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How to Create Columns in WordPress (No Coding Required)

Last updated on April 26th, 2021 by andrei

Are you wanting to add multi-column content in your WordPress posts? Columns are a great way to create engaging layouts for your content and keep the content reader friendly when plain rows of text would likely not do. If you’re interested in creating multi-column content in WordPress, come join us as Christina walks you through a few different ways to set up multi-column content even if you’re using the classic editor.

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►What is SEO and How Does it Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjfrzGeB5_g
►How to Install a WordPress Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIPQRQLAz90

If you’re just using the standard Gutenberg/Block editor then there is a built-in block you can use. Click on the ‘Add’ icon and select the column block and WordPress will add the columns where you can click the section you would like it added to and in the block settings on the side, you can customize how many columns and a few other options.

You can also add media such as videos in the columns with the column block. If you would like to add a video to the column you would want to click on the ‘Add new block’ inside the column and select the type of content you are wanting to add. WordPress will display the options within the constraints of the column where you can customize it how you are wanting.

If you are using the classic editor then you would need to use a plugin and for this, we would want to use the Lightweight Grid Columns plugin found below.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-grid-columns/

Once activated, you will now have a new icon in the post editor with the ‘Add columns’ button where you can customize the area your columns will cover and the grid percentage on different devices and you can add the content you are looking to add. The plugin would then look to add the content in their shortcode to have it display in multiple columns.

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00:00 Intro how to add multi-column content in WordPress
00:44 How to create columns in Gutenberg block editor
02:20 How to choose a different color background for columns
03:07 How to create a column for media and text
03:40 Pro Tip: how to quickly create columns from paragraphs
04:21 How to add columns for classic editor
05:40 How to create a landing page

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How to Create and Sell Online Courses with WordPress Step by Step

Last updated on April 19th, 2021 by andrei

Are you wanting to create a successful online course with WordPress? Selling online courses is a popular business idea that you can start with a very small investment and technical knowledge. In this video, we will walk you through the steps involved in creating a successful online course in WordPress.

To start, if you don’t have a hosting provider yet, we would recommend BlueHost. We have our affiliate/referral link below where we will receive a commission for sending you to our preferred hosting provider.

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Following our guide, Christina will show you how to clean up the starting plugins and get your WordPress site in a more understandable state. For our remaining plugins, if you were interested in using the Pro version of our plugins you can get a discount using the code WPBVIP.

For the theme we use in the video, you can get Astra using the referral link below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/astra-wordpress-theme/

The membership plugin used in this video is MemberPress, you can find the plugin with our affiliate/referral link below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/memberpress/

We will go through how to set up memberships, courses, and add lessons as well as much more. Come join us to see all of the information or read our guide on this using the link below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-online-course-in-wordpress/

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00:00 Intro
04:28 Clean up plugins
05:48 install a new theme on your website
12:45 How to install MemberPress for courses
14:43 How to create an online course in WordPress
16:08 How to add lessons to your course
17:33 How to set up a membership to sell your course
19:14 How to create a membership rule
20:16 Add course registration link to website
21:24 How to add a course sales page to your website

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5 Best WordPress Membership Plugins Compared – 2022

Last updated on April 12th, 2021 by andrei

Are you wanting to build a membership site in WordPress? Want to know which is the best WordPress membership plugin? Come join us as Christina and Syed go over our top recommended membership plugins for WordPress from our top recommended to strong alternatives.

Each site has its own needs and for those looking for a way to sell e-learning, lessons, or member-specific products and these tools can help you.

Below you can find our recommended affiliate/referral links so you can get the best discounts for these products if they have any discounts active and we can be rewarded for referring you to their product.

MemberPress:
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LearnDash:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/learndash/

Teachable:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/teachable/

Restrict Content Pro:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/restrict-content-pro/

S2Member:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/s2member/

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00:41 MemberPress
02:10 LearnDash
03:13 Teachable
04:11 Restrict Content Pro
05:35 S2Member
06:27 Create a sales page for your membership site

How to Build An Amazon Affiliate Store Using WordPress

Last updated on April 5th, 2021 by andrei

Are you looking to create an Amazon affiliate store with WordPress? An Amazon affiliate store allows you to sell products from Amazon.com as an affiliate and earn a commission on each sale. This allows you to focus on writing your content and driving traffic to your site. In this article, we’ll show you how to build an amazon affiliate store using WordPress.

This video is sponsored by MonsterInsights, a powerful plugin to help you use your analytics information to the fullest, take a look at MonsterInsights here:

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For getting started, we would recommend hosting your site if you don’t have a host already with BlueHost. You can sign up with our affiliate link below, using this link will reward us for referring you to BlueHost who we would normally recommend to most beginners.

