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Are you having trouble sending or receiving emails on your WordPress site? One method to fix this issue would be to use SMTP or an external service such as Mailgun. Services like Mailgun will cost money and not all users are ready to invest when just starting out. In this article, we will show you how to use an SMTP server to send WordPress emails.

To start we will go to our hosting provider to create an email address. In this guide, we’re using BlueHost so when we log in we will go under their Email & Office section. You’ll want to select the name and it should end with at your domain, create your password, and set if you want to limit your storage space. Not all hosts use this layout, if yours is different you can always reach out to your hosting provider for assistance.

With that email address created you will want to go into the settings for it. Now, we will go back to our WordPress site to install and activate the WP Mail SMTP by WPForms plugin found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/

Go to WP Mail SMTP in the wp-admin area of your site and in the settings section you will set the from email to the email address you set up with your hosting account. To make things easier you can click the force from email checkbox to make sure other plugins are using the email address you set here. There is also the option for forcing the from name as well as forcing the return path to match the from email should any reply about bounced messages try to be sent to you.

When selecting the Mailer, for this guide we will be using the Other SMTP option as we are using our hosting provider. We will need to go back to our hosting provider for the information in the below area. For BlueHost, we will copy the Outgoing Server information and add it to the SMTP Host field. For Encryption, we’re going TLS and we’ll copy the port from the hosting provider.

Your username and password will be the ones you set up when creating the email address if you forgot you can reach out to your hosting provider for assistance. Ensure you save these settings and you can go to the email test tab to send yourself a test email to ensure it sends properly.

If you wanted to add some encryption you can copy the code at the bottom of the settings area and we’ll modify your wp-config file or your theme functions. We’ll show you how to do that with the editor under Appearance, Customizer. With the code pasted at the bottom of your functions or wp-config file, your SMTP password will now be encrypted from others with access to this area of your site.

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Are you wanting to add a call to action button in your WordPress posts and pages? Buttons are an awesome way to boost conversions on your site with a visually appealing call to action. In this video, we will show you how to add a call to action button on your WordPress site without code!

To start, we will edit a new post or an existing post and click the add bloc button which should look like a + symbol. In the options for blocks, we want to search for button in the available option, it can also be found in the layout elements section for the time being.

The button should allow you to change the text of the button and add the URL the button will redirect to. WordPress also gives the tools to change the alignment, button style, and colors associated with the button. Now, when you publish the post or page the button will be visible on the page and go to the URL set for it to redirect.

For those wanting to use the classic editor of WordPress, you will use the Forget About Shortcode Buttons plugin found here:

http://wordpress.org/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/

With the plugin installed and activated you can now go into your post/page editor that is using the classic editor and click the new Insert Button option in their editor. This will bring up the editor for this button that allows you to customize the style, text, replace it with an icon, and URL the button is linked to.

If you’re looking to give your visitors the ability to call you, we would recommend starting by installing the WP Call Button plugin found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-call-button/

With the plugin installed and activated you can add your phone number under Settings, WP Call Button. The plugin will give you the option to customize the text, location, color, and visibility settings for when the button should appear.

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Did you know that you can do basic image editing in the WordPress admin area? This is helpful when you need to crop, rotate, scale, or flip images and you don’t have access to an image editor. In this video, we will show you how to do basic image editing in WordPress.

To start out, if you haven’t added an image to your site yet you can upload one under Media, Add New. Upload an image you want to modify and it should bring you back to your media library where you can click the image you want to be modified.

Beneath the image, you should find a button labeled Edit Image for you to click. This will bring you your attachment details up as well as the editing tools available. In the top right you will be able to resize the dimensions of the image to make it larger or smaller for your needs.

Now that your image is the proper size, the buttons above the image will allow you to rotate the image to a different orientation, flip the image vertically or horizontally, or crop a section of the image. Should you make a mistake there is also an undo and redo as the last two buttons in the top left of the editor.

If you plan on cropping the image, we would recommend scrolling down on the right-hand side of the attachment details where you can set the aspect ratio. Setting the ratio as 1:1 will keep your cropping area as a square.

Should you save your changes to the image but want to revert to the original you can go back into the image editor area, and beneath the scale image section on the right-hand side, there is a Restore Original Image area where if you click Restore image it will bring back your original image before you modified it.

