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How to Add Search Form in your Post with a WordPress Search Shortcode

Recently one of our regular users ask if there was an easy way to add the WordPress search form in your post or page content using a shortcode. [...]

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How to Add a Custom Database Error Page in WordPress

You ever remember seeing a screen like Error Establishing a Database Connection on your site. This can happen for various reasons, but often users don’t know that their site is [...]

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How to Fix White Text and Missing Buttons in WordPress Visual Editor

Recently one of our users reported a very odd issue with their install. When writing a post, they could not see anything they were writing. Because the text [...]

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How to Add Custom Meta Fields to Custom Taxonomies in WordPress

By default WordPress taxonomies (categories, tags, etc) have the fields name, slug, parent, and description. Recently while working on a client’s project, we found a need to add [...]

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What To Do When You Are Locked Out of WordPress Admin (wp-admin)

This past weekend, we had a user who was locked out of WordPress Admin panel of their site. While we had written numerous articles covering each specific issue, [...]

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How to Add Rich Contact Information in WordPress

Web search engines like Google or Bing are trying to pull more and more semantic from the content of the websites they index every day. Specific markups like [...]

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How to Automatically Link Twitter Usernames in WordPress

Two years ago, Twitter launched Twitter Anywhere API which made it really easy for us to mention twitter usernames and have them be automatically linked to the right profile. [...]

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How to Automate WordPress and Social Media with IFTTT

Two years ago, Twitter launched Twitter Anywhere API which made it really easy for us to mention twitter usernames and have them be automatically linked to the right [...]

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How to Find a Backdoor in a Hacked WordPress Site and Fix It

Time and time again, we have helped users fix their hacked WordPress sites. Most of the time when they reach out to us, they have already cleaned up [...]

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How to Fix the Custom Menu Items Limit in WordPress

Just a few days ago, one of our users reported an unusual problem. The problem was that he was reaching the custom menu items limit. Anything he saves [...]

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How to Change the Default Media Upload Location in WordPress 3.5

The new Media Uploader in WordPress 3.5 is probably the most important change of this release. Another important but less talked about change is the disappearance of the option to [...]

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How We Increased Our Organic Search Traffic By Using HitTail

UPDATE: We no longer use this tool. It was sold to a new company. We no longer recommend using this tool. Instead try using SEMRush or Ahrefs for better results. Everyone who [...]

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How to Fix the 500 Internal Server Error in WordPress

Are you seeing 500 internal server error in WordPress? Internal server error is one of the most common WordPress errors. Since the error doesn’t give any other information, [...]

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How to Properly Move Your Blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

Do you want to move your blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org? Many beginners often start with WordPress.com, but they soon realize its limitations and want to switch to [...]

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How to Display Gravatar from User Email in WordPress

Gravatar has made avatars easier. Like most WordPress powered websites, we also use Gravatar in comments to show the globally recognized avatar of each comment author. Don’t know what [...]

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How to Fix WordPress Posts Returning 404 Error

WordPress is a powerful CMS. Sometimes a slight tweak can make your website inaccessible. However, finding a solution for any WordPress problem is extremely easy (check out how to [...]

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How to Block WordPress Post Updates and Deletion After a Set Period

Managing WordPress website with multiple authors can be complicated sometimes. There are plugins to manage editorial workflow, but you may come across situations where you need specific solutions for [...]

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How to Split Large XML Files in WordPress

WordPress comes with built in import/export functionality that allows you to import or export your WordPress posts in XML format. When moving your site from WordPress.com to WordPress.org and in [...]

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How to Enable oEmbed in WordPress Text Widgets

Recently, one of our users asked us how to enable oEmbed in WordPress text widgets. oEmbed is a protocol that allows your blog to ask an oEmbed enabled [...]

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How to Add the Facebook Like Box / Fan Box in WordPress

Facebook like box also known as Facebook fan box has become a must have element for many website. It allows website owners to provide their users with an [...]

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How to Fix the Syntax Error in WordPress

There is such an abundance of WordPress tutorials, guides, and code snippets available on the web. They are all intended for users to try new things on their website [...]

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How to Add a Facebook Follow Button for Authors in WordPress

Not every blog needs a facebook fan page. If you have a personal blog, then you can easily use your Facebook profile and the subscription feature to allow [...]

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How to Add a jQuery FAQ Accordion in WordPress

Recently one of our users asked us if there was a way for them to add a FAQ accordion on their WordPress site. There are many plugins available [...]

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How to Create a Custom Archives Page in WordPress

Custom archives page is a great way to bring together all your old content in one page. It allows you to have a dedicated page where you can [...]

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How to Allow Users to Subscribe to Categories in WordPress

WordPress comes with built-in taxonomies, categories and tags, that allows you to organize your content. Almost every WordPress user has used categories and tags to sort their content, but [...]

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How to Add Sticky Posts in WordPress Custom Post Type Archives

Recently one of our users asked us if it was possible to add sticky posts to custom post type archives. By default, WordPress has the sticky functionality available [...]

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How to Discourage Brute Force by Blocking Author Scans in WordPress

A common technique used by hackers to gain unauthorized access to websites is called ‘Brute Force’. Using this technique, hackers use software designed to scan a website for [...]

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How to Display Twitter Followers Count as Text in WordPress

The easiest way to display Twitter followers is by using the official Twitter follow button. But what if you don’t want to slow your site down by loading twitter’s [...]

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How to Add Instagram like Photo Filters in WordPress with Pressgram

Recently, we wrote about using WordPress app on iOS devices and many users liked how easy it was to take photos and publish them to their WordPress site. If you [...]

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How to Automatically Remove Default Image Links in WordPress

WordPress makes it super easy for you to upload images and create image galleries. However, older versions of WordPress automatically linked the image to the media file. In this [...]

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How to Move JavaScripts to the Bottom or Footer in WordPress

Recently, one of our readers asked us how they can move JavaScripts to the bottom in WordPress to increase their Google page speed score. We are glad they [...]

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How We Increased Our Email Subscribers by 600% with OptinMonster

Everyone who has a successful blog or an online presence will agree that building an email list is very important. Over the years, we’ve tried numerous techniques to [...]

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How to Create Custom RSS Feeds in WordPress

WordPress comes with built-in default RSS feeds. You can tweak the default feeds by adding custom content to your RSS Feeds, or even adding post thumbnail to your RSS Feeds. The [...]

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How to Display a List of Last Updated Posts in WordPress

At WPBeginner, we show last modified date instead of original published date for all of our articles. We think it is bad idea to remove dates from your WordPress [...]

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How to Add Google Maps in WordPress

You can add all kind of content into your WordPress site. At WPBeginner we have shown you how to add audio files, videos, PDF and Spreadsheets in WordPress. Adding content from [...]

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How to Add jQuery Tabber Widget in WordPress

Have you seen a tabber area on popular sites that allows you to see popular, recent, and featured posts with just one click? This is called the jQuery [...]

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How to Fix WordPress Post Pagination Hiding Content in RSS Feed

Recently one of our users complained to us about WordPress post pagination hiding the full content in their RSS feed. After doing a quick research, it turns out that this [...]

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How to Display Recently Registered Users in WordPress

For multi-user WordPress sites, you may want to showcase your users on different sections of your website. For example, you can display a list of authors with avatars, or [...]

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How to Set Default Admin Color Scheme for New Users in WordPress

One of the most talked about feature of WordPress 3.8 is the new admin interface. It is fully responsive and looks great on all devices. If you don’t like the [...]

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How to Find and Remove Unused Shortcodes From WordPress Posts

Shortcodes are great, but they are not always the best way. One disadvantage of using a plugin or theme that relies on shortcodes is that when you switch a theme or deactivate [...]

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How to Add Custom Shortcut Links to WordPress Toolbar

By default WordPress displays a toolbar on top of all pages to logged in users. You can take control of the WordPress admin bar, turn it off when viewing site, or [...]

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How to Make an Internal Communication System in WordPress Using P2

Many small and large businesses are using WordPress internally as a collaboration tool by combining it with tools like edit flow, user role management, and to do lists. Using WordPress as an internal [...]

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How to Display Last Week’s Posts in WordPress

Many of our beginner level readers soon start modifying their WordPress themes thats why we have a WordPress theme cheat sheet to help them get started. This brings some interesting challenges for [...]

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How to Add Share Buttons as Overlay on YouTube Videos in WordPress

Videos are one of the best ways to boost user engagement. Recently one of our users asked us about a way to create share button overlays on videos [...]

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How to Randomly Display Registered Users in WordPress

function wpb_random_users() {   global $wpdb;   $randomusers = ‘<ul class=”random-users”>’;   // Query database for users $usernames = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT user_nicename, user_url, user_email FROM $wpdb->users ORDER BY RAND() [...]

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9 Useful Youtube Tips to Spice Up Your WordPress Site with Videos

We all know that videos are highly engaging. If you’re looking to add videos to your site or already have videos on your site, then you will love [...]

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How to Display a List of Child Pages For a Parent Page in WordPress

When You Need to Show a List of Child Pages? WordPress comes with two default post types called posts and pages. Posts are blog content, and they are usually [...]

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How to Add a Bitcoin Donate Button in WordPress using BitPay

Bitcoin is quickly becoming a popular way to accept online payments. It is fast, digital, and cost effective. Due to the tremendous increase in the Bitcoin value, it has [...]

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How to Add bbPress Forum to WordPress Posts as Comments

As the comments on WPBeginner grew, we tried different solutions, like Livefyre to improve discussions on our site. Many WordPress users want to make comments on their website more social. [...]

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Introduction to Sass for New WordPress Theme Designers

As a new WordPress theme designer, you would quickly learn the challenges of maintaining long CSS files while keeping them organized, scalable, and readable. You will also learn that many [...]

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How to Prevent WordPress from Generating Image Sizes

By default, WordPress generates three sizes of each image that you upload. Themes and plugins can generate additional image sizes which can easily push the number between 5 – 10. [...]

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How to Show Related Pages in WordPress

Recently, one of our users asked us if there was a way to show related pages instead of posts in WordPress. Previously, we showed you how to show related [...]

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How to Display a User’s IP Address in WordPress

Recently one of our users asked us if it was possible to detect and display individual visitors’ IP address in WordPress. Our answer was of course it is. [...]

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How to Allow Users to Post Anonymous Comments in WordPress

Recently one of our users asked if it was possible to allow anonymous comments in WordPress. By default, users cannot leave comments in WordPress without providing a name and email [...]

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How to Embed a Live Google+ Hangout Session in WordPress

Google Hangout is the best free solution to host live broadcasts. It allows you to stream, record, bring guests, and run Q&A sessions with live audience. The main [...]

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How to Disable Disqus on Custom Post Types in WordPress

We recently switched from WordPress comments to Disqus comment system on pluginthemehub. One of our users pointed out that comments on our custom post types comments weren’t migrated [...]

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How to Insert Ads within your Post Content in WordPress

Have you seen blogs that has ads inside their post content? These ads are either after the first paragraph or the second paragraph in most cases. Most beginners [...]

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How to Prevent Youtube oEmbed from Overriding your WordPress Content

Have you ever been to a site where you notice that media elements such as YouTube videos override other content? This can happen if you have drop down [...]

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How to Remove the Login Shake Effect in WordPress

If you ever enter a wrong username or password when logging into WordPress, then you probably noticed that the login box shakes along with showing you the error [...]

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How To Unblock Limit Login Attempts in WordPress

Often WordPress hosting companies recommend that you install a plugin called Limit Login Attempts. We love, use, and recommend it to all of our users. However in some cases, Limit Login [...]

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How to Install WordPress On a USB Stick Using XAMPP

Earlier we showed you how to install WordPress on Windows and Mac. However recently one of our users asked if it was possible to use the same local WordPress install both [...]

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How to Add / Remove Default Pages in WordPress Multisite

When you are running a WordPress multisite, each time a new site is created WordPress automatically adds a sample page to the new site. Recently, one of our users [...]

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How to Switch from JetPack Subscription to MailChimp, AWeber, etc

When starting your blog, often beginners use JetPack email subscription feature. However as your blog grow, you quickly realize that you need a real and powerful email subscription [...]

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How to Add Social Buttons in WordPress RSS Feed

After our article that recommended users to stop using Feedburner, many users asked us how they can get the social sharing buttons like they had on their FeedBurner feeds. [...]

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How to Fix WordPress Keeps Logging Out Problem

Have you ever encountered the frustrating problem where WordPress keeps logging you out? Recently one of our users encountered this issue. She followed all the normal troubleshooting tips [...]

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How to Show Empty Categories in WordPress Widgets

By default the WordPress category widget does not show empty categories. Recently a new user asked us if it was possible to display empty categories in WordPress widget [...]

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How to Automatically Create WordPress Post from YouTube Video

Recently one of our users asked us for a way to automate the process of creating a new post in WordPress whenever they upload a new video on [...]

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How to Add a Contact Form Popup in WordPress

Are you looking for an easy way to show a contact form popup on your WordPress website? Contact forms are great for communicating with your visitors. Placing them [...]

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How to Add Sponsored Post Prefix to Post Title in WordPress

Often you see bloggers publish sponsored posts on their blog. Recently one of our users asked if it was possible to automatically add a “Sponsored” prefix in post [...]

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10 Most Wanted Category Hacks and Plugins for WordPress

Categories provide an easy way to sort your WordPress content. However, there is so much more that you can do with categories to make your site more user [...]

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How to Limit the Number of Posts in WordPress RSS Feed

Recently one of our users asked if there was a way to limit the number of posts displayed in RSS feed of their WordPress site. RSS feeds provide your users [...]

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How to Replace ‘Enter Title Here’ Text in WordPress

WordPress displays ‘Enter title here’ placeholder text in the title field when you create a new post. Recently one of our users asked if they can replace it with their [...]

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How to Create Invoices for Clients Using WordPress

Creating and sending invoices is an essential yet cumbersome task for most freelancers and small businesses. Instead of manually creating an invoice using a template, you can save [...]

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How to Disable Lost/Changed Password Emails in WordPress

Recently one of our users asked if there was a way to disable lost/changed password email notifications in WordPress? By default, WordPress automatically sends email notification to admins [...]

