POST VIA EMAIL

Create an email account specifically for your blog.

1.

Install the Postie plugin and enter the information for your email account.

2.

Click "Test Config" to make sure Postie is able to connect to the email account.

3.

Change "Preferred Text Type" to "html."

4.

Create an email that contains both regular and bold text, attach an image to it, and send it to your blog's email address.

5.

Finally, check to make sure the email is showing up as expected on your website.

6.

BOOST SEO RESULTS

Install the All in One SEO Pack plugin and enable it.

1.

Give your homepage a custom title and description.

2.

Add the name of the category it is contained in to post titles.

3.

SPEED UP YOUR SITE

Create a spreadsheet to record the results of performance tests. Include columns for pages tested, YSlow results, PageSpeed results, load time
results, and notes.

1.

Run YSlow, PageSpeed, and load speed tests and record the initial results in your spreadsheet.

2.

Install the W3 Total Cache plugin and enable each of the settings you saw in the video except the database and object caches. Deploy your
changes and disable "Preview Mode."

3.

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