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/bluehost/

Once you have the site installed, you can install and activate the WooCommerce plugin and it will bring up the setup wizard. If you are planning to sell your own products on your site we would recommend going through the steps in this wizard but for this guide, we will assume there are no personal products and skip the setup wizard.

Next, you will want to go to Amazon’s affiliate site and click the join for free button, it will use your current Amazon account or you will have the option to create an amazon account if you do not have one already. Once you fill out the application Amazon will review your application and if approved you will have 180 days to get 3 sales otherwise, you would be removed from the program. If it is not active already, we would recommend enabling your Amazon toolbar when viewing Amazon as it is an easy way to grab your affiliate link from the product page itself rather than searching somewhere else for it.

We can now go back to your WooCommerce site and start setting up products. If you go under Products, Add New you can add a title for the product and change the product data to External/Affiliate product. Add the product URL and it will add a link to the product on Amazon. Amazon currently does not allow you to copy the content or images used on the product page, you would need to either access them using an API or go to the manufacturer’s site to gather the information.

As you set up your store, if you are interested in tracking your conversions, we would recommend taking a look at MonsterInsights. It is a powerful tool for tracking not only your sales but also your site’s analytics.

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00:00 Intro
01:04 How to get hosting for your WordPress Website
03:28 How to install WooCommerce plugin
04:13 How to create an Amazon Associates account
07:00 How to create a product using Amazon affiliate link
09:02 How to track analytics on your WordPress site

#WPBeginner #WordPress #AmazonAffiliateStore

How to Setup All in One SEO for WordPress Correctly (Ultimate Guide)

Last updated on March 29th, 2021 by andrei

Do you want to install and set up All in One SEO for WordPress? All in One SEO (AIOSEO) for WordPress is the best WordPress SEO plugin that allows you to easily optimize your WordPress website for search engines and social media platforms. In this guide, we’ll show you how to properly install and set up All in One SEO for WordPress to improve your SEO rankings.

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For this tutorial we will be using the All in One SEO plugin found on the page below:

https://aioseo.com/

The plugin will start by having a startup wizard asking you some basic information so the plugin is doing the right processes for what you want your site to be. It will cover if it is personal or for a company as well as set up connections for your different social media profiles.

We will cover XML sitemaps, connecting your site to Google, and many other different sections of the plugin. If you are currently using another tool for your SEO, AIOSEO has an importer tool to help you move your settings over to the new plugin.

Once you have your SEO set up how you are wanting for your site, we would recommend taking your site to the next level we would recommend taking a look at MonsterInsights. It allows you to see how many visitors are coming to your site, what pages they are viewing, and what they do on your site.

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Timestamps

00:00 How to install All In One SEO
04:30 How to optimize your blog posts for SEO with All in One SEO
06:46 How to set up XML sitemaps
09:03 How to set up schema markup for your WordPress site
10:54 How to connect your site to Google Search Console
11:20 How to set up local SEO for your business website
11:58 How to use SEO Site Score
13:06 How to import settings from Yoast SEO and other plugins
13:37 Cool RSS Feature
14:19 Access Controls
14:30 Remove site from under construction

#WPBeginner #AllinOneSEO #WordPressSEO

How to Add Featured Images in WordPress [Updated Guide!]

Last updated on March 22nd, 2021 by andrei

Featured images, also known as post thumbnails are a great tool for WordPress posts to have a wonderful display. These featured images are the primary image for a blog post that appears next to the heading on your homepage and social media. In this video, we’ll show you how to easily add featured images or post thumbnails in WordPress.

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To add a featured image, you would want to go into the post’s document options and when you scroll down there should be a section called featured image where you should be able to upload a new image or select an image that was already uploaded to your WordPress site. You would want to ensure your images are the same size to keep your images the same on the blog page.

If you are looking for images to add to your site, there are many different sites that you can get the images from. Below we have a few links of services we recommend with our referral links to ideally give you any active discounts for our recommendations:

Shutterstock: With their paid plan they offer access to tons of high-quality photos, illustrations, drawings, videos, and more. They are who we use for our WPBeginner site.

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/shutterstock/

Unsplash: A popular resource for high-resolution images that you can use on your site and other projects.

https://unsplash.com/

Negative Space: A well-organized collection of copyright-free images

https://negativespace.co/

New Old Stock: An archive of vintage photographs from public archives

https://nos.twnsnd.co/

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7 Best WordPress SEO Plugins and Tools That You Should Use

Last updated on March 15th, 2021 by andrei

We’re often asked what the best SEO tools and plugins are that we would recommend for WordPress. This is because search engines are a major source of traffic for most websites on the internet and optimizing your content for your visitors as well as search engines can greatly grow your business. In this video, we will share the best WordPress SEO plugins and tools that you should use.

