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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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How to improve checkout conversions in WooCommerce

WooCommerce does not need a plugin for the main conversion fixes. Enable guest checkout, remove fields you do not need, show shipping and tax clearly,…

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How to send coupons by email in WooCommerce

WooCommerce lets you create coupon codes, but it does not automatically email them as a marketing campaign. For a one-off promotion, create the coupon…

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How to design a polished blog with Divi

You can design a polished blog with Divi alone: create a blog page with the Blog module, then use Theme Builder for posts, archives, headers and foote…

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How to create a marketplace with WooCommerce

WooCommerce handles the shop and checkout, but a true marketplace needs a multivendor plugin for vendor accounts, product approvals, commissions and p…

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How to create targeted popups on WordPress

You can create a basic targeted popup with WordPress markup, CSS and JavaScript, but page rules, exit intent, scheduling, frequency limits and email f…

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How to customize product variation selection in WooCommerce

WooCommerce lets you control variation attributes, defaults and ordering, but it does not provide a built-in radio-button selector. Use custom templat…

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How to create a furniture store with WooCommerce

To create a furniture store with WooCommerce, install WooCommerce, add organised products with dimensions and delivery information, configure payments…

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How to create a city government website

You can create a city government website with WordPress pages, a static homepage, a service-led navigation menu and accessible block layouts without c…

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How to create coupon codes in WooCommerce

WooCommerce includes coupon creation, so you do not need a plugin for a normal discount code. Enable coupons, create one under Marketing > Coupons, ch…

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How to manage multiple WordPress sites from one dashboard

For separate WordPress sites, you need a management layer because standard WordPress has no shared dashboard across independent installations. Use Wor…

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How to create custom layouts for a WordPress theme

You can create custom WordPress layouts in the Site Editor if you use a block theme, or with child-theme templates and CSS for a classic theme. For si…

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How to manage API licenses for digital products in WooCommerce

WooCommerce handles digital orders and downloads, but it does not provide a complete API licence system on its own. For a small catalogue, you can bui…

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What’s in every guide

  1. The short answerWhat the answer actually is, before any steps. If the honest answer is “you need a plugin”, it says so up top.
  2. What you needThe prerequisites, so you find out about them now rather than four steps in.
  3. The stepsIncluding the manual route where one exists, with the parts that make it annoying left in.
  4. Tools that do this jobEvery product we have covered that solves this task — a list that grows as we cover more.
  5. SourcesThe documentation each step was checked against, so you can verify it yourself.

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How this works

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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.

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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.

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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.