Big News: Automatic Image Optimization is Now Available in Toocheke!

The latest Toocheke Companion update reduces image sizes, improves page load speeds, and saves server storage for your webcomic site.

Submit Your Comic to ComicScout and Reach New Readers

Want more visibility for your webcomic? ComicScout showcases comic updates while sending traffic directly to your site. Early submissions are now open.

Creating Your Own Custom Home Page in Toocheke

In this guide, you’ll learn how to create a custom home page in WordPress using the Toocheke theme, set a static homepage, or use built-in page templates.

Why Upgrade to Toocheke Premium for Your Webcomic Website?

Toocheke Premium unlocks powerful features that help webcomic creators engage readers, and monetize their comics with Patreon, sliders, and more.

Introducing Slider Layouts for Toocheke

Discover the new Slider Layouts in Toocheke that let readers browse comic posts right from the home page—no page loads required.

Understanding the Different Post Options in Toocheke

Not sure whether to use Comic Posts or Manga Posts in Toocheke? This guide breaks down how each post type works.

How to Publish Manga on Your WordPress Website

With Toocheke, you can now publish manga that is organized by series, volumes and chapters, along with a powerful advanced reader your fans will love.

Introducing Manga Layouts for Toocheke

Toocheke now has new Manga layouts with advanced page reader features!

ChamaWP Plugin – August 2025 Release

By popular demand, I am excited to announce the addition of a Newsletter feature in the latest ChamaWP update!

How to Manage Navigation Menus in WordPress Using ChamaWP

Discover how to use ChamaWP to create separate WordPress navigation menus for logged-in and logged-out users.

How to Build Your Own Substack Alternative for Newsletters

Create a Substack-style email newsletter directly on your WordPress site. Target your subscribers based on membership tiers.

How to Sell Art Commissions with ChamaWP

A simple guide to help you sell your art commissions directly from your WordPress site

How to Build Your Own Kickstarter Alternative for Crowdfunding Campaigns

Ditch Kickstarter’s high fees! Learn how to run your own crowdfunding campaign on WordPress with ChamaWP

🎨 How to Add Custom Fonts to Your WordPress Site

Give your WordPress site a fresh new look with custom fonts!

How to Restrict Content with ChamaWP

Discover the different ways to restrict your content based on membership tiers using ChamaWP.

How to Build Your Own Patreon Alternative for Donations and Memberships

Accept donations or offer memberships like Patreon—right from your WordPress site

🛠️ How to Configure ChamaWP Settings

This step-by-step guide walks you through every settings tab in ChamaWP.

🛡️ How to Set Up Google reCAPTCHA with ChamaWP for Spam Protection

This guide shows you how to set up Google reCAPTCHA in ChamaWP to protect against spam.

🔌 How to Connect Your Stripe Account to ChamaWP

Learn how to easily connect your Stripe account to ChamaWP

💰 How to Install the ChamaWP Plugin on Your WordPress Site

Learn how to install ChamaWP in minutes and start accepting payments for donations, memberships, crowdfunding, commissions or premium content access.

💳 How to Create a Stripe Account

Learn how to create a Stripe account to start receiving payments with ChamaWP.

How to Ensure Your WordPress Emails Are Delivered Using WP Mail SMTP with Brevo

Learn how to use WP Mail SMTP with Brevo to guarantee that your emails are delivered to the inbox.

🎉 Exciting News: ChamaWP Is Now Live on the WordPress Plugin Directory! 🚀

ChamaWP has officially launched on WordPress.org after a thorough review process! This powerful plugin helps creators maximize their earnings.

Big News: You Can Now Import from the Webcomic Plugin into Toocheke!

It’s now possible to import your entire archive from the Webcomic plugin into Toocheke with a single click!

Explore the Demo Site for ChamaWP – A Powerful Monetization Plugin for WordPress Creators

See ChamaWP in action — the all-in-one monetization plugin for WordPress. Explore live demos of donations, memberships, commissions, and crowdfunding.

Introducing Gutenberg Block Editor Support

The latest Toocheke Companion update brings full support for the WordPress Block Editor!

Why Creators Should Consider ChamaWP as the Best Alternative to Patreon

Build your very own Patreon alternative with less fees!

The Best Social Media Platforms for Webcomic Creators to Grow an Audience

Trying to grow your webcomic audience but not sure where to post? In this guide, we break down the top social media platforms for webcomic creators

🚀 How to Supercharge Your WordPress Site with W3 Total Cache and Cloudflare

Learn how to speed up your website using W3 Total Cache and Cloudflare.

