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5 Best WordPress Image Compression Plugins Compared

02.03.2018ewww image optimizer, image compression, optimize images, shortpixel, smushit, speed up wordpress, tinypng, WordPress PluginsEditorial Staff

Are you looking for the best WordPress image compression plugin for your website? Image compression plugins allow you to easily optimize images in WordPress for better speed and performance. In this article, we have compared the best image compression plugins for WordPress.

Best WordPress image compression plugins

When Do You Need a WordPress Image Compression Plugin?

Images are larger in size than plain text which means they take longer to load and can slow down your website.

However you’ve probably heard the saying: “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Images make your content more engaging and interactive.

To improve your WordPress website speed, you need to optimize your images for the web. The best way to do this is by using Photoshop or another image editing software before you upload the image to WordPress. This gives you a lot more control on the quality of images on your website.

However, not all users are comfortable working with image editing program. For some optimizing every single image they upload sounds like a lot of work.

Luckily, there are several WordPress image compression plugins that can help you with that. These plugins optimize your images by automatically compressing them and using the smaller sized version on your website.

That being said, let’s take a look at the best WordPress image compression plugins, and how they stack up in terms of image optimization, performance, and quality.

1. reSmush.it

reSmush.it

reSmush.it is the best WordPress image compression plugin. It allows you to automatically optimize images on upload as well as offer a bulk optimization option for older images.

It uses the reSmush API to optimize images and allows you to choose the optimization level for your uploads. The downside is that it doesn’t have different compression levels. It also limits optimization to uploads lower than 5MB in size. You can exclude individual images from compression in case you need to add an image in full size.

2. EWWW Image Optimizer

EWWW Image Optimizer

EWWW Image Optimizer is a great option for WordPress image compression plugin. It is easy to use and can automatically optimize images you upload on the fly. It can also compress and optimize your previously uploaded images in bulk.

It performs all compression on your own servers which means you don’t need to sign up for an account to get an API key. It can also optimize images generated by other WordPress plugins and stored outside your media library folders. It doesn’t require an account to use the plugin, but you can sign up for their API to get additional features.

3. Compress JPEG & PNG images

Compress JPEG & PNG images

Compress JPEG & PNG is created by the team behind TinyPNG, and you will need to create an account to use the plugin. You can only optimize 100 images each month with the free account. It can automatically compress images upon upload, and you can also bulk optimize older images.

The plugin settings allow you to choose which image sizes you want to optimize. Additionally, you can also set a maximum size for your original uploads. Images larger than that size will be automatically resized by the plugin.

4. ShortPixel Image Optimizer

ShortPixel

ShortPixel Image Optimizer is another useful WordPress image compression plugin. It requires you to get an API key by providing your email address. The basic free account allows you to compress up to 100 images per month, and you will need to upgrade to their paid plans to increase this limit.

It starts compressing images as soon you as activate plugin and stores your original images in a separate folder. It also allows you to compare the original file with the compressed version to see the quality difference. ShortPixel is packed with advanced features and gives you the ability to choose comparison formats.

5. WP Smush

WP Smush

WP Smush is another popular WordPress image compression plugin. It automatically compresses images on upload and can also be used to compress and optimize your older image files. You can also set maximum image resolution, and your images will scale down to more reasonable sizes while being compressed.

The free version of plugin doesn’t require you to create an account to use their API key. The bulk optimization feature allows you to optimize up to 50 images at a time, and you can rerun the bulk optimizer to compress more images.

The free version of the plugin doesn’t perform that well. See our review of WP Smush with pros and cons.

Comparison Test Scores for Image Compression Plugins

Now that you know about the different WordPress image compression options, let’s take a look at how they compare against each other in terms of performance.

To measure this, we ran test by uploading the same image using each of these plugins.

Testing JPEG Image Compression

We used the following JPEG image for our tests, it is 118 KB in file size.

JPEG test image

We didn’t touch any of the plugin settings and tested the compression with out of the box settings. Here are our test results:

Plugin	Compressed Size	Saved (%)	Method
reSmush.it	76 KB	30.59%	Lossless
EWWW Image Optimizer	112 KB	5%	Lossless
Compress JPEG & PNG images	114.7 KB	2.8 %	Lossy
ShortPixel Image Optimizer	69.2 KB	41.94%	Lossy
WP Smush	112 KB	5%	Lossless

Testing PNG Image Compression

Next we wanted to test a PNG image to see how our contenders optimize it.

We used the following PNG image for the test, and it is 102 KB in file size.

PNG test image

Here are our test results:

Plugin	Compressed Size	Saved (%)	Method
reSmush.it	36 KB	63.8%	Lossless
EWWW Image Optimizer	97.5 KB	1.9%	Lossless
Compress JPEG & PNG images	34.3	64%	Lossy
ShortPixel Image Optimizer	37 KB	63.5%	Lossy
WP Smush	99 KB	2.9%	Lossless

Which is The Best Image Compression Plugin for WordPress?

If you are not looking for flexible options in your image compression plugin, then reSmush.it gives you the best results in terms of performance by making the real difference in image file size.

If you are willing to pay for image compression, then you can try ShortPixel which performed really well in our tests.

EWWW Image Optimizer is a great plugin with flexible settings, but you will need their paid API key to get access to compression levels which make the real difference.

We hope you found this comparison of best WordPress image compression plugins useful. You may also want to see our list of common image issues in WordPress and how to fix them.

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How to Use Shortcodes in your WordPress Sidebar Widgets

01.03.2018how to use shortcodes in yoru sidebar widgets, shortcodes doesn't work in wordpress sidebar widget, Tutorials, using shortcodes in wordpress sidebar widgetsEditorial Staff

Do you want to learn how to use shortcodes in your WordPress sidebar widgets? Shortcodes allow you to do add additional features in your WordPress post content and other areas of your website. In this article, we will show you how to use shortcodes in your WordPress sidebar widgets.

What Are Shortcodes?

Shortcodes allow you to add dynamic items like contact form, tables, and others inside your WordPress content area.

You can also use shortcodes in your widgets to add these dynamic items in your sidebars and other widget-ready area.

Let’s take a look at how to easily add and use shortcodes in your WordPress sidebar widgets.

Method 1: Adding Shortcode in WordPress Sidebar Using Text Widget

First thing you need to do is drag & drop a Text widget to your WordPress sidebar on the Appearance » Widgets screen in your dashboard. After adding the widget, you can simply add your shortcode inside the text edit area of the widget.