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How to Add WordPress Widgets in Accessibility Mode

Some WordPress users find it challenging to use the drag and drop interface for adding WordPress widgets. What most users are unaware of is that there is a built-in [...]

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How to Add Icons for Custom Post Types in WordPress

Ever wondered how you could add custom icons for your custom post types in WordPress? If so, then you’re in the right place. In this article, we will show you [...]

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How to Add Additional File Types to be Uploaded in WordPress

For better security, WordPress allows you to only upload the most commonly used file types. You can upload commonly used image formats, audio/video, and documents using the default [...]

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How to Add Nofollow Links in WordPress Navigation Menus

Many site owners prefer to add a nofollow tag to all external links. Adding a nofollow attribute to links in WordPress is extremely simple. However, it is not as clear [...]

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How to Switch From NextGEN to Envira Gallery in WordPress

Are you looking for a NextGEN Gallery alternative? Envira Gallery offers tons of functionality without sacrificing on speed or ease of use. Recently a user asked if there was an [...]

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10 Most Wanted Twitter Hacks and Plugins for WordPress

Looking to harness the full power of Twitter to drive traffic to your WordPress site? When used effectively, Twitter can help you find new users, expand your content [...]

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How to Show Recent Posts by Category in WordPress

Have you ever wanted to showcase your recent posts from each category in your WordPress sidebar? Recently, one of our users asked us for an easy way to display recent [...]

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How to Display the Latest Sticky Posts in WordPress

WordPress has this very cool feature called sticky posts. Think of sticky posts as featured posts for your blog. When you mark a post as sticky, it shows up [...]

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How to Create a Wiki Knowledge Base Using WordPress

Are you looking to add a support / documentation section to your site? Want to know the best way to add a wiki knowledge base to your WordPress [...]

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How to Put a Stop to WordPress Trackback Spam

Are you struggling with WordPress trackback spam? WordPress trackback spam can become a serious problem for many site owners. In this article, we will show you how to [...]

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Ultimate Guide to Using MailChimp and WordPress

Are you looking to build an email list? Want to send email updates to your subscribers when you publish a new blog post? MailChimp is one of the [...]

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How to Style Contact Form 7 Forms in WordPress

With over 1 million active users, Contact Form 7 is one of the most popular contact form plugins for WordPress. Their biggest downside is that the out of [...]

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How to Disable Visual Editor Formatting Shortcuts in WordPress 4.3

Don’t like the formatting shortcuts that were introduced in WordPress 4.3? Find it a bit distracting? Recently, one of our users asked us how to disable visual editor formatting [...]

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How to Create a Welcome Gate in WordPress

Are you looking to add a Welcome Gate on your WordPress site? Welcome Gates are one of the highest converting list building techniques in the market. Recently one [...]

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How to Block WordPress Referrer Spam in Google Analytics

Are you getting a lot of referrer spam in your Google analytics? Referrer spam is a way to pass fake referer information to websites. These spammy links then [...]

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Speeding up WordPress: How We Optimized List25 Performance by 256%

Do you want to speed up your WordPress site? Want to know the WordPress optimization tricks that can help you reduce your site load time? In this article, [...]

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12 Most Useful WordPress Custom Post Types Tutorials

WordPress allows you to create your own custom content types. These content types are called custom post types. You can use them to add custom content like products, reviews, [...]

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8 Proven Methods to Promote Old Posts in WordPress

Want to increase your website traffic? One of the easiest and smartest method to get more pageviews is to promote your old evergreen articles. In this article, we [...]

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How to Limit Comment Length in WordPress

WordPress comments encourage discussions around your topic. However you may find that comments below a certain length or above a certain length are not very helpful. In this [...]

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How to Add the New Facebook Page Plugin in WordPress

Facebook like box also known as Facebook fan box has become a must have element for many websites. Recently Facebook replaced this widget with the new Facebook Page [...]

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How to Import and Export Custom Post Types in WordPress

It is extremely easy to move your WordPress site using a backup plugin. But what if you only wanted to move a custom post type? In this article, we will show [...]

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How to Cloak Affiliate Links on Your WordPress Site

Do you want to cloak affiliate links on your WordPress site? Not sure what does link cloaking means? In this article, we will explain what is link cloaking, [...]

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How to Add an iframe Border Around a Video Embed

Do you want to add an iframe border around your video embed? Recently a user asked us for a way to add a border around their videos in [...]

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How to Easily Create Short Amazon Affiliate Links in WordPress

Affiliate marketing is a steady source of income for many blogs. Amazon’s affiliate program is one of the largest and most popular program in the market. Due to the large [...]

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How to Fix Category and Comment Count After WordPress Import

Are you noticing an incorrect comment count after the WordPress import? Importing a WordPress site using the built-in importer can sometimes mess up your WordPress comments count. While [...]

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How Disable Self Pingbacks in WordPress

Linking to your own posts also known as interlinking is great for SEO. However with pingbacks enabled on your site, interlinking posts can become annoying because WordPress automatically [...]

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How to Fix “This site ahead contains harmful programs” Error in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘This site contains harmful programs’ error on your website? This usually means that your website is hacked and Google has marked it insecure. Sometimes even when you [...]

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How to Add a Favicon to Your WordPress Blog

Favicon or Site Icon is the tiny image that appear next to your website title in the browser. It helps your users identify your website and more frequent [...]

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How to Fix “Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files” Error in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘Googlebot cannot access CSS and JS files’ warning in Google webmaster tools account for your WordPress site? The message contains links to instructions on how [...]

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How to Remove NoFollow From WordPress Comments

By default WordPress automatically adds a nofollow tag to all links in the comments. Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to remove the nofollow [...]

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13 Plugins and Tips to Improve WordPress Admin Area

Want to customize WordPress admin area? Perhaps you want to change the default color scheme, add your own branding, or even add new help section for clients? In [...]

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How to Easily Add Snapchat Snapcode in WordPress

Do you want to increase your Snapchat followers using your WordPress site? Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to add Snapchat follow button on [...]

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How to Show Your MailChimp Subscriber Count in WordPress

Do you want to display your MailChimp subscriber count? Recently one of our users asked us how they can show their MailChimp subscriber count in WordPress. Displaying social proof encourages [...]

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Beginners Guide on How to Add Twitter Cards in WordPress

Do you want to add Twitter Cards to your WordPress site? Twitter Cards are images and descriptions that appear on Twitter when someone shares your content. It helps [...]

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How to Add Google Analytics Event Tracking in WordPress

Do you want to track user activity while they are on your site? You can track pageviews, referral source, time spent on page, and much more by simply installing [...]

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How to Disable Auto Linking of URLs in WordPress Comments

Did you know that when a user adds a plain text URL in their comments, WordPress automatically makes it clickable. Recently, one of our readers asked us if [...]

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How to Restore a WordPress Site with Just a Database Backup

We always recommend our users to make complete WordPress backups on a regular basis. But what if you unknowingly used one of the free plugins that only make database backups? [...]

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How to Show User Registration Date in WordPress

Do you want to show the user registration date in WordPress? Often popular membership sites and forums display the user registration date on profile as “member since 2015”. [...]

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How to Move from LiveJournal to WordPress

Do you want to switch your LiveJournal site to WordPress? While LiveJournal is a nice place to publish your journal entries, it is extremely limited which is why [...]

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How to Create a WordPress TinyMCE Plugin

If you are WordPress developer, then at some point you may come across customizing or extending the WordPress Visual Editor. For example, you may want to add a button [...]

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How to Move Comment Text Field to Bottom in WordPress 4.4

Did you notice that there was a slight change in the comment form fields in WordPress 4.4? The comment textarea is moved to the top whereas the Name, Email, [...]

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How to Add Feature Boxes With Icons in WordPress

Do you want to add a feature box with beautiful icons on the homepage of your WordPress site? These feature boxes show important selling points of your products [...]

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How to Hide Password Protected Posts From WordPress Loop

WordPress allows you to create password protected posts. Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to hide password protected posts from the site. By default, WordPress [...]

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How to Add a Shortcodes User Interface in WordPress with Shortcake

If you are developing a WordPress site for a client, then it’s likely that you will have shortcodes for your clients to use. The problem is that many [...]

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How to Setup Automatic WordPress Backup with CodeGuard

Do you want to create a time machine for your website? Having an automatic cloud backup of your WordPress site is the first step in securing your website [...]

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How to Install Facebook Remarketing/Retargeting Pixel in WordPress

Are you looking into retargeting ads on Facebook? Do you want to install Facebook’s remarketing/retargeting pixel in WordPress? In this article, we will show you how to install [...]

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How to Restrict Content to Registered Users in WordPress

Do you want to restrict some of your content to registered or paid users only? Often bloggers use subscriptions or one-time payment model to monetize content on their [...]

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How to Disable JSON REST API in WordPress

WordPress 4.4 added the much anticipated JSON REST API. It is great for plugin developers, but many site owners may not find it useful at all. In this [...]

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How to Fix Image Color and Saturation Loss in WordPress

Recently, one of our readers asked us for a way to prevent image color and saturation loss in WordPress? This is a common problem faced by many WordPress [...]

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How to Show Excerpt of a Password Protected Post in WordPress

Did you know that you can password protect your WordPress posts? By default, WordPress does not show the contents of a protected post to users unless a password is [...]

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How to Add the Skype Share Button in WordPress

Did you know that Skype has a share button? We didn’t either until a reader asked us for a tutorial on how to add the Skype share button [...]

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What is a SEO Friendly URL Structure in WordPress

Have you ever wondered what’s the most SEO friendly permalink structure in WordPress? We’re often asked this question by new users. That’s because in the past, the default [...]

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How to Display All Your WordPress Posts on One Page

Do you want to display all your WordPress posts on one page? Recently one of our readers wanted to create an archives page and show all WordPress posts [...]

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How to Add Free SSL in WordPress with Let’s Encrypt

When we first covered how to add SSL in WordPress, a lot of our readers asked for a free SSL solution. Unfortunately nothing existed at that time. However that [...]

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How to Easily Bulk Delete All WordPress Comments

Do you want to delete all comments from your WordPress site? It is rare, but on some occasions, a site owner may decide to delete all the comments [...]

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How to Add Categories to a Custom Post Type in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to add categories to a custom post type easily? Categories are one of the built-in taxonomies in WordPress, but they only appear [...]

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How to Move GoDaddy Website Builder Site to WordPress

Recently one of our users asked us how to move a GoDaddy Website Builder site to WordPress. GoDaddy offers a website builder tool that allows users to create websites using [...]

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How to Fix the 403 Forbidden Error in WordPress

Are you dealing with the 403 Forbidden error on your WordPress site? It is one of the most dreadful errors that a WordPress beginner can come across. In [...]

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How to Change the Color of Address Bar in Mobile Browser to Match Your WordPress Site

Have you noticed that many popular websites like BBC and Facebook use their own brand colors for the address bar in mobile browser. Recently, one of our users [...]

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How to Fix “Upload: Failed to Write File to Disk” Error in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘Upload: Failed to write file to disk’ error when uploading files in WordPress? This common error can be very frustrating for beginner users. In this [...]

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Ultimate Guide on How to Connect AWeber to WordPress

Want to connect AWeber with your WordPress site? AWeber is the one of the most popular email marketing services on the web. In this ultimate guide, we will [...]

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How to Add Google Search in a WordPress Site

Do you want to use Google search on your WordPress site? Although WordPress comes with a built-in search feature, it is not very good. That’s why many site [...]

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How to Change WordPress JPEG Image Compression

By default, WordPress compresses your images for better performance. Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to change the image compression setting in WordPress. In [...]

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How to Find and Replace Text with One Click in your WordPress Database

Are you looking to do a mass search and replace in WordPress? Whether you want to find and replace a specific text, URL, or an image, you can [...]

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How to List Future Upcoming Scheduled Posts in WordPress

Recently, one of our users asked us how they can list scheduled or future upcoming posts in WordPress. Showing upcoming posts can be helpful in getting people to [...]

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How to Disable Login Hints in WordPress Login Error Messages

Recently, one of our users asked us how they can disable login hints in WordPress. By default, WordPress show error messages when someone enters incorrect username or password [...]

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How to Show Confirm Navigation Popup for Forms in WordPress

Accidentally closing a page without submitting your comment or with a half filled form is annoying. Recently, one of our users asked us if it was possible to [...]

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How to Auto-Publish WordPress Posts to LinkedIn

Do you want to auto-publish your WordPress posts to LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a social network of professionals and a very strong platform to bring traffic to your WordPress [...]

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How to Setup Facebook Instant Articles for WordPress (Step by Step)

Have you heard about Facebook Instant Articles? Want to add Facebook Instant Articles on your WordPress site? In this step by step tutorial, we will explain what are [...]

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How to Change Akismet’s Delete Spam Schedule in WordPress

After we published our article on how to change WordPress trash schedule, one of our readers asked if it was possible to change the delete schedule for spam comments [...]

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How to Stop Storing IP Address in WordPress Comments

After reading our article on how to allow anonymous comments, one of our readers asked us if it was possible to stop storing IP address in WordPress comments. Some [...]

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How to Create a List of Forbidden Words for WordPress Titles

Recently, one of our users asked us how they can add a list of forbidden words for WordPress post titles? If you manage a multi-author blog and want [...]

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How to Show Content Only to RSS Subscribers in WordPress

Do you want to add exclusive content for your RSS subscribers? You can use this bonus content as a way to encourage more users to subscribe your RSS [...]

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How to Link to External Links from the Post Title in WordPress

Do you want to add an external link as post title in WordPress? Sometimes you may just want to share a link with your users. Instead of sending [...]

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How to Create a Multi-Page Form in WordPress

Recently, one of our users asked us how to create a multi-page form in WordPress? Multi part forms allow you to collect more information without scaring the users [...]

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How to Remove the Password Reset / Change option from WordPress

Are you looking to remove the password reset option in WordPress? By default, WordPress allows users to reset/change password by providing their email address. Sometimes you may want [...]

