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How to Manage Memberships on Your WordPress Site

by Christopher Maiorana

In this post, we’re going to talk about using a membership plugin on your WordPress site. How does a membership plugin become helpful? As you may already know, WordPress comes with a registration feature (which allows people to join your site) and default user roles: Super Admin Administrator Editor Author Contributor Subscriber When you create Read More >

How to Add a User Role In The Members Plugin

by Christopher Maiorana

With the Members plugin, it’s easy to add and take away special privileges for the default WordPress users or custom user roles. In this article, we’re going to show how to create a user role and assign those privileges. Adding new members to your site is a great way to make the most of our Read More >

Why We Use NGINX In Our WordPress Hosting

by InMotion Hosting Contributor

You may have heard a lot recently about the popular open-source web server application Nginx. It’s one of the most popular and well-regarded open-source software projects in the world. Making news recently, cloud provider F5 acquired the NGNIX company for a large sum of money in order to capitalize on the cloud computing craze. Along Read More >

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WordPress is a free, beginner-friendly content management system (CMS) used to create over 37% of all websites on the web today. Originally meant for blogs, WordPress has expanded its capabilities to support eCommerce, forums, donations, and more —  allowing it to continuously gain popularity for its expandability and ease-of-use.

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Learning WordPress’s Default Editor – Gutenberg

WordPress has created a new editor that has been integrated into all WordPress installations. Here are a few basic articles on using and getting to know Gutenberg.

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WordPress Plugins are installable software that adds specific functionality to your website. There are thousands of plugins, both paid and free, that will add everything from a basic contact form to a complex eCommerce store. Use the articles below to explore popular and essential WordPress plugins.

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Learn How to Install the Gutenberg Plugin

by Arnel Custodio

Before becoming a part of the WordPress core, Gutenberg was solely a plugin. Currently, users can still install the Gutenberg plugin, which adds additional functionality to the editor that has not to be included in the WordPress core yet. Continue reading to learn how to install the Gutenberg plugin. How to Install the Gutenberg Plugin Read More >

How to Delete WordPress Email Logs

by John-Paul Briones

There may be a time when you want to remove all emails from your mail logs. For example, you may want to remove outdated emails to clear the logs. As we continue our series on the WP Mail Logging plugin, we will now show you how to delete email logs in WordPress. Note: You must Read More >

How to Resend an Email from WordPress

by John-Paul Briones

Are you missing an email that was sent from your WordPress website? Luckily, WP Mail logging lets you easily view and resend any emails that originated from your WordPress site. As we continue our series on the WP Mail Logging plugin, we will now show you how to resend a WordPress email. This is a Read More >

Connect WordPress to Matomo Analytics with WP-Matomo

by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Among Matomo Analytics’ list of recommended plugins for customizing web analytics is the WP-Matomo (WP-Piwik) WordPress plugin. This plugin allows you to view Matomo analytics within your WordPress dashboard. Below we cover how to setup the WP-Matomo (WP-Piwik) plugin using your Matomo API code. Make WordPress even easier than it is already with a dedicated Read More >

How to View Your WordPress Mail Logs

by John-Paul Briones

Are you missing emails from your WordPress site? As we continue our series on the WP Mail Logging plugin, we will now show you how to view your WordPress Mail logs. This is an important step when troubleshooting email problems in WordPress. For example, you may not be receiving messages from contact form or password Read More >

How to Install WP Mail Logging in WordPress

by John-Paul Briones

In this first guide in our series on the WP Mail Logging plugin for WordPress, we will show you how to install WP Mail Logging. Once it has been installed you can view your mail logs right in the Dashboard and import/export your settings. Check back as we will be covering these topics in future Read More >

How to Transfer a Website from Squarespace to WordPress

by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Squarespace has risen in popularity within recent years. But many users reach a point where they want more customization capabilities for their website(s). Many decide to migrate to the WordPress CMS (WordPress.org, not WordPress.com) for many reasons such as how easy it is to learn and its capabilities for novice and experienced users alike. Squarespace Read More >

How to Transfer a Website from Wix to WordPress

by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Many Wix users reach a point where they want more command and control over how their website(s) work. Many decide to migrate to the WordPress CMS (WordPress.org, not WordPress.com) for many reasons such as how easy it is to learn and its capabilities for novice and experienced users alike. Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to Read More >

How to Backup WordPress to Dropbox

by InMotion Hosting Contributor

With the UpdraftPlus plugin, you can backup your WordPress site to a remote storage location such as Email, or FTP. In this tutorial, we will show you how to backup WordPress to Dropbox using the UpdraftPlus WordPress plugin. Since Dropbox stores your site backups on another location from your website, it will still be available Read More >

Force WordPress Refreshes with Force Refresh

by InMotion Hosting Contributor

Sometimes, after adding news to your WordPress website you’ll want to refresh your website in viewers’ browser to ensure they’re seen immediately. Below we’ll cover achieving this with the Force Refresh plugin for those who need this done website-wide but manually instead of during set intervals. Install Force Refresh Log into your WordPress website directly Read More >

How to Set Expiration Dates for Posts in WordPress

by Christopher Maiorana

You never want to have old information on your site. Out-of-date content can send visitors running from your site, or, worse, can provide false information that leads others astray. This is why it’s wise to have a policy of “expiring” time-sensitive posts. It’s very easy to set expiration dates for posts in WordPress using the Read More >

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