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 →Build the site with WordPress and WooCommerce, then create a consistent visual system for the header, shop, product pages, ingredients, reviews and ch…
You can build a basic restaurant website in WordPress without a plugin: create your key pages, set a static homepage, build the layout with blocks, an…
Protect WordPress with current core, plugin and theme updates, strong unique passwords, two-factor authentication, HTTPS, tested backups and a server…
You can create custom layouts in WordPress without code by nesting Group, Columns, Row, Stack and Grid blocks, then adjusting widths, spacing and alig…
WordPress does not include arbitrary folders for the Media Library. You can organise files manually with filenames, attachment details, search filters…
In LearnDash, create a group, assign its courses, then add existing WordPress users as Group Users. This manual route is fine for small cohorts; for l…
WooCommerce does not include lottery tickets, entry limits or winner selection. For a small contest, sell a virtual entry product and draw from the pa…
Volume discounts for bookings usually need a booking plugin with rules based on people, appointments or total value. Some systems support this nativel…
WordPress does not include a multi-service booking cart. You need a booking plugin that lets customers add separate services, dates and times to one c…
WordPress cannot send WhatsApp appointment notifications on its own. You need a booking system plus WhatsApp Business Platform, Twilio, or an integrat…
WordPress does not send appointment SMS by itself. You need a booking plugin with SMS support, an account with an SMS gateway, and notification templa…
To offer off-peak booking discounts, use your booking plugin’s date, weekday or time-slot pricing if it supports those rules. If it does not, create a…
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.