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How to Add a Background Image Cover in WordPress – in 1 Minute

Background Image Cover in WordPress

While overall opinions on the Gutenberg editor vary, even the naysayers can't deny that there are so many elements you can add now with just the core WordPress blocks that you couldn't before. One of those elements is a background cover image. Not only is there a dedicated "cover block" solely made for this purpose, but it only takes a minute to add it to your posts. In this guide I'll show you how to do it and also how to customize it.

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Add HTML to WordPress With the Custom HTML Block (and Claude?)

Add custom HTML to WordPress

The Gutenberg block editor has close to 100 default blocks available for use. However, there are still situations where you might want to add a feature to your post that's simply not available via the default blocks. That's where custom HTML comes to the rescue! In this quick guide, I'm going to show you how you can use the HTML block along with Claude (a freemium AI tool) to customize your own posts.

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How Does WordPress Sound to You? Join Our Survey About WordPress Brand Tone and Voice

WordPress Brand Tone and Voice Survey

Over the past few years, we have seen increased efforts to better position and market the WordPress brand. Along with these efforts, we now have a Brand Writing Style Guide that defines how the WordPress voice should sound and what tone it should convey. The brand book was first created in August 2018 and has undergone several updates since then. It serves as a manual for all marketing messages, campaigns, and communication from WordPress.

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I Spent 20 Hours Testing 60+ Niche WordPress Themes, and There Are Some Elephants in the Repo

I Spent 20 Hours Testing 60+ Niche WordPress Themes

Recently, I was working on a rewrite of one of our theme list posts and in the process I tested over 30 themes. By the end, I came to the unfortunate conclusion that the majority were junk. My gut feeling was that the "shiny cover, empty box" syndrome I encountered was more widespread than only the niche I worked on. So I decided to fire up a test instance of WordPress and went through 31 additional themes in a separate niche. These are the results of my research.

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How to Create an Ecommerce Website With WordPress

Use WooCommerce: In a nutshell, this is how to create an ecommerce website with WordPress. However, this is also a gross oversimplification. There’s lots to consider when it comes to a project like this. In fact, you should think about every action you take – even your preferred choice of ecommerce plugin.

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How to Create a (Fixed) Sticky Block in Gutenberg With No Code

Are you looking for ways to create a sticky block in Gutenberg? Whether you want to create an affiliate disclaimer, offer discounts, or draw visitor attention to important features of your product – a sticky block can help you achieve these goals. Sticky blocks, also known as fixed blocks, remain visible on the screen even as the user scrolls down the page, ensuring that the content you want to highlight is always in their view.

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How to Make Fewer HTTP Requests in WordPress (11 Tips)

To display your website, a user’s browser will send HTTP requests to your server. However, if you have multiple unoptimized files, the server must process many requests. Since these can significantly increase your page loading times, you’ll want your website to make fewer HTTP requests.

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InstaWP Review: Create WordPress Testing Sites in One Click

For developers, it’s important to have a development environment to deploy coding changes without breaking a live site. InstaWP claims to create new WordPress installs in seconds, but you might not know if this is an effective tool. Fortunately, our InstaWP review will cover everything you need to know!

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