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How to Exclude Specific Categories from WordPress RSS Feed

Do you want to exclude specific categories from RSS feed on your WordPress site? Many site owners use some categories for content that they don’t want to appear [...]

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How to Add an Admin User in WordPress using FTP

Being locked of your WordPress admin is frustrating. That’s why we have shown you how to add an admin user in WordPress via MySQL. Recently one of our readers [...]

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How to Disable RSS Feeds in WordPress

Do you want to disable RSS feeds on your WordPress site? RSS feeds allow users to subscribe to your blog posts. However when building small static websites, you [...]

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How to Add Content Locking in WordPress

Do you want to add content locking in your WordPress site? Many websites use content locking to boost their lead generation, increase sales, or build their email list. [...]

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How to Allow Users to Subscribe to Authors in WordPress

Have you ever wanted to allow users to subscribe to specific authors in WordPress? If you run a multi-author WordPress site, then your users may want to subscribe [...]

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How to Delay Posts From Appearing in WordPress RSS Feed

Recently, one of our readers asked if it’s possible to delay posts from appearing in the WordPress RSS feed? Delaying posts in your RSS feed can save you [...]

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Basics of Inspect Element: Customizing WordPress for DIY Users

Have you ever wanted to temporarily edit a webpage to see how it would look with specific colors, fonts, styling, etc. It’s possible with a tool that already [...]

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How to Show Total Number of Registered Users in WordPress

Have you ever wanted to show the total number of registered users on your WordPress site? Social proof like showing the number of registered users on your site, encourages others [...]

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How to Add Custom Styles to WordPress Visual Editor

Do you want to add custom styles in the WordPress visual editor? Adding custom styles allows you to quickly apply formatting without switching to text editor. In this [...]

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12 Tips to Optimize Your WordPress RSS Feed

Do you want to optimize your WordPress RSS feed? RSS feeds provide an easy way for your users to subscribe to your content. However, not many beginners know about how [...]

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How to Permanently Delete a WordPress Site from the Internet

Recently, one of our readers asked if it was possible to permanently delete a WordPress site from the internet? Simply deleting your WordPress installation does not completely remove [...]

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How to Install WordPress in Other Languages

Do you want to use WordPress in other languages? WordPress is fully translated into over 65 languages and can be used in your native language. In this article, [...]

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How to Connect Constant Contact to WordPress (Step by Step)

Are you using ConstantContact for your email marketing? Want to connect ConstantContact with your WordPress site? In this ultimate guide, we will show you how to connect ConstantContact with [...]

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How to Add Your WordPress Blog to Apple News

Did you just start a blog and want to submit it to Apple News? By becoming an Apple News publisher, you can monetize your news channel while giving your readers [...]

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How to Create a “Sticky” Floating Footer Bar in WordPress

Do you want to create a sticky floating footer bar in WordPress? We have been using the floating footer bar on our website for many years because it [...]

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How to Start an Online Store in 2021 (Step by Step)

Do you want to start your own online store? We know that building an online store can be a terrifying thought especially when you are not a techy. [...]

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How to Reset WordPress Admin Password on Localhost

Recently, one of our users asked us how to reset WordPress admin password on localhost? If you are running WordPress on localhost and forget your password, then you can’t reset [...]

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How to Add Custom Admin Notices in WordPress

Do you want to add admin notices in WordPress? Admin notices are used by WordPress core, themes, and plugins to display warnings, notices, and important on screen information [...]

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How to Remove the Welcome Panel in WordPress Dashboard

Do you want to remove the welcome panel in your WordPress dashboard? The welcome panel is a box added to the dashboard page of your WordPress admin area. [...]

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How to Allow Users to Submit Posts to Your WordPress Site

Have you ever seen websites that allow users to submit posts or other type of content? Do you want to have user-submitted content on your site? In this [...]

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How to Improve WordPress Email Deliverability with SendGrid

Do you want to improve email deliverability from your WordPress site? Often web hosting providers don’t have properly configured mail settings, which blocks WordPress from sending emails. In [...]

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How to Add Post Type Archive in WordPress Navigation Menus

Recently, one of our readers asked if it was possible to add a link to custom post type archive pages in WordPress navigation menus. An archive page in [...]

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How to Properly Setup Google AMP on Your WordPress Site

Do you want to setup Google AMP on your WordPress site? Accelerated mobile pages or AMP is a way to make your website load faster on mobile devices. [...]

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How to Hide a WordPress Page From Google

Are you looking for a way to hide a WordPress page from Google? Sometimes you may need to exclude a page from appearing in Google search results as [...]

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How to Disable PDF Thumbnail Previews in WordPress

Recently, one of our readers asked us how to disable PDF thumbnail previews in WordPress. Introduced in WordPress 4.7, this feature creates thumbnail images for all PDF files [...]

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How to Fix Pluggable.php File Errors in WordPress

Are you seeing a pluggable.php file error on your WordPress site? Sometimes when you add a code snippet on your site or activate a new plugin, you may [...]

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How to Add Title Attribute in WordPress Navigation Menus

Recently, one of our readers asked if there’s a way to add title attribute in WordPress menus? Title attribute allows you to provide extra information about a link. It [...]

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How to Display Random Posts in WordPress

Do you want to display random posts in WordPress? Displaying random posts gives your users a chance to discover more of your content. In this article, we will [...]

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How to Change the Default Gravatar on WordPress

Do you want to change the default Gravatar on your WordPress site? By adding your own default gravatar image, you can make your comments section branded. In this [...]

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How to Include Category and Subcategory in WordPress URLs

Recently one of our readers asked us how to include category and subcategory in WordPress URLs. Categories and subcategories allow you to sort content on your website. They [...]

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How to Properly Move from Weebly to WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to switch from Weebly to WordPress? Yes it is possible to migrate all of your Weebly content to WordPress without hiring a developer or knowing [...]

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How to Add Signature or Ads after Post Content in WordPress

Do you want to add a signature or advertisement after your blog post content in WordPress? By default, WordPress does not come with an easy way to display [...]

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How to Add Random Header Images to Your WordPress Blog

Do you want to add random header images to your WordPress blog? Most WordPress themes come with built-in support to add header images. These images can completely change your [...]

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How to Display Category Descriptions in WordPress

Do you want to display category descriptions on your WordPress site? Categories allow you to easily sort content on your website. They also help users easily find content [...]

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32 Extremely Useful Tricks for the WordPress Functions File

All WordPress themes come with a powerful functions.php file. This file acts as a plugin and allows you to do lots of cool things on your WordPress site. [...]

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How to Display the Last Updated Date of Your Posts in WordPress

Do you want to display last updated date for your posts in WordPress? Some websites regularly update their posts and would like to show users when the article [...]

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How to Disable Trackbacks and Pings on Existing WordPress Posts

Do you want to disable trackbacks and pings on your old WordPress posts? Trackbacks and pingbacks allow blogs to notify each other that they have linked to a [...]

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How to Fix “Missing a Temporary Folder” Error in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘Missing a temporary folder’ error on your WordPress site? This error makes it impossible to upload images, update themes and plugins, or update WordPress core. [...]

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How WordPress Plugins Affect Your Site’s Load Time

Have you ever wondered how WordPress plugins affect your site’s load time? WordPress plugins allow you to add features to your site, but they can also affect your [...]

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How to Display Related Posts by Same Author in WordPress

Do you want to display related posts by same author in WordPress? Normally, you can use any related posts plugin to show similar articles on your website. However if you [...]

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55+ Most Wanted WordPress Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

Ever wondered what WordPress tips, tricks, and hacks most popular WordPress sites are using? In this article, we will share some of the most wanted WordPress tips, tricks, [...]

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How to Block IP Addresses in WordPress

Do you want to block specific IP addresses from accessing your WordPress site? Blocking IP addresses is used as a solution to block spam and hacking attacks on [...]

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How to Display Author’s Twitter and Facebook on the Profile Page

Do you want to display your author’s Twitter and Facebook links on their WordPress profile page? By default, WordPress user profile page does not have any fields to [...]

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How to Uninstall and Reinstall WordPress

Recently, one of our users asked us how they can uninstall and reintsall WordPress? Reinstalling WordPress can solve issues when all other troubleshootings tips fail. In this article, [...]

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14 Vital Tips to Protect Your WordPress Admin Area (Updated)

Are you seeing a lot of attacks on your WordPress admin area? Protecting the admin area from unauthorized access allows you to block many common security threats. In [...]

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How to Add Animated GIFs in WordPress

Do you want to add animated GIFs in your WordPress blog posts? Sometimes when you add an animated GIF in WordPress, it loses the animation and appears as [...]

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How to Add Custom Meta Boxes in WordPress Posts and Post Types

Do you want to create custom meta boxes for your WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types? Custom meta boxes are commonly used to provide a better user [...]

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How WordPress Actually Works Behind the Scenes (Infographic)

Have you ever wondered how WordPress actually works behind the scenes? For a typical user, it seems simple because you type a URL and a page loads in [...]

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How to Embed a Google Form in WordPress

Do you want to embed a Google form in WordPress? Google Forms are easy to embed anywhere and are particularly useful when you need to share the form [...]

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How to Use Social Media to Boost Email Subscribers in WordPress

Do you want to use social media to increase your email subscribers? If you’re not taking advantage of your social media following to build your email list, then [...]

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How to Change the Category Base Prefix in WordPress

Do you want to change the category base prefix in WordPress? By default, WordPress automatically adds /category/ as a prefix to URLs for all category pages. In this [...]

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How to Display Recent Posts From A Specific Category In WordPress

Do you want to display recent posts from a specific category on your WordPress site? Filtering posts by category allow you to show more relevant recent posts which [...]

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How to Limit the Number of Archive Months Displayed in WordPress

Do you want to display the number of archive months displayed in WordPress? If you have been blogging for years, you will notice that your archives list will [...]

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How to Display Ad Blocks in Specific Posts in WordPress

Do you want to display ad blocks within specific WordPress posts? This ad placement allows you to show ads when your users are highly engaged with the content. [...]

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How to Create a Client Dashboard in WordPress

Do you want to create a client dashboard in WordPress? A custom dashboard in WordPress can help your clients with resources and shortcuts they need to get started. [...]

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How to Automatically Link Keywords with Affiliate Links in WordPress

Many content publishers use affiliate marketing to make money online. The problem is that sometimes you may forget to add affiliates links in your article thus leaving money on [...]

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How to Create an Intranet for Small Businesses with WordPress (Easy)

Do you want to create a WordPress intranet for your organization? WordPress is a powerful platform with tons of flexible options that makes it ideal to be used [...]

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How to Add Rotating Testimonials in WordPress

Do you want to display rotating testimonials on your WordPress site? Testimonials are a great way to show social proof and build credibility. That’s why you see so many online [...]

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How to Create and Add Cinemagraphs in WordPress

Do you want to learn how to create and add Cinemagraphs in your WordPress posts? Cinemagraphs are images with one part or area moving while rest of the [...]

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How to Duplicate WordPress Database using phpMyAdmin

Do you want to duplicate your WordPress database using phpMyAdmin? WordPress stores all your website data in a MySQL database. Sometimes you may need to quickly clone a [...]

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How to Fix 503 Service Unavailable Error in WordPress

Are you seeing a 503 service unavailable error in WordPress? The problem with the 503 error is that it gives no clues about what’s causing it which makes [...]

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How to Fix Password Reset Key Error in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘Could not save password reset key to database’ error in WordPress? This error usually occurs when you are trying to login into your WordPress site. [...]

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How to Fix ‘Another Update in Process’ Error in WordPress

Are you seeing “Another update currently in process” error on your WordPress site. This error stops you from updating WordPress. Normally, it should automatically go away. But if [...]

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How to Disable the Search Feature in WordPress

Do you want to disable the search feature in WordPress? Sometimes your site may not need the search feature and the search form in your theme may interfere [...]

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How to Properly Disable Google AMP in WordPress

Do you want to disable Google AMP in WordPress? Many bloggers and websites who jumped on the Google AMP bandwagon are now disabling it for different reasons. The [...]

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How to Easily Create a T-Shirt Shop in WordPress

Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to add an automated T-Shirt shop in WordPress. Ideally a solution where you simply upload the designs and [...]

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How to Properly Move WordPress From Subdomain to Root Domain

Do you want to move a WordPress site from subdomain to root domain? The process is fairly easy to follow, and there is a way to save your [...]

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How to Fix Destination Folder Already Exists Error in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘Destination folder already exists’ error in WordPress? This error usually occurs during the installation of a theme or a plugin which prevents you from finishing [...]

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How to Add Official LinkedIn Share Button in WordPress

Do you want to add the official LinkedIn share button in WordPress? There are many social media plugins that let you add share buttons, but most of them don’t use [...]

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How to Track User Engagement in WordPress with Google Analytics

Are you properly tracking user engagement on your WordPress site? User engagement is one of the most important metric to track because it helps you strategically plan for [...]

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How to Properly Add JavaScripts and Styles in WordPress

Do you want to learn how to properly add JavaScripts and CSS stylesheets in WordPress? Many DIY users often make the mistake of directly calling their scripts and [...]

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How to Remove v=XXXX string from WordPress URLs

Are you seeing strange v=xxxx string in your WordPress URLs? Recently, one of our readers asked us how to get rid of v=xxxx string from their WordPress URLs. [...]

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How to Turn Off PHP Errors in WordPress

Recently one of our readers asked how to turn off PHP errors in WordPress? PHP warnings and notices help developers debug issues with their code. However it looks [...]

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How to Set Up WordPress Error Logs in WP-Config

Do you want to set up WordPress error logs in wp-config file? The wp-config file in WordPress not only controls your WordPress site settings, it is also a [...]

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How to Add User Role Label Next to Comments in WordPress

One of our readers asked if it was possible to highlight user role next to each comment in WordPress? Displaying user role label gives weight to comments made [...]

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How to Use SMTP Server to Send WordPress Emails

Are you having trouble receiving or sending emails from your WordPress site? One solution for that is to use third party email services such as Mailgun. However, these [...]

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How to Force Logout All Users in WordPress

Do you want to force logout all users in WordPress? If you suspect that your WordPress may be hacked or just need users to login again, then there [...]

