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 →WooCommerce includes a manual bulk editor for assigning or removing product categories from selected products. For large catalogues, repeated category…
WordPress core can publish property pages, but it does not include a proper property post type, advanced filters, map search or listing inquiry workfl…
You can create a furniture store with WooCommerce without custom code: install WooCommerce, organise your catalogue, add product variations, configure…
WooCommerce can handle an electronics store without a special store plugin. Set up products, categories, global attributes, filters, payments, tax, sh…
WordPress does not include a booking calendar or availability rules, so you need a booking plugin or a theme with booking features. Set your hours, se…
You can build a digital marketing agency website with a block theme and WordPress editor, without a page builder. Create focused service, work, about…
To accept hotel bookings on WordPress, you need a booking plugin or hotel-focused theme that manages room availability, overnight pricing, guest detai…
WooCommerce can deliver digital files without another plugin. Mark the product as downloadable, upload the file from its product editor, set download…
You can manage a small directory manually with a location taxonomy and custom listing fields, but maps, location archives, filtering and imports need…
WordPress handles responsive image sizes and loading attributes, but it does not replace a proper image workflow. Resize and compress images before up…
WordPress can handle the pages and media, but a proper property directory needs structured listings, custom fields, filters, maps and enquiry forms. B…
Build the store with WordPress and WooCommerce, then shape the layout around categories, product archives and clear product information. You can do th…
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.