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 alone cannot track membership referrals, commissions, refunds, and recurring payments. You can run a small programme manually with partner c…
WordPress does not protect a Media Library file just because its page is members-only. For real member-only downloads, store the file behind authentic…
You can build a disability service website in WordPress without a special plugin: use an accessible theme, clear service pages, a simple menu and an e…
You can build a wedding website manually with a block theme, WordPress pages, a navigation menu, gallery blocks and an RSVP form plugin. For the fast…
WordPress does not include a points, badge or level system, so you must either build one with custom code or use a gamification plugin. Custom code is…
Customize the banner text, buttons, colours and layout in the cookie-consent plugin that powers it, then use WordPress Additional CSS for finer design…
WooCommerce does not natively share one stock pool across separate products. You can keep related options under one variable product, but separate lis…
WordPress stores custom fields as post meta. In a theme template, retrieve a value with get_post_meta() and output it after checking that it exists. F…
You can add a custom sidebar manually by registering a widget area and loading it in your theme template. Classic themes need PHP and usually a child…
You can streamline many WordPress admin tasks without a plugin by tailoring dashboard screens, using suitable user roles, scheduling routine work, and…
WordPress can bulk-import core users with WP-CLI, but it does not automatically create membership records, levels, subscriptions or custom member fiel…
WordPress can handle basic account registration, but custom fields, front-end layouts, profile editing, email verification, and conditional fields nee…
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.