Everyone makes mistakes, but when you’re a beginner to WordPress, there are some pitfalls that are easy to fall into. To help you avoid these common mistakes in WordPress, we point out some of the most common mistakes beginners make, so you can avoid them.

In fact, to be honest, these WordPress mistakes aren’t just made by beginners. That’s why we’re going to point out what things you need to pay attention to.

Errors in WordPress

To help you avoid these common mistakes, we’ve compiled a list of WordPress errors that most commonly occur in beginners.

Poorly created permalink

A permalink , as the name suggests, should be permanent. So once you set it up, it should not be changed anymore. Every new WordPress post will automatically be assigned a permalink that will look something like this: https://www.vašsajt.com/?p=123. Ugly, isn’t it? In addition to looking ugly, this kind of permalink is bad for SEO. It makes it harder for search engines to associate relevant keywords with your content, thus reducing the SEO performance of the page.

Imate puno mogućnosti izbora za odlučivanje o strukturi permlinka. Na levoj traci u kontrolnoj tabli pod Settings možete izabrati opciju sa podešavanje permalinkova. Preporučujemo da kao opciju za određivanje permalinka izaberete opciju Post Name ili kao u slučaju na slici Custom Structure gde je kombinovana kategorija posta sa nazivom posta. Na taj će način vaš permalink biti čitljiviji i razumljiviji kako pretraživačima, tako i samim korisnicima.

Ako se odlučite za menjanje svog permalinka znajte da će se i URL posta promeniti. To znači da pretraživači više ne mogu pronaći ovaj post, jer su indeksirali stari permalink. Posetioci koji na vašu stranicu stignu preko pretraživača završiće na strani sajta koja prikazuje grešku 404, koja ukazuje da tražena strana ne može da bude pronađena. Ovo želite da izbegnete po svaku cenu.

Kako da ne blokirate pretraživače?

Želite da vaš biznis bude pronađen putem interneta? Naravno da je odgovor pozitivan! U suprotnom se ne biste ni posvetili izradi sajta.

Međutim, WordPress vam daje mogućnost da odvratite pretraživače od indeksiranja stranica, a nekima ovo zvuči kao dobra opcija pa je stoga uključe. Čekiranje ove opcije jedna je od najlakših, ali i najskupljih grešaka koje možete napraviti. A nećete verovati koliko se često dešava.

Essentially, by confirming this option, you’re saying that you don’t want search engines to crawl your site and add it to search results. If your website is still in development, then this makes sense. But if the site is finished and ready to go, it won’t be found through a search engine.

Your content isn’t categorized

WordPress allows you to place posts in specific categories, thus providing users with easy navigation on the site. When you install WordPress , all posts will be uncategorized. If you don’t assign your posts to the appropriate category, they will all be in the Uncategorized category.

I’m sure you’ll agree that the Uncategorized category doesn’t sound very good. Your content on your website should be well organized by categories so that readers can easily find the content that will be most useful to them. If you don’t categorize your posts correctly, it can also have a negative impact on search engine optimization.

On the left bar of the control panel, under the Posts option, you select Edit Categories. This is where you create categories for your site that you will later add to your site’s posts in relation to their content.

Use too many plugins

There are over 50,000 plugins available in WordPress that offer a wide range of choices. That is why it is very tempting to install plugins that enable various functionalities on the site and make it easier to edit. However, you have to be careful not to overdo it. When it comes to WordPress errors, too many plugins are certainly one of the most common.

Too many plugins, in addition to requiring regular updates, carry some other risks. Too many plugins can slow down your website. Considering that site speed is one of the most important items today when it comes to user experience and SEO, be sure to think carefully about whether you need every plugin .

Technically, a single plugin can disrupt an entire website. Therefore, in addition to the number of plugins, you should also be careful about the technical side, i.e. the quality of the plugin. Always check the number of installations that have been made so far and what is the overall rating given by the users so far.

Be sure to change the tagline

When you create a new website in WordPress, it’s very easy to jump right into creating content and start creating posts, pages, and changing the design. However, take some time to go through the default settings.

For example, you probably won’t want your site to automatically add a tag to every published page that reads Just another WordPress site. The option is located under Settings, then General , and then change the tagline.

Ništa nije loše sa podrazumevanim podešavanjima, ali ona jednostavno nisu optimizovana za vaš sajt. Obavezno posvetite dovoljno vremena ovom segmentu u uređivanju kako bi sajt odavao profesionalnost i posvećenost.

Nabrojali smo najčešće grešake u WordPress-u koje se prave na sajtovima, kako bi vam pomogli da ih izbegnete. Naravno ovom spisku se može dodati još stavki, ali te stvari postaju rutina sa iskustvom i konstatnim usavršavanjem.

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