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Table of ContentsWordPress Tutorial - Schedule a Post or Page in WordPressStep by Step Instructions on how to schedule a post or page in WordPressImportant Note about Scheduling: Scheduling Posts or Pages in WordPress can come in handy. Essentially, if you are someone...
The process to password protect WordPress pages or posts is relatively easy. When you typically publish a WordPress page or post it is automatically visible to the public. However, here are a couple of scenarios where it may come in handy: A client or...
Plugins are very important to add additional features to your WordPress website. Follow the instructions below to install a plugin: Tutorial on Managing WordPress Plugins This tutorial demonstrates how to add, update, and delete plugins 1. Click Plugins 2. Click...
WordPress Auditing Plugins can save your bacon Names have been changed to protect the innocent. It was almost quittin' time, at the end of a long day. I got a frantic call from a client. Their website was disappearing page by page right before their eyes. There was a...
Adding a video in Gutenberg https://youtu.be/PWO_y21-nP4 Tutorial Video on How to Add YouTube and Vimeo Videos in WordPress Step 1 There are two types of videos you can add in Gutenberg: uploaded video file and embedded video.Step 2 To add a video as a file upload,...
Step 1First go to the page where you would like to add the spacer. Click on the plus sign icon in the upper left-hand corner. From there, select the Layout Elements from the drop-down menu. Click on Spacer.Step 2 A white space will appear within your page. Adjust...
Step 1To get started adding a new page to your WordPress site, find the Pages menu in the WordPress Dashboard Navigation menu. Click Add new.Step 2Add the title of the page, like About. Note: If you have pretty permalinks set up, the title of your page will also be...
In this video you'll learn how to add a gallery in Gutenberg. Adding a gallery is much easier than you might think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Y3xLacEs4 . The Gallery block in the WordPress Gutenberg editor is an essential tool for displaying multiple...
Step 1To set up the timezone, go to Settings > General menu in the WordPress Dashboard.Step 2You'll see Time zone dropdown where you can select your preferred time zone.Additionally, you can choose a major city within your time zone.You can also set up the date...
We don't want to show unnecessary comments on our blog posts. In order to delete comments, follow the steps below: Interactive Tutorial on Managing Comments, (includes deleting comments - sound enabled) 1. In order to manage comments, you must first click comments...
Download the Disable the Block Editor Tutorial Pdf The release of WordPress 5.0 has included a new way of entering content with the Gutenberg editor. With the Gutenberg editor, you create and edit pages by utilizing blocks. However, you may prefer utilizing the...
The WordPress Block Editor love it or hate it In December of 2018, the new editing experience for WordPress, was introduced. It instantly caused polarization in the WordPress community because it was replacing a tried and true Microsoft Office inspired editor named...
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The whole purpose of having an amazing WordPress site is to be able to create content. Here is the process of creating a new post in WP. Step 1Click the Posts menu in the WordPress Dashboard Navigation menu. Click Add New link from the Posts menu in the left-hand side...
Step 1Hover your mouse over the Add Block icon (the plus sign in the upper left hand corner within the Gutenberg editor). Scroll to Layout Elements. Select Seperator Block.Step 2The Separator block will appear. You’ll see a short line. On the right, you will see a...
Step 1First select the page where you want your testimonials to appear. Click on the plus sign icon in the upper left hand corner. From there, select the Atomic Icons from the drop down menu. Click on AB Testimonial.Step 2Enter the text you would like to use. Select...
https://youtu.be/90w6UjpvYso Step 1Hover your mouse over the Add Block icon (the plus sign in the upper left hand corner within the Gutenberg editor).Step 2 Select Blocks. Then scroll to Layout Elements. Under that section you will see Button. Select Button.Hint: You...
The "more" block is used when you want to include a short introduction of piece of content on a page or post. It will help create separation from the rest of your content. Step 1Step 1 First go to the page where you would like to add the more block. Click on the plus...
The Separator block is used when you want to create a break of ideas or sections with a horizontal separator. Step 1First go to the page where you would like to add the separator. Click on the plus sign icon in the upper left hand corner. From there, select the Layout...
If you have an woocommerce website, you may want to allow customers a preview of products you’re selling. A products block would be ideal for you to use. The products block is similar to the products short code. The Products block allows you to insert any...
https://youtu.be/Bd47W9lqal0 View the above video to see how to add an audio file in WordPress Step 1Hover your mouse over the Add Block icon (the plus sign in the upper left hand corner within the Gutenberg editor).Step 2Select Blocks. Then scroll to Common Blocks....
Step 1Hover your mouse over the Add Block icon (the plus sign in the upper left hand corner within the Gutenberg editor).Step 2Select Blocks. Then scroll to Format. Under that section you will see Table. Select Table.Hint: You can also type “table” in the search bar...