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How to Manage WordPress Comment Notification Emails

Do you want to improve your WordPress comment notification emails? Comments drive discussion and user engagement on many blogs. However, WordPress doesn’t do such a great job when [...]

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How to Disable the Screen Options Button in WordPress

Do you want to disable the screen options button in WordPress? The screen options button allows you to show and hide elements on different pages through out the [...]

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How to Translate a WordPress Plugin in Your Language

Do you want to translate a WordPress plugin in your language? Many WordPress plugins are fully translation ready and can be easily translated by anyone in the world. [...]

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How to Use Google Matched Content to Show Related Posts in WordPress

Did you know that you can use Google AdSense to also show related posts in WordPress? Matched Content is a Google AdSense feature that allows you to show [...]

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How to Fix the 413 Request Entity Too large Error in WordPress

Are you seeing the 413 Request entity too large error in WordPress? This error usually occurs when you are trying to upload a theme or plugin file in [...]

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How to Fix the WordPress 429 Too Many Requests Error

Are you seeing the 429 too many requests error on your WordPress site? This error can be extremely frustrating because it is hard to figure out what’s causing [...]

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How to Display Popular Posts by Day, Week, and Month in WordPress

Do you want to display your most popular posts by day, week, month, and all time in WordPress? Popular posts allow your visitors to quickly discover your top [...]

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How to Use Shortcodes in your WordPress Sidebar Widgets

Do you want to learn how to use shortcodes in your WordPress sidebar widgets? Shortcodes allow you to do add additional features in your WordPress post content and [...]

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How to Change the Default Search URL Slug in WordPress

Do you want to change the default search URL slug in WordPress? By default, WordPress search URLs are not user friendly. In this article, we will show you [...]

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How to Add YouTube Subscribe Button in WordPress

Do you want to get more subscribers on your YouTube channel? Having a subscribe button on your blog makes it easy for your visitors to find your videos [...]

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How to Restore the Get Shortlink Button in WordPress

Do you want to create a shortlink of your WordPress blog posts or pages? WordPress shortlinks are useful for sharing in your emails, facebook messages, or even text [...]

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How to Set, Get, and Delete WordPress Cookies (like a Pro)

Do you want to learn how to use cookies on your WordPress site? Cookies are a useful tool to store temporary information in user’s browser and then use [...]

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How to Automatically Change WordPress SALT Keys

Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to automatically change WordPress SALT keys? WordPress security authentication or SALT keys are the encrypted code that secure [...]

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How to Sell Ads on Your WordPress Blog (Step by Step)

Do you want to sell ads on your WordPress blog? Selling ads on a blog or website is one of the most common ways to make money online. In [...]

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How to Fix the HTTP Image Upload Error in WordPress

Are you seeing the HTTP error while uploading media in WordPress? This error usually occurs when you are uploading an image or other files to WordPress using the [...]

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How to Embed a Facebook Video in WordPress

Do you want to embed a Facebook video in WordPress? In the early days, you could use a simple snippet of code to embed Facebook videos on your [...]

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How to Add Your WordPress Site in Yandex Webmaster Tools

Do you want to connect your website to Yandex webmaster tools? Webmaster tools like Google search console, Bing, Yandex, etc help you optimize your site, monitor the traffic, [...]

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How to Blog Anonymously Using WordPress

Do you want to blog anonymously using WordPress? There are many users who want to start a blog but don’t what to put their real name on it. In this [...]

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How to Create Your Company Org Chart in WordPress

Do you want to display a beautiful organizational chart on your WordPress site? Org charts are helpful in showing the company hierarchy and introducing users to the team [...]

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How to Fix Add Media Button Not Working in WordPress

Recently one of our users reported that the ‘Add Media’ button on their WordPress site has suddenly stopped working. This problem does not display any error or warning [...]

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How to Add Custom Post Status for Blog Posts in WordPress

Do you want to add a custom post status for your blog posts in WordPress? Post status is an editorial tool that allows you to organize your articles [...]

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How to Convert WooCommerce Visitors into Customers

Do you want to convert WooCommerce visitors into customers? Bringing traffic to your WooCommerce store is only half the battle, the other half is to convert those visitors [...]

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How to Fix the WordPress Failed to Open Stream Error

Are you seeing the ‘failed to open stream’ error in WordPress? This error usually points out the location of the scripts where the error has occurred. However, it [...]

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How to Let Contributors Edit Their WordPress Posts After Being Approved

Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to allow contributors to edit their approved posts? WordPress user roles allow you to set different permissions for each user [...]

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How to Easily Accept Credit Card Payments on Your WordPress Site

Do you want to learn how to accept credit card payments on your WordPress site? By default, WordPress does not come with credit card payment options, but there [...]

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How to Convert WordPress Categories to Custom Taxonomies

Do you want to convert your WordPress categories into custom taxonomies? Categories are one of the two default taxonomies that help you sort your content. However, WordPress also [...]

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How to Fix Custom Fields Not Showing in WordPress

Are you unable to find the custom fields option on your WordPress site? Custom field is an advance WordPress feature that helps you add custom content to your [...]

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How to Upload a HTML Page to WordPress without 404 Errors

Do you want to upload a HTML page to your WordPress site? Sometimes you may need to add a static HTML page and make it accessible along with [...]

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How to Install WordPress on Amazon Web Services

Recently one of our readers asked us to cover how to install WordPress on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Often reserved for larger projects, Amazon Web Services is a [...]

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How to Make a Small Business Website – Step by Step (2021)

Are you looking to make a website for your small business so you can find new customers on the internet? Making a small business website has become quite [...]

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How to Greet Each User With a Custom Welcome Message in WordPress

Do you want to greet each user with a custom welcome message in WordPress? Greeting users with a welcome message can help boost engagement on your website. It [...]

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How to Add Specific Posts to WordPress Navigation Menu

Do you want to add specific posts to your WordPress navigation menu? Menus in WordPress can be fully customized, and you can add custom links, pages, posts, categories [...]

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How to Redirect Users to a Random Post in WordPress

Do you want to redirect users to a random post? A random post allows users to explore older articles and read posts that are hidden in your blog [...]

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How to Add LiveChat to Your WooCommerce Store (and Boost Sales)

Do you want to add LiveChat to your WooCommerce store? Live chat helps you connect with website visitors in real-time, so you can offer help, generate leads, and [...]

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15 Useful WordPress Configuration Tricks That You May Not Know

WP-config is one of the most powerful files on your WordPress site, and it plays an important role in how WordPress works behind the scenes. There are some very [...]

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How to Properly Move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS (Beginner’s Guide)

Are you looking to move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS and install an SSL certificate on your website? We have been getting a lot of requests on this [...]

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How to Create a BuzzFeed Like Website Using WordPress

Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to create a BuzzFeed like website using WordPress? BuzzFeed is one of the most popular websites on the [...]

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How to Fix the 502 Bad Gateway Error in WordPress

Do you want to fix the 502 bad gateway error on your site? This error is quite annoying because it can be caused by a lot of different [...]

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How to Create an IDX Real Estate Website using WordPress

Do you want to create an IDX real estate website using WordPress? A real estate website requires specific features that are not normally available in ready-made websites, but [...]

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How to Protect Your WordPress Site from Brute Force Attacks (Step by Step)

Do you want to protect your WordPress site from brute force attacks? These attacks can slow down your website, make it inaccessible, and even crack your passwords to [...]

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How to Fix Common SSL Issues in WordPress (Beginner’s Guide)

Moving a WordPress site to SSL can sometime result in unexpected issues. If you’re adding SSL to an existing WordPress site and are running into errors, then you’re [...]

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How to Create an Etsy-Like Store with WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to build an Etsy-like store with WordPress? Etsy is an online marketplace for creative folks who want to sell hand-made goods, artwork, and other unique [...]

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How to Exclude a Category From Your WordPress Homepage

Do you want to exclude a specific category from your website’s homepage? By default, WordPress displays posts from all categories on your homepage. In some cases, you may [...]

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How to Verify Your WordPress Site on Pinterest (Step by Step)

Are you looking for a simple way to verify your WordPress site on Pinterest? Verifying your website on Pinterest will unlock neat features like Pinterest analytics, ads program, [...]

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How to Ask Google to Recrawl URLs of Your WordPress Site

Recently one of our readers asked if it’s possible to get Google to recrawl specific URLs? If your website is new, then Google will take some time to [...]

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How to Fix the 504 Gateway Timeout Error in WordPress

Have you ever gotten a 504 gateway timeout error on your WordPress site? This error can make your website inaccessible to users. What’s worst is that it can [...]

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How to Start a Travel Blog (to Make Money on the Side) in 2020

Do you want to start a travel blog but don’t know where to begin? Travel blogs are a popular medium to share your travels with not just family [...]

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How to Properly Move from Squarespace to WordPress

Do you want to move your Squarespace website to WordPress? Many users start their websites using different platforms. Sooner or later they discover the limitations of the platform [...]

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How to Install WordPress Locally on Mac using MAMP

Do you want to install WordPress locally on Mac? Installing WordPress on your computer allows you to try out WordPress before you start a blog. In this article, we [...]

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How to Switch from Blogger to WordPress without Losing Google Rankings

Do you want to migrate your blog from Blogger to WordPress? While Blogger is a neat free tool to start blogging, many beginners soon realize its limitations, and [...]

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13 Ways to Recover WooCommerce Abandoned Cart Sales

Are you looking for ways to recover WooCommerce abandoned cart sales? On average 60 – 80% of people who “add to cart” do not end up buying. This [...]

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How to Easily Move Your Site from Joomla to WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to move your website from Joomla to WordPress? While Joomla is a good content management system, it is NOT as powerful, flexible, and user-friendly as [...]

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How to Easily Add JavaScript in WordPress Pages or Posts (3 Methods)

Do you want to add a JavaScript in your WordPress pages or posts? Sometimes you may need to add a JavaScript code to the entire website or into [...]

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How to Start Your Own Podcast (Step by Step)

Are you looking to start a podcast? Want to know what does a perfect podcasting setup look like? In this guide, we will show you how to start [...]

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How to Test a WordPress Site in Different Browsers (Cross Browser Testing Made Easy)

Do you want to test your WordPress site in different browsers? Cross Browser Testing is extremely important when changing WordPress themes or implementing a new design because it [...]

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How to Clone a WordPress Site in 7 Easy Steps

Generally speaking, cloning is considered an unethical practice. However, when you think of cloning in terms of making a duplicate WordPress site, a whole new world of completely [...]

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How to Use User Generated Content in WordPress to Grow Your Business

Did you know that user-generated content can tremendously help you grow your business? User generated content is both relatable and authentic, that’s why it’s a big winner with [...]

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How to Do A/B Split Testing in WordPress using Google Optimize

Do you want to run A/B split tests on your WordPress site to improve conversions? Split testing helps you understand how small changes in content and design affect [...]

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How to Bulk Delete WordPress Posts (2 Easy Solutions)

Do you want to bulk delete WordPress posts? WordPress makes it super easy to manage posts from the admin area. However, if you want to delete a lot [...]

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How to Install WordPress on your Windows Computer Using WAMP

Do you want to install WordPress on your Windows computer locally? Working with WordPress on your computer allows you to test new WordPress features, learn how to develop [...]

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How to Properly Move Your Blog from Tumblr to WordPress

Do you want to move your Tumblr blog to WordPress? WordPress is the most powerful website builder and blogging platform in the world. I gives you complete freedom [...]

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How to Properly Move from Medium to WordPress

Do you want to move your Medium blog to WordPress? While Medium is a decent blogging platform, it is certainly no match for the flexibility of WordPress. In [...]

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7 Ways to Spread the Holiday Spirits with Your WordPress Site

Are you looking for ways to promote the true spirit of holidays on your WordPress website? It is the best time to share the joys of the season [...]

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How to Add SVG in WordPress (with 2 Simple Solutions)

Do you want to add SVG files to your WordPress site? By default, WordPress allows you to upload all popular image, audio, and video file formats, but SVG [...]

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How to Test Your Site for Updating to Gutenberg (WordPress 5.0)

Are you excited to use the new WordPress Gutenberg editor? Officially launched with WordPress 5.0, Gutenberg is the new default content editor for WordPress that allows you create visually stunning [...]

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How to Move WordPress to a New Host or Server With No Downtime

Are you planning to move your WordPress site to a new hosting company or a different server? The biggest risk when switching web hosting or migrating a website [...]

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How to Import / Export Your WordPress Gutenberg Blocks (2 Steps)

Did you know that the new WordPress block editor aka Gutenberg allows you to save your custom content blocks and export them to use on your other WordPress [...]

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How to Move WordPress From Local Server to Live Site (2 Methods)

One way to speed up your website development is to build your website locally on your own computer using a software like WAMP (for Windows) or MAMP (for Mac). Once you’re finished [...]

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How to Properly Switch From Wix to WordPress (Step by Step)

Looking to switch from Wix to WordPress? Wix is a popular website builder that lets you create a simple website, fast. However, many Wix users soon realize that their options [...]

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How to Easily Move WordPress to a New Domain (without Losing SEO)

Do you want to move your WordPress site to a new domain? Changing your website’s domain name can significantly impact your SEO rankings, and it’s a process that [...]

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Ultimate Guide to Creating a WordPress Membership Site

Do you want to build a membership website? For a long time, website owners relied solely on advertising and affiliate revenue to monetize their content. A membership website [...]

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How to Create a Micro-Job Website Like Fiverr with WordPress

Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to create a Fiverr like website using WordPress? Making a niche micro-job website has become a popular online business [...]

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How to Build an Amazon Affiliate Store Using WordPress

Do you want to create an Amazon affiliate store using WordPress? An Amazon affiliate store allows you to sell products from Amazon.com as an affiliate and earn a [...]

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How to Move Custom Domain Blogger Blog to WordPress (Updated)

Do you want to move your custom domain Blogger blog to WordPress? Blogger is a free blogging platform that has been around for a very long time. Normally, a free [...]

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24 Useful Tricks To Speed Up WordPress & Boost Performance

Do you want to speed up your WordPress site? Fast loading pages improve user experience, increase your pageviews, and help with your WordPress SEO. In this article, we [...]

