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In this guide I'm going to show you a free solution to get around this problem.]]> https://wpshout.com/add-contact-forms-to-a-static-wordpress-site/feed/ 0 Add Contact Forms to a Static WordPress Site https://wpshout.com/launch-and-maintain-a-cheap-wordpress-site/ https://wpshout.com/launch-and-maintain-a-cheap-wordpress-site/#respond Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:54:59 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=148033 I know what you're probably thinking - there's a catch. Well, there IS. But it's not some special promo rate or a first-year deal. The catch is that this solution requires more effort to pull off compared to signing up for a shared hosting plan with pre-installed WordPress. What I'm going to teach you is how to build a WordPress site on your computer using Local by Flywheel. Then you're going to convert that site to a static version, deploy it Cloudflare Pages, and maintain it using GitHub and some code. 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And if your website happens to run on WordPress, then today's your lucky day because I'm going to show you one of the easiest available ways to add it.]]> https://wpshout.com/wordpress-stripe-donation-forms/feed/ 0 How to Create Stripe Donation Forms on WordPress https://wpshout.com/local-wordpress-development-tools/ https://wpshout.com/local-wordpress-development-tools/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:47:35 +0000 https://wpshout.com/blog/?p=24774 If you’re a WordPress developer, you probably do most of your work in test environments. That way, you can tinker with your plugins, themes, and sites all you want without breaking anything for real. The only question is, which local WordPress development tools are the best fit for your needs?]]> https://wpshout.com/local-wordpress-development-tools/feed/ 6 5 Best Local WordPress Development Tools Compared for %%this_year%% There are plenty of local WordPress development tools available. 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Well, maybe it’s just me, but I find it rather hard to remember all those keyboard shortcuts, function names, arguments, structures and whatnots that all come “with the territory” when you’re doing any kind of WordPress dev, design, or publishing work.]]> https://wpshout.com/wordpress-cheat-sheets-web-development-design/feed/ 0 https://wpshout.com/add-custom-picture-wordpress-user-bio/ https://wpshout.com/add-custom-picture-wordpress-user-bio/#comments Fri, 11 Oct 2024 09:32:14 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=8155 As much as I love using WordPress, there are certain quirks about it that annoy me. One of those in particular is that the only default way to change your user profile photo is by linking it to a Gravatar profile. It’s not only annoying because it forces you to create an account with a service that you probably wouldn’t use otherwise, but then it also populates that same photo on any WordPress site you log into (if you use the same email address).]]> https://wpshout.com/add-custom-picture-wordpress-user-bio/feed/ 11 WordPress Profile Picture Without Gravatar https://wpshout.com/how-to-track-wordpress-search-keywords/ https://wpshout.com/how-to-track-wordpress-search-keywords/#respond Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:15:30 +0000 https://wpshout.com/blog/?p=219 Figuring out how to track WordPress search keywords can be a very valuable thing. First off, you most likely do have a search field on your site. But what good is it if you don’t know how people actually use it?]]> https://wpshout.com/how-to-track-wordpress-search-keywords/feed/ 0 How to Track WordPress Search Keywords