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Do you want to change the order of your blog posts in WordPress? By default, WordPress shows posts in reverse chronological order where newer posts are shown first but you may need to move specific posts into a different order. Most tutorials we only show you one method on how to resolve this problem but in this one, we will give a few options. In this video, we will show you four different ways to reorder your blog posts in WordPress.

The first method we will be using is by editing the date of the article. To do this, we will go into our posts area, find the old posts and click edit. In the document’s settings, you will want to click on the published date to bring up the editor where you can modify the date it was published to a newer date based on where you would like it visible.

Should you want to keep the post above your others without changing the date, you can click the checkbox in the Status & Visibility section to stick the post to the top of your blog section. If for some reason the post is not showing before others you would want to ensure your theme does not have specific styling for their sticky posts.

If you don’t want to use either of those methods then you could take a look at the plugin called “Post Types Order” that you can find here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-order/

With the plugin activated you can visit Settings, Post Types order to modify the access to the plugin if you are on a multi-author site. When you visit the posts area you should be able to click and drag a post in your admin area and place it higher or lower than another.

For the final method, we will be using code and if you are not comfortable using code we would not recommend it. You can find the code for this guide by visiting our article here:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/reorder-wordpress-posts-using-drag-drop/

The code we add modifies the order to be chronological, meaning the oldest post will be listed first on your blog page. Should you want to change the order to something other than what we list you can see the parameter options here:

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/

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Are you wanting more control over what widgets appear on certain content on your site? There are conditional tags you can use if you are comfortable with PHP but for a beginner, we’re going to use a plugin to help simplify the process. In this video, we will show you how to easily show or hide widgets on specific WordPress pages.

For this tutorial we will be using the Widget Context plugin found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-context/

With the plugin activated you can go under Appearance, Widgets in your admin area to go see your different widgets. When you open up one of your currently added widgets to customize where it is displayed.

The plugin can show or hide on a custom post type, a specific page or post, based on the word count of the page, or specify the URL for the content.

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Are you wanting to add a Stripe donate button to your WordPress site? Stripe is one of the best online payment processors for allowing you to get payments on your site including donations. In this video, we will show you how to collect donations on your WordPress site using Stripe.

For this tutorial we will be using WPForms pro which you can purchase here:

https://wpforms.com/

With the pro or higher plan, you will want to install and activate the plugin. Then go into your settings to add your license key to have your features active. Now, go into WPForms, Addons and scroll down to activate the Stripe addon.

Now in your Settings, Payments area you will want to add your Stripe API keys which can be found when you log into Stripe under Developers, API keys. The important keys you will need the publishable and secret keys for the standard payments to work. For this tutorial, we will also click the ‘View test data’ to get your test API keys to include as well.

With your keys pasted in you can activate test mode so you can ensure your donation form is set up and goes through the steps you want without issue without needing to actually pay. We can go into WPForms to add a form to start with including the donation information and a payment field.

Now, we can go to the Payment settings on the left-hand side to set up the stripe payments. We will check to activate the stripe payments, decide the payment description if the payment should be recurring, and how to handle the payment receipt. With that set, you can go into the general settings and customize the confirmation to use if you wanted a message, a link to one of your pages, or a custom URL.

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Scheduling a post in WordPress can be extremely easy but scheduling multiple drafts at once can be time-consuming. Bulk scheduling is helpful for having several articles ready to be published that you want sent out at specific intervals. In this video, we’ll show you how to easily bulk schedule posts in WordPress.

For this guide, we will be using the Auto Post Scheduler plugin found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-post-scheduler/

Start by installing the plugin and activating it and it should add a section called Auto Post Scheduler under your Settings area. Here you can customize the post schedule time range, the type of post, and the category to limit the publishing to.

There is the option for setting specific time ranges per day in a 24-hour format to limit specific days for your content strategy. You can set specific dates to ignore posting no matter the day of the week it is. Next, you select the statuses of the posts you want to be scheduled.

With all of these set, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Update options button. With those set up, you can go back to the top of the page to click the Enable Auto Post Scheduler for the plugin to start working. Now, when you set the content type you specified to the status you wanted the plugin will schedule that based on the setting you chose in the plugin.