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How to Install WordPress – Complete WordPress Installation Tutorial

WordPress is known as the most popular website builder in the world. It powers over 39% of all websites on the internet. The main reason for that is because WordPress [...]

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How to Fix “Are You Sure You Want to Do This” Error in WordPress

Every once in a while, you might encounter a WordPress error like error establishing database connection or memory exhausted error. These errors are somewhat helpful because they tell you exactly what [...]

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How to Create an Online Marketplace using WordPress

Do you want to create an online marketplace using WordPress? WordPress makes it easy to create an online marketplace like Etsy, eBay, or Amazon. An online marketplace website, [...]

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How to Make a Niche Review Site in WordPress Like a Pro

Do you want to create a reviews website and make money blogging? Online reviews help others make a buying decision while allowing you to earn referral fees, known as [...]

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How to Paginate Comments in WordPress (Step by Step)

Have you noticed that your blog posts with a lot of comments load slower than other posts? That’s because loading so many comments increase server load which increases [...]

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How to Fix Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance Error in WordPress

Are you seeing the ‘Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance’ error in WordPress? This error usually appears while updating WordPress core, plugins, or themes. Basically, your WordPress site fails [...]

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How to Install and Setup WordPress Multisite Network

Do you want to set up and install WordPress multisite network? WordPress comes with a built-in capability to create multiple websites using the same WordPress installation. A WordPress [...]

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How to Easily Display Code on Your WordPress Site

Do you want to display code in your WordPress blog posts? If you tried to add code like regular text, then WordPress will not display it correctly. WordPress [...]

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How to Disable Theme and Plugin Editors from WordPress Admin Panel

Did you know that WordPress comes with a built-in theme and plugin editor? This plain code editor allows you to edit your theme and plugin files directly from [...]

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How to Fix Image Upload Issue in WordPress (Step by Step)

Are you facing image upload issues on your WordPress website? For most beginners, image upload errors can be quite confusing because they can appear without you doing anything [...]

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How to Easily Create a Staging Site for WordPress (Step by Step)

Are you looking to create a staging site for WordPress but not sure where to start? A WordPress staging site is a test site that you can use [...]

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How to Completely Disable Comments in WordPress (Ultimate Guide)

Are you wondering how to turn off WordPress comments? While comments are a great way to interact with your site visitors, some website owners don’t want to allow [...]

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How to Create a Custom Gutenberg Block in WordPress (Easy Way)

Do you want to create a custom Gutenberg block for your WordPress site? After the WordPress 5.0 update, you need to use blocks to create content in the new [...]

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How to Fix the WordPress White Screen of Death (Step by Step)

The WordPress white screen of death is one of the most common WordPress errors. It is also one of the most frustrating ones because there is no error message, [...]

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How to Add Free Live Chat in WordPress (The Easy Way)

Are you looking for a solution to add free live chat in WordPress? Adding the live chat functionality to your website lets you interact with your visitors. You [...]

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How to Fix Fatal Error: Maximum Execution Time Exceeded in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded’ on your screen when trying to update a WordPress plugin or theme? Typically this problem occurs [...]

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How to use WordPress App on your iPhone, iPad, and Android (Guide)

Did you know that nearly half of all global website traffic originates from mobile devices? People are not just browsing the web on mobile, they are also creating content using [...]

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How to Add Scroll Depth Tracking in WordPress with Google Analytics

Do you want to add scroll depth tracking on your WordPress website? Scroll depth tracking allows you to see how far a user scrolls on any page. This [...]

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How to Add Pinterest “Pin It” Button in WordPress (Ultimate Guide)

Do you want to add the Pinterest “Pin It” button in WordPress? Recently, a new traffic source popped up in our blog stats. It was significant enough for [...]

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How to Display the Total Number of Comments in WordPress

Do you want to display the total number of comments on your WordPress site? Comments allow users to participate and engage with the content on your website. By [...]

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How to Embed Bing Maps in WordPress

Do you want to embed Bing Maps on your WordPress website? If you are looking for a Google Maps alternative, then Bing Maps is the right candidate for you. Similar [...]

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How To Fix “Failed To Load Resource” Error In WordPress

Are you seeing “Failed to load resource error” in WordPress or your browser’s inspect tool? Many WordPress users find it difficult to figure out what resource or file [...]

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How To Fix “The Link You Followed Has Expired” Error in WordPress

Are you seeing ‘The link you followed has expired’ error in WordPress? This error does not give much clues about what’s actually wrong, which is why beginners find [...]

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How to Create AMP Forms in WordPress (The Easy Way)

Do you want to create AMP-friendly forms on your WordPress site? Accelerated Mobile Pages or AMP is a Google project that makes websites load faster on mobile devices. While [...]

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How to Use FOMO on Your WordPress Site to Increase Conversions

You may have heard of FOMO and social proof notifications when reading about latest marketing trends. FOMO, short for fear of missing out, is basically a marketing technique [...]

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How to Add a Click-to-Call Button in WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to add a click-to-call button in WordPress? As more people visit your website using their smart phones, adding a tap-to-call button makes it easy for [...]

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How to Display Recent Tweets in WordPress with Twitter Widgets

Do you want to display your recent Tweets in WordPress? Integrating Twitter with your WordPress website helps increase user engagement. Your blog visitors can easily discover tweets that [...]

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How to Fix the 401 Error in WordPress (6 Solutions)

Are you seeing a 401 error on your WordPress site? It is one of the most confusing WordPress errors that could lock you out of your WordPress website. [...]

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How to Setup CloudFlare Free CDN in WordPress

Do you want to use Cloudflare CDN on your WordPress site? Cloudflare is one of the best WordPress CDN and firewall services available in the market. They offer a free CDN that [...]

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How to Create an Auto Loan / Car Payment Calculator in WordPress

Do you want to create an auto loan or car payment calculator in WordPress? If you are in the car dealership business, then adding an auto loan payment [...]

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WooCommerce Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Tutorial [+ Resources]

Do you want to start an eCommerce business using WooCommerce? Need a WooCommerce tutorial that’s easy to follow for non-techy users? If so, you’re in the right place. [...]

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How to Create a Shopping Cart in WordPress with BigCommerce

There are several WordPress eCommerce plugins that allow you to add a shopping cart to your website. However, if you want to keep your eCommerce store separate for better speed [...]

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How to Add a Shortcode in WordPress? (Beginner’s Guide)

Shortcodes are an easy way to add dynamic content into your WordPress posts, pages, and sidebars. Many WordPress plugins and themes use shortcodes to add specialized content like [...]

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How to Setup a Business Voicemail Greeting (with Examples)

When you call a business phone number, you are often greeted with an automated voicemail greeting that helps guide you through the phone directory and next steps. These voicemail [...]

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How to Fix WordPress RSS Feed Errors

Are you encountering RSS feed errors on your WordPress site? RSS feeds help users subscribe to your blog using news reader apps like Feedly. Since RSS feeds are published in [...]

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How to Change Your WordPress Site URLs (Step by Step)

Do you need to change your WordPress URL? Whether you’re moving from HTTP to HTTPs, changing your domain name, migrating from local server to live site, or transferring [...]

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How to Buy a Vanity Phone Number for Your Website (in 5 Minutes)

Have you ever wondered how certain companies buy a vanity phone number for their business website? Vanity phone numbers are business phone numbers that are memorable and easy to promote. [...]

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How to Stop and Prevent a DDoS Attack on WordPress

WordPress is one of the most popular website builder in the world because it offers powerful features and a secure codebase. However, that does not protect WordPress or any other [...]

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How to Add a Facebook Giveaway in WordPress to Boost Engagement

Do you want to boost engagement on your website while increasing your Facebook followers? If your answer is yes, then you need to run a Facebook contest. A [...]

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How to Clear Your DNS Cache (Mac, Windows, Chrome)

Have you even been asked to clear your DNS cache? It is a troubleshooting tip that helps you get to the latest version of a website, particularly after [...]

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How to Create Custom Permalinks in WordPress

Do you want to create custom permalinks in WordPress for posts, pages, and other post types? Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to create [...]

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How to Create a Dropdown Menu in WordPress (Beginners Guide)

Do you want to make a dropdown menu and add it to your WordPress website? A dropdown menu shows a list of links as you take your mouse [...]

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How to Prevent Clients from Deactivating WordPress Plugins

Do you want to prevent clients from accidentally deactivating WordPress plugins on the website? If you make websites for clients, then you probably already have a favorite toolkit of must-have WordPress [...]

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How to Track and Reduce Form Abandonment in WordPress

Do you want to track and reduce form abandonment in WordPress? Abandoned forms result in lower conversions, and less revenue. Wouldn’t it be great if you can track [...]

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How to Add an Author Info Box in WordPress Posts

Do you want to add an author bio box in your WordPress posts? The author bio box is a small section where you can display information about the [...]

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How to Track Link Clicks and Button Clicks in WordPress (Easy Way)

Do you want to track link clicks and button clicks in WordPress? Tracking link and button clicks helps you uncover how users interact with your website. You can [...]

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How to See the Keywords People Use to Find Your WordPress Site

Do you want to see the keywords people use to find your WordPress website? Keywords are the phrases users type in search engines to find the content they [...]

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How to Enable Automatic Updates in WordPress for Major Versions

Did you know that WordPress comes with automatic updates enabled for minor releases? This means that the WordPress.org team can automatically install security updates without requiring user input. [...]

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How to Add Spin to Win Optins in WordPress and WooCommerce

Do you want to add spin to win optin to your WordPress site or WooCommerce store? A spin to win optin adds gamification to your sign up forms. You can use [...]

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How to Add a Forum in WordPress with bbPress

Bulletin boards and forums are good old reliable tools to build online communities. While there are plenty of open-source forum software, integrating a third-party forum with WordPress can [...]

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How to Use Dynamic Field Population in WordPress to Auto-Fill Forms

Do you want to use dynamic field population in WordPress to auto-fill forms on your website? Dynamic field population allows you to automatically fill form fields based on [...]

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How to Setup WooCommerce Conversion Tracking (Step by Step)

Do you want to track conversions on your WooCommerce store? Conversion tracking helps you understand what’s working on your online store and what needs more attention. It helps you keep [...]

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11 Things You Should Do When Inheriting a WordPress Site

Recently one of our readers asked what are some of the things we recommend doing immediately after inheriting a WordPress site? Whether you’re a business owner who recently [...]

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How to Save Contact Form Data in the WordPress Database

Recently one of our readers asked if it’s possible to save WordPress contact form data in the database? Typically most popular WordPress form plugins will send a notification email to [...]

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How to Fix the Error Establishing a Database Connection in WordPress

Are you seeing the ‘Error establishing a database connection’ notice on your WordPress website? It is a fatal error that makes your WordPress website inaccessible to the users. [...]

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How to Add Wholesale Pricing in WooCommerce (Step by Step)

Do you want to setup wholesale pricing in WooCommerce for bulk purchases and wholesale buyers? By default, WooCommerce only allows you to set normal pricing for a product. In this [...]

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How to Create a Coupon Popup in WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to create a coupon popup in WordPress? Coupon popups are a great way to convert your website visitors into paying customers. There are several different [...]

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How to Make a Great Volunteer Application Form in WordPress

Do you want to add a volunteer application form to your organization’s WordPress website? If you’re one of the people managing applications, you might currently be spending a [...]

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How to Enable Author Tracking in WordPress

Do you want to enable author tracking on your WordPress website? If you run a multi-author WordPress site, then you’re probably wondering which of your authors write the [...]

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How to Add Google Optimize in WordPress (2 Easy Methods)

Are you looking to add Google Optimize on your WordPress site? Google Optimize is a free tool by Google that helps website owners optimize their sites by running [...]

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How to Create Custom Post Types in WordPress

Do you want to learn how to easily create custom post types in WordPress? Custom post types transform a WordPress site from a blogging platform into a powerful Content Management [...]

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How to Create a Contract Agreement Form with Digital Signatures in WordPress

Do you want to add a contract agreement form to your WordPress website that people can e-sign? Typically to get contracts signed, you either have to manually print [...]

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How to Use Cookie Retargeting in WordPress to Show Custom On-Site Messages

Do you want to use cookie retargeting in WordPress? Cookie retargeting is the secret tool already used by many of the most popular websites. It allows you to [...]

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How to Create a Separate Page for Blog Posts in WordPress

Do you want to create a separate page for blog posts in WordPress? By default, WordPress displays your blog posts on the homepage. However, if you are making [...]

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How to Fix WordPress Login Page Refreshing and Redirecting Issue

We often get messages from our users that their WordPress login page keeps refreshing and redirecting. This locks them out of the WordPress admin area, and they are [...]

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How to Disable Fullscreen Editor in WordPress

Do you want to disable the fullscreen editor in WordPress? After the update, WordPress 5.4 now opens the post and page editor in fullscreen mode by default. While this distraction-free [...]

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How to Run a Virtual Classroom Online with WordPress (Tools)

Do you want to run a virtual class online? Creating an online virtual classroom may sound too technical or expensive. Or maybe you just can’t imagine it working [...]

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How to Set Up Online Food Ordering for Restaurants in WordPress

Do you want to set up online food ordering for your restaurant? Whether it’s a brand new venture, or you’ve been serving customers in person for years, offering [...]

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How to Perform a WordPress Security Audit (Complete Checklist)

Do you want to perform a WordPress security audit to make sure that your website is secure? WordPress out of the box is very secure. However, if you [...]

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How Churches Can Offer Online Sermons with WordPress

Do you need an easy way to share sermons with your church members online? Recording and uploading sermons to your church website is a great way to reach [...]

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How to Create a Welcome Mat for Your WordPress Site (+ Examples)

Do you want to add a full-screen welcome mat to your website? A welcome mat is a full screen dynamic overlay that can help you get more newsletter [...]

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WordPress Custom Fields 101: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks

Custom fields are a handy WordPress feature that allows you to add various additional data / information to your WordPress posts and pages. A lot of popular WordPress [...]

