I am frustrated! I have a subscription at WP Beginners, a word press site that explains how to do almost all of the things I don’t seem to know. The lessons are straight forward, and written in plain English, which happens to be the language I mostly understand.
My frustration comes in the form of not being able to institute any of those lessons, as I have a free site and most of the fixes actually require me to pay for a proper website. Nearly all of the lessons suggest I add various plugins, to enhance the blog.
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The problem with that is I can’t afford it. I am partially disabled, on SSI and have a fixed income. Great choice of words, fixed income, because the truth is my income is broke! At least I am. I will get into that in another article.
I can’t beg for money, I’m just not that kind of boy. I also can’t put a cup or jar by the door for you to put spare change into, as I need a plugin for that too. I sweep this site out every day, looking for the change you lose when you pull your smartphone out of your pocket, but alas 3 pennies and a dime does not a fortune make.
Sorry about crying in my beer ( actually I don’t drink beer ) and getting you all wet with my tears. Wah wah… Hey I did that just fine. I welcome comments, answers, paychecks, and coffee w/ cream and sugar. Please feel free to leave all of your jewelery on the table by the door when you exit. And Thank you in advance…..
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From what I’ve learned in my short time here, the plug ins are for the Paid WordPress site. Not something I subscribe to either, I have the Free WordPress site (just like you) And Julia is correct, the tags definitely help with driving some traffic to the blog. If someone is searching for a post about “poetry” your tagged poem could get that traffic. Also I find that the more you comment and engage with other bloggers, sometimes that also gets you a few extra followers as well. It’s all a learning process, one I’m still trying to get the hang of.
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Thank you, I’m just impatient I guess. I still have much to learn.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Honestly the most important thing I learned was using tags and categories which help drive traffic to your blog.
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Thank you for the input. I have been enjoying your blog, please teach me more.
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Aw thanks Rusty, I’m grateful ☺ are you using tags & categories?
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I am using them, but I’m not sure I use them correctly.
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When i first started out i looked at seasoned bloggers for the tags they used as inspiration. Then i read a post about tags & categories…you tag your post as to it’s main theme, say, photography or writing or poetry or appreciation or music etc. Then use the categories for all the elements of the post…expression, moms, kids, art, artist, black and white, depression and so on. A tag counts as a category so you don’t need to use it twice. Does this make sense? Lol I’m never sure if I’m being clear
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you betcha, Julia, and you’re right. That sound was me hitting my head for not thinking that for myself. thank you. I owe ya something.
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Not at all! My pleasure ☺ WP is a bugger to navigate
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You don’t need any shmancy plug ins my friend. I haven’t paid one red cent for anything here on WP.
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