Right. How do I actually do that?
Step-by-step guides for the jobs WordPress makes harder than they should be — and the tools that do them for you when you would rather not.
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All guides →You can white-label parts of WordPress manually with Screen Options, a small site-specific plugin and admin hooks. That works for a simple client dash…
To add extra widgets to Elementor, install an Elementor addon plugin, activate the widgets you need, and place them from the editor panel. A custom wi…
WooCommerce does not provide a complete product comparison feature by itself. You can build a fixed comparison table manually, but a plugin is needed…
WooCommerce can create coupons, but it does not collect birthdays or send birthday-triggered emails by itself. You need custom development or an autom…
WordPress does not include a full customer ticket system. You can handle a small volume through a support email and the built-in Comments screen, but…
Secure WordPress by keeping core, themes and plugins updated, using HTTPS and strong unique passwords, limiting user access, maintaining tested off-si…
WordPress can handle basic member accounts and password-protected pages, but paid plans, automatic access expiry, content restriction and recurring pa…
WooCommerce can sell basic event admission as a virtual product with a price and limited stock. For unique PDF tickets, QR codes, attendee details and…
The exact method depends on your membership plugin. Paid Memberships Pro can turn its state field into a US state dropdown with one filter, while coun…
Elementor dynamic content pulls values from the current post, page, archive or custom field into a reusable layout. Basic dynamic tags require Element…
Basic HTML forms are possible without a plugin, but advanced WordPress forms need custom processing for validation, storage, uploads, email and paymen…
WordPress alone cannot track membership referrals, commissions, refunds, and recurring payments. You can run a small programme manually with partner c…
What’s in every guide
- The short answerWhat the answer actually is, before any steps. If the honest answer is “you need a plugin”, it says so up top.
- What you needThe prerequisites, so you find out about them now rather than four steps in.
- The stepsIncluding the manual route where one exists, with the parts that make it annoying left in.
- Tools that do this jobEvery product we have covered that solves this task — a list that grows as we cover more.
- SourcesThe documentation each step was checked against, so you can verify it yourself.
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How this works
The job comes first, not the product
A guide is about a task you are trying to finish. Whether a product is involved is a detail, and sometimes the answer is that you do not need one.
The manual route stays in
Where a job can be done without installing anything, we show you how — including why it is irritating. A tutorial that opens with “install this plugin” is an advert.
Guides get better with age
Several products usually do the same job. Rather than publish a page for each, we keep one guide and add each tool as we cover it. The comparison at the bottom keeps growing.