Posts by Press Avenue
How to Backup Restore WordPress – Free Plugin
How to Backup Restore WordPress Website with a free plugin called UpdraftPlus which backups your files and database easily. Backups can be scheduled, downloaded or added to the cloud all for free which is great for a free plugin! In this tutorial, I will show you how to set this up, backup your WordPress website…
Read MoreHow to Add Anchor Links WordPress Gutenberg
In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to add anchor links in WordPress Gutenberg, aka the Block Editor. Before the block editor update, you needed to do this the code editor in order to place anchors in your content and then add a link to go to them. Thankfully the block editor has…
Read MoreHow to Add reCAPTCHA Forms
How to Add reCAPTCHA forms with WPForms In this WordPress tutorial, we will look at adding reCaptcha forms to our WordPress website to help prevent and eliminate spam, spambots, and other junk. Below is an example of a ReCaptcha form, thankfully they have an invisible option as well so your user may never see it.…
Read MoreHow to Remove Malware from Hacked WordPress Website
How to Remove Malware from Hacked WordPress Website This tutorial will show you steps to take when removing WordPress malware, spam and other junk that should now be on your website. In this video, I remove WordPress Support 24x7Support, this is spam and they ask for money to remove and to help! Now I will…
Read MoreHow to Setup WordPress SMTP Email Logs – Track and Fix Emails
How to Setup WordPress SMTP Email Logs – Track and Fix Emails WordPress is terrible at sending emails but it’s pretty great at everything else. If you don’t know, WordPress uses the PHP mail() function to send emails out from your site and based on your server your emails might not be getting to the…
Read MoreBeaver Builder Footer – Change the WordPress Footer with Themer
Beaver Builder Footer – In this tutorial we will be building a new Beaver Builder Footer using Beaver Themer. Themer allows use to edit different parts of WordPress beyond just the content areas. these areas could include the header, footer, archive pages, category pages and more. Beaver Builder Themer is an additional plugin addon to…
Read MoreHow to Fix SSL Not Fully Secure WordPress Website
Securing your website is a must for every website owner. Nonsecure websites don’t usually affect your website’s functionality but they do impact your user experience and your Google SEO rankings. Imagine your users seeing a NON-SECURE or Red Lock saying the site is not secure when they visit your site. This makes users uneasy but…
Read MoreHow to Setup WordPress SMTP for Sending Emails
How to Setup WordPress SMTP for Sending Emails We realize WordPress users sometimes, almost always, struggle with email deliverability from their WordPress websites. We want to fix that and we have found a solution that is absolutely great! If you have ever thought any of the following then this WordPress Tutorial is for you! Why…
Read MoreBest WordPress Plugins 2020
The Best WordPress Plugins 2020 is my list of plugins that I install on every site I create and this list will feature only free ones to help you get started with your WordPress website. Best WordPress Plugins 2020 Video Best WordPress Plugins Featured These plugins should cover most sites and if you have any…
Read MoreHow to Accept Payments WPForms PayPal Addon
How to Accept Payments WPForms PayPal Addon Accepting payments can be done in a variety of ways. Thankfully WPForms has a payment addon for PayPal so we can utilize a plugin already installed on our business websites to accept payments from clients. In our case, simply accepting money is great but I do like to…
Read MoreHow to Find Out What WordPress Theme a Site is Using
How to Find Out What WordPress Theme a Site is Using Have you ever been curious about what WordPress theme a blog or website you visit often is using? In this tutorial, we will cover 3 ways we look this up. This question was asked in our free Facebook group for Press Avenue tutorials. We…
Read MoreOverview of Securing WordPress with HTTPS Course
Learn how to Secure Your WordPress Website with HTTPS and fix any issues that you may run into along the way. This course will give you everything you need to secure your site, your clients’ site or any WordPress site that you use. Learn at your own pace. I created the Securing WordPress with HTTPS…
Read MoreWordPress Plugins Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)
Strong Custom Authentication or SCA is here! This effects WordPress merchants (and everyone else) in the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA). So what is this exactly? Strong Customer Authentication applies to “customer-initiated” online payments within Europe. Meaning if you have a customer come to your eCommerce WordPress website and they initiate a payment…
Read MoreWPForms Conversational Forms
WPForms Conversational Forms are forms that look like a conversation is taking place. For example: One question is asked by the form You give an answer A follow-up question is asked Then you give another answer etc Conversational forms allow you to turn your form content into a more engaging way for your users to…
Read MoreBeaver Builder Conditional Logic – The Basics
Beaver Builder Conditional Logic – The Basics Beaver Builder provides a world of design options with its amazing drag and drop builder. Beaver Themer, adds the ability to edit the headers, footers, archives, and more of your WordPress website. In our opinion, the two should be combined into one plugin to be the ultimate powerhouse…
Read MoreHow to Quickly Resend Email Campaign MailChimp App
How to Quickly Resend Email Campaign MailChimp App MailChimp is great for sending out email campaigns to your audience but what do you do if your audience does not open your amazing email that you have spent hundreds of minutes on? The answer… Resend it to non-openers or un-openers, this way, people that did open…
Read MoreHow to Fix WordPress oEmbed Video Size Issue
Fix WordPress oEmbed Video Size Issue WordPress 5.0 has a new block editor which is supposed to fix issues that a lot of people have had with the old editor as far as layouts and having more control. The new editor, also called Gutenberg, does this but it also adds a lot more headache to…
Read MoreBeaver Builder Mega Menu Without Plugin
Beaver Builder Mega Menu Without Plugin WordPress Mega Menus are menus that appear wider thank a regular menu. There are hundreds of mega menu plugins out there but Beaver Builder has this functionality in it, even though most people do not realize this. This WordPress tutorial requires that you have the Beaver Builder Theme installed…
Read MoreGravity Forms Zapier Tutorial – Send Entries to Spreadsheet
Gravity Forms Zapier Tutorial Gravity Forms is one of the best WordPress forms plugins out there and they offer a huge number of addons which allow you to get even more functionality out of your WordPress forms. One of those addons is the Zapier addon. Learn More About Gravity Forms What is Zapier? Zapier is…
Read MoreHow to Optimize Blog Images with Squoosh
How to Optimize Blog Images with Squoosh Optimizing blog images before you upload them to your server or media library is ideal for both SEO and for site speed overall. In this quick tutorial, we will show you an online web app named, Squoosh, which allows you to compress your images before you upload them…
Read MoreReplace a WordPress Plugin with Custom Post Types and Beaver Builder
Replace WordPress Plugin with Custom Post Types and Beaver Builder In this WordPress tutorial, we will be replacing a plugin that displays team members/staff with our own solution that meets all of the WordPress business needs and includes no extra fluff. Replace WordPress Plugin with Custom Post Types and Beaver Builder Tutorial TL;DR Custom Post…
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