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Creating landing pages on WordPress, step by step
A WordPress landing page is a regular Page built around one action, with a layout you chose on purpose. Building it is quick. Most launches fail later, on the details: a layout that removed the menu without anyone noticing, a form that never reached the inbox, a cached 404, or a page nobody updated after launch day.
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Read article ›How to make a mobile friendly website on WordPress
No plugin or switch makes a WordPress site mobile friendly. The responsive theme does most of the work. The rest is finding the few elements that break at phone width, fixing them one at a time, and checking the pages people use on a real phone.
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Read article ›CSS media queries for mobile on WordPress
A mobile media query checks the width of the browser viewport. It does not detect phones, and no breakpoint is the official mobile one. On WordPress the query itself rarely fails. The usual problem is cached CSS, a builder setting, a selector that loses, or CSS pasted into the wrong field.
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Read article ›How to restore a WordPress site from backup
A WordPress restore puts back two things together: the files and the database, both from the same moment. It also wipes out everything that happened after that moment. So before you click Restore, check what the backup actually contains and save anything newer, and after it finishes, check the site before you trust the “complete” message.
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Read article ›How to add password protection to a website
WordPress has no single switch that password-protects a whole website. The built-in setting covers one post or page, a whole-site lock needs a plugin or your host’s password tool, and uploaded files usually stay public unless you protect them at the server. Pick the method that matches what you are protecting, then test it logged out with caching in mind.
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Read article ›How to hide page titles in WordPress safely
To hide a WordPress page title, hide the heading the theme prints. Leave the title stored on the page alone. Which control does that depends on your theme, your template and whether a page builder or WooCommerce owns the page. So start by finding which element is actually showing, then use the most built-in control you have.
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Read article ›How to add a contact form to WordPress
Adding a contact form to WordPress takes a plugin, a page and a few minutes. Making sure every message reaches you is the real job, because the form can say “sent” while your inbox never gets the email. Set the sender address correctly, send through authenticated SMTP, store every entry, and test from outside your own login.
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Read article ›How to set a page as the front page in WordPress
To make a page your WordPress homepage, use one built-in setting: Settings > Reading > A static page. When the homepage still looks wrong after you save, the setting is rarely the cause. The usual causes are a theme template, a cache, or a page that isn’t published.
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Read article ›How to sign in to your WordPress blog
On a self-hosted WordPress blog, you sign in at your-domain/wp-login.php, and /wp-admin/ sends you there if you are logged out. When that fails, look at what happens after you submit the form, because that points to the cause. A rejected password, a loop back to the login screen, a redirect error and a 404 each need a different fix.
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Read article ›How to optimize pictures in WordPress
Optimizing pictures in WordPress is three jobs, not one setting: size each image for where it displays, serve a compressed modern version the browser actually receives, and load the hero image first. Most failures happen between the settings screen and the live page, so check the rendered page, not the plugin’s report.
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Read article ›How to install a WordPress theme without breaking it
Installing a WordPress theme takes minutes if you have the right file and a host that allows the upload. Most failures come from uploading the wrong ZIP or from a server limit, and the exact error message tells you which one. The real work comes after activation, when menus, widgets, demo content and checkout all need checking.
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Read article ›How to write and change coming soon text in WordPress
Good coming soon text says what is launching, who it is for and what to do now. On WordPress the harder part is often finding who owns the message: WooCommerce, a plugin, your host, a stuck update or a cache can each show it. Before you edit or remove it, work out which one is showing it.
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