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Save’ button to store your widget settings.

You can now visit your website and see the shortcode in action.

Method 2: Adding Shortcode in WordPress Using Custom HTML Widget

Sometimes you may want to add custom HTML code around your shortcode which may not work so well in the plain text widget. In that case, you will need to add your shortcode using the ‘Custom HTML’ widget.

By default, shortcodes are not allowed to be executed in a custom HTML widget. To change this, you will need to add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file or a site-specific plugin.

add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode' );

After that, you can simply add a ‘Custom HTML’ widget to your sidebar and add your shortcode inside it.

Don’t forget to click on the save button to store your widget settings.

You can now visit your website to see your shortcode in action.

We hope this article helped you learn how to easily add shortcode to your WordPress sidebar widgets. You may also want to see these essential tips for using shortcodes in WordPress.

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How to Create an Interactive Poll in WordPress (Step by Step)

28.02.2018how to create poll in wordpress, wordpress online poll plugin, WordPress Plugins, wordpress poll plugin, wordpress polls, wpformsEditorial Staff

Do you want to create an online poll on your WordPress site?

Polls are an interactive way to engage your audience while getting useful information from them. You can get feedback from your users and find out what they like.

In this article, we will show you how to easily create and add a poll in your WordPress.

How to Create an interactive poll in WordPress

Which Tool to Choose for Adding a Poll in WordPress?

Adding interactive polls to your website is a great way to engage users, as it instantly grabs their attention. You can generate leads using polls and, at the same time, collect valuable feedback from your audience.

That said, there are plenty of plugins and online tools that allow you to embed polls on your WordPress site. Many of them require you to create an account, some store data on their own servers, and others have a terrible user experience.

If you are looking for a good user experience with full control of poll data, then you’ll need WPForms. It is the best WordPress form builder plugin and includes powerful surveys and polls addon.

With WPForms, you’ll be able to do the following:

Create polls in WordPress using a drag-and-drop form builder
Gather poll results on your own websites
Show votes count when user submit their vote
Display poll anywhere on your website
Show poll results anywhere on your website

With that, let’s look at how to easily create online polls in WordPress using WPForms.

Creating Online Polls in WordPress

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the WPForms plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

You will need the WPForms Pro plan because it includes the survey and polls addon. WPBeginner users get an additional discount by using the WPForms coupon code. There is also a WPForms Lite version you can try for free.

Upon activation, you need to visit the WPForms » Settings page to enter your license key. You can find this information in your WPForms account.

Next, you need to visit WPForms » Addons page and scroll down to the Surveys and Polls addon.

Go ahead and click on the ‘Install’ addon button.

Now you are ready to create an online poll.

You can start by going to WPForms » Add New page to create a new form. First, you need to provide a title for your poll form and then select the ‘Poll Form’ template.

This will launch the WPForms drag-and-drop form builder interface.

You will see a pre-made poll form template with example fields already added to the form.

There are options to add new form fields from the left column. All you have to do is drag and drop the field you’d like to add to the form.

Besides that, you can just point and click to edit any field, rearrange them, or remove them.

For example, if you click the poll question in the template, then you will see more options in the menu on your left. Simply rearrange the order, and edit their titles, labels, and more.

Next, you need to click on the Settings button from the left menu and then go to the ‘Surveys and Polls’ tab. Here you can enable or disable the poll results option.

By default, the WPForms poll template will display poll results to users after they submit their votes. If you disable this option, then users will not see the poll results.

On the other hand, you can show users a custom message or redirect them to another page or URL.

Simply go to the ‘Confirmation’ tab. Here, you can choose the Confirmation Type from the dropdown menu.

Once you have created the poll form, go ahead and click on the ‘Save’ button to store your form settings.

Adding The Poll to Your WordPress Website

WPForms makes it easy to add your online poll anywhere on your website, including posts, pages, custom post types, and sidebar widgets.

You can click the ‘Embed’ button in the form builder to add your poll form. Once you do that, a new popup window will open. You can select an existing page or create a new one to embed your form.

Let’s select the ‘Create New Page’ button for this tutorial.

In the next step, you’ll need to enter a name for your page. After that, you can click the ‘Let’s Go’ button.

You should now see your poll form embedded in the WordPress content editor.

Another way of adding your form is by using the WPForms block. Simply click the ‘+’ button to add the WPForms and select your form from the dropdown menu.

Next, you’ll see a preview of your form.

You can save or publish your post/page and visit your website to see your poll in action.

You can also add your poll to a sidebar or widget-ready area.

To do that, you need to go to the Appearance » Widgets page and add the WPForms widget block to a sidebar where you want to display the poll.

In the WPForms widget block, you need to select the poll form you created earlier.

Don’t forget to click the ‘Update’ button to store your widget settings. You can now visit your website to see your online poll displayed in a sidebar or another widget-ready area.

Viewing Live Poll Results

If you have enabled poll results, then your users will see the results after submitting their votes.

You can also view poll results at any time without submitting a vote.

Simply visit WPForms » All Forms page and click on the ‘Survey Results’ link below your poll form.

This will take you to the poll results page, where you will see poll responses in an interactive chart.

You can change the charge type and export the results in JPEG, PDF, and print formats.

Embed Poll Results Anywhere in WordPress

WPForms also allows you to easily embed your online poll results anywhere on your website. This is particularly useful if you have disabled poll results and want to share them later.

First, you will need to find out your poll form’s ID. You can do this by going to WPForms » All Forms page and looking for the shortcode next to your poll form.

In the shortcode, you will find your poll’s ID number. For example, our test poll’s ID is 76, as shown in the screenshot above.

Next, you need to find out the field ID. This is the field in your form for which you want to show the results.

Simply edit your poll form and click on the poll field. You will find the field ID in the left column.

Now that you have both required IDs, you can go ahead and add the poll results shortcode like this:

Don’t forget to replace the form ID and field ID values with your own. You can use this shortcode in WordPress posts, pages, and text widgets.

Here’s a preview of what your poll results will look like:

We hope this article helped you create an interactive poll in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on how to start a WordPress blog and the best email marketing services.

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How to Fix the Mixed Content Error in WordPress (Step by Step)

27.02.2018common wordpress errors, wordpress mixed content error, wordpress mixed content issue, WordPress Plugins, wordpress ssl errorsEditorial Staff

Are you seeing the mixed content error in WordPress? Mixed content error in WordPress is caused by incorrect HTTPs/SSL settings. Often times it doesn’t affect your website’s functionality, but it can have adverse affects on your website’s SEO and user experience. In this article, we will show you how to fix the mixed content error in WordPress.

