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 →WordPress does not include a front-end member directory, so a custom build needs code for user queries, profile fields, search, pagination and privacy…
WooCommerce product pages can be rearranged in Appearance > Editor when you use a block theme. Classic themes need Customizer settings, hooks, or chil…
Gravity Forms does not natively record video from a visitor's camera. You can accept prerecorded clips with its File Upload field, but in-form recordi…
A WordPress form does not accept PayPal payments by itself. For a simple fixed payment, place a PayPal Payment Link or button after the form; for calc…
WordPress includes a built-in XML export for posts, pages, comments, taxonomies, custom fields, and users. CSV and Excel exports, advanced field selec…
You can create a basic landing page in WordPress without a plugin by adding a Page, choosing a full-width or blank template, and building it with bloc…
WordPress can build custom page layouts without a plugin when you use a block theme and the Site Editor. Classic themes need a child theme and custom…
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…
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.