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How to Fix WordPress Not Sending Email Issue

One of the most commonly asked questions on WPBeginner is how to fix WordPress not sending email problem. Many of our beginner level users ask us why their [...]

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How to Schedule Coupons in WooCommerce (and Save Time)

Have you ever wanted to schedule coupons on your online store? Scheduling coupons allows you to easily run seasonal or time-sensitive sale campaigns without having to worry about [...]

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How to Display Recent Posts in WordPress

Do you want to show your recent posts in WordPress? Displaying recent posts help users easily discover your new content and spend more time on your site. You [...]

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How to Set Up Email Newsletter Tracking in Google Analytics

Recently, one of our readers asked how do we measure the impact of our email newsletter? You can use Google Analytics combined with special tracking links in your [...]

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How To Teach Online Yoga Classes with WordPress

Are you a yoga teacher who wants to teach your classes online? While it might seem complicated, it’s actually pretty easy to do. Lots of yoga teachers are [...]

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How to Open a WordPress Popup Form On Click of Link or Image

Do you want to create a popup that appears when your visitors click on a link or an image on your site? This is a proven way to [...]

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How to Set Up Google Analytics Goals for Your WordPress Site

Do you want to track key metrics like email signups or sales for your site? Just looking at your website traffic overview report doesn’t give you the full [...]

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How to Add a BMI Calculator in WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to add a BMI calculator to your WordPress site? If you offer health and fitness related content, products, or services, then a BMI calculator could [...]

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How to Import and Export Navigation Menus in WordPress

Do you want to export a navigation menu from one WordPress site and import it into another? The default WordPress import / export feature allows you to transfer [...]

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How to Add Image Choices in WordPress Forms (Boost Engagement)

Recently, a reader asked us how to add image choices to their WordPress forms. Maybe this is something you’ve wondered about too. Instead of just displaying text choices, [...]

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How to Change the Text Color in WordPress (3 Easy Methods)

Recently, one of our readers asked if there was an easy way to change the text color in WordPress? The answer is yes. You can easily change your [...]

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How to Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress

Did you know that WordPress can automatically update your website? In some cases, that can include plugins and themes too. Despite the security benefits, there is a slight [...]

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How to Send SMS Messages to Your WordPress Users

Recently, one of our readers asked if it was possible to send SMS messages to their subscribers along with email newsletters. The answer is yes. You can easily [...]

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How to Create a File Upload Form in WordPress

Do you need to have your website visitors upload files on your contact form? Maybe you’re hiring employees and want to collect resumes, or perhaps you’re running another [...]

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How to Fix Facebook Incorrect Thumbnail Issue in WordPress

Have you noticed an incorrect post thumbnail when you share your articles on Facebook? It’s a common error that beginners often complain about because knowing how to make [...]

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How to Add a Horizontal Line Separator in WordPress (5 Methods)

Do you want to add a horizontal line across your post or page in WordPress? Horizontal line dividers are a great way to break long posts into smaller [...]

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How to Create a Loyalty Program in WooCommerce

Recently, one of our readers asked us if it’s possible to give customers loyalty points in WooCommerce. This might be something you’ve wondered about too, especially if you’re [...]

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How to Restart a WordPress Site – Reset WordPress (The Fast Way)

Recently, one of our readers asked us, “How do I restart my WordPress site?”. This isn’t something that most users will need to do, but knowing how to [...]

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How to Create a Custom Instagram Photo Feed in WordPress

Recently, one of our readers asked if it was possible to add a customized Instagram photo feed to their site? Specifically, they wanted to customize the Instagram photo [...]

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How to Create a Secure Contact Form in WordPress

Do you want to create a secure form in WordPress? Forms allow users to submit information on your website. However, they can also be used by hackers to [...]

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How to Add a Free Shipping Bar in WooCommerce

Do you offer free shipping on your WooCommerce store? Offering free shipping is a proven way to reduce cart abandonment and increase overall sales conversion. The challenge is [...]

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How to Embed TikTok Videos in WordPress

Do you want to easily embed TikTok videos on your WordPress website? By default, WordPress makes it super easy to embed a TikTok video inside your posts and [...]

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How to Create a Paywall in WordPress (with Preview Options)

Do you want to create a paywall on your WordPress site to publish paid content? Adding a paywall allows you to monetize some or all of your content [...]

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How to Create a Custom Airtable Form in WordPress

Do you want to make a custom Airtable form for your WordPress site? Airtable is a data management tool that lets you create your own custom data-driven apps. [...]

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How to Organize WordPress Files in Media Library Folders

Do you want to organize WordPress files in the media library folders? By default, WordPress automatically creates folders in the media library based on year and months. However, [...]

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How to Create an Alert Bar in WordPress (3 Easy Ways)

Do you want to add an alert bar to your WordPress site? An alert bar or notification bar is a great way to let visitors know about important [...]

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How to Fix Render-Blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress

Do you want to eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in WordPress? If you test your website on Google PageSpeed insights, then you will likely see a suggestion to [...]

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How to Hide a WordPress Widget on Mobile (Easy for Beginners)

Do you want to hide a specific WordPress widget for mobile users? Widgets are dynamic content that are often added in the website sidebar or footer. Sometimes a [...]

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How to Create a WooCommerce Popup to Increase Sales (6 Proven Methods)

Do you want to create a WooCommerce popup to boost sales? Lightbox popups allow you to easily grab customer attention and nudge them into making a purchase. You [...]

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How to Create a Job Application Form in WordPress (Easily)

Do you want to add a job application form to the careers page on your WordPress website? Often small businesses do not have a system in place for receiving [...]

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How to Fix WordPress Website Not Updating Right Away

Are you trying to fix your WordPress website not updating right away? Often users ask us why some changes they make to their site like a new blog [...]

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How to Display Your Facebook Timeline in WordPress

Do you want to show your Facebook timeline posts on your website? By adding your Facebook updates to your website, you can keep users updated with real-time status [...]

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How to Create a Yes/No Optin for Your WordPress Site

Recently, one of our readers asked us how they could create a popup with Yes/No buttons? Perhaps you’ve seen these used in an email list optin, or another [...]

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How to Embed a Facebook Group Feed in WordPress

Do you want to embed posts from your Facebook group on your WordPress website? Promoting your Facebook group on your WordPress website is a great way to boost [...]

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How to Create a Questionnaire in WordPress (Easy Way)

Do you want to create a questionnaire in WordPress to survey your visitors or collect data? Getting feedback on your products or simply learning more about your users [...]

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How to Delete All Pending Comments in WordPress

Do you have a lot of pending comments in WordPress that you want to delete? This can easily happen if you get a lot of spam comments. Normally, [...]

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How to Install WordPress in a Subdirectory (Step by Step)

Do you want to install WordPress in a subdirectory? Installing WordPress in a subdirectory allows you to run multiple WordPress instances under the same domain or even a [...]

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How to Password Protect Your WordPress Forms

Do you want to password protect a form on your WordPress website? Normally, when you add a form to your website, it is visible to all users who [...]

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How to Remove the Date from WordPress URLs

Do you want to remove the date from your WordPress URLs? WordPress comes with an SEO friendly URL structure. This includes several link formats including one that adds [...]

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How to Create an RSVP Form in WordPress (Easy)

Are you planning a big event like a birthday party, fundraiser, or even a wedding? Then you need an easy way to collect RSVPs from your guests. If [...]

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How to Make a Print on Demand Shop in WordPress

Do you want to create a print on demand shop in WordPress? You can use print on demand shop as a new online business idea, or use it to [...]

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How to Prevent Newsletter Signup Spam in WordPress

Recently, one of our readers asked us how to prevent newsletter signup spam in WordPress? Sometimes spam bots fill in your newsletter signup forms and add dummy email [...]

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How to Edit the Footer in WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you need to edit the footer area of your WordPress website? The footer area appears at the bottom of each page on your WordPress site., There are [...]

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How to Create a Local WordPress Site Using XAMPP

Do you want to create a local WordPress site on your computer using XAMPP? Installing WordPress on your computer helps you try out WordPress, test themes and plugins, [...]

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How to Show Personalized Content to Different Users in WordPress

Do you want to show different content to different users in WordPress? Sometimes you may want to show custom content to users from specific locations, on specific dates, [...]

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How to Add Dark Mode to Your WordPress Website (Easy)

Do you want to add dark mode to your WordPress site? Many devices now come with native dark mode support. Adding a dark mode to your website automatically [...]

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How to Upload Files from a WordPress Form to Google Drive

Do you want to send files from a WordPress contact form to Google Drive? Normally, your form plugins will upload any files directly to your WordPress site. However, [...]

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How to Find Out Who is Hosting a Certain Website (2 Ways)

Have you ever wanted to know which web hosting service any website is using? Recently, a user asked us how to find who is hosting their website. It [...]

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How to Move a Live WordPress Site to Local Server

Do you want to move a live WordPress website to a local server on your computer? Installing WordPress on your computer (local server) allows you to easily learn WordPress and [...]

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How to Get SMS Text Messages From Your WordPress Forms

Do you want to get SMS text message when a user submits a WordPress form on your website? Receiving text messages on your phone makes it easy to [...]

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How to Create Custom Taxonomies in WordPress

Do you want to create custom taxonomies in WordPress? By default, WordPress allows you to organize your content with categories and tags. But with custom taxonomies, you can [...]

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How to Fix the Facebook and Instagram oEmbed Issue in WordPress

If you have ever embedded Facebook or Instagram content in WordPress using the default oEmbed or Embed blocks feature, then you need to implement this fix immediately. Starting [...]

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How to Add Web Push Notification to Your WordPress Site

Do you want to add push notifications to your WordPress site? Push notifications let you send messages to users even when they are not visiting your website. This [...]

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How to Create Flipbox Overlays and Hovers in WordPress

Want to add flipbox overlays and image hover effects to your WordPress site? Even if you’re using a high-quality WordPress theme, you might feel limited by customization options. [...]

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9 Tips to Find Hidden WordPress User Data to Grow Your Business

A lot of beginners don’t know that your website has hidden WordPress user insights that you can use to grow your business. Finding hidden user data can help [...]

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How to Require an Email Address to Download a File in WordPress

Do you want to have users enter an email address before downloading a file from your WordPress site? Many businesses use free file downloads like eBooks, white papers, [...]

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How to Display Full Size Images in WordPress (4 Methods)

Do you want to learn how to display full-size images in WordPress? The latest version of WordPress automatically resizes large images to improve performance. But sometimes you may [...]

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How to Prevent Invalid AdSense Clicks in WordPress (Step by Step)

Do you want to learn how to prevent invalid AdSense clicks in WordPress? Invalid AdSense clicks are the result of clicks and impressions that are typically generated by [...]

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How to Hide a Mobile Menu in WordPress (Beginner’s Guide)

Do you want to hide a mobile menu in WordPress? Most WordPress themes come with built-in styles that automatically transform your navigation menus into a mobile menu. However, [...]

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How to Optimize Your WordPress Robots.txt for SEO

Recently one of our readers asked us for tips on how to optimize the robots.txt file to improve SEO. Robots.txt file tells search engines how to crawl your [...]

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How to Make a Gaming Website With WordPress in 2021 (Step by Step)

Do you want to learn how to make a gaming website with WordPress? Gaming has never been more popular. With your own gaming website, you can create a [...]

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How to Add Image Hover Effects in WordPress (Step by Step)

Want to learn how to add image hover effects in WordPress? Image hover effects can make your site more interactive and engaging. This creates a better first impression [...]

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How to Add Content Upgrades in WordPress and Grow Your Email List

Do you want to add content upgrades in WordPress to help grow your email list? Content upgrades are specific bonus content that your readers can get by signing [...]

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How to Create a Client Portal in WordPress

Do you want to create a client portal in WordPress? A client portal allows you to create a dedicated area for clients where they can login to access [...]

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How to Disable Image Attachment Pages in WordPress

Do you want to disable image attachment pages in WordPress? Image attachment pages can look like incomplete pages on your site. If a visitor views these, then it [...]

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How to Add Subscriptions to WooCommerce (Free Alternative)

Do you want to add subscriptions to WooCommerce in WordPress? Adding subscriptions lets you offer memberships, create premium content, and generate consistent revenue for your business. In this [...]

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How to Add Amazon Ads to Your WordPress Site (3 Methods)

Do you want to add Amazon ads to your WordPress site? Amazon ads can be a great way to make money online. Plus, they have a faster and simpler [...]

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How to Create a WordPress Popup Based on Location (Step by Step)

Do you want to create a WordPress popup based on the location of your visitors? Creating WordPress popups based on location helps you deliver the right marketing message, [...]

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How to Highlight Author’s Comments in WordPress

Do you want to highlight the author’s comments in WordPress posts on your website? Highlighting the author’s comments in your WordPress blog can help you build engagement. Users [...]

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How to Send Twilio SMS Notifications from WooCommerce (Step by Step)

Do you want to send Twilio SMS notifications from WooCommerce? With SMS notifications, you can stay in touch with your customers, notify them of order updates, send coupon [...]

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How to Optimize Core Web Vitals for WordPress (Ultimate Guide)

Do you want to optimize core web vitals for WordPress? Core Web Vitals is an initiative by Google which helps website owners improve user experience and quality of [...]

tutorials

How to See Old Versions of Any WordPress Site (3 Tools)

Do you want to see old versions of any WordPress site? Seeing an old version of a WordPress site is not only fun, but it can provide you [...]

tutorials

How to Add a Custom Product Builder in WooCommerce

Do you want to add a custom product builder in WooCommerce? A custom product builder in WooCommerce allows customers to design products and customize them to their own [...]

Themes

Conditional Tag for Post/Page Navigation Links in WordPress

Have you ever visited a site where they have the styling for post navigation links, but there are no links there? It looks quite ugly and it is [...]

Themes

How to Display WordPress Shortlinks in Your Theme

Have you ever seen sites that have a little input field at the bottom of their post with a short link to their article? Well usually that shortlink [...]

Themes

How to use Thumbnails with Previous and Next Post Links in WordPress

One of our users asked us on our Facebook page: How to use thumbnails for previous/next post navigation in WordPress. The next_post_link and previous_post_link functions doesn’t have a simple [...]