How to fix the mixed content error in WordPress

What is Mixed Content Error in WordPress?

It is highly recommended to add HTTPS / SSL in WordPress because after July 2018 Google Chrome will mark all http versions of website as insecure.

SSL adds an additional security layer around data transferred from your website to users’ browsers. Search engines like Google recommend using SSL on your website as well.

All best WordPress hosting companies are now offering free SSL as part of their packages. If your hosting company doesn’t offer that, then you can get free SSL through Let’s Encrypt for your WordPress site.

If you have correctly implemented SSL on your website, then you will see a green padlock icon next to your website’s URL in the browser address bar.

Secure content sign

On the other hand if your HTTPs/SSL settings are not properly setup, then you will see an info sign or a broken padlock icon in the address bar.

Not fully secure due to mixed content

This indicates that while your website is using a SSL certificate, some content on your website is still served from non HTTPS urls.

You can find out which content is served through insecure protocol by using the Inspect tool. The mixed content error will be displayed as a warning in the console with details for each mixed content item.

Mixed content displayed in developer tools

If it is just a single item that you can manually fix, then you can go ahead and fix it by editing the post, page, or theme file where it appears.

However, in most cases these items are added dynamically by WordPress or stored in your database. In that case, it will be hard to detect all of them and fix them manually.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily fix the mixed content error in WordPress.

Fixing Mixed Content Error in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the SSL Insecure Content Fixer plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » SSL Insecure Content page to configure the plugin settings.

SSL secure content plugin settings

This plugin provides different levels of fixes to the mixed content error. We will explain each one of them, what they do, and which one is best for you.

1. Simple

This is the fastest and recommended method for all beginner users. It automatically fixes the mixed content error in WordPress for scripts, stylesheets, and WordPress media library images.

2. Content

If the simple method doesn’t fix the mixed content error on your website, then you should try this method. It will use all the features of simple, in addition to checks for fixes inside WordPress content and text widgets.

3. Widgets

This includes all fixes applied in content level plus an additional fix to resources loaded in all WordPress widgets on your website.

4. Capture

This method captures everything on every page of your website from header to footer and replaces all URLs with HTTPs. It is slower and would affect performance of your website.

5. Capture all

When all above levels fail, then you can try this method. It attempts to fix everything which may result in some unexpected behavior on your website. It will also have the most negative impact on performance.

After selecting a content fix level, you need to scroll down to the HTTPS detection section. This is where you can choose how to detect the HTTPs content on your website.

HTTPS detect

The default option is to use a WordPress function, which would work for most website.

Below that you will find other options which are particularly useful if you’re using Cloudflare CDN, nginx web server, and more. Go ahead and select the method that you think applies to your website depending on your particular setup.

Don’t forget to click on the save changes button to store your settings.

You can now visit your website to see if this resolved the insecure content issues on your website. Make sure to clear your WordPress cache before checking your website.

If the mixed content error in WordPress is not fixed, then revisit the plugin’s settings page and readjust the fix levels.

We hope this article helped you learn how to fix the mixed content error in WordPress. You may also want to see our list of the most common WordPress errors and how to fix them.

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How to Disable Specific WordPress Plugins for Mobile Users

26.02.2018mobile, plugin organizer, speed up wordpress, WordPress PluginsEditorial Staff

Recently one of our readers asked if it is possible to disable specific WordPress plugins on the mobile version of their website? Like with anything in WordPress, there’s a plugin for that. In this article, we will show you how to easily disable specific WordPress plugins in mobile version of your site.

Disable specific WordPress plugins in mobile

Why Disable Specific WordPress Plugins for Mobile Users

WordPress does not load inactive plugins when someone visits your website. However, it does loads all the active plugins and then depending on a plugin it will load required scripts and stylesheets as well.

See our guide on how WordPress works for a behind the scene look at how it loads plugins.

All good WordPress plugins try to only load when needed. However, sometimes it is difficult for plugin authors to guess whether you will need the plugin or not. In such situations, they opt to load the required files just in case.

Some users who want to get a perfect score in the Google speed and performance test, often want to disable specific plugins for mobile.

That’s where this article can help.

Let’s take a look at how to easily disable individual WordPress plugins for mobile version of your website.

Setting up WordPress Plugin Organizer Plugin

First thing you need to do is install and activate the Plugin Organizer plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Important: Plugin organizer is a very powerful plugin. Reordering or disabling plugins can cause conflicts and unexpected behavior which could make your site inaccessible. We recommend that you create a complete WordPress backup before disabling or reordering any plugins.

Upon activation, you need to visit Plugin Organizer » Settings page to configure plugin settings.

Apart from default options, right now you just need to turn on the following options.

Selective plugin loading
Selective mobile plugin loading

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Save Settings’ button to store your changes.

Creating a Must-Use Plugin for Plugin Organizer

Plugin Organizer needs a must-use plugin to work properly. It will automatically try to create it for you, but if it fails, then you will have to create it on your own.

Let’s start by checking if the plugin was able to create the MU plugin automatically.

You can do this by going to the Plugins » Installed Plugins page. You will see a new link labeled Must-Use and clicking on it will show you the installed MU plugins on your site.

Must use plugin installed

If you don’t see the plugin or Must-Use plugins link, then this means that the plugin organizer failed to create the file, and you will need to manually do it yourself.

First, you need to connect to your website using an FTP client or File Manager app in cPanel.

Next, you need to go to the /wp-content/mu-plugins/ folder. If you don’t have a mu-plugins folder in your /wp-content/ folder, then you need to create one.

After that you need to go to /wp-content/plugins/plugin-organizer/lib/ folder and download the file called ‘PluginOrganizerMU.class.php’ to your computer.

Copy MU Plugin

Next, you need to go to the /wp-content/mu-plugins/ folder and upload the file from your computer.

Upload MU plugin

The Plugin Organizer can now use this file to properly manage your plugins on mobile as well as desktop.

Disable Specific WordPress Plugins in Mobile Version

Plugin Organizer makes it very easy to disable any WordPress plugins on mobile. Simply head over to the Plugin Organizer » Global Plugins page.

