/
Kate
I think the hardest is on Customizing Themes that is why I strongly suggest that Bloggers should just get a Custom WordPress Theme. That is where I earn my Living on the web, but i do see a lot of advantages if and when you take this route.
Kate – yes, we are aware of theme generator but I appreciate you provide a link, I’m sure someone will find it helpful …
On forum integration – I have a post on it on my blog, although I have removed forums from the blog, it worked just fine …
ChiQ – I agree, but many bloggers can’t swing the price of a hosting account much less afford a custom theme
My vote goes to…. Customizing themes.. Yay.. I am going with the crowd!
Although I don’t have a real problem with all of those, that is the hardest thing I could ever teach to others.
Btw, great to see your RSS back, been having a problem yesterday.
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Thanks Hendry,
I think FeedBurner had issue yesterday and my feed was one among few others (that actually reported it on their support forum). Unfortunately while the problem was addressed, their support is less then “piss poor”. Seem to be the case with every company that is bought by corporation, MBL comes to mind and now FeedBurner that is now part of big and “happy G family” …
Oh well, I guess I should be glad they addressed the issue.
My biggest wordpress problem is usually figuring out which plugins are not compatible. Deactivating one plugin at time is a real pain.
And some of the cusotmizing especially when the change appears in browser and not in another.
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Alex I just wanted to say thank you for creating one incredible blog platform that has been tweaked to the MAX for SEO and all my blogs have several keywords on page one of Google and I get close to 80% of my traffic organically from the search engines. I had family business I had to take care of and could not touch my blogs for two weeks. Guess what? My income actually jumped, go figure!
Thanks Bob!
Your comment is greatly appreciated!
Than you for asking this great question. Many people are with the believe that word press is easy to manage so they rush into it only to find that there is something more one has to do to get the necessary result. Like plug-ins, themes, SEO, and others. I was once there and now that I have started following your blog posts, I am learning new tips to make my blog viable. I am however now stuck with upgrading my system. I just can’t get along with it. If I want to automatically upgrade, an error message pops up. I hope to get a means of getting over it.
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I used the expertwordpress service to install wordpress.. and then tested the load time. I didn't even take the next step to start loading content.. It simply WAY SLOW compared to other domains on the same server. Using xsitepro website builder program a site with double the size loads in 1/5 the time. I thought expertwordpress was supposed to be the be all, end all for overcoming WP install issues. But if wordpress loads so slowly, few people will wait around.. and slow sites are dinged by google, from what I've read.
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Old post. Timeless question.
I think we are actually a few WordPress updates away from the original post and well image management is still a huge pain. Unless I missed it I think WordPress needs a mass upload for images. Sometimes on a post I have multiple images and with inline html I may have multiple images as well.
A few comments on some of the issues mentioned in the post:
- There are tons of free Themes but I prefer to pay for premium themes. The authors go through plenty of extra trouble to sell the features to me so I know the theme will be flexible where I need it. Only on of my Press-Sites uses a free theme. More than half way into building the site I was looking for workarounds for a few issues.
- Plugins, plugins, plugins. Thankfully, I had a few WP to get me started on the best plugins to use. If I had to browse the plugin repository and figure out what to use myself I would have been totally lost. Plugin upgrading is still a scary prospect. Have had a few horror stories upgrading plugins and its not likely to change anytime soon.
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