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WordPress Application Passwords: What They Are For
Application passwords let other tools connect to your site without your real password. Here is how to create them, review them and…
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Step-by-step guides for business owners who run a WordPress site: the dashboard, editing, menus, images, themes, plugins, forms, SEO settings and users.
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How to Connect WordPress to Google Search Console
Domain or URL-prefix property, three ways to verify your WordPress site, what to do when verification fails, and the first reports worth…
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How to Add a Portfolio to WordPress
Three ways to show your past work on a WordPress site, from a single gallery page to a project archive, plus the…
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How to Build a Quote Request Form in WordPress
Turn vague 'please send a price' messages into enquiries you can actually quote from, without a form so long that people give…
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Free vs Paid WordPress Plugins: When Premium Is Worth It
What you are really paying for with a premium plugin, when the free edition is enough, and the questions worth asking a…
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How to Add Custom CSS in WordPress Without Losing It
Extra CSS belongs in the Additional CSS box, not in theme files. Where that box is in classic and block themes, how…
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How to Embed a YouTube Video in WordPress
How to put a YouTube video on a WordPress page, keep it sized properly on phones, switch to privacy-enhanced mode, and why…
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WordPress Widgets: What They Are and How to Use Them
Widget areas, the block-based Widgets screen, classic widgets and block themes that have none: a plain guide to putting content in sidebars…
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How to Add a Table in WordPress Without a Plugin
The Table block handles most tables a business site needs, including ones pasted from a spreadsheet. Here is how to set it…
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Discourage Search Engines in WordPress: What It Does
The Reading setting that asks search engines to stay away is a request, not a block. Here is what it changes, why…
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