You will see two columns on the screen. The first column is for ‘Available items’ which contains all your installed WordPress plugins. The second column is for ‘Disabled items’ with disabled standard and disabled mobile boxes.

Global Plugins

First you need to click on the Disabled Mobile box to expand it. After that drag and drop the plugins you want to disable from the available column to the disabled mobile box.

Disable plugins in mobile version

After adding the plugins don’t forget to click on the ‘Save’ button to store your changes.

That’s all. The plugin organizer will now disable these plugins on your mobile site.

Plugin Organizer also makes it easy to disable individual WordPress plugins for specific posts, pages, user role, and other parameters. For more detailed instructions, see our guide on how to use Plugin Organizer to speed up WordPress.

We hope this guide helped you learn how to easily disable specific WordPress plugins in mobile version. You may also want to see our list of must have WordPress plugins you should install on your website.

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31 Best WordPress Multi-purpose Themes

23.02.2018best wordpress themes, multi-purpose WordPress themes, Showcase, WordPress ThemesEditorial Staff

Are you looking for the best multi-purpose themes for your WordPress website? Multi-purpose themes are flexible WordPress templates that can be used to create almost any kind of website imaginable. In this article, we have hand-picked the best WordPress multi-purpose themes for your site.

Best WordPress multi-purpose themes

Building a WordPress Website with a Multi-purpose Theme

First you need to make sure that you are using the right blogging platform. A self-hosted WordPress.org website gives you the flexibility to use all WordPress features out of the box. For more details, see our comparison of WordPress.com vs WordPress.org.

To build a self-hosted WordPress.org website, you’ll need a domain name and website hosting.

We recommend using Bluehost. They are one of the largest hosting companies in the world and an officially recommended WordPress hosting provider.

After purchasing hosting, you can head over to our guide on how to make a website for step by step setup instructions.

That being said, let’s take a look at the best WordPress multi-purpose themes that you can use to build your website.

1. Ultra

Ultra is a super-flexible truly multi-purpose WordPress theme suitable for all kind of websites. It comes with multiple ready-made websites that can be installed with 1-click. It also includes a powerful drag and drop page builder to edit those designs.

Inside you will find unlimited layout choices, multiple sidebars, custom widgets, social media integration, unlimited colors, and more. Despite its flexibility, it is still fairly easy to use and can be easily set up with custom theme options page.

2. Spencer

Spencer is a modern and stylish WordPress multi-purpose theme suitable for all kind of business websites as well as blogs. It features a fully widgetized homepage layout that allows you to just drag and drop widgets to set it up.

It also includes multiple page templates, full width page template, custom widgets for social media and content discovery features. It can be easily set up using live customizer and supports all popular page builder plugins.

3. Create

Create is a powerful WordPress multipurpose theme featuring a modern and professional design. It includes a drag and drop homepage layout with support for free page builder plugin. It ships with a premium WordPress slider plugin as a bonus.

It includes parallax backgrounds, video backgrounds, mega menus, pricing tables, contact form, and more. It fully supports WooCommerce and can be easily used to start an online store.

4. Shoppe

Shoppe is a versatile WordPress WooCommerce theme with multi-purpose design and features. It comes with 4 website skins that can be installed with 1-click, and a powerful page builder to create your own page layouts if needed.

It also includes beautiful blog page templates, unlimited layout combinations, full social media integration, product share, ajax shopping cart, and more. You will find theme set up to be quite straightforward with custom theme options page.

5. Indigo

Indigo is another powerful multi-purpose WordPress theme with a modular approach to design. It comes with several turnkey website designs that you can install with 1-click. You can also just drag and drop modules to create your own layout.

Other notable features include easy contact form page, Google Fonts, Google Maps, beautiful typography, built-in social sharing, and more. It is very easy to use and customize even for absolute beginners.

6. Hellomouse

Hellomouse is an elegant WordPress multi-purpose theme that can beautifully showcase photos, illustrations, portfolio, and blog posts in a grid layout. Using a minimalist design, it makes your content truly stand out.

Its homepage design is fully-widgetized and easy to setup. It also includes multiple widget ready areas, custom widgets, page builder support, and more. It can be easily set up using theme customizer with live preview of your website.

7. Parallax

Parallax is a modern and stylish WordPress multi-purpose theme using parallax backgrounds to create highly engaging homepage layout. It can also be used as a single page WordPress theme with vertical navigation.

This uniquely designed theme comes with a powerful page builder, portfolio section, several layout combinations, social media integration, contact form, and more. With unlimited colors, infinite layouts, page templates, and custom widgets you can make truly unique websites with in minutes.

8. Latest

Latest is a multipurpose WordPress theme for ecommerce websites, blogs, businesses, and magazine websites. This truly versatile WordPress theme includes all the options that you’ll actually use and none that you wouldn’t need.

It is designed to work out of the box with minimum tinkering which makes it very easy to use. It also includes a getting started guide to help you walk through the set up process.

9. Presence

As the name suggests, Presence is a WordPress theme for anyone who wants to build an online presence with strong brand recognition. This super-flexible WordPress theme comes with multiple website designs and color skins which allows you to create any kind of website you need.

It includes demos for real estate, music, church, portfolio, ecommerce, and other demos which help you set up your website with in minutes. All theme options are organized with theme dashboard page and live customizer.

10. Loft

If you are looking for gorgeous typography and a stunning layout for your ecommerce website, then checkout Loft. This beautiful multi-purpose WordPress theme features crisp typography, elegant design, and excellent user experience.

Notable features inbclude a sticky navigation menu, call to action buttons, custom widgets, services, portfolio, team members, and testimonials section.

11. Highend

Highend is another excellent choice for a multi-purpose WordPress theme. It comes with several ready-made demo templates with 1-click installer and a powerful drag and drop page builder.

It also includes several page templates with different styles, custom widgets, multiple sidebars, and navigation menu areas. You can easily add your portfolio, team members, photo galleries, and can even use it to build an ecommerce website.

12. Feltmag

Feltmag is a magazine style WordPress multipurpose theme for content rich websites. Its homepage features a fullscreen header, which is followed by your most important content in a grid layout.

It has two navigation menus on top, large featured images, multiple layout combinations, stylish headers, social icons, and more. It is designed to work out of the box and you will find plenty of customization options to make it uniquely yours.

13. Veni

Veni is a beautiful magazine style WordPress multipurpose theme suitable for blogs, magazines, and business websites. It comes with full WooCommerce support which allows you to easily add an online store to your website.