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Do you want to add social media icons in your WordPress menus? While WordPress does not come with a built-in social media profile section, you can easily use your WordPress menus to add and display social icons on any widget-ready area in WordPress. In this video, we’ll show you how to add social media icons to WordPress menus.

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0:00 Intro
0:14 How to install Menu Image plugin
0:40 How to create a social media menu
1:22 How to set the social media image to the menu
1:46 Where to find royalty free social media icons

For this tutorial we will be using the Menu Image plugin found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-image/

With that plugin installed and activated, you can now go under Appearance, Menus to create your social media menu. We’ll be creating a new menu by clicking the create a new menu link and naming it Social media.

We’ll add a few custom links to our different social media profiles using the Custom Links section. With the plugin being active, you should now see a Menu image button that you can click to upload an image of your choice if you don’t have an icon you want to use we have a list of free icon sets you can use here:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/16-best-free-social-media-icon-sets-for-wordpress/

Now that you have an uploaded image you can select the image size, the plugin generates image sizes for you to select from. You can decide if you want the title visible with your icon or if you want to completely hide the text and only have the icon visible. Now when you visit your site, you can see the icons in your menu area instead of text.

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Are you looking to create a distraction-free form landing page in WordPress? The biggest challenge has been all forms are controlled by your theme and not all themes have templates designed for forms. In this video, we’ll show you how to use Form Pages by WPForms to create a distraction-free form landing page.

For this tutorial we will be using WPForms Pro version which can be purchased here:

https://wpforms.com/

With the plugin purchased, install and activate it on your WordPress site and under WPForms, Settings add your license key for all of the plugin’s features.

With that set up, you can begin creating a form, in this tutorial we will create a quote form. WPForms will auto-fill based on the template you selected to use and you can modify the fields to suit your needs.

Next, we’ll go into Settings, and select Form Pages. As we didn’t install the addon it will bring up a popup asking if we want to install it. It will now add the form pages as a selectable option and in the options, we will check the checkbox for Enable Form Page Mode to make the form into its own page.

Select the Form Page Title for what you want the visitors to see, add the message to display before the form fields, decide if you want to change the permalink, upload a header image should you want, select the footer text or hide it, select the color, and finally select the style for the form.

Now when you go to the permalink you set for your form a full-page form should be visible on your site that uses its own design rather than taking from your theme’s templates. The form will have all of your customizations as well as all of the form’s fields you wanted to be added.

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visible, click the three ellipses in the top right, go to Options, and ensure the discussion is checked in the window that appears.

While the above method is good for single posts or pages. If you have multiple posts and pages you want to retroactively disable comments on there is another method. Go to All Pages or Posts depending on which you want to edit, click the checkbox next to title to select all of the posts that are listed, click the bulk action dropdown and move it to Edit and click Apply. It will bring up an edit section where you can bulk edit the settings and we will change the comments to Do not allow.

This does not remove comments on already posted content, to remove this you will want to go to the Comments section of your admin area. Here you will be able to click the box next to author to select all of the comments on the page for removal. If you want more comments to display, go to the Screen Options area in the top right to increase the number of comments loaded per page.

This handles almost every location to place a comment on your site but there is one final location. If you go directly to the URL of an image you will see that the image gives the option to add a comment there. You can either add code manually or add a plugin, we will cover both methods.

Ti manually adding the code you would want to go under Appearance, Theme Editor, and if there is a warning click the I understand button. Select the file called Theme Functions or functions.php and scroll to the bottom of the file. Paste in the code from our article and click the update file button, for where to find the code you would go here:

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-completely-disable-comments-in-wordpress/

Should you not feel comfortable copying and pasting code into your WordPress theme you can install and activate the Disable Comments plugin found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/

This will add a new menu item under Settings titled Disable Comments for you to go to the settings. The plugin gives the option to either disable comments everywhere or on select content types. For us, we’re only selecting media which will remove the comment option from our images.

If you want to keep comments while protecting yourself from spam there are a few recommendations for plugins you may want to take a look at, the main two being Akismet and Antispam Bee. For dissuading the spam comments even further there is the Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools plugin that disables links in your comments.

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