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Do you want to block a WordPress user from your blog? The simplest way to achieve this is to delete their user profile, but it will remove them completely from your site. In this article, we will show you how to block a WordPress user without deleting their account.
The easiest way to block a WordPress user is by simply deleting their user account. However, deleting a user account in WordPress requires you to assign all their content to another user. This will change the author information for those articles.
One way to deal with this issue is to change the user’s password and email address by editing their user profile. This will block their access, and they will not be able to login. However, this will also change their Gravatar image.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could block a user without actually deleting their user account? This way, no content will be moved, and you wouldn’t have to delete any user profile information.
The blocking feature can be really helpful for multi-author blogs, forums, as well as community sites.
Let’s take a look at how you can easily block a WordPress user without actually deleting their user account.
First thing you need to do is to install and activate the User Blocker plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, the plugin will add a new menu item labeled ‘User Blocker’ to your WordPress admin menu. Clicking on it will take you to the plugin’s settings page which is divided into three tabs.
Block User By Time
Under Block User By Time tab, you’ll see the list of all registered users. You can select a user and add the time range when you want this user to be blocked.
You can also block all users at once for a time range. Scroll down to block time option, add the time for each day separately, and click on the Apply to all button.
Once added, you need to click on the Block User button below to save your changes.
Block User by Date
If you want to block the users by date, then you can go to Block User By Date tab. You can select users from the list and add a date range to block them for these dates.
You can also select all users at once and block them for a similar date range.
Block User Permanently
To permanently block a user, you need to visit Block User Permanent tab. From here you need to select the user and click on Block User button below.
You’ll see their status changed to red.
Block User By Role
If your website has many user accounts, and you want to block users with a specific user role, then click on the Select User / Category drop-down and then select Role. This will now show a list of WordPress user roles. You need to select a role and click on the Block User button below to block all users with this user role.
Note: You can’t block the users with administrator user role and permissions.
In all these actions, you can add a generic message for the blocked users. You can also add a custom message for each user. If you leave the field blank, then it will display the default message to blocked users when they try to login to their account on your blog.
Once blocked, they will see an error message on the WordPress login page saying their account is temporarily or permanently blocked.
Note: You will need to keep the plugin installed and activated. Deactivating or deleting the plugin will automatically unblock all blocked users, and they will be able to login again.
To unblock a user, you need to visit User Blocker » Blocked User List page in your WordPress admin area. You’ll see the same 3 tabs as above with the list of blocked users categorized accordingly. There’s an additional Blocked User List tab that shows the list of blocked users from all 3 categories.
You can go to Blocked User List tab and click on Reset option below each user to unblock them.
Once reset, the user can login to their account normally.
We hope this article helped you learn how to block a WordPress user without deleting their account. You may also want to see our complete guide on how to instantly switch between user accounts in WordPress to test new features on your blog.
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Do you want to add a search bar to your WordPress navigation menu? Search form can be really helpful for your users to find what they’re looking for on your site. In this article, we will show you how to add a search bar to your WordPress menu.
A search bar makes it easy for your users to find what they’re looking for without scrolling to all the pages.
If you add a search bar to your top navigation menu, then it will appear on all pages that display the menu, and your users can easily search all the content on your site.
There are multiple search plugins that you can use to add a search bar to your site. Let’s take a look on how to add a search bar to your WordPress menu.
First thing you need to do is to install and activate the Add Search to Menu plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to go to Settings » Add Search To Menu page in your WordPress admin area to configure search bar to your menu.
On this page, you need to select the menu where you want to add the search bar. This list of menus (Primary Menu and Social Links Menu) belongs to your WordPress template. If you change the template of your site, then the list will be automatically updated with the available menus from your template.
Once selected, the search bar will be added to your navigation menu. You can define the search post types, search form style, search menu title, manage mobile display for search, and more. These settings will also help in controlling the search results for your users.
After that, you can head over to your site to see the search bar in the WordPress navigation menu.
You can also add the search bar to all other menus of your site. Simply select the menu from plugin settings where you want to display your search form.
We hope this article helped you learn how to add a search bar to WordPress menu. You may also want to see our expert pick of the useful tips and tricks to speed up WordPress site performance and search results.
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Do you want to display Yelp reviews on your site? Yelp reviews are user reviews about the restaurants, brands, services, lifestyle products, hospitals, doctors and more. In this article, we will show you how to display Yelp reviews on your WordPress site for users to read general public reviews.
Yelp is a public-based reviews website. It has reviews and ratings on local businesses from experienced users. These reviews and ratings are helpful for the new visitors to get a word from someone who already used the particular product or service.
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Like the Facebook page reviews for your business, Yelp reviews also reassure stability of your brand or service to the new visitors. However, the difference is that Facebook reviews are limited to those who follow your brand page on the social media platform whereas Yelp reviews can be from anyone who uses your brand or service.
If you own a business listing blog or membership site, then you can also display Yelp reviews for different local businesses from your town and increase organic traffic on your website.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to display Yelp reviews in WordPress.
