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 →Back up both your WordPress files and database, store copies away from the server, then restore the files before importing the database. The manual ro…
WooCommerce does not normally show calculated shipping rates on individual product pages. You can add a fixed shipping message manually, but address-s…
MemberPress does not include a searchable member directory in its core plugin. For a small, fixed list you can build one manually, but a dynamic direc…
WordPress alone cannot run a proper coaching programme with protected member access, milestones, progress tracking, scheduling and coach-client messag…
WordPress does not include restaurant booking tools, so you need either a reservation plugin or a basic form with manual confirmation. A proper bookin…
You can build a basic kindergarten website with WordPress pages, a block theme and the Site Editor; no page builder is required. Add a form or event p…
WordPress core can publish job pages, but it does not manage a searchable vacancy directory or candidate pipeline by itself. For applications, use a j…
You can build a WordPress website without coding by choosing a theme, creating your pages, setting a homepage, designing the header and footer, and ad…
You can build a consulting website with WordPress without a plugin by using pages, blocks, a static homepage, navigation and a contact route. The manu…
You can create a winery website with WordPress pages, a custom homepage and a simple navigation menu. Start with Wines, Visit, Events, About and Conta…
You can build a custom WordPress theme visually with a block theme and the Site Editor, without writing every template by hand. For deeper HTML and CS…
WordPress does not include a front-end member directory, so a custom build needs code for user queries, profile fields, search, pagination and privacy…
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.