Step 1Hover your mouse over the Add Block icon (the plus sign in the upperleft hand corner within the Gutenberg editor).Step 2Select Blocks. Then scroll to Formatting. Under that section you will see Verse. Select Verse.Hint: You can also type “verse” in the search...
Step 1First hover your cursor over the block you would like to move. When you hover a block, you will see arrows on the left side of the block. The arrows will allow you to adjust your blocks (clicking the up arrow will move it up by one space, click the down arrow...
Step 1Hover your mouse over the information icon(the circle with an “i” inside of it.). When you click on it, you will get information about your page (headings used, word count, paragraphs, etc.) This is a really handy tool as you're creating your amazing...
Step 1Hover your mouse over the Add Block icon (the plus sign in the upper left hand corner within the Gutenberg editor).Step 2Select Blocks. Then scroll to Common Blocks. Under that section you will see File. Select File.Hint: You can also type “file” in the search...
Step 1From the Dashboard to to Plugins > Install new and search for the Atomic Blocks Plugin Step 2First go to the page where you would like to post your social media share icons. Click on the plus sign icon in the upper left hand corner. From there, select the...
The Author Profile block lets you add a user profile box to your page with an avatar, name, title, profile text and social media links. The block also comes with several settings to help you customize it in many ways. This particular block is from...
WordPress 5.5 is rolling out a new update on August 11, 2020. The core software is still in development but you can take a look and test it out via the beta test version. If you plan on testing it out, it’s best practice to perform a backup of your website before...
To protect yourself, your business, and the data of your website’s visitors it’s highly recommended to place a privacy policy on your website. The Privacy Policy Tool in WordPress will help you and your website visitors understand all the ways your website collects...
Ever encountered a Wordpress issue and have no idea on how to start? Wish you could pinpoint where the exact issue is without having to spend hours investigating? A broken Wordpress site can be scary and it can be even more stressful if you don’t even know where to...
Gutenberg Blocks for WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg is here and many people have started using it for their online editing experience. Out of the box, there are alot of great blocks build into Gutenberg, but there are bound to be some times where you're looking for a...
There may be some times when you want to show some computer code to your readers. In the past that may have been hit or miss because the code may have executable instructions in it that would make the formatting inconsistent. The Code Block in Gutenberg...
The archive block places a listing of the archived posts on your site. Step 1- Choose the archive block by either typing into the search bar or scrolling down to the "widgets" category in the block selector. Choose the Archive B``lock underneath the...
Adding a Page Break in the Gutenberg Editor can be a great way to break up long content. Step 1 - In the block selector under the Layout Category choose Page Break Step 2 - You'll now have a line that you can use to separate your content into a multi-page experience. ...
A preformatted block allows you to add text that respects your spacing and tabs, and also allows particular styling. Step 1- Hover your mouse over the Add Block icon (the plus sign in the upper left hand corner within the Gutenberg editor). Scroll to Formatting....
Pull Quotes are an important feature in many online publishing platforms. In the new Gutenberg editor for WordPress, this is made really simple and intuitive. The look of the pull quote on the front of your site is still determined by your particular theme setup,...
There are three ways to add images with Gutenberg: as an individual image, cover image, or an image gallery. 1. The first step is to click on Gutenberg 2. Click Add block (Plus Sign) 3. Click Image 4. Here you can upload a new image or add an image that has already...
If you’re a Wordpress developer, designer or owner of a Wordpress site, you’ve most likely heard about the upcoming Wordpress 5.0 update and the big changes it can bring. This update brought up questions such as: “What makes this update different from the others? How...
What is Wordpress? Many people who are looking to create their first blog or business website hear about WordPress at some point or another. What is WordPress? Wordpress is a popular online, open source website tool for creating and managing websites. The tool is used...
WordPress is continuously updating their content management system for convenience and user friendly applications. One of the most frustrating things about viewing the post and page views in WordPress was being limited to only 20 items per page. With the newest...
The New Image Widget enables WordPress users to quickly and easily add images to particular widget areas in their website theme. Using the New Image Widget makes it easier to enhance the visual appeal of your websites. For example, you can now tailor content focused...
The Video Widget is finally here WordPress is continually improving the application with items that users are asking for. One of the latest improvements that have popped up in WordPress 4.8 is a new video widget. This widget has been highly anticipated, and we'll...
Username Changer Plugin has been what alot of you are looking for! Up until now, there has been no easy way to change your WP username. So if you are trapped with a username you don’t like, you have to keep using it. Thankfully, with this plugin, editing a username is...
Exporting WordPress post and pages is very good for moving all of your page and post content to a new site or even just for backing up your material in case of any accidents. After exporting, WordPress will save all your content to an xml file that can be imported to...
