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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- Tools compared
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All guides →You can customize a WordPress design without code using the Site Editor for block themes or the Customizer for classic themes. Use block settings and…
You can build a construction business website with WordPress pages, blocks and a suitable theme. Create a clear homepage, service pages, project showc…
You can design a WordPress blog layout without a plugin by editing your theme, templates and Query Loop. Use a block theme for the most control, or ch…
You need an LMS plugin because WordPress does not provide course enrolment, lesson progression, quizzes or student access controls by itself. Add WooC…
Build the pages with WordPress blocks and a suitable theme, but use a dependable form solution for quote requests: WordPress’s core Form block is curr…
Designing a WooCommerce storefront starts with your theme, navigation, global styles, shop layout and product templates. You can do this manually with…
You can create a news or magazine website with WordPress core by organising posts into categories, building a homepage with Query Loop blocks and sett…
Create the main pages first, choose a block or classic theme, then set your homepage, navigation, colours, typography, header, footer, and page layout…
Create the main pages first, then set a static homepage, build the header and navigation, and style the site with WordPress blocks or a page builder.…
You can build a professional WordPress website without custom code by choosing a suitable theme, creating core pages, setting a static homepage, editi…
You can create an architecture portfolio in WordPress without a plugin by using pages, gallery blocks, featured images and a simple project structure.…
You can create a construction business website with WordPress using pages, block layouts, image galleries and a clear navigation menu. The manual rout…
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.