How to Speed Up Your WordPress Site with EWWW Image Optimizer

Speed up your WordPress website by optimizing your images for faster load times and better SEO.

🎯How to Set Up Sponsor Ads with Toocheke

Learn how to activate and manage comic sponsorship ads using the Toocheke Premium WordPress theme.

Today’s Comic is Brought to You By…

Toocheke Premium now lets you sell ad space on your comic posts! Accept sponsorships, collect payments via PayPal, and boost your webcomic income with this powerful new feature.

How to Add a Navigation Menu to Your WordPress Website

Learn how to add and customize navigation menus on your WordPress site in this step-by-step guide.

How to Add and Use Widgets in WordPress: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

In this guide, we’ll walk you through the simple process of adding, customizing, and managing widgets in WordPress.

How to Change Your Toocheke Settings: A Step-by-Step Guide

Ready to make Toocheke truly yours? This super simple guide walks you through all the options that you can tweak to control how things work and look on your website.

How to Use WordPress Customizer with the Toocheke Theme

Ready to give your website a makeover? Discover how to use the WordPress Customizer with the Toocheke and transform your site into a stunning masterpiece – no coding skills required!

How to Categorize your Comic Posts with Collections, Chapters, and Series

Learn how to categorize your comic posts with collections, chapters, and series to stay organized, improve storytelling, and create a more engaging experience.

How to Categorize Comic Posts with Tags, Locations & Characters

In this tutorial, we walk you through simple steps to tag your comic posts, add locations, and highlight characters to make your work easier to find and navigate.

How to Publish Your First Comic on Toocheke : Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to publish your first comic on your WordPress website with Toocheke with this step-by-step guide.

How to Download & Install Toocheke: Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Learn how to easily install Toocheke on your WordPress site in this step-by-step tutorial! Whether you're a webcomic creator or a publisher, this is the first in a series of tutorials that will guide you through how to set up a WordPress website that you can use for sharing your webcomics with the world.

ChamaWP Plugin – February 2025 Release

Just released the first major update to ChamaWP. This update brings several improvements and new features based on your feedback!

It Is Finally Here! Monetize With ChamaWP

Maximize your earnings with donations, memberships, crowdfunding, commissions and exclusive content

Awesomeness Coming Soon!

The wait is over! The launch of our exciting new monetization plugin is just around the corner. Stay tuned!

PROGRESS REPORT – Phase 3 of Monetization Plugin

We're almost there! I've successfully set up all the monetization features the payment processor.

Must Have Plugins For Your WordPress Website

Here’s a list of must-have plugins designed to optimize both security and performance, helping you get the most out of WordPress

PROGRESS REPORT – Phase 2 of Monetization Plugin

A quick update on the exciting new monetization plugin I am working on. Now in Phase 2! after some heavy lifting 😅

PROGRESS REPORT – Phase 1 of Monetization Plugin

Phase 1 complete. Manage membership tiers, launch crowdfunding campaigns, and add commissioned products—all from the intuitive admin dashboard.

Grow your subscription memberships with no fees

I am excited to announce that I am working on a WordPress solution for creators (cartoonists, podcasters, vloggers, bloggers etc).

How to Create Your Own Webcomic Collective Website

Looking to feature a web collective of comics from various creators? This tutorial is just what you need!

How To Incentivize Patron Payments With Your Commenting System

Discover how to boost membership subscriptions by leveraging the WordPress comments system.

Checkout an exciting new webcomic project

Thrilled to announce I'm working on a new webcomics platform featuring uplifting, short-form comics designed to inspire and entertain.

How to Monetize Your Comic with Original Art and Prints

Comic creators are always looking for ways to earn an income from their webcomics. A couple of options that often get overlooked is selling the original art and print copies for all your published comics. In this tutorial, you will see how easy it is to offer both products for sale.

Publishing Multiple Comic Series on One Website

If you are a comic creator who publishes multiple comic series(books) you may be looking to host them all on one website. Not only does it save you the cost of having a separate website for each series, it also helps make it easier to manage all the comics in one centralized location. The following […]

Building an Audience for Your Webcomic – It is All About the Tribe!