Other notable features includes portrait and landscape featured images, featured pages, flexible layouts, Google fonts, unlimited colors, contact form support, and more. It is super easy to customize and set up and includes a beginner friendly theme dashboard.

14. Creativo

Creativo is another powerful WordPress multi-purpose theme with 11 ready-made websites with 1-click install. Each one of these designs can be customized using a premium drag and drop builder plugin included with the theme.

It also has an easy to use custom theme options dashboard which helps you easily set up your website. Other features include multiple layout styles, different header styles, unlimited colors, sidebars, custom widgets, and more.

15. Bento

If you are looking for a free WordPress multi-purpose theme, then take a look at Bento. This stylish WordPress theme is designed to build any kind of website. It can be used with any page builder and even recommends one upon activation.

It has tons of neat features and flexible customization options, all easily organized under a live theme customizer.

16. Lenscap

Lenscap is a multi-purpose WordPress theme with a magazine style layout and full WooCommerce support. Its homepage features a large featured content slider and a category browser just below it.

It comes with a dynamic color scheme generator that automatically adjusts colors based on your selection. It also has multiple ready to use color schemes, lightbox popup for images and videos, product page templates, beautiful typography, and more. It is easy to use and utilizes live theme customizer for quicker setup.

17. Atmosphere Pro

Atmosphere Pro is a professional WordPress multi-purpose theme with minimalist design. It is built on top of Genesis theme framework which is known for speed and performance.

It has a widgetized homepage layout with 4 widget-ready areas. For setup, it has theme options panel and live customizer support. It is also eCommerce ready and can be easily used with WooCommerce.

18. OceanWP

OceanWP is a free WordPress multi-purpose theme with tons of powerful features. It comes with its own companion plugin and recommends installing a free page builder plugin upon activation.

It is super-easy to use, and you will find all theme options easy to understand. It includes multiple layout choices, full width pages, two navigation menus on top, custom logo support, and full WooCommerce support.

19. Nectar

Nectar is a spacious WordPress multi-purpose theme with a beautiful color scheme and stylish layout. Its homepage uses parallax slider on top, followed by call to action and your most important content.

It includes multiple layout combinations, portfolio and testimonials post types, custom widgets, multiple sidebars, and more. It comes with a theme options panel, which allows you to set up your website quickly without struggling with settings.

20. Plum

Plum is another free WordPress multi-purpose theme suitable for all kind of business websites and blogs. Its homepage features a beautiful slider on top, CSS animations, featured content area, and custom widgets.

This beginner friendly free WordPress theme also supports WooCommerce. All theme options can be easily set up using the live customizer.

21. Authority Pro

Authority Pro is a multi-purpose WordPress theme for bloggers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and anyone who wants to build their personal brand. It is built on top of the rock solid Genesis theme framework and tested to work with all essential WordPress plugins.

It has a widgetized homepage layout with multiple widget ready areas, customizable header, theme options page, live customization support, and more. It is also WooCommerce ready, so you can use it to sell any kind of products.

22. Explorer

Need a flexible blog/magazine style WordPress theme? Check out Explorer. Its homepage features a sticky navigation menu on top, followed by your recent articles, and flexible sections.

It works with all top page builders which allows you to create your own page layouts if needed. It is translation ready, and can also be used to create multilingual WordPress websites.

23. Hestia

Hestia is a premium-like free WordPress multi-purpose theme for business, magazine, and blog websites. It comes with a free companion plugin, which adds client testimonials, services, and a homepage section to your website.

It includes multilingual support, translation ready, WooCommerce ready, and compatible with all top page builders. Theme set up is quite easy and all theme options are accessible through live customizer.

24. Inspiro

If you want to add video content to your website, then you will love Inspiro. This beautiful multi-purpose WordPress theme comes with fullscreen video backgrounds, a powerful portfolio section, and stunning images/video galleries.

It has custom widgets for portfolio items, multiple page templates, and a drag and drop page builder. It also has video lightbox allowing users to watch videos in distraction free mode.

25. Peak

If you intend to add lots of photos to your website, then take a look at Peak. This multi-purpose WordPress theme is designed for photography, artists, designers, bloggers, and anyone who wants to showcase their photos with style.

It includes multiple gallery styles, different page templates, animated widgets, page title banner and more. It is highly flexible yet simple and easy to use. All theme options are located under theme dashboard with simple set up instructions.

26. Struct

Struct is designed to be a flexible multi-purpose WordPress theme for business websites. Featuring a clean and professional design with large header image and strategically placed call to action buttons.

Its homepage layout is fully widgetized with custom widgets to easily add content discovery features anywhere. Other features included are services, projects, team members, and an FAQs section. It is very easy to use and suitable for beginners who need a professional business website.

27. Modules

Modules is a modular multipurpose WordPress theme with several turnkey designs that can be instantly setup. It allows you to easily change page layouts with simple drag and drop modules.

There are modules for all common website elements like pricing tables, recent posts, contact form, accordions, tabs, sliders, and more. It supports both TypeKit and Google Fonts for improved typography. It is easy to use and truly versatile in terms of design and features.

28. Mesmerize

Mesmerize is another great free WordPress theme with truly multi-purpose design. It packs tons of flexible options to easily create any kind of website without struggling with theme options or writing custom CSS.

It has a modern homepage design with 5 header styles and over 30 ready-to-use content sections that you can easily add. It also includes video backgrounds, slideshows, header content types, gradient overlays, and more.

29. Elegant

If you are looking for a clean and minimalist WordPress theme, then take a look at Elegant. This flexible WordPress theme features multiple homepage designs and comes in 6 color schemes. It also includes a 1-click demo installer for faster setup.

Inside you will find an integrated page builder, multi-column layouts, social media icons, portfolio, and complete WooCommerce support. It has a custom theme options page which makes customization easier for beginners.

30. True North

If you need a multi-purpose WordPress theme to showcase photos or portfolio, then True North will be an excellent choice. It has a built-in portfolio section which makes it easier to share your photographs or work samples.

Theme homepage uses a minimalist design with a grid layout of your portfolio or photography items. Other notable features include custom backgrounds, large headers, custom widgets, and live customization.

31. Float

For a modern and stylish look, check out Float. It is an all-purpose WordPress theme with beautiful parallax background effects on the homepage which create a very immersive user experience.

It packs multiple read-to-use demos with 1-click installer and you can choose from a number of layout choices for your pages and posts. Customizing theme to your own taste is easier with an integrated page builder and a powerful theme options panel.