Setting a Featured Image Most WordPress Themes allow you to set a Featured image for pages and posts. Sometimes they'll be called a Post/Page Thumbnail, and essentially it is a image that explains or adds information for a post or page. Step 1 - Go to Post or Page...
Guide to WordPress User Activity Log Plugins WordPress user activity log plugins are designed to help website content managers track the activity of users on the site. Using these plugins, you will get a log or instant notifications whenever any user does something on...
A WordPress Disaster Plan is Extremely Important Every now and again we get a frantic email from a WordPress user who needs help with getting their site restored from a hack, or another major issue. The conversations after that go something like this - Us: We're...
Learn WordPress the Easy Way We've just launched a Free WordPress Tutorial for Beginners that shows WP "newbies" how WordPress works. We've made an online tutorial showing how to login to WordPress and perform basic actions in WP. We also have over 40 free WordPress...
This past week saw 50,000+ WordPress sites hacked. Why? Lack of Updates. Let's find out how to update our sites. The WordPress Updates screen There are 3 areas in WordPress that need to be updated on a regular basis: How do I know when I need to update WordPress?...
WORDPRESS SECURITY The Sucuri Security plugin is for security monitoring & malware detection. The SiteGurad WP Plugin is for protecting the management page and login. 3. iThemes Security is easy to use and offers 30+ ways to Protect WordPress. 4.Anti-Malware...
Socal Media is by far one of the best ways to get the word out about your great content or busiess news. Let's make it easy for others to promote your mssage by adding social media to your site via the "Add to Any" plugin. STEP 1 The first step is to open Dashboard ‹...
STEP 1 Depending on your theme that you are using Tags can be displayed at the top or bottom of the post On your Left side bar menu you will see posts and under it you will see Tags STEP 2 Adding information for Tag After clicking on Tags you will be able to enter the...
Using post revisions is very useful feature of WordPress. It allows the author to view the revisions of the blog posts and restore to any of the version of the post. Let's see how to use it: Using post revisions STEP 1 : Go to the post editor of your blog post. And...
We can reply to a comment on our WordPress site easily. Follow the steps below to reply to a comment: How to reply to a comment STEP 1 : Go to the post where you want to reply to a comment. STEP 2 : Click Reply and put your reply in the text area. STEP 3 : Now add...
Video Gallery can be created by different plugins in WordPress. We'll use a plugin "Video Gallery" to do that. See our another tutorial "Installing a WordPress Plugin" to get the instructions of installing a plugin. Follow the steps below after installing the plugin....
You need to make a Child Theme If you are going to do any type of coding change on your WordPress website, you're going to need a child theme. There are a couple of reasons to use a child theme, but the most important one is so that when you update your theme,(which...
When you're in the process of building your amazing WordPress site, you definitely don't want to have google and other search engines indexing it and displaying your partially completed work. This is how to keep that from happening. STEP 1 The first step is to...
There may be times when you want to edit the number of blog posts that are showing on your page. The "look" of your site may require more or less blog posts. There is an easy way to change that value in WordPress. By Default WordPress shows 10 posts...
Updating a WordPress Plugin As you grow your WordPress site, you'll begin to notice that at least once weekly, you'll need to update your plugins, (actually more frequently for many sites.) Here's how to do it. Step 1: Open your site's dashboard in your favorite...
Does your WP Site have alot of custom areas that you don't understand? Did your developer just give you a site with no manual or anything to get you started? We will create a Custom WordPress Training Manual For your site as a PDF that you'll be able to use for...
Sometimes you might have to change the author of a post because of personnel changes, or a site migration. Here is how you can Change the Post Author in WordPress from the "All Posts" screen. Step 1: Go to "All Posts" in your WordPress Dashboard. Step 2: Check the...
We can create gallery in WordPress very easily. Let's do it by following the instructions below: Creating a gallery in WordPress STEP 1 : To create a gallery, open the page or post editor of your website and click on Add Media STEP 2 : Click Create Gallery and select...
Sometimes we need to remove users from our WordPress website. It's very easy. Follow the steps below to do that: Removing the wordpress admin user account STEP 1 : To delete an user, go to Users > All Users menu in the WordPress Dashboard. STEP 2 : In that page...
There are lots of free themes in wordpress.org website. We can easily install the themes and activate by following the steps below: How to install a free theme STEP 1 : Login to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Themes. STEP 2 : Click Add New Theme....
WordPress is a strong blogging CMS with lots of useful features. Import-Export option is one of them. We can easily export the blogs, pages, media files etc. from one site to another. Follow the steps below to do this. Import and Export WordPress Data Export WordPress...
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