First thing you need to do is to install and activate the Yelp Reviews Widget plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to go to Appearance » Widgets page in your WordPress admin area. You need to drag and drop Yelp Reviews Widget in the Sidebar widget area.
Next, you need to create a new app from Yelp developers page and get an API key to launch Yelp business reviews in this widget.
Once the API key is added, you can search for the brand or service in Yelp reviews widget by adding the name and location of the business. A list of businesses will be displayed, and you can select your business to show reviews in the sidebar widget area of your site.
After selecting your business from the list, you can click on the Save Business and Reviews button. You need to add the title for this widget too. It allows you to change business photo for your brand or service.
You can expand the settings one by one to display Yelp reviews on your site. By default, Yelp can only return 3 reviews, but you can check the setting to try and get more than 3 reviews. It also allows you to enable Google rich snippets, pagination, sorting and more.
In display settings, you can hide business photo and user avatars, change theme to dark, add character limit to reviews and manage the widget theme.
The advance options allow you to open links in new window, use no follow links in reviews, lazy load images, and more.
Once you are done, make sure to save the widget settings and go to your website to see your Yelp business reviews in the sidebar.
The plugin also allows you to create shortcodes for Yelp reviews and display them anywhere on your site. For this, you need the Yelp Reviews Pro plugin.
Once activated, simply go to the Settings » Yelp Reviews Pro page and go to the Shortcode Builder tab. Like the Yelp reviews widget, you can search the for a brand or service with its name and location.
You need to select your business from the list and save the reviews. The other 3 sections to manage Yelp reviews are similar to the settings in the Yelp reviews widget.
After you save these reviews, it will automatically update the shortcode box on the right side of the screen.
Next, you need to go ahead and paste this shortcode in WordPress blog post or page. After that head over to your site to see the Yelp reviews in action.
We hope this article helped you learn how to display Yelp reviews on your WordPress site. You may also want to see our expert pick of the best product review plugins for WordPress.
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Images and comments are both powerful tools to boost user engagement on your site. This is one of the reasons why Facebook allow users to upload images with their comments. What if we tell you that you can add the same functionality to WordPress comments? Depending on your site’s niche and target audience, this can significantly increase user engagement on your site. In this article, we will show you how to allow users to upload images in WordPress comments.
First thing you need to do is install and activate the Comment Attachment plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to go to Settings » Discussion page in your WordPress admin area and scroll down to Comment Attachment section.
On this page, you can manage the settings to display image attachment field in the comments section of your WordPress posts and pages. These settings include the position of comment field, field title, required option, file types, image attachment size, and more.
You can also allow your users to attach a document, PDF, powerpoint presentation, excel spreadsheet, and more. Simply check the file type options in the comment attachment settings.
Once you are done, click on the Save Changes button to store your settings.
After that head over to any post page on your WordPress site, and you will see an image upload field in the comments area like the screenshot below:
All images uploaded by users are stored in your WordPress media library. If you want to delete an image uploaded by a user, then you need to go to Media » Library, locate the image, and then delete it.
Note: This will delete the image from the comment without affecting the comment text.
It will be good to add some comment posting guidelines on your site to let users know what kind of attachments they can upload. You can check WPBeginner’s comment policy page for an example. You can then add a link to your comment policy text in the WordPress comment form.
Due to the nature of images, you may want to moderate all comments before they appear on your site. You can do this by enabling comment moderation and notify users when their comment is approved on your site.
You can also display the total number of comments to engage more users on the WordPress posts or pages.
To further boost media capabilities in your comments, you can enable oEmbed support for comments in WordPress. This will allow your users to embed YouTube videos, tweets, flickr photos, and more alongside with the images they upload.
We hope this article helped you learn how to allow users to upload images in WordPress comments. You may also want to see our tips on getting more comments on your WordPress blog posts .
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Do you want to add an event registration page on your WordPress site? Recently one of our readers asked if they can allow users to sign up and buy tickets online for their events. In this article, we will show you how to easily create an event registration page in WordPress and sell tickets online.
There are plenty of third-party event registration and ticketing tools available in the market. You can also add Facebook events to your WordPress site.
However, many third-party event registration and ticketing services will charge a small fee for each ticket you sell. This quickly adds up, and you could end up paying a lot more than expected.
You will have limited options to promote your event on social media and even on your own website. Some event management services will insist on displaying their branding in your event emails, widgets, and tickets.
You can avoid some of these issues by creating your own event registration page in WordPress. This will allow you to collect online payments directly, store attendee information on your website, and use your own brand name when promoting the event.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily create an event registration page 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 is a paid plugin, and you will need at least their PRO plan to access the PayPal add-on, which we will be using in this tutorial.
Upon activation, you need to visit the WPForms page in your WordPress admin area and click on the Add New button.
On the form builder, first you need to enter a title for your event registration form. Below that, you will see a list of ready-to-use form templates that you can select. Click on the Billing / Order Form template to continue.
This template will set up a basic online order form asking users for their information like name, email, phone, address, available items, and more.
You can point and click on any field to edit or delete it. You can also add new form fields from the column on your left.