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How to Fix Error Too Many Redirects Issue in WordPress

Are you trying to fix the ‘Error Too Many Redirects’ issue on your WordPress website? It is a common WordPress error that may be caused by a plugin or incorrect [...]

Plugins

15+ Plugins to Unleash the Invincible Power of jQuery and WordPress

jQuery, one of the best things that happened to programming. jQuery is fast and concise yet it is able to produce mind blowing animations and interactions. On the [...]

Plugins

Greet Each User with an Appropriate Message in WordPress with WP Greet Box

Often you see sites with annoying pop-ups that ask users to subscribe to their email newsletter. Our users do not appreciate that, so there comes a question how [...]

Plugins

How to Allow Users to Submit Posts to Your WordPress Site

Have you ever seen websites that allow users to submit posts or other type of content? Do you want to have user-submitted content on your site? In this [...]

Plugins

How to Auto Publish Your Twitter Tweets as WordPress Posts

Recently on our Twitter Account, we were asked a question about how to create new WordPress Posts from Twitter Tweets therefore we have decided to write this article to [...]

Plugins

How to Allow your users to Subscribe to Comments in WordPress

Often there are posts on your blogs that can generate a lot of community discussion or a heated debates which some of your users would like to stay [...]

Plugins

How to Add Excerpts to Your Pages in WordPress

Do you want to add excerpts to your WordPress pages? By default, excerpts in WordPress are only available for posts. In this article, we will show you how [...]

Plugins

What is an XML Sitemap? How to Create a Sitemap in WordPress?

Are you wondering what is an XML sitemap, and how to add it to your WordPress website? An XML sitemap helps search engines easily navigate through your website [...]

Plugins

WP Security – WordPress File Monitor Plugin

This past week we attended WordCamp NYC. Out of many useful sessions, one was about WordPress Security. Many of the security tips were taken from our security article, but [...]

Plugins

How to Display Twitter Avatars in WordPress Comments

As you know that WordPress has an option to display gravatars in the comment for your users. Well sometimes users don’t have a gravatar account, but they have [...]

Plugins

Manage Your Ads in WordPress with OIO Publisher (Review)

When it comes to controlling ad space on WordPress blogs, there are few options out there. In this article we will be sharing a highly reputed commercial Ad [...]

Plugins

How to Add Retweet Anywhere in WordPress

Since twitter announced it’s Twitter Anywhere Platform, developers have been working hard on implementing this API and taking advantage of twitter traffic. We incorporated some elements to WPBeginner such [...]

Plugins

Revealed: Why Building an Email List is so Important Today (6 Reasons)

Are you considering building an email list, but have some doubts about why it is needed? Many bloggers and business owners don’t realize the importance of building an [...]

Plugins

How to Create a Tab Based Social Widget for WordPress

There are tons of social media widgets out for WordPress. A good friend of pluginthemehub, John Saddington, has released a new lightweight tab based social widget that brings [...]

Plugins

How to Add Google Pac-Man Game to Your WordPress Blog

Pac-Man is a classic game that mostly everyone who uses a computer has heard of and played before. Not too long ago, Google celebrated Pac-Man’s 30th anniversary by [...]

Plugins

WordPress Status Dashboard – A Dream Come True

As WordPress consultant and developers, we at Uzzz Productions have numerous clients. With security updates on WordPress and WordPress plugins, we need to make sure that each of our client’s [...]

Plugins

Project or Task Management in WordPress with CollabPress

Do you run a multi-author blog? Are you a student looking to work on a group project and need a task management tool? Brad Williams (@williamsba) from WebDevStudios [...]

Plugins

Adding a Post Rating System in WordPress with WP-PostRatings

We were recently looking to incorporate a simple post rating system in our project and had to deal with numerous plugins. After going through several, we found the [...]

Plugins

How to Install and Setup Facebook Comments Points WordPress Plugin

You have probably seen many comments plugin for WordPress blogs which convert your comments section to a predefined style. Few days ago, I developed a Facebook style comments plugin for [...]

Plugins

Extending the Power of Your Default WordPress Widgets

One of the things that makes customization on WordPress easy for users are Widgets. This flexible system in WordPress was added back in the days of version 2.2. [...]

Plugins

How to Add Social Share Buttons in WordPress (Beginner’s Guide)

Do you want to add social share buttons in WordPress? Social media websites are where people spend a lot of their time on internet. You can use social [...]

Plugins

How to Add Your Plugin to the WordPress Plugin Directory

One of the reason why WordPress is such an amazing platform to work with is because of all the plugins that are available. Contributing useful plugins to the [...]

Plugins

How to Add Tooltip in Your WordPress Posts and Pages

Tooltips are small hover boxes with information about the item being hovered over. Tooltips appear when the user hovers over an item (without clicking it). Tooltips can be [...]

Plugins

What, Why, and How-To’s of Livefyre for WordPress

In the past two weeks, you probably noticed that we switched our commenting system. We made this crucial decision after attending BlogWorld Expo and WordCamp Raleigh. Thanks to Patrick O’Keefe [...]

Plugins

How to Add Multiple Galleries in WordPress Posts and Pages

Want to add multiple image galleries in your WordPress posts and pages? While WordPress handles images beautifully, the default image galleries lack certain features. In this article, we [...]

Plugins

How to do Live Blogging in WordPress

Live blogging is rolling textual coverage of ongoing events within a single blog post or channel, very similar to live television or radio. Live blogging is being adapted [...]

Plugins

How to Create Custom Write Panels in WordPress with More Fields Plugin

It seems that every day WordPress theme’s are getting more advanced and robust. This is a good thing for the existing developers that know what they are doing [...]

Plugins

Get Twitter Followers in Exchange of Downloadable Files in WordPress

Have you seen a site where you are asked to join an email list in order to access their free e-book or another product. Well, that is getting [...]

Plugins

How to Display Google+ Profile Widget in WordPress

Google+ has been a popular subject for the past few weeks. This new social network is growing very fast. Popular tech celebrities already boasts thousands of followers (in [...]

Plugins

No Self Ping – Keeps WordPress from Sending Pings to Your Own Site

Everybody knows that internal linking is good for SEO. It is also good for user experience because it helps the user relate to what is being talked about [...]

Plugins

How to Restrict Uploads to Specified File Types Only in WordPress

Few days ago while working on a client’s site, we were asked to code a function that restrict uploads to specified file types only (jpg, gif, png). After [...]

Plugins

How to Show or Hide Widgets on Specific WordPress Pages

In our previous article, we showed you how you can extend the power of your default WordPress widgets. We mentioned a plugin called Widget Logic which you could use [...]

Plugins

How to Easily Access Your Draft Posts from the WordPress Admin Bar

Most of us bloggers don’t write our posts in one sitting. Usually we have several drafts laying around which we work on gradually. But wouldn’t you like to [...]

Plugins

How to Duplicate Theme Files from WordPress Admin Panel

Have you ever worked on a client’s site who is not willing to give you FTP? The hardest part about that is you cannot create new template files, [...]

Plugins

How to Install and Setup Simple Facebook Connect for WordPress

One of our users over at our Facebook community page asked us to cover the installation and setup of Simple Facebook Connect plugin for WordPress. For those who do not [...]

Plugins

How We Increased Our Email Subscribers by 600% with OptinMonster

Everyone who has a successful blog or an online presence will agree that building an email list is very important. Over the years, we’ve tried numerous techniques to [...]

Plugins

WordPress Plugin Spring Cleaning, It’s not just for Spring!

Recently an article Ryan Imel posted on WPCandy about the over-emphasis on importance of active plugin counts inspired some debate. The argument is essentially that reducing the number of plugins [...]

Plugins

How to add Find-As-You-Type Dropdown in WordPress Search

We’ve discussed several ways to make the WordPress search more useful. In this article we are going to show you how you can add a find-as-you-type dropdown menu using the Searchlight plugin. [...]

Plugins

How to Create a Donate Form for Nonprofit Organization using WordPress

Do you want to be able to accept donations on your nonprofit website? WordPress makes it easy for nonprofits to create a donation form and accept donations from [...]

Plugins

How to add a fade away effect to your WordPress Tag Cloud

Recently, we were asked to review a plugin called Opacity Tag by its author George Gecewicz. Opacity Tags is a new plugin for WordPress that gives you an [...]

Plugins

Promoting your Twitter Page in WordPress with a Lightbox Popup

So last week after we showed you how to create amazing lightboxes with OptinMonster – a WordPress popup plugin. We also showed you how to add a facebook promoter lightbox [...]

Plugins

Pin Posts in WordPress With Post Admin Shortcuts Plugin

Don’t you wish sometimes that there was any easier way to find that post you want to edit in your admin panel? Well there is. With the Post Admin [...]

Plugins

How to Easily Insert Amazon Affiliate Products in WordPress Posts

Sooner or later you will most likely want to post affiliate links from Amazon on your blog, considering the size of its popular affiliate program. In order to [...]

Plugins

Convert Metric to Imperial Units in WordPress with Unit Converter

Given the international scope of the web, if you have a WordPress blog that uses lots of measurements then this article is for you. Although you could manually [...]

Plugins

Display Time of Scheduled WordPress Posts with Scheduled Time Plugin

If you have bigger sites with multiple authors or even a smaller site but you like to schedule your posts in advance then you have probably realized that WordPress only [...]

Plugins

Manage your WordPress Archives with Smart Archives Reloaded

When most people look through your archives they are usually trying to find posts by their topic rather than looking to see a list of every article you [...]

Plugins

How to Keep Expanded Admin Menus in WordPress 3.3

In case you haven’t heard, WordPress 3.3 has changed the way admin menus are displayed. Instead of having optionally expandable menus WordPress 3.3 has turned them all into flyout menus. [...]

Plugins

How To Prevent Skype From Overwriting/Hijacking Your WordPress

Have you ever created what you thought was the perfect contact page only to have Skype mess it all up by linking all of the phone numbers? Well, [...]

Plugins

How to Add a Featured Image Column to Your WordPress Admin Panel

For those of you who do not know how to add post thumbnails (featured images) yet you should read our article on how to add post thumbnails in WordPress. [...]

Plugins

How to Reset Your WordPress Database to Default Settings

Do you want to reset your WordPress database to its original settings? If you’re working on a local server or a test site, then you might need to [...]

Plugins

How to Track Social Metrics for Each Post in WordPress Dashboard

As you know two weeks ago, we launched our newest site List25. Our entire marketing strategy relies on social media. Each post on the site has viral potential, but [...]

Plugins

How to Do Lead Generation in WordPress Like a Pro

Do you want to generate leads and increase sales from your website? Lead generation should be a top priority for all businesses because at the end of the [...]

Plugins

Change Background Colors of Posts in WordPress Admin Based on Status

It can get pretty crazy when you have multiple people working on various posts on the site. You have draft posts, pending posts, private posts, future posts, and [...]

Plugins

How to Allow PHP in WordPress Posts and Pages

By default, you cannot execute PHP in WordPress posts and pages. We have made it a rule of thumb to never execute PHP in our posts and pages [...]

Plugins

How to Add Google Fonts in WordPress Post Editor

Fonts are one of the most important aspects of your WordPress blog, and in case you didn’t know Google has a library of about 300 webfonts that you [...]

Plugins

How to Show Your Latest Pinterest Pins in WordPress Sidebar Widgets

Few days ago, we showed you how to add the Pinterest “Pin It” button in your WordPress blog. We are seeing more and more people joining Pinterest every day. Some of [...]

Plugins

How to Add Subscribe to Newsletter Option in WordPress Comments

Often you will see blogs that have an option to Subscribe to Comments checkbox in the comments area. Now that functionality is great because all the user has to do [...]

Plugins

How to Add Simple and Elegant Footnotes in Your WordPress Blog Posts

We have never considered ourselves a journalist nor do we have any professional experience in writing. We are just a group of WordPress fanatics who love sharing what [...]

Plugins

How to Reference a Specific Paragraph or Sentence in WordPress Posts

Recently, we showed you a simple way to add footnotes in WordPress posts. After sharing that article, one of our users asked, if there was a way to reference [...]

Plugins

How to List Category Posts in a WordPress Post or Page with Shortcode

Have you ever found a need to list the posts from a specific category on a specific post or a page? In the past, we have used custom [...]

Plugins

How to Put Your WordPress Site in Read Only State for Site Migrations and Maintenance

Managing a multi-author blog is a hard task on its own. It gets even harder during the maintenance times and site migrations. We have helped migrate numerous multi-author [...]

Plugins

How to Float Your WordPress Admin Menu to Save Time

One of the things that Zain Balkhi complained about when we were designing our current WPBeginner design was that the WordPress admin menu doesn’t float. Which is why in our [...]

Plugins

How to Display the Time According to Your WordPress Blog in Admin Bar

If you never adjusted your timezone setting in WordPress, you probably have no idea what is the time according to your WordPress blog. For a lot of people, [...]

Plugins

How to Take Control of Your WordPress Admin Bar

Recently we showed you how to disable the WordPress Admin Bar for all users except administrators. Although there are times when you will want to completely disable it the WordPress [...]

Plugins

Using Custom Post Types As Taxonomies In WordPress with CPT-onomies

If you have ever used custom post types then you know how powerful they can be when it comes to organizing your content. What do you do though if you [...]

Plugins

Pluginception: Using a Plugin to Create a Plugin in WordPress

Every now and then we get an email from one of our users explaining how they broke their WordPress site while trying to add some code to their [...]

Plugins

How to Boost Your Email Opt-ins with Newsletter Sign-Up for WordPress

Everyone wants to know how to boost their email list size. Recently, we have started using a plugin called Newsletter Sign-Up for WordPress which gives your users various [...]

Plugins

How to Limit Comment Length in WordPress

WordPress comments encourage discussions around your topic. However you may find that comments below a certain length or above a certain length are not very helpful. In this [...]

Plugins

5 Best WordPress Slider Plugins – Performance + Quality (Compared)

Are you looking to add a slider in your WordPress site? There are dozens of WordPress slider plugins on the market that you can use. However, not all [...]