We hope this article helped you find the best multi-purpose WordPress themes for your website. You may also want to see our ultimate step by step WordPress SEO guide for beginners.

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How to Display Popular Posts by Day, Week, and Month in WordPress

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Do you want to display your most popular posts by day, week, month, or even all-time in WordPress?

Popular posts allow your visitors to quickly discover your top content, which helps you increase user engagement, pageviews, and conversions.

In this article, we will show you how to display popular posts by day, week, month, and all time in WordPress.

Why Display Popular Posts in WordPress?

When you start a WordPress blog, you don’t have much content, which allows you to display selected posts in a sidebar widget manually.

However, as your website grows, you will notice that older articles on your website don’t get much exposure. By showcasing your top content, you allow new users to quickly discover the best articles on your website. This boosts user engagement on your website and increases your page views.

Now the problem is that if you are showing your all-time popular articles, then a very limited set of articles get repeated exposure. You can diversify it by displaying popular posts by day, week, or month as well.

Let’s take a look at how to easily display popular posts in WordPress by day, week, month, or all time.

Add Popular Posts by Day, Week, and Month in WordPress

The best way to show popular posts in WordPress is using MonsterInsights. It’s the best Analytics plugin for WordPress and helps you set up Google Analytics without editing code.

For this tutorial, we’ll use the MonsterInsights Pro version because it lets you automatically show top posts from Google Analytics.

There is also a MonsterInsights Lite version that’s free and also includes the Popular Posts feature, but does not connect to GA.

First, you’ll need to install and activate the MonsterInsights plugin. If you need help, then please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you will be directed toward the MonsterInsights welcome screen. Go ahead and click the ‘Launch the Wizard’ button.

After that, you can follow the onscreen instructions to configure Google Analytics. For more details, please see our guide on how to install Google Analytics in WordPress.

With MonsterInsights, you can also set up a Google Analytics 4 property. This is the new version of Analytics. The previous Universal Analytics version will sunset on July 1, 2023, and you won’t be able to track website data after this date. That’s why now is the best time to switch to Google Analytics 4 and protect your data.

Now that you’ve added Google Analytics to your website, the next step is to go to Insights » Popular Posts from your WordPress dashboard.

MonsterInsights lets you show your top articles within the content, in the sidebar as a widget, and display popular products if you have an online store.

For this tutorial, we’ll use ‘Inline Popular Posts’ and show featured articles within the content of other blog posts.

The plugin comes with prebuilt themes, and you can see a preview of how your popular posts will appear on the website.

Once you’ve chosen a theme, simply scroll down to see more customization options. For instance, you can change the title color and size, edit the color of the label and background, and more.

Preview of popular post and customization options

Show Popular Posts by Day, Week, Month, and All Time in WordPress

Next, you’ll need to choose how the plugin will determine your popular posts. Let’s see how you can show posts by day, week, month, and all time.

Displaying Popular Posts by Day, Week, and All Time

In MonsterInsights, you can manually select which posts appear in the Popular Posts widget.

This is useful when displaying top content from a specific day or week. Plus, you can also show your all-time best articles anywhere on your website.

Simply select the ‘Curated’ option under Sort By section and then choose the articles you want to feature.

These could be your evergreen content, weekly announcement or news, trending topics from a particular day, and more.

Just begin typing the name of the posts you want to include, and then select them as their name pops up in the field. To continuously display your top posts of all time, you simply need to select them, and as long as ‘Curated’ is chosen, they will appear as popular posts.

However, if you want to display popular posts by the day or the week, you will have to manually change some of these curated posts so they stay fresh for your audience.

For instance, if you are featuring different WooCommerce products weekly, you will need to choose which posts are listed under ‘Curated’ each week.

Displaying Popular Posts by Month and All Time

In MonsterInsights, you get multiple options to automatically show popular posts by month and all time.

First, you can show your most commented pages from the last 30 days by selecting the ‘Comments’ option. The plugin will randomly rotate blog posts with the highest comments and show them in the popular post widget.

Similarly, MonsterInsights also lets you automatically display popular posts based on social shares using the ‘SharedCount’ option.

It integrates with the SharedCount and helps you display your all-time most shared articles. This way, people can easily find content that’s driving social engagement.

MonsterInsights also offers an option to show the top 5 posts from Google Analytics in the last 30 days. This way you can show your top-performing content from last month or all-time anywhere on your site.

First, you’ll need to select the ‘Curated’ option under the ‘Sort By’ section.

After that, you can enable the ‘Add Top 5 Posts from Google Analytics’ option under the Automated + Curated section.

To ensure that your data is being fetched from Google Analytics, click the ‘Test Automated Posts’ button under ‘Automated + Curated.’

A popup message will now appear, showing that the popular posts are being fetched correctly. You can click the ‘Close’ button.

Do note that you’ll need to set up the ‘Post Type’ custom dimensions in MonsterInsights and Google Analytics to use the Automated + Curated feature.

Custom dimensions are additional metrics you can track in Google Analytics. For more details on custom dimensions and how to configure them, you can see our guides on how to enable author tracking in WordPress and the best time to publish a blog.

Insert Popular Posts to Your WordPress Website

Next, you’ll need to select how you’d like to insert the featured articles.

MonsterInsights offers 2 options, including automatic placement and manual placement.

If you select the ‘Automatic’ option, then you can decide after how many words you’d want the popular post widget to appear. There is also an option to include and exclude pages from display featured posts.

When you’re done, simply click back to the top and click the ‘Save Changes’ button.

This way, your settings will be saved, and MonsterInsights will automatically display popular posts on your site.

Click the Save Changes Button to Store Your New Widget

On the other hand, you can also show popular posts in any blog post by adding the MonsterInsights block or using a shortcode.

First, add a new post or edit an existing one. Once you’re in the content editor, simply click the ‘+’ button and add the ‘Popular Posts’ block.

After that, you can see a preview of your featured articles in the content editor.

Once you’re satisfied with the widget’s appearance, you can go ahead and publish your article.

We hope this article helped you display popular posts by day, week, month, and all time in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on WordPress SEO and the best WooCommerce plugins.

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How to Create a Micro-Job Website Like Fiverr with WordPress

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Recently one of our readers asked if it was possible to create a micro-job website like Fiverr using WordPress? A micro-job website allows users to offer their services on your website. This allows you to charge money for job posting or get a commission when the job is finished. In this article, we will show you how to easily create a micro-job website like fiverr with WordPress without any coding knowledge.

