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Tips and Best Practices
Use these tips to keep your resources organized, easy to find and useful for your audience.
Titles and Keywords
- Use clear, descriptive titles so people know what the resource is before clicking
- Descriptive titles also improve accessibility and search results
- Add keywords that reflect what users might search for (avoid repeating the title)
- Three to five targeted keywords is usually enough
Filter Groups and Terms
- Be consistent when assigning terms so filters work as expected
- Only use terms that apply to the specific resource
- If you are not sure which filter group to use, ask the web team before creating something new
File Uploads
- Keep uploaded files under the 20MB limit (larger files may fail to upload)
- Use clear file names without spaces or punctuation (for example: course-checklist.pdf instead of checklist final!!.pdf)
- The “require login” setting applies to the full resource and all its files
Display Settings
- Use grid view when you want visual emphasis, such as images or icons
- Use list view for longer lists of text-based resources
General Tips
- Remove outdated resources regularly
- Make sure link text is descriptive and documents are accessible to all users
- If a resource using the Custom Content type leads to a “Page Not Found” error after the plugin has been enabled, contact the web team to refresh your site’s permalink settings (this helps WordPress recognize new resource URLs)
- If something is not working as expected, contact web@elon.edu for help