Plugins

How to Allow Public Post Preview of Unpublished Posts in WordPress

When Do You Need Public Post Preview of Unpublished Posts in WordPress? When writing a blog post, sometimes you may want to share a preview of an unpublished [...]

Plugins

How to Preserve the Editor Scroll Position in WordPress

Have you noticed that when editing a post in WordPress if you hit “Save Draft”, then it reloads the page. Which also means that your scroll position is [...]

Plugins

WordPress Security Tip: Add Google Authenticator 2-step Verification

If you aren’t security conscious, then you should probably see how one of Wired.com author’s digital life was destroyed. After reading that story, we have jumped on board with [...]

Plugins

How to Disable or Lock a User Account in WordPress with User Locker

Recently while working on a client’s site, we had to disable a user account in WordPress. Basically, some of their writers were no longer with the company. They [...]

Plugins

How to Add Videos and More in WordPress Comments with oEmbed

Recently while browsing the WordPress plugin repository, we stumbled upon a pretty neat plugin that allows you to embed videos and more in WordPress comments by extending the [...]

Plugins

How to Restrict Usernames in WordPress

If you have ever dealt with a membership site, a WordPress multisite, or BuddyPress, then you know that there are always users who want to make your life [...]

Plugins

How to Allow Users to Invite Their Friends to Register in WordPress

Do you run a site that has user registration option. One of the features that would be helpful to your site is giving your users the option to [...]

Plugins

How to Force Strong Password on Users in WordPress

We have already noticed other sites requiring their users to have a strong password. Bluehost requires their users to have a strong password for email in cPanel. Arstechnica wrote a great [...]

Plugins

How to do Video SEO in WordPress with Yoast Video SEO plugin

A while ago one of our friends, Joost de Valk, famous for his WordPress SEO plugin reached out to us with regards to trying out the beta version of his [...]

Plugins

HotFix: How to Get Bug Fixes in WordPress Before the Next Core Update

Overtime, WordPress has become a very large project powering millions of websites. We have people complaining all the time, why does WordPress have so many updates like WordPress [...]

Plugins

Post Forking – A Collaborative Approach to WordPress Content Curation

In the past, we have talked about how to improve your WordPress editorial workflow. Well today, Ben Balter, Daniel Bachhuber, and Aaron Jorbin have probably revolutionized the way of [...]

Plugins

How to Password Protect Your WordPress without User Registration

There are many tutorials out there that shows you how to password protect your website content. Many of those utilize complex membership plugins that require user registration. But [...]

Plugins

Simple Page Ordering: How to Organize WordPress Pages with Drag & Drop

In the past, we have shown you how to arrange WordPress posts and other custom post types using drag & drop. While pages would certainly qualify as custom post [...]

Plugins

How to Add Custom Buttons with Post Editor Buttons in WordPress

When writing posts, have you ever found a need to add shortcodes or custom stylings? Is it something that you use often? If so, then you will like [...]

Plugins

How to Add New Default Avatars in WordPress

About 3 years ago, we showed you how to change the default gravatar in WordPress using the code method. In this article, we will show you how to add new [...]

Plugins

How to Prevent Imposter Comments in WordPress

One of the issues we started noticing on our site was a group of spammers were commenting using our registered user’s username and email. It’s fairly easy to [...]

Plugins

How to Use GTMetrix Plugin to Improve WordPress Site Performance

Do you want to use GTmetrix to test your WordPress site’s speed? Many WordPress sites are slow due to factors such as slow web hosting, large image files, [...]

Plugins

How to Keep Track of Your Post Ideas in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to keep track of your post ideas in WordPress? Anyone who has blogged for a while will tell you that sometimes best [...]

Plugins

How to Disable XML-RPC in WordPress

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Plugins

How to Automatically Tag Your WordPress Posts and Save Time

In the past we have shown you how to automatically convert keywords into links to increase your profits and save time. Wouldn’t it be easier, if we can automate yet [...]

Plugins

How to Allow Blog Users to Moderate Comments in WordPress

Comment moderation can be a big pain for larger sites. This is why most large blogs are using third party commenting services like Disqus, Livefyre, etc. All those [...]

Plugins

How to Build Customer Loyalty in WordPress with Gamification

Creating a business website with WordPress is easy, bringing visitors is a bit difficult, but keeping those visitors engaged and converting them into loyal customers is the hardest [...]

Plugins

How To Efficiently Manage Post Series in WordPress

Long posts can be dull and uninteresting, but if you cover topics that need lengthy posts then you must have considered breaking those posts into series. The problem [...]

Plugins

How to Allow Users to Add Drawing or Doodles in WordPress Comments

WordPress is no longer an average publishing platform. It can be used in many different and interesting ways. In fact, each day people are finding new ways to [...]

Plugins

How to Improve WordPress Search using Amazon CloudSearch with Lift

It is no secret that the built in WordPress search feature is not that great. People have tried to improve their site search by using options like Google Custom [...]

Plugins

How to Add Multiple Authors (Co-Authors) for Posts in WordPress

Do you want to show multiple authors for a post in WordPress? Many websites often have multiple authors working on the same article. For example, on news websites [...]

Plugins

How to Add Quicktags in WordPress Comment Forms

By default WordPress comment box allows visitors to use some basic HTML tags in their comments. However, most bloggers are unaware of this and most users don’t know [...]

Plugins

How to Add Santa Claus on your WordPress Website

Holidays are a wonderful time of the year and as a website owner you might want to share the spirit of joy with your visitors. However, changing the [...]

Plugins

How to Add EXIF Photo Tags in WordPress

WordPress is an awesome tool to share your photos with the world. It has great plugins and the best WordPress photography themes to showcase your images. EXIF (Exchangeable image file [...]

Plugins

How to Build a Library Collection and Circulation System in WordPress

WordPress often gets labeled as a blogging platform, but every day people are finding creative new ways of using WordPress. Recently, we came across a new plugin that [...]

Plugins

How to Add a Theme Demo Bar in WordPress

Most WordPress theme shops and marketplaces utilize a theme demo bar to make it easier for their users to preview themes. A theme demo bar is a toolbar [...]

Plugins

How to Add MP3 Audio Files in WordPress

Uploading audio and video files to WordPress using the Media Uploader is easy. Even though the media uploader recognizes these files and display appropriate file-type icons next to [...]

Plugins

How to Merge and Bulk Edit Categories and Tags in WordPress

Are you looking for a quick way to merge and bulk edit categories / tags in WordPress? After a while, most WordPress blogs need some spring cleaning. Sometimes [...]

Plugins

How to Get Jetpack without a WordPress.com Account using Slim Jetpack

Jetpack is a set of plugins developed by Automattic to bring WordPress.com functionality to WordPress.org users. Despite the fact that it is one of the most downloaded plugins [...]

Plugins

How to Get a Siri Like Butler in Your WordPress Dashboard

WordPress has a very clean admin interface. There is a neat sidebar with menu item for each section of your site, e.g. posts, pages, comments, media, etc. However, [...]

Plugins

How to Block Spam Comment Bots in WordPress with Honeypot

Spam comments are a big pain in the ***. To prevent spam comments, bloggers end up taking strict measures such as requiring people to register or have everyone [...]

Plugins

How to Efficiently Manage Multiple WordPress Sites using ManageWP

Managing multiple WordPress sites can be frustrating and time consuming. Unless you are hosted with a managed WordPress hosting provider like WPEngine, keeping all of your WordPress site up [...]

Plugins

How to Add a User Interface for Post Formats in WordPress 3.5

Post formats were introduced in WordPress 3.1 to offer micro-blogging functionality in WordPress. Despite it being there, most beginners have no clue on how to use it. Reason: Because [...]

Plugins

How to Remove the Inactive Widgets in WordPress

One of our users asked us if it was possible to remove inactive widgets in WordPress. Once you have tried out different themes and played along with many [...]

Plugins

How to set a Default Featured Image in WordPress Using a Plugin

It is not easy to find a perfect image to be the featured image for a blog post. Complicated license restrictions, and over-used stock images make it even [...]

Plugins

How to Make Text Widgets More Colorful and Less Boring in WordPress

Text widgets allow you to add extra information to your blog’s sidebar or any other widget area. Mostly people use text widgets in WordPress to add a little [...]

Plugins

How to Regenerate Thumbnails or New Image Sizes in WordPress

Recently, a WPBeginner reader asked for our help regarding an issue with images on their website. It all started when the user switched to a new theme, and [...]

Plugins

How to Notify Users Only On Replies to Their WordPress Comments

Do you want to notify users only on replies to their WordPress comments? By default, there is no way for users to know if someone replied to their [...]

Plugins

How To Switch/Convert Custom Post Types in WordPress

WordPress comes with five default post types, which are posts, pages, attachments, revisions and menus. Users can also create their own custom post types. This gives them power to [...]

Plugins

How to Restrict WordPress Site Access by IP or Logged In Users

You are about to launch a new product, and you have developed a great website for it using the world’s favorite web publishing platform, WordPress. You want to [...]

Plugins

How to Add Google Translate in WordPress

We live in a diverse world where people speak many different languages. According to Linguists, there are anywhere from 6000 to 7000 different languages in the world. Even [...]

Plugins

How to Delete Old WordPress Core Files

As an open source software, WordPress is regularly maintained and looked after by a global community. It releases new versions and security releases on a very regular basis. [...]

Plugins

MP6 – Could This Be the Future of WordPress Admin User Interface?

The User Interface team at WordPress has recently presented a new but secret idea about how the admin interface can be reshaped. They shared this idea in the [...]

Plugins

How to Add a Flickr Widget in WordPress

Flickr is one of the good old reliable photosharing sites. It has its very own social features and a thriving community of loyal users. Showcasing your flickr photos [...]

Plugins

How to Tag Images in WordPress with WordPress Media Tagger

WordPress has a great media uploader and image handling features. However, if you are running a photography blog or your primary content is in image format, then you [...]

Plugins

How to Get User Feedback on Your Documentation in WordPress

Writing documentation is no easy task. It takes a lot of time and effort to write good documentation for any product, service, or technology. But all this effort [...]

Plugins

How to Add a Link to Widget Titles in WordPress

Most WordPress widgets come with an option to set a title for each widget. The widget title is used as a heading for widgets in your sidebar or [...]

Plugins

How to Add a Full Screen Background Image in WordPress

Full screen background image seems to be a new design trend that is becoming fashionable. We have received numerous emails from users asking us how they can add [...]

Plugins

How to Add Categories and Tags for WordPress Pages

Categories and tags help you sort your content and make it easier for users to find what they are looking for. When creating a WordPress post both categories [...]

Plugins

How to Show Page Templates in WordPress Dashboard

WordPress allows you to customize the look of each page by using the page template functionality. You can create a custom page in WordPress using a custom template. When working [...]

Plugins

How to Use WordPress for Document Management or File Management

From a simple blogging platform, WordPress has evolved into a powerful CMS tool that people are using in their own unique ways. Previously, we showed you how to [...]

Plugins

How to Display Last Visited Posts to a User in WordPress

Did you ever wonder how websites like Amazon show you recently viewed items even when you are not logged in? Most online shopping sites use cookies to display [...]

Plugins

How to Display Custom Taxonomy Terms in WordPress Sidebar Widgets

WordPress has come a long way from being a simple blogging platform. With additions of custom post types and custom taxonomies, it is being used as a true content management system [...]

Plugins

How to Create a “Sticky” Floating Sidebar Widget in WordPress

Floating elements that sticks to your screen as you scroll tend to have a higher click through and conversion rate than static objects. This is why many websites [...]

Plugins

How to Show Your Skype Contact and Skype Status in WordPress

Skype has become a go-to communication tool in many small businesses. At WPBeginner, we use Skype to communicate with team members as well as clients. Larger companies show their toll-free [...]

Plugins

How to Display Instagram Photos in WordPress Sidebar Widget

Do you want to display your Instagram photos in your sidebar? Instagram is a popular social media platform, and it’s a great way to connect with your audience. [...]

Plugins

How to Add a Simple User Password Generator in WordPress

Using strong passwords is essential when it comes to WordPress security. Often we see that users use extremely easy to guess passwords like test123, demo123, or even changethis. In some cases [...]

Plugins

How to Search By Category in WordPress

Categories allow website owners to sort their content while making it easier for their users to browse the site. At pluginthemehub we use different categories to sort content [...]

Plugins

How to Remove the Remember Me Option from Your WordPress Login

Earlier on WPBeginner we showed you how to keep WordPress from forgetting you with Always Remember me. This allows you to stay logged in to your WordPress site. However, [...]

Plugins

How to Hide Title for Selective WordPress Posts and Pages

In our post about how to hide widget titles, we had an interesting comment that presented a solution to hide title on selective single post and pages. We thought [...]

Plugins

How to Ask Readers to Add Your WordPress Blog Icon on iPhone

Recently one of our users asked us how to add the little notification that asks their iPhone users to add a bloc ifon to their home screen. This [...]

Plugins

How to Raise Money with Crowdfunding in WordPress

Raising funds for a project can be a very difficult task. In the past, we showed you how to create a donate form for non-profits using WordPress. While donate [...]

Plugins

How to Add Multiple Post Thumbnails / Featured Images in WordPress

Recently one of our readers asked if there was a way to add multiple post thumbnails or featured images in a WordPress post. By default, most WordPress themes [...]

Plugins

How to Show and Hide Text in WordPress Posts with the Toggle Effect

Do you want to show and hide text easily in your WordPress posts and pages? Sometimes you might want to allow your users to see hidden content when [...]

Plugins

How to Add Read it Later Buttons to Your WordPress Posts

We all know that adding tools to help users share and save content, can improve user experience and significantly impact the rate of return visitors. Whether it is [...]

Plugins

How to Add Facebook Recommendation Bar in WordPress

Facebook is the largest social networking website in the world. This is why many websites integrate with Facebook in various different ways such as by adding a facebook like [...]

Plugins

How to Schedule WordPress Posts for Social Media with Buffer

Do you want to automate the process of posting your WordPress posts to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter? There are many social media platforms, and it [...]

Plugins

How to Add a News Ticker in WordPress