The landscape of webcomics is rapidly changing. With each passing day, there are more and more webcomic creators competing for readers’ eyeballs, which makes is it even harder to standout. Which makes it harder to monetize an online comic. The few platforms (like Webtoon and Tapas) that do try to help creators earn a living, […]

Uploading Comic Pages in Bulk

So, you have been hosting your webcomic on a different platform and are now considering making the switch to using WordPress to publish on your own website. You have decided to use the Toocheke theme along with the Toocheke Companion plugin to manage and display your comics. That’s an excellent decision ????! There is a […]

Add Webcomic Functionality to Any WordPress Theme

Do you already have a WordPress theme in mind that you would love to use for your webcomic website? Is webcomic functionality(the ability to post and display comics, a comic archive, comic navigation buttons etc.) the only thing missing from the theme? Well, you will be happy to know that with the latest update to […]

How to Add Infinite Scroll to your Webcomic Archive

How to add infinite scroll to your website

Comments, Views, Likes and Bookmarking

Toocheke makes it super easy to add some cool features for consuming your comic in a fun way! Some of the features include: Commenting which allows readers to engage with the creator or with each other. A ‘like’ feature which allows your visitors to show their love for their favorite comics. Bookmarking which comes in […]

Series, Chapters & Collections

So, what is the difference between series, chapters and collections in the Toocheke WordPress theme? Collections and chapters are similar in that they are both ideal for categorizing comic posts for a single comic title. The differences between the two, comes down to the following: Comic navigation – once a reader clicks on a chapter, […]

Bilingual Webcomics

If you are a comic creator that publishes a bilingual comic, Toocheke offers the ability to post comics in two languages. With the help of this tutorial, I will show you how you can accomplish that in only a few simple steps. Login to your WordPress admin dashboard. Go to: Toocheke > Add New Comic […]

How to Post Both a Traditional and Webtoon Version of Your Webcomic

One great feature of the Toocheke theme, is that it gives you the ability to publish both a traditionally formatted and a webtoon formatted comic within the same post. So, why would you as a webcomic creator want to do that? It’s all about creating a ‘Responsive Webcomic’ which we covered here. If you are […]

How to Make Money from Your Webcomic

Top Ten Ways To Earn a Living as an Online Cartoonist Those who enter into the realm of creating webcomics fall into one of two camps: passionate hobbyists or those who wish to make a career as cartoonists. If you fall into the later camp, the question you ask is how exactly does one go […]

How to Setup an Online Store on Your WordPress Webcomic Website with WooCommerce

Are you looking to sell print and digital collections of your comic? Maybe you wish to sell merchandise like t-shirts, posters, mugs, stickers etc. If you have a WordPress website, you can setup your very own shopping cart store, and in just a few steps! The following tutorial will give you a step-by-step breakdown of […]

How to Setup a Paywall for Your WordPress Webcomic Website with Patreon

There comes a point and time when you as a comic creator may want to monetize and make money from your webcomic. This is assuming you have a decent sized backlog of comics already published and you have generated a large rabid following. One of the ways you can do that is buy setting up […]

Traditional/Horizontal Comic Format Vs Webtoon/Infinite Scroll/Vertical Comic Format

When figuring out the layout for a webcomic, creators are often faced with the question: ‘Should I design it with the old school horizontal layout or the modern vertical(webtoon) layout?’ Short answer is both. Both layouts have their pros and cons depending on which devices the comic is being viewed from. If you want to […]

Responsive Webcomics – The New Age of Online Comics!

2020 marked a decade of “Responsive web design”, a term coined by Ethan Marcotte. Responsive web design is an approach to designing websites, so that a web page “responds to” or resizes itself depending on the type of device it is being seen through. That could be on a large desktop computer monitor, a laptop […]

Importing Your Comics From Comic Easel/ComicPress Into Toocheke

It’s now possible to import your entire comic archive from the Comic Easel/ComicPress into Toocheke with a single click!

Where Should I Host My Webcomic/Webtoon?

LINE Webtoon? Tapas? Instagram? Facebook? Tumblr? Reddit? Hiveworks? Self-Hosted? WordPress? When considering where to publish a comic, creators are often faced with a daunting question; what is the best platform for hosting my webcomic? Where I can I get maximum exposure for new readers to my comic. This post will try and delve into the […]

How to Promote and Drive Traffic to Your Webcomic

Top 13 Ways You Can Gain and Sustain New Readers. You have launched your brand new webcomic, you either self-host it, or maybe you have it hosted on one of the popular webtoon publishing portals (LINE Webtoon or Tapas), now how do you get new readers to become adoring fans of your comic? This article […]

How to Make a Webcomic Website With WordPress

Do you want to create a website for your new webcomic with WordPress? Looking to make use of the popular webtoon/vertical scrolling format? Are you looking to replicate the same model popularized by websites such as LINE Webtoon and Tapas? In this tutorial, I will show you how to create you very own webtoon styled […]

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