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For this guide, our first recommendation is All in One SEO for WordPress(AIOSEO) as the best WordPress SEO plugin available to help you get started. It has a setup wizard that automatically helps you choose the best SEO settings for your specific business needs.

There is an on-page SEO checklist to include a smart meta tag generator where you can use dynamic values in your descriptions as well as add rich snippet schema markup. All of these and more powerful tools are included to help make things that much easier for you.

SEMRush is another powerful tool to use to help find organic keywords and terms to see what your competitors are ranking for and how you can improve your website content. Their keyword planner will help you focus your keywords for what you are wanting and rank your content.

Google Search Console will help you actively track and maintain links on your site and let you know of any crawl errors. It also tracks helpful information such as total clicks, impressions, average CTR, and average position.

Yoast is another SEO plugin that you can use to allow you to optimize your WordPress websites for search engines. This includes generating an XML sitemap for your site content which makes it easier for search engines to crawl your site.

Google’s keyword planner helps you generate your own keyword ideas from Google itself that are normally for advertising but can help you find what people are organically searching for. Nobody knows what people are searching for more than Google so using their tool is a powerful thing to have.

Ahrefs is an all-in-one SEO tool for businesses and marketers that offers similar tools and features to SEMRush. While there is some overlap, Ahrefs has a great backlink analyzer for finding which sites are linking to multiple competitors for finding more partnerships to build in the future.

Lastly, in this video, we will recommend taking a look at MonsterInsights. MonsterInsights is the best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress that allows you to easily install Google analytics in WordPress that shows human-readable reposts inside your WordPress dashboard.

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00:00 Intro
00:54 All in One SEO for WordPress
02:46 SEMrush
03:35 Google Search Console
04:51 Yoast SEO
05:22 Google Keyword Planner
06:09 Ahrefs
07:23 MonsterInsights

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What’s Coming in WordPress 5 7 Features and Screenshots

Last updated on March 8th, 2021 by andrei

WordPress 5.7 is planned to launch on March 9th, 2022, and will be the first major release of the year. This new release comes with some major new features and improvements. Come watch our video where we share what’s coming in WordPress 5.7.

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The first ease of use improvement is when you are adding a block from the inserter on the left-hand side of your site, you can drag and drop the block into the location you want it to be placed.

Next, if you enjoyed using full-width blocks for different sections of your site then WordPress has added a full height block that allows you to create a block that fills in the height of the user’s screen to allow you to create engaging layouts.

Blocks should also have descriptions for their variations, as an example, the social icon blocks include a preview where you can inspect them in the block editor with a preview. There is also the option to change the size of the social buttons added to the editor.

For any buttons added using the block editor, there is now a vertical alignment option so you are not forced to custom add that feature.

More blocks have also added the font size op[tion, previously this was for mainly the paragraph block but the option has been included for somewhere it was missing, mainly lists and code.

Added to the WordPress site health is the option to update your site to HTTPS, previously this was a very difficult process that could cause errors on your site but WordPress has added functions to make this process that much easier.

There have been some less noticeable changes such as the admin color scheme being standardized to reduce the available colors to a more friendly amount. There are also more changes under the hood of WordPress to help improve your site.

Lastly, lazy loading has been added to iFrames which means they will not be loaded until the user’s screen gets to that section on your site. Since 5.5 WordPress has used this for images but this recent addition helps speed up sites even further.

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timestamps:
00:00 New WordPress features with WordPress 5.7
00:33 Drag and drop blocks
00:53 Full height for blocks
01:02 Block variation descriptions
01:13 Added Social Icon Sizes
01:22 Vertical alignment for buttons
01:35 Font size support for list and code blocks
01:59 Automatically update site from HTTP to HTTPS
03:25 Simplified admin color palette
03:40 Robots API
03:56 Lazy Load iframes

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WordPress Tutorial – How to Make a WordPress Website for Beginners

Last updated on March 1st, 2021 by andrei

In this WordPress tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a website in this step-by-step WordPress Tutorial! Then you can create your blog, business website, ecommerce store, or non profit website.

Starting a site can appear very daunting especially when you’re new or not comfortable with technology. We’ve helped many different beginners get their own sites up and running. In this video, we’ll show you how to create a website using WordPress.

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For this tutorial, we will be using Bluehost and you can use our affiliate/referral link for a discount below:

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The video will go through the different steps in purchasing and getting BlueHost set up. The only addon that you may want to consider would be the privacy addon, otherwise, we do not recommend the other addons as they can be replaced with WordPress plugins.

Once your purchase is complete, BlueHost should install WordPress for you or walk you through the installation process for the settings that you would like to have on creation. After that, you would want to log into the WordPress site to start editing.

