Up to32.6% of all the websites running on the World Wide Web are running on WordPress, and a majority of them are online businesses. To say that WordPress is popular, would be an understatement. LambdaTest development team is among those WordPress fanbases too(our blog is built using WordPress). Considering the worldwide popularity of WordPress, it was only natural that our team came out with something to help fellow WordPress fans.
It is why we are up with a WordPress plugin of our own, to help you with browser compatibility of your WordPress pages and posts on more than 2000+ browsers and browser versions. Ensure browser compatibility with our WordPress plugin by running full paged automated screenshots of WordPress pages and posts across multiple real browsers running on real machines. This will not only help you make sure that all your end users get a pixel-perfect experience every time, but will also help you in maintaining a regular as well as a thorough check of your WordPress web pages.
Now perform live interactive manual testing of your WordPress websites on LambdaTest.
Challenges Related To WordPress Cross Browser Compatibility
Vanilla out of the box, WordPress is pretty much compatible across all browsers. WordPress.com-based websites are also quite compatible. However, no one really uses out-of-the-box WordPress. Everyone customizes the platform heavily based on their requirements and this ease of customization is one of the reasons why the platform is so popular. However, these customizations sometimes mess up the browser compatibility. The root cause can be many areas, however, most WordPress compatibility issues creep up because of the following features
→ Templates:
With the flexibility offered by templates, they have become a great way to deliver a powerful UI and UX. However, a few templated may appear distorted on some browsers or legacy browser versions. It is why you should perform a thorough cross browser compatibility testing to realize the scope of browsers supporting your templates.
Custom templates offer customization on the below-mentioned:
Custom Menu
Custom buttons and CTA
JavaScript design elements
Sliders
Toggles
Featured Images
Tabs
Custom dropdowns
Date picker
Customizations are cool, but all these custom elements may suffer from cross browser compatibility issues. If you are planning to customize your WordPress template then be sure to perform cross browser testing.
→ Layouts:
There are numerous plugins for building layouts. This statement sounds great from a customization point of view. However, a similar cannot be said in terms of browser compatibility in WordPress. Be mindful about performing a thorough round of cross browser testing when you decide to change or customize default layouts.
→ Plugins
WordPress has a huge library of available plugins developed by independent contributors. Though all these plugins are thoroughly tested by moderators and community contributors, quite a lot of time using multiple plugins may cause css and javascript browser compatibility issues. Old plugins that have not been updated for a long time, plugins created with specific WordPress versions in mind, and unplanned usage of plugins are some of the primary reasons behind this issue.
LambdaTest platform can help you quickly make sure that your website’s look and feel do not get affected because of any new plugin. You can also use the real-time live interactive feature on our platform to ensure that functionality is working as well.
→ Typography:
Content is the king. Make sure yours get reflected accordingly. Some common cross browser compatibility issues related to text could lay with the alignment, padding, font size etc. Performing a daily round of cross browser testing is imperative to keep your text typography in check.
Did you know? LT Debug Chrome Extension is a one-stop solution for all your website debugging needs. This chrome extension will help you with nine essential tools for debugging any web page.
How LambdaTest WordPress Plugin Will Benefit You?
WordPress offers an easy, scalable and highly customizable website and it does so with the help of numerous themes, APIs, plugins etc. However, the more you customize your website, the higher the risk for cross browser compatibility as you will be integrating your website with components hosted by a 3rd party application. If that 3rd party application isn’t compatible with any major browser then you are missing a lot of potential conversions.
LambdaTest offers a browser compatibility WordPress plugin to help you pace up the cross browser testing effort for people looking to improvise the user experience of their WordPress website or Blog. Ultimately, boosting your daily basis productivity while ensuring better customer retention.
With LambdaTest, you can ensure browser compatibility by WordPress Plugin in the below ways.
Test Responsiveness Of Your Website
WordPress or not, RWD(Responsive Web Design) is a necessity for every business running online. However, testing how well your responsive web design is supported across various devices and browsers is not only mentally taxing but could also dig a hole in your pocket, if you go on buying all types of devices or a device lab. With the LambdaTest WordPress plugin, you can perform responsive testing across a variety of mobile devices.
Did you know? Content Security Policy on LT Debug Chrome Extension lets you generate content security policy headers as per your debugging requirement.
Perform Cross Platform Testing
So if you are a web developer who has developed a WordPress website using MacOS, you can test your website on various versions of Windows OS to ensure a seamless web experience for all your end-users.
Test Your WordPress Website View On All Major Browsers
By far it is imminent that browser differences need to be scrutinized. With LambdaTest you can make sure that your WordPress website or blog is accessed seamlessly across all major browser vendors.
Did you know? Simulate any web page’s experience by injecting your own CSS and/or JS script on LT Debug Chrome Extension in the console.
Ensuring Browser Compatibility With WordPress Plugin Of LambdaTest
You can test your website for browser compatibility with the WordPress plugin of LambdaTest immediately, by logging in to your WordPress account. Just search for ‘LambdaTest’ as you click to add a new plugin.
As you search for ‘LambdaTest’, click on the “Install Now”
Click on the button that says ‘Activate’ and you are all done! You will now find LambdaTest under your section for added plugins.
If you are an existing user of LambdaTest then all you need to do is provide your login email address and the Access key of your LambdaTest account.
Now perform live interactive manual testing of your WordPress websites on LambdaTest.
If you have not yet signed up with LambdaTest then hurry up and do so for your free dose of browser compatibility testing.
Did the LambdaTest WordPress plugin help you pace up your daily cross browser testing effort? Or drop a bit of advice if you feel it could have been done better? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. Happy Testing!
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