Creatng a fiverr like micro-job site with WordPress

Staring a Micro-Job Website using WordPress

There are plenty of ways to make money online using WordPress. One of them is to build a job board with WordPress.

First you need to make sure is that you are using the right platform. To build a micro-job website, you will need a self-hosted WordPress.org website (see: WordPress.com vs WordPress.org for more details).

To start a WordPress site, you will need the following things:

A domain name (This will be your website’s address. For example, wpbeginner.com)
A WordPress hosting account (This is where your website’s files are stored)
SSL Certificate (You need this to accept online payments)
A Micro-Job addon and theme

The set up will take less than 40 minutes, and we will walk you through every step.

Normally a domain name costs $14.99 / year, SSL certificate $69.99 / year, and WordPress hosting would cost you $7.99 / month.

This sounds like a lot of money if you are just starting out.

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Once you have purchased hosting, head over to our guide on how to make a website for step by step setup instructions.

That being said, now let’s see how to create a micro-job website with WordPress.

Setting up a Micro-Job Website with WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the Microjob Engine theme. For detailed instructions, see our beginner’s guide on how to install a WordPress theme.

Once you have activated the theme, you will be redirected to the theme’s welcome page. On this screen, you will need to enter your license key which you can find under your EngineThemes’ account.

Enter license key

Next, you need to click on the ‘Install Demo’ button to import and setup a demo website. This will allow you to quickly setup the website to look exactly like the demo. You can then replace the content with your own.

MicrojobEngine comes with two skins to choose from. Once you have imported the demo data, you can select one of the skins to use on your website.

Select skin for your micro-job site

Your website is now set up just like the theme demo. You can visit your website to see it in action.

Selecting Payment Methods and Packages

Microjob Engine works with PayPal and 2Checkout out of the box. You can purchase addons to add other payment gateways like Authorize.net, PayU, PayStack, and Stripe.

You can setup your preferred payment gateway by visiting the Engine Settings » Payment Gateways page in your WordPress admin area.

Set up payment metods

Packages Explained

Microjob engine allows you to earn money in two ways:

You can get comission when a job is finished
You can sell packages allowing users to submit gigs for a certain amount.

Setting a payment barrier right from the beginning may prevent some users from signing up, but it will also help keep the spam away.

On the other hand, enabling free job posting will help you attract more freelancers to your website.

You can always change the settings once your website starts getting enough attention from both freelancers and employers.

To set up these options, you need to visit the Engine Settings » Theme Options page and click on the Payment Type tab.

Choose payment model

From here, you can enable or disable free posting. If you disable free posting, then you can add packages that freelancers can purchase to submit their offers.

Changing Branding and Website Content

Next, you would want to change the branding and content to make it your own. You can do this by going to Appearance » Customize page where you can change the theme settings with a live preview.

Customizing your theme

Take your time and go through the different options and adjust them to your liking. Don’t forget to click on the Publish button at the top to save your changes before exiting the customizer.

Testing Your Micro-Job Website

Microjob Engine Preview

Once you have set up your theme, it is time to thoroughly test every corner of your website.

Open your website in a new tab and try to use it like your users. Start by posting an ad, and then as an employer by hiring a service.

Each user on your website whether freelancer or employer will get their own profile page. Freelancer profiles will show their details, bio, recent gigs, and ratings.

User profiles

Each user will also be able to manage their account from a custom dashboard. This is where all their chats, messages, and jobs are displayed.

User account dashboard

You may also want to make sure that you and your users can receive email notifications from your website. Sometimes WordPress sites run into an email deliverability issues. You can check out our guide on how to fix WordPress not sending email issue.

Managing Your Micro-Job Site

Even though, your users (both freelancers and employers) wouldn’t need to visit the WordPress admin area, you will still manage all aspects of your website from WordPress dashboard.

You can see all orders placed on your micro-job site by visiting Engine Settings » Orders.

view all orders

You can also see all completed jobs that need to be verified by visting Jobs Verification page. From here you can approve, keep pending, decline, or verify a job status.

Once approved, the freelancer will be able to withdraw their money.

Managing job verification

To view all withdrawl activity, you need to visit Engine Settings » Money Withdrawl tab. On this page, you will see a list of freelancers who have withdrawn their earnings.

Money Widthdrawal

You can manage all site functions from the admin area of your WordPress site, and you can even peek into conversations between your users.

This helps make sure that freelancers are not insisting clients to use other unverifiable payment methods. It also helps during the dispute resolution between freelancers and employers.

More Resources

Microjob Engine is a powerful app theme with tons of cool features. However as your website grows, it can be quite heavy on your servers. To make sure your site performs well, see our guide on how to improve WordPress speed and performance.

Even then, as your site grows you will run out of shared hosting resources. In that case, you will need to upgrade to a managed WordPress hosting or VPS hosting.

We hope this article helped you learn how to easily create a micro-job site in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on bringing more traffic to your new WordPress site.

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How to Create a Survey in WordPress (with Beautiful Reports)

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Do you want to create a survey in WordPress? Surveys help you gather valuable information, so you can use to make data-driven decisions. In this article, we will show you how to easily create a survey in WordPress and generate beautiful reports.

Survey Plugin for WordPress

Choosing The Best Survey Tool for WordPress

There are many online services that allow you to create survey forms and embed them in WordPress. The downside of these forms is that the data is stored on third-party servers, and you have limited customization options.

Some of these forms are also limited to the number of responses you can collect. You have to pay extra to get more responses and usually these services have high monthly costs.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could run surveys on your own website without relying on third-party services?

This is where WPForms comes in. It is the best WordPress form builder plugin in the market.

They recently announced a powerful new WordPress surveys and polls addon that you can use to easily create survey forms on your website.

With WPForms survey feature, you get the following:

Powerful drag and drop form builder to create surveys
Smart survey fields like Rating, Likert Scale, and more
Conditional logic to personalize survey fields based on user input
Interactive survey reports with bars, graphs, charts, and tables
Ability to export survey graphs as JPEG, PDF, or Print Formats
Export survey results as CSV to use elsewhere

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily create and add survey in your WordPress website.

Disclosure: WPForms is created by the same team behind WPBeginner. It is one of our premium WordPress plugins.