To remove any excess clutter we will be disabling all plugins except MonsterInsights(gives you Analytics), WPForms(allows you to create contact forms), and OptinMonster. For the others, we will click the checkbox and in the dropdown options, we will select deactivate, apply, and then repeat that process for deleting the plugins.

For the design of your site, you would want to go under Appearance, Themes, and choose the theme you would like, for this tutorial we have purchased and are using the Astra theme. You can find that theme using our referral/affiliate link below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/astra-wordpress-theme/

After the base design of the site is set up or you have a template added, we will want to fix the URLs on your site so they are human-readable. To do this we will go under Settings, Permalinks and update the permalinks to a different version. We prefer the post name default option.

The video will go through the different customization options available and different ways you can customize your site. If you use a different theme then your options may be different than what is shown in the video for appearance.

The general settings, as well as available plugins, should not change based on the theme you are using.

We also walk you through setting up a contact form with WPForms, connecting your site to Google Analytics using Monster Insights, and a nice tip for creating personalized landing pages using SeedProd.

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0:00 Intro
0:56 What is hosting and a website
1:45 Purchase hosting
3:35 Installing WordPress
4:10 WordPress overview
6:00 How to install your WordPress theme
8:50 How to customize your theme
13:25 How to update the footer text in WordPress
14:17 How to change the font and color of your WordPress Theme
16:17 How to add a call to action button in your WordPress menu
17:13 How to add a blog page to your WordPress website
17:30 How to create a menu for your site
20:09 How to create a contact form
24:16 How to add social icons to your contact page
24:48 How to Customize a WordPress page
27:19 How to connect your site to Google Analytics
31:14 How to add a coming soon page to your WordPress website
35:59 How to create a logo for your website
38:20 How to write a blog post

#CreateaWebsite #WordPress #WPBeginner

How to Create a Free Business Email Address in 5 Minutes (Step by Step)

Last updated on February 22nd, 2021 by andrei

Do you want to create a professional email address for free? A business email address uses your company name instead of a generic Gmail or yahoo account. In this video, we’ll show you how to easily create a free business email address in less than 5 minutes and give a second paid method should the first be unavailable.

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►Written Tutorial – How to Create a Free Business Email Address in 5 Minutes (Step by Step) https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-create-a-free-business-email-address-in-5-minutes-step-by-step/
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►Best WordPress Analytics Plugin https://www.monsterinsights.com/
►Best Lead Generation Plugin https://optinmonster.com/
►Best WordPress SEO Plugin https://aioseo.com/
►Best Landing Page Builder for WordPress https://www.seedprod.com/
►Best WordPress Giveaway Plugin https://rafflepress.com/

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►WordPress Tutorial – How to Make a WordPress Website for Beginners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvbFBxKcORA
►WordPress Gutenberg Tutorial: How to Easily Work With the Block Editor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjfrzGeB5_g
►What is SEO and How Does it Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjfrzGeB5_g
►How to Install a WordPress Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIPQRQLAz90

For this, you would need a website with your domain and/or a hosting provider with your domain. If you do not have either then we would recommend taking a look at BlueHost using our referral link below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/bluehost/

As we’re using BlueHost for this, we will go under Email, and click Add Email Account to start the process. You can select the email address and add a password for the email account and BlueHost will add it to your email on their hosting.

With the email account set up, you should now be able to access the webmail or connect your different devices using their different processes depending on your preferences. While the interface may be different, you can do a similar process on SiteGround, HostGator, DreamHost, and InMotion Hosting.

For the second method, we will be using Google Workspaces(previously G Suite) and you can use our referral link below:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/google-apps-work/

For most individuals, we would recommend the business starter and you can go up depending on your business needs but each user will increase the cost. Google will give you the option to either say you own a domain or if you do not own one, you will have the option to purchase a domain through Google.

Google will walk you through the process of setting up your account with them and afterward, you would need to verify that you actually own the domain through one of their processes. The current recommendation would be to add a TXT record to your domain. For this tutorial, we copied the text record given by Google and go back into our domain provider.

For BlueHost, we went under Domains, My Domains, and went to the DNS settings area. There should be a section specifically for TXT records where we want the host to be @ and the TXT value to be the code given by Google.

Now we can activate our email address on Google itself and Gmail will give a checklist to see that email addresses have been added and you are ready to receive the emails. For ensuring the emails reach you, you would want to remove unused MX options and add the different MX records given by Google. It may take some time for your records to update due to the caching so if Google does not notice the MX records then you may need to give it some time.

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timestamps:
00:00 How to Create a Free Business Email Address in 5 Minutes (Step by Step)
00:46 Get Hosting
04:44 Create an email in hosting dashboard
06:25 Use Google Workspace to create an email account
09:06 Verify domain with Google
10:36 Add Google’s MX records to your hosting account
12:33 How to streamline your business with WPForms

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