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How to Add a Contact Form in WordPress
Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, comment sections, and other online tools give your website visitors a multitude of different ways to interact with your brand. But it’s also important to give visitors a way to get in touch with you directly, right on the website itself. Adding a contact form to your self-hosted WordPress website protects…
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What Is the Akismet Plugin?
Spam is the bane of every website. Spam comments that show up with generic praises for the quality of your posts along with questionable backlinks can slow your site down and interfere with legitimate comments from real readers. A number of WordPress plugins are made to handle spam comments, but the Akismet plugin tops the…
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Introducing Automated Google Ads by Bluehost
Once you create and publish content to your website, many site owners find themselves wondering, what’s next? An essential part of maximizing your business is learning how to drive traffic and bring visitors to your site. Finding resources and tools to entice visitors can be time consuming and a struggle for site owners. Many people…
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5 Free Live Chat Plugins for WordPress
A proper customer support channel is vital to maintaining and growing a successful website. For many years business owners would allow their customers to contact them via email when they encountered issues with their purchase. Times have changed, and now it’s more important than ever to have a chat service on your website to help…
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5 Contact Form Plugins for Your WordPress Site
Whether you have a blog or run a business website, there’s no way it can function without a contact form. Your forms are how your visitors connect with you, and with so many options to choose from, it can be overwhelming trying to decide which one’s best. Every form has its good and bad qualities,…
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Introducing Blue Sky: WordPress Experts By Your Side
There are many dynamic ways to create the site you love on WordPress, but we understand that navigating that route can be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. Once you create a WordPress account, figuring out the next step can be a bit of a head-scratcher. You’ve selected your domain and even have…
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How to Build a WordPress Membership Site the Easy Way
Having a membership site is a great way to pull in revenue and create an online community that shares similar interests. Are you a member of Netflix or Hulu? Then you’re subscribed to a membership site, which is anything that requires signing up to gain access to products and services. There are several benefits to…
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How to Maximize Your Publishing Options
WordPress gives users several options to manage any content that is created in the editor. Whether a user is changing the visibility to a selected audience or scheduling post for future publishing, you’re in control over your content creation process. Learning how to manage the several publishing options in the editor can help you develop…
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Understanding the Block Structure: How to Insert, Edit, and Delete Blocks
The WordPress 5.0 update brought many great additions to the platform which included the block menu. Users have the option to customize and create content by selecting blocks for titles, text, dividers, headers, and video to build a page or post. Creating content for your site begins with first learning how to insert, edit, and…
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Creating a New Page or Post in the Editor
In WordPress, the first step to publishing starts with creating a new page or post by selecting the blocks you’ll need for the kind of content you plan to include. The editor comes with a set of default blocks for adding basic elements such as text, headers, and images. You’re well on your way to…