Creating a Survey in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the WPForms plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

WPForms surveys and polls addon is part of their Pro plan. WPBeginner users can use our WPForms coupon to ge 10% OFF on all WPForms licenses.

Once the plugin is activated, you need to head over to WPForms » Settings page to enter your license keys. You can find this information under your account on the WPForms website.

WPForms License

Next, you need to visit the WPForms » Addons page and scroll down to the Surveys and Polls addon. Go ahead and click on the Install addon button to install the survey addon. Once installed, you need to click on the ‘Activate’ button to start using the addon.

Install survey and polls addon

Now you are ready to create a survey form.

You need to visit WPForms » Add New page to create a new form. This will launch the WPForms’ drag and drop form builder interface.

Create survey form

First you need to provide a title for your survey form and then click on the Survey Form template.

This will load a sample customer feedback form template with several fields already added into the form.

Survey form template

You can just point and click to edit any field, rearrange them with drag and drop, or remove them from the form. You can also add new form fields from the left column.

WPForms supports all commonly used form fields including drop down, radio buttons, checkboxes, likert scale, text input, rating scale, and many more. This makes it super easy for you to build highly interactive survey forms.

WPForms also includes conditional logic which means you can personalize your survey questions based on user input in one of the previous fields.

Conditional fields

Once you have created the form, you need to click on the save button to store your form settings. You can now click on the close button to exit the form builder.

Adding The Survey Form in Your WordPress Website

WPForms makes it very simple to add your forms anywhere on your website. You can easily add your survey form in any WordPress post, page, custom post type, or your sidebar.

To add the survey form in a WordPress post, page, or post type, you need to visit the post edit screen and click on the ‘Add Form’ button.

Add form button

This will bring up a popup where you can select the survey form you created earlier and click on the insert form button to continue.

You will now see the form shortcode added into the post editor.

Once you are done editing the post, go ahead and publish it. You can visit your website to see your survey form live in action.

Survey form preview

WPForms also allows you to easily add your survey form into any sidebar or widget ready area. Simply head over to the Appearance » Widgets page in your WordPress admin area and drag the WPForms widget to any sidebar.

Survey form widget

In the widget settings, select the survey form you created earlier and don’t forget to click on the save button to store your changes.

You can now visit your website to see your survey form displayed in the sidebar.

Sidebar survey widget

Viewing Your Survey Form Results

WPForms shows survey results in beautiful charts and graphs. You can also print survey results and export them to use in your favorite spreadsheet software.

To view your survey results, you need to visit WPForms » All Forms page and click on the ‘Survey Results’ link below your survey form.

View survey results

On the results page, you will see your survey responses displayed in an interactive chart and tables. You can export responses to a single question, as well as the entire survey.

Survey results

On the top, you will see options to switch to different chart types and the export option. You can save individual survey results as JPEG, PDF, and Print formats to easily share them on presentation slides, blog posts, or social media.

Result tables

Convert Any Form into a Survey

WPForms also allows you to make any form into a survey form and display past results as a survey. You can even select specific form fields that you want to be treated as survey fields.

This is particularly useful if you want to gather data through other forms like a contact form, user registration, or newsletter sign up forms.

To convert an existing WPForms form into a survey, simply edit the form in WPForms and go to the Settings » Surveys and Polls section. You need to check the box next to ‘Enable Survey Reporting’ option and save your changes.

Enable survey reporting for any form in WPForms

To enable survey reporting for an individual form field, simply edit the form and then click on the field that you want to enable.

Under the ‘Field Options’ section on your left side, you need to click on the Advanced Options and check ‘Enable Survey Reporting’ option.

Enable survey reporting for any form field

We hope this article helped you learn how to easily create and add beautiful survey forms in WordPress. You may also want to see our beginner’s guide on how to track user engagement in WordPress with Google Analytics.

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How to Fix the WordPress 429 Too Many Requests Error

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Are you seeing the 429 too many requests error on your WordPress site? This error can be extremely frustrating because it is hard to figure out what’s causing it. In this article, we will show you how to easily fix the WordPress 429 too many requests error.

How to fix WordPress 429 too many requests error

What Causes WordPress 429 Too Many Requests Error?

The most common reason for the 429 too many requests error is when a user, bot, or a script tries to make too many requests to the servers. It is a measure to prevent DDOS attacks on websites.

However if it is not properly configured, then it may end up preventing search engines or other APIs to run properly. This would cause unexpected behavior on your website.

Causes of 429 error in WordPress

Sometimes the error is caused when a script on your website is making too many requests to another website or service using an API. In that case, the API would respond back with a 429 error code.

That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily troubleshoot and fix 429 too many requests error in WordPress.

Fixing 429 Too Many Requests Error in WordPress

This error can be caused by a number of factors. We will show you multiple ways to troubleshoot and fix the 429 too many request error.

Find and Deactivate Misbehaving Plugin

The most common culprit of 429 error is usually a bad plugin on your website. Plugins can sometimes make subsequent requests to your website which may be rejected by the server with a 429 error code.

First thing you need to do is deactivate all WordPress plugins on your website. You can do this by visiting the plugins page in your WordPress admin area and selecting all plugins. After that, select ‘Deactivate’ under the bulk actions drop box and click apply.

Deactivate all WordPress plugins

If you are unable to access the WordPress admin area, then see our guide on how to deactivate all WordPress plugins via FTP.

Now check your website again to see if you can reproduce the 429 too many requests error again. If you can’t, then this means a plugin was causing this issue.

You can now turn on your plugins one by one and check your website after activating each plugin. This way you will be able to find the plugin causing the error.

Once you find the plugin causing the error, you can replace it with an alternative plugin or try reaching out to the plugin author to let them know about the error.

Switch to a Default WordPress Theme

More and more WordPress themes include functionality that normally comes with plugins. Such themes may also cause 429 error too many requests on your website.

The easiest way to find out is by switching to a default WordPress theme like Twenty Seventeen. If this resolves the 429 error issue, then you can find another WordPress theme or report the problem to the theme developer and they may be able to fix it.

Ask Your Hosting Provider

A lot of times, you will see a 429 too many requests error in third-party services that need access to your website. This could be search engines, crawlers, and other web apps.

If you are seeing the error in Google Search console or any third-party service, then most likely they are sending too many requests to your website. In that case, you need to ask your WordPress hosting provider to not block those requests.

We hope this article helped you fix the WordPress 429 error too many requests on your website. You may also want to see our list of most common WordPress errors and how to fix them.

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