When I first started working on my WordPress websites, I was mostly guessing what visitors wanted. It wasn’t until I started using heatmaps that I truly understood how people interacted with my site — where they clicked, how far they scrolled, and what actually caught their attention. If…
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A Small Business Owners’ Guide to Artificial Intelligence
When I first started exploring artificial intelligence (AI) tools, I was overwhelmed by all the technical jargon and complex explanations. However, I knew there had to be a simpler way to understand and use AI without getting lost in the technical details. What I’ ve discovered is that AI…
From Freelancer to Founder: Ionut Neagu’s Journey to Building a Successful WordPress Business
From freelancer to successful co-founder, Ionut Neagu has worked with WordPress for 13+ years. Along the way, he has grown his company, Themeisle, into one of the most respected names in the WordPress ecosystem. Their flagship products, including Neve and Hestia, are helping shape the future of website…
How to Easily Do Visual Regression Testing in WordPress
Last week, a friend who manages multiple WordPress sites called me in a panic. A routine plugin update had broken his client’ s navigation menu, but he didn’ t notice until customers started complaining. This is a common problem I’ ve seen countless times, and it’ s exactly why visual regression testing…
8 Best WooCommerce Affiliate Plugins Compared (Tried and Tested)
How much time are you wasting manually tracking affiliate sales, calculating commissions, and managing payouts for your WooCommerce store? Better yet, how many potential affiliates have you lost because your current plugin can’ t handle their basic requirements? These are questions I asked myself when I started managing affiliate…
What Is a Domain Backorder? (And How to Properly Place One)
Last year, I saw someone miss out on their dream domain name because they didn’ t know about domain backordering. They’ d been waiting months for this domain to expire, but someone else swooped in and grabbed it the moment it became available. Over the years, I’ve helped many different…
WPBeginner Spotlight 11: WordPress 6.8 Launch, Core Release Changes, and Major Plugin Highlights
Welcome to the April 2025 edition of WPBeginner Spotlight! The WordPress community has been buzzing this month with exciting updates, new tools, and important changes across the ecosystem. These include everything from the launch of WordPress 6.8 to major plugin releases like RewardsWP, product milestones, and upcoming events….
How to Automatically Post to Threads From WordPress
Since Threads launched in 2023, I’ ve been experimenting with different ways to share my WordPress blog posts there automatically. Like many website owners, I initially posted manually, but that quickly became time-consuming as I managed multiple sites and social channels. Between summarizing content, researching the right hashtags (and…
How to Require Login to View a Page in WordPress (2 Easy Ways)
“ How do I make this page private for members only?” That’ s one of the most common questions I get asked by my friends who use WordPress. I remember asking the same question myself when we were building our video membership site at WPBeginner. Luckily, it’ s surprisingly easy to…
How to Embed Apple Podcasts in WordPress (2 Easy Methods)
When I first tried to add podcast episodes to my WordPress website, I quickly realized that embedding them from Apple Podcasts wasn’ t as straightforward as I’ d hoped. Like many of you, I wanted a simple solution that wouldn’ t require coding knowledge. Through trial and error (and plenty of…
How to Move Your Site From HubSpot to WordPress (Step by Step)
When a close friend asked me to help move their business website from HubSpot to WordPress, I realized how many people struggle with this transition. The main concern? They didn’ t want to lose their hard-earned traffic and leads during the move. Since then, I’ ve guided many website owners…
What’s New in WordPress 6.8? (Features and Screenshots)
WordPress 6.8 is finally here 🥳, and we’ ve been testing it since the early beta. It’ s the first major release of 2025 with several important changes. You’ ll notice speed improvements after the update, thanks to the new speculative loading feature that makes pages feel like they load before…
Welcome aThemes to the WPBeginner Family of Products
Today, I’m extremely excited to share that aThemes is joining the Awesome Motive network, and they’re now part of the WPBeginner family of products. aThemes is a popular WordPress theme company known for building beautiful website templates that are optimized for speed and performance. Over 130, 000+ websites use…
How to Add Login with Phone Number via OTP in WordPress
Remember when email and password were the only way to log into websites? Times have changed, and now many users expect the convenience of logging in with their phone numbers. After helping different people set up phone-based login systems on their WordPress sites, I’ ve learned which methods work…
How to Embed Spotify in WordPress (2 Easy Methods)
Do you remember when sharing music on a website meant uploading MP3 files and dealing with clunky audio players? I sure do. Thankfully, many streaming services have made it easier to share music online, and Spotify is leading the way. As one of the world’ s largest music platforms, …
How to Automatically Generate Image Alt Text in WordPress Using AI
Remember when adding alt text to images meant spending countless hours writing descriptions by hand? I certainly do – it was one of the most time-consuming parts of my content creation process. But thanks to AI, this process is now a lot easier. I’ ve been impressed by how…
How to Add OAuth Login in WordPress (Step by Step)
I’ ve learned that the easier you make it for users to log in to your website, the more likely they are to become active members and engage with your content. That’ s where OAuth login comes in – it lets people sign in to your WordPress website with just…
16 Best Course Creation Software and Tools (Expert Picks for 2025)
When I helped create WPBeginner’ s online video course portal, the team and I spent countless hours trying to find the perfect software and tools to do the job easily. Along the way, I learned that having the right course creation software can make or break your success. But…
Is Google Marking Your Site as “Not Secure”? (& How to Fix It)
I know how frustrating it can be when you visit your website and see a big “ Not Secure” warning in the browser. It feels like something’s broken—and worse, your visitors can see it too. 😬 That little message can scare people off before they’ve even had a chance…
How to Make a Car Rental Website with WordPress (Step by Step)
Running a car rental business without a proper website is like trying to drive with the parking brake on – you’ re just making things harder for yourself. I learned this firsthand when helping a friend create a website for his rental company. Whether you’ re starting fresh or upgrading…
