Having an error appear on your WordPress site can certainly be terrifying if you don’t know what caused it or how to fix it. The most dangerous sounding one can be the error establishing database connection which does not even let you log in to your site. In this video, we will show you how to fix the error establishing a database connection in WordPress.
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In this tutorial we will be recommending the use of FTP, for how to use FTP and what it is you would want to take a look at our article:
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If you wanted to download notepad++ that we used in this video you can find it here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/
The solutions we go through are:
– Editing the wp-config.php to pull up the repair prompt
– Checking the wp-congig.php that the connection options are correct
– Editing your MySQL with your host to attempt to fix the error #WordPress #WordPressTutorial #WordPressTips
Are you stuck attempting to log in to your site and the page simply refreshes whenever you enter the login information? Don’t worry, we’ve helped many users work their way through this problem and in this video we will walk you through the steps to fix the WordPress login page refreshing and redirecting.
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When this error happens the common steps you want to go through are
– Deactivate your plugins
– Revert to a default theme
– Delete your .htaccess
– Update your site url
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Are you wanting to properly add keywords to your WordPress site? Meta keywords and descriptions allow you to improve the SEO of your website. We will show you how to properly add meta keywords and meta descriptions in WordPress.
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Note: Yoast has removed the setting after this video was created: https://yoast.com/meta-keywords/
For this tutorial we will be recommending you install the Yoast SEO plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
With the plugin installed and activated you would want to take a look under SEO, Dashobard, Features and enable the Advanced Settings Pages for what we show in this video.
Under Titles & Metas you will go to the Other tab and enable the Use meta keywords tag. This will add a new meta keywords area for you to edit on your posts and pages.
Each keyword should be separated by a comma and don’t use more than ten keywords or phrases.
Are you looking to go more in depth in your website’s customizations? Creating your own custom layout and appearance than other pages on your site can make that page all the more striking. In this video we will show you how to create a custom page in WordPress.
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Tools mentioned in this video:
Sublime Text:
FileZilla:
https://filezilla-project.org/
Start by creating a blank file and add the text from our video or copy it from our written article and save it with the .php extension.
Then connect to your hosting provider using FTP and go to your site’s wp-content/themes directory to find your theme’s folder, open it, and upload your new file into your theme’s folder.
This will allow you to use the template when you create a new page on your site even if the template does not show anything at the moment.
For displaying your content the simplest method for starting would be to copy your current theme’s page.php’s content and pasting it into your new template. #WordPress #WordPressTutorial #WordPressTips
Are you wanting to display your archive months on your site and have been blogging for years? This can cause your archive widget to be quite large but there are a few methods for reducing the size of your archive. In this video we will show you a few ways to limit the number of archive months displayed in WordPress.
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Summary of this tutorial:
This video is to help users find a method to reduce the number of archive months displayed using either a plugin or editing your functions.php.
Our tutorial is for WordPress.org self hosted sites not sites on WordPress.com.
The first plugin we suggest, Collapsing Archives, can be found here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/collapsing-archives
This plugin will add a widget for you to use that will give you options for archive dropdowns rather than showing each month by year automatically.
Our second recommendation is the plugin Compact Archives found here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/compact-archives/
That gives you shortened options for displaying each month of the year.
For editing your functions.php you will find the code to add for both your functions.php and your widget in our article:
Do you want to manually add a link to log out of your WordPress site? This can be helpful if you are running a membership site to let your users logout and you can add it anywhere on your site. In this article we will show you how to add the logout link to your WordPress website.
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For creating the link you would want to use the link below replacing example.com with your website:
http://example.com/wp-login.php?action=logout
Using the above link as a template you can add it as a custom link under Appearance, Menus or adding it as a link in the widgets area in a text widget.
WordPress also has the built in meta widget that you can use for useful links such as the logout link in your widget area.
Are you wanting to promote your Facebook page with a WordPress popup? We’ve heard this request from many of our users and have helped show them how to create exactly this type of popup. In this video, we will show you how to create a Facebook like box popup in WordPress.
–Links–
►OptinMonster – https://optinmonster.com/
►written tutorial – https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-create-a-facebook-like-box-popup-in-wordpress/
–Top Resources–
Use Promo Code WPBVIP
►Best WordPress Contact Form Plugin https://wpforms.com/wpbeginner
►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/
–Related Videos–
►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
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Summary of this tutorial:
For this tutorial we will be recommending the plugin OptinMonster and purchasing the Pro or above plan here:
This plugin allows you to both create this type of popup as well as slide-ins or similar for your site to get your visitors’ attention.
You will also want to create a Facebook embed which can be done here:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/page-plugin
We will show you:
-What Plugin to Install
-Where to Sign Up for OptinMonster
-How to Connect OptinMonster
-How to Create an Optin
-Where to Create Your Facebook Embed
-How to activate it on your site
Are you looking to show posts from a specific category on your WordPress site? The default WordPress method is the recent posts widget that shows posts from all categories but we have a few methods for showing the posts by category on your site. In this video we will show you how to display recent posts from a specific category in WordPress.
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The first method we recommend is under Appearance, Menus to go to the categories on the left and add the category to your menu.
This will display the posts in a category the same as a blog page without displaying posts from a different category.
Our second method recommends using the plugin below:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/
There are many options to this plugin but the one we recommend using is the limit by category and selecting the category you want to display in the widget.
Are you looking to display the last updated date for your posts in WordPress? This helps let your users know how recent your article is for their needs. In this video we will show you how to easily display the last updated date of your posts in WordPress.
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To start this tutorial you would want to connect to your host using FTP:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-use-ftp-to-upload-files-to-wordpress-for-beginners/
Navigate to your theme’s folder under your wp-content/themes and find your theme’s name and locate the functions.php.
Navigate to the bottom and insert our code that checks for the published date.
Upload the functions.php back to your site and now when the last edited date is more recent your publish date it will show the last edited date on your site.
Should you have any issues with this tutorial we would recommend taking a look at our articles:
Beginner’s Guide to Pasting Snippets from the Web into WordPress
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-pasting-snippets-from-the-web-into-wordpress/
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