WPExplorer https://www.wpexplorer.com/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:44:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.wpexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-wpexplorer-wordpress-blog.jpg WPExplorer https://www.wpexplorer.com/ 32 32 Better Content and Design Feedback with WordPress Notes https://www.wpexplorer.com/wordpress-editor-notes/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:38:06 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?p=65817 Giving feedback on content and design inside WordPress hasn’t always been easy. Teams often used Google Docs, Figma, or email threads to review drafts, leave comments, and finalize content or design before publishing. This workflow worked, but it forced teams to juggle multiple tools, copy content back and forth, and sometimes lose context along the […]

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]]> How (and Why) to Migrate Your WordPress Site to Pressable https://www.wpexplorer.com/move-wordpress-to-pressable/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 04:17:27 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?p=65656 If you’re running WordPress for your own site or client projects, a managed WordPress hosting solution can save you time and stress. Managed hosting takes care of server maintenance, security updates, and technical issues for you. If your site is on a non-managed or slow host, now may be the right time to switch. Pressable […]

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]]> WordPress Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2025 Deals https://www.wpexplorer.com/wordpress-black-friday-cyber-monday/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.wpexplorer.com/?p=44005 While many people are looking forward to a shorter work week, football games, parades, and time with friends or family, there is another reason to get excited, especially if you are a WordPress enthusiast like me. This week is one of the best times of the year to score amazing deals on themes, plugins, hosting […]

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]]> How to Move Your Email List from Mailchimp to Flodesk https://www.wpexplorer.com/how-to-move-your-email-list-from-mailchimp-to-flodesk/ Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:31:45 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?p=65640 I’ve been using Mailchimp for the WPExplorer.com newsletter for many years. While it’s a powerful email marketing platform, it’s also gotten very expensive over time and includes countless features I’ve never needed or used. Because of that, I paused the newsletter for about a year while searching for a simpler, more affordable solution. Recently, I […]

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]]> Complete Guide to Speculative Loading in WordPress https://www.wpexplorer.com/complete-guide-to-speculative-loading-in-wordpress/ Wed, 07 May 2025 00:07:39 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?p=65609 WordPress 6.8 introduced a highly requested feature: Speculative Loading. But what exactly is it, and how does it affect your website? In simple terms, and in WordPress specifically, it’s a technique that makes your site feel faster by predicting which page(s) a visitor is likely to view next and preloading them. In this guide, we’ll […]

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]]> The Complete Guide to Removing Elementor Upsells https://www.wpexplorer.com/complete-guide-to-removing-elementor-upsells/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:52:58 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?p=65419 Elementor is a powerful tool for building WordPress websites, but its dashboard can sometimes feel cluttered with upsell ads and prompts for premium features. In this guide, I’ll show you how to remove most Elementor upsells, allowing you to enjoy a cleaner, more focused interface. You can follow along the guide and add the code […]

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]]> Stop WordPress from Creating Extra Cropped Image Sizes https://www.wpexplorer.com/stop-wordpress-from-creating-extra-cropped-image-sizes/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:46:49 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?post_type=wpex_dev_tutorials&p=65409 Whenever you upload an image to your WordPress site through the media library, it automatically creates and stores multiple additional versions of that image. If your site doesn’t utilize these extra image sizes, they will consume valuable storage space and increase the size of your server backups. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the […]

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]]> How to Highlight Sponsored & Nofollow Links in WordPress https://www.wpexplorer.com/highlight-sponsored-nofollow-links-gutenberg/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 06:50:16 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?post_type=wpex_dev_tutorials&p=65143 Recently I’ve been going through old articles and updating affiliate links to the text (affiliate link) next to any affiliate link for complete disclosure. I’ve also been switching links that previously used rel nofollow to sponsored. This is a long process as we have thousands of posts and I’m completely re-structuring how our theme and […]

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]]> How to Add Custom Block Styles in WordPress https://www.wpexplorer.com/how-to-add-custom-block-styles-wordpress/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:17:02 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?post_type=wpex_dev_tutorials&p=64809 If you have a look at the Gutenberg “Button” block and click on the styles tab (half moon cookie) you will see that you can select from Fill or Outline for it’s style. What if you wanted to add more options? Or you wanted to add style options to other blocks? In this guide, I […]

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]]> How to Include Custom Field Values in WordPress Search https://www.wpexplorer.com/how-to-include-custom-field-values-in-wordpress-search/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:57:04 +0000 https://www.wpexplorer.com/?post_type=wpex_dev_tutorials&p=64787 By default WordPress search works by searching post content and titles. If you have an advanced website where data is store in custom fields, you may want to also search those values. In this guide I will provide you with the code needed to update WordPress so it can search custom fields. All without the […]

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