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Are you looking to get rid of the sidebar from your WordPress site? The sidebar is the widget-ready area in your WordPress theme. We’re here to help you get rid of that widget area on your site to help make your site look how you want.

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Some themes such as the genesis theme can have built in methods for removing the sidebar.

Before you edit the files you would first want to look for Theme Options or if there is a setting under Appearance, Customize.

If you don’t have that option you would want to connect to your site with an FTP client and go to your theme’s files found under wp-content/themes

Edit the file you want to remove the sidebar from such as the index.php, page.php, single.php, archive.php, home.php and so on.

When you decide on the file to edit you will want to look for the “?php get_sidebar(); ?” and remove it as well as the brackets around it.

save your file and it should update and remove the area on your site.

However there may still be the area where the widgets belonged that you would need to use CSS to remove that area.

Are you looking to display an author photo on your site? Most WordPress themes allow you to display an author’s gravatar for their profile but sometimes you want to have a different photo for the author. In this video we will show you how to easily add an author’s photo in WordPress.

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For this tutorial we will be recommending the WP User Avatar plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar

With that plugin installed and activated you will go to the new area labeled Avatars.

In this new area you will choose how you want to display the user avatars as well as if you want to disable Gravatars on your site and only wish to use local avatars.

Users with the author role can upload their own profile photo by default and this is changeable to whatever role you desire.

Once you save your changes to the settings you can go to the users page and edit the user you want to add the image to.

On the bottom of the edit user screen there will now be a section for setting an avatar.

Are you looking to add a donation form for your nonprofit website then this video should be quite helpful. A WordPress site makes it easy for nonprofits to accept donations on their website. In this video, we will show you how to setup your own custom WordPress donation form.

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In this video we will be using the WPForms plugin which can be found here:

https://wpforms.com/pricing/

You will want to have the pro or ultimate license for this.

With the plugin installed and activated and your license key active you will want to set up a new form under WPForms, Add New.

Name the form whatever you like for your organization purposes and we will create a new donation form.

For adding multiple options you would find that under the payents fields which allows you to have preset options for payment amounts as well as an enter amount option.

For an enter amount option you will want to uncheck the required from it and click on conditionals for the display settings.

Next check the enable conditional logic and show the field if “Donation Amount” is “Enter amount” and save your settings.

In the payment area ensure you connected the payment settings as well as ensuring in the settings your notifications are sent to the correct location.

Are you looking to optimize your WordPress database? This can feel complicated for a new user but we’re here to make database optimization easier for you. In this video we will show you how to optimize your WordPress database.

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For this tutorial we are recommending the WP-Optimize plugin found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize

With the plugin installed and activated you will want to go to the WP-optimize label to get to the settings for the plugin.

There is a full list of operations the plugin will perform on your database that you would want to take a look at and uncheck any that you don’t want run.

If an item is marked red they can be dangerous to run if the process is interrupted which is why we recommend creating a backup of your site:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk5Z7-ZQ3gs

With your items selected click on ‘Run on all selected items’ button for the plugin to run and clean up your database.

Check out the updated video: https://youtu.be/TWSrpXQDSbk on how to install Google Analytics in WordPress.

Need to install Google Analytics on your WordPress website? Google Analytics for WordPress is a powerful way to learn about your site. It can seem confusing with the steps they give you to install Google Analytics on WordPress, but our video should simplify the process. In this video, we will show you how to use Google analytics for your WordPress site.

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Ensure you are signed up to Google Analytics, you can sign up using the link below:

https://analytics.google.com

You will need to sign in with your gmail account and will be prompted to sign up.

Once you do you will want to insert an account name, website name, url, and category for Google Analytics to know what to look for.

With your signup complete we will go back to your WordPress site and install and activate the MonsterInsights plugin.

Free:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/

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With the plugin active you will want to go under Insights, Settings to configure the plugin settings.

There will be a button on this page to click with the title Authenticate with your Google account which brings up the authentication steps.

Following the steps you will click to get your Google code and add it to the textbox and you will have successfully activated Google Analytics on your site.

If you would prefer a different plugin option you could go with Insert Headers and Footers.

Insert Headers and footers

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/insert-headers-and-footers/

When you sign up with Google Analytics they offer a script that they ask you to add to your header, you can copy that code and under Settings, Insert Headers and Footers you would paste the code into the header area and save your changes.

