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 create a professional IT services website in WordPress without a page-builder plugin by using a block theme, Pages and the Site Editor. Build…
You can build a basic university website with WordPress pages, the block editor and a navigation menu without a plugin. For course listings, faculty p…
You can build a clothing store with WooCommerce without custom code. Set up the store, create categories and global attributes for sizes and colours,…
You can build a basic jewelry store with WooCommerce without custom code. Add products with accurate attributes, configure payments, taxes and insured…
WooCommerce does not include a customer-submitted product questions and answers feature. You can add a static Q&A manually in the product description…
You can build the website with WordPress pages and a contact form, but real-time appointment booking needs a scheduling plugin. Configure services, te…
You can build a florist shop with WordPress and WooCommerce without custom code. WooCommerce handles products, variations, payments, shipping zones an…
Build the site around the questions a new patient has: what you treat, who provides care, where you are, what it costs and how to book. WordPress can…
You can create a construction company website in WordPress without a page builder by using a suitable theme, core blocks, pages and the Navigation blo…
You can create a simple creative agency website with WordPress pages, blocks and a static homepage, without a special plugin. A portfolio theme or pag…
WordPress does not include service availability, appointment slots or booking payments by default. You can collect requests with a form and confirm th…
You can set up a baby and kids store with WooCommerce alone: organise products into age, clothing and category groups, add variations, then configure…
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.