In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to update your WordPress plugins. This is extremely important and can save you from blog problems and security issues.

In case you didn’t know, the month of October is International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So everyone should help do their part to raise awareness, whether it’s through blogging, walking, or anything else you can think up. The more people that help, the more people will become aware of this deadly disease.

I’m also pleased to announce that the people over at WooThemes are running a new campaign this month entitled “We Love Boobs.” They will be donating 20% of total sales of any of their business themes and 100% of their total sales of two of their new themes to a local breast cancer charity.

It’s great to see people from the WordPress community helping raise awareness. It really shows how nice of community we have going on and it’s what I enjoy most about using WordPress.

So if you’ve been thinking about purchasing a premium WordPress theme, now is the time to do it! Head on over to WooThemes and check out their business themes.

After a few months of debating, we’ve finally decided to launch a WordPress Crash Course!

So what’s included? We’ve put together 16 high quality videos showing you how to use the WordPress dashboard. The course covers everything from the dashboard all the way up to managing your content.

The course is broken down in to 10 different sections. That way each video is short enough to watch in a few minutes. Plus we wanted each video to only cover a certain topic. That way you can easily skim through and find the one you want to watch at any time.

Here’s a quick look at the various sections…

In this tutorial, we show you how to optimize your WordPress permalinks for the best possible search results.

Lets face it, problems happen. Especially when it comes to running a blog or website. From time to time, people will follow a bad link your website that leads to a page that doesn’t exist. This will result in a 404 error. Which isn’t the best thing in the world.

However, you can add a 404 theme to WordPress that will not only make your website or blog look more professional, but it will also help your readers. Depending on the theme you are using, you might already have a 404 page template that can easily be customized. If you don’t have one, you can easily create one using the instructions below.

Add A 404 Page Template

To add a 404 page template, all you need to do is create a file called 404.php and upload it to your themes directory. Make sure to place …