If you do not want either of those methods we would recommend taking a look at our written article for the code method to add it to your site.

Do you want to let users filter posts and pages when visiting your site? Letting your users filter posts by category, tags, post types, etc can help sort through your site. In this video, we will show you how to filter posts and pages in WordPress.

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For this tutorial we are going to use the Search & Filter plugin which can be found here:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-filter

Once activated the plugin will add a new menu item that will take you to the plugin’s usage and documentation page.

It offers a shortcode with different parameters that you can either add to a specific area or add to your theme files.

Each option has its own benefits and the documentation page can certainly help with how to add each option.

Do you have large forms that you are wanting to split between multiple pages? Multi part forms allow you to collect more information without the frighteningly large forms that happen when they are on just one page. In this video we will show you how to create a multi-page form in WordPress.

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For this video we recommend using WPForms:

https://wpforms.com/pricing/

You would want to have at least the basic plan for the feature we are using in this video.

Install and activate the WPForms plugin and add your license key under WPForms, Settings.

With the plugin verified you can now create the form.

Under WPForms, Add New you will be able to name and create the type of form you want for it.

Add any fields that you like and then under Fancy Fields you will be able to add the Page Break field.

A new page will be created below for you to add your new fields for your form.

Once you save the form you can go to the page or post you want it on, click Add Form, and select your form to add it to the page and finally publish your changes.

Are you wanting to display random header images on your WordPress site? Most WordPress themes come with built-in support for header images to edit the look and feel of your site. In this video we will show you how to add random header images to your WordPress site without any code.

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The first method we would recommend is built in to WordPress itself, you would want to go under Appearance, Customize to open the customizer.

Now select the header tab to expand it, the tab can have a few different possible labels depending on the theme.

You will see your site’s current header image and any other images available to use.

If you want to use a new one you would click on the Add image button to upload the images you want to use in the header.

With the images added you will want to click the Randomize uploaded header button and save your changes.

For our second method we recommend using the plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-display-header

With the plugin installed and activated you will want to edit a post or page to see the new area.

There will be a new meta box labeled header below the post editor that allows you to select any previously uploaded header as the header for that specific post or page.

If you want to add another image you would need to go back under Appearance, Customize.

Are you looking for a way to allow users to register to your site on the front end? The default method WordPress allows for registering on your site shows WordPress’ branding and can not match your site’s theme. In this video we will show you how to create a custom user registration form in WordPress.

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Summary of this tutorial:

For this tutorial we will be using the WordPress plugin WPForms:

https://wpforms.com

With the plugin installed and active you will visit WPForms, Settings page to enter the license key.

Next under WPForms, Addons you will want to click install on the User Registration Addon.

With the addon installed and activated you will go under WPForms, Add new to create the new form, name it and select User Registration.

It will automatically add the fields required and connect them to what is required for signing up a new user.

Now you would go under the page where you want the registration form or add a new page to add the form to.

Once you click the Add form button and select the registration form it will be added to your page for you to publish.

Users have asked us how to add autocomplete for address fields in their WordPress forms. Autocomplete allows your visitors to quickly select an address form suggestions generated in realtime as they type. In this video we’ll show you how to add autocomplete for address fields in WordPress using the Google Places API.

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For this tutorial we will be using the plugin: Address Autocomplete Using Google Place API.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/address-autocomplete-using-google-place-api/

With the plugin activated you will go to Settings, Google Autocomplete to configure the plugin’s settings.

It will ask for your Google Places API Key, the key allows your website to connect with Google Maps and retrieve autocomplete suggestions from their database.

You will want to visit Google’s Developer console website and create a new project, the developer console website can be found here:

https://console.developers.google.com/apis

Provide a name fir your project, we would recommend one that lets you identify what it is for.

You should automatically be redirected to your new project which lists the popular Google APIs you can use in your project.

Select the Google Places API key and press the enable link near the top of the page.

Click the create credentials for you to be able to use the API, as well as the What credentials do I need button, and you should see the API key you need to copy over to your WordPress plugin.

For your project you will also need to go to your library and also enable the Google Maps Javascript API and press the enable link in there as well.

You can add the autocomplete to any field in a form plugin by viewing the page the form is on and right clicking to inspect element the object.

Copy the name, ID, or CSS values for the field and paste it into the settings page.

If you would like to select multiple fields just add a comma for adding the new ID/name.