WordPress is one of the most popular open source blogging scripts available to the modern day blogger. WordPress.com specifically is an open source content management system that is better known as a blog publishing platform. The WordPress 3.0 version of the script is one of the most popular WordPress CMS that has ever been used hitting the 12 million mark in terms of the downloads.
One of the things that attract bloggers to WordPress is its versatility and simplicity. The availability of numerous features on WordPress as a blogging script is also one of the factors that augur well with WordPress users. Features such as extensive plugins make WordPress a very appealing blogging platform and it is no wonder that every new version of WordPress tries to accommodate more and more new features in order to make it even more versatile and flexible and to make your WordPress blog usable from anywhere in the world.
WordPress is well aware that it is not every time that you have a computer in tow when you need to update your WordPress blog. This is why they have gone through the trouble of introducing a new feature that is definitely a hit with WordPress users. The feature is the use of SMS text messaging services to interact with your blog. This feature is definitely a life saver because you are more likely to carry your mobile phone everywhere making it very easy to update your blog any time you want. You can do this just by the use of an SMS.
The feature is available to all WordPress users in the United States and it comes in two forms; the free features and the paid upgrade features. The free features include SMS alerts on the mobile phone any time a new user joins your blog or an already existing user leaves your blog. You also get SMS alerts anytime there n a change to the privacy settings or a change to the theme.
There are upgrade features accessible at only $2o per year. These upgrade features give the blogger more control over their WordPress blog via SMS. Some of the features include blog protection via a two step login process where you receive a passcode via SMS that you use to login to your blog. There is a feature that allows you to receive, approve and delete comments on your blog through confirmation SMS. You can also post quick updates using SMS.
Some of the steps that you will take in order to be able to use this SMS feature are activation of the service.
This is done from WordPress dashboard by selecting text messaging, receiving an SMS passcode and entering it on your dashboard to activate the service. You can make use of service commands by sending help to 77377 via SMS for help on any troublesome thing. Comment notification and moderation is a feature that you access after upgrading and it allows you to manage your blog’s comments. On upgrading, you can also get to reply to a comment via SMS.
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