To add tickets, click on the available items field and change it to attendees or tickets.
Your users will see the calculated price in the Total Amount field. Next, you need to set up the payment method.
Let’s go ahead and connect your event registration form to a payment service provider.
You need to click on the Payments tab in the left column and then click on the ‘Addons page’ link.
Note: You can also visit the addons page from your WordPress admin area by going to WPForms » Addons.
This will take you to the addons page. WPForms comes with addons for PayPal and Stripe. You can install either or both of them.
Note: In order to use Stripe, your website must have HTTPS / SSL enabled.
Click on the install button below the addon and then click on the activate button.
Once activated, you need to go back to Payments section to configure payment services on your form. Select your payment service and enable it.
You need to add the details like PayPal email address, mode, payment type, cancel URL, and more.
If you are using Stripe, then you will need to enter the API keys. For detailed instructions see how to use the Stripe addon with WPForms.
You will also need to enter a credit card field to your form before you can set up Stripe. Simply switch to the ‘Fields’ section and add a credit card field.
After setting up payments, let’s set up notification emails for both you and your users.
Simply go to Settings » Notifications and click on the Add New Notification button.
In the Send To Email Address section, you need to select user’s email from Smart Tags to send the ticket receipt.
Now you need to scroll down to the Message section and add your custom message with the fields that you created for the registration from using Smart Tags.
Once you are done, you can save your changes and close the form builder.
You can display this form on any page on your WordPress site. Let’s create a new event registration page in WordPress to display the form.
On the page edit screen, you will see a new button labeled ‘Add Form’ just above the editor.
Clicking on it will bring up a popup where you will be able to select and insert the event registration form you created earlier.
The plugin will now add the required shortcode to your page editor. You can save your changes and click on the preview to see your event registration page in action.
We hope this article helped you learn how to create an event registration page in WordPress. You may also want to see our list of the best WordPress booking plugins.
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Do you want to add a WordPress login popup modal on your site? A modal login popup allows your users to quickly login to your website without leaving the page that they are viewing. This improves user experience and engagement on your website. In this article, we will show you how to easily create a WordPress login popup modal – step by step.
If you run an online store, membership website, or sell online courses, then you likely allow users to register and login to your website.
Normally, when users click on the login link, they are taken to the default WordPress login page or another custom login page on your website. Once users are logged in,they are redirected again to another page.
A modal login popup enables you to display the login form without sending users to a different page. Once logged in, you can redirect users to any page you want.
A modal login popup is faster and improves user experience on your website. A faster and more polished user experience can boost your sales and conversions.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily create a modal login popup in WordPress. We will show you two methods to do that, and you can choose the one that best fits your needs.
This method is easier and recommended for most users.
First thing you need to do is install and activate the CSH Login plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to go to Modal Login page in your WordPress admin area and select a type for modal login form.
After selecting the modal login box type, you can scroll down and manage login / logout redirects for the form. You can also allow users to generate their own passwords.
Next, you need to scroll down to the Styles section and select layout, display labels, background color, button color, link color, and more.
Furthermore, you can add registration email, email subject, use Google reCaptcha, and more. This plugin also allows you to add social login like Facebook, Twitter, and Google.
Make sure to save the changes and copy the shortcode located at the top of this page. You’ll need to create a new page in WordPress or edit an existing one to add the shortcode in the content editor.
You can also add the modal login in your WordPress sidebar. Simply go to Appearance » Widgets to drag and drop the CSH login widget in sidebar of your site.
CSH modal login can also be added in your websites template files. Once you have added it on your site, simply visit your WordPress site to see the modal login link in action.
For this method you will need the WPForms plugin and OptinMontser. If you already have these two plugins, then this method is the better solution for you.
WPForms is the best WordPress contact form plugin. You will need at least their Pro plan to access the User registration addon.
OptinMonster is the best lead generation software on the market. It helps you convert website visitors into subscribers and customers. You will need at least the Pro plan to access MonsterLinks feature used in this article.
Ready? Let’s get started.
First, you need to install and activate the WPForms plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to go to WPForms » Addons page to install and activate the User Registration Addon.
After activating the addon, you need to go to WPForms » Add New page to create the user login form.
Once the WPForms builder is launched, you need to choose the pre-built User Login Form template.
This login form template have the email and password fields that will work similar to the default WordPress login form. You can drag and drop any additional fields from the left side of the screen as needed.
Next, click on the Password field in preview section, and it will show the field options on the left side. You can add the code given below in the description box of Password field to display options like forget password and user registration.
Can't remember your password? <a href="{url_lost_password}">Click here</a>. Don't have an account? <a href="{url_register}">Register here</a>.
After that you need to click on the Save button and then click on the Embed button.
A popup window will open with the embed code. You need to copy this code and save it to use later.
Your login form is ready. Now you can go ahead and create the modal popup.
First you will need to install and activate the OptinMonster plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to go to OptinMonster in WordPress admin area and click on Create New Campaign button.
Your OptinMonster dashboard will open on a new web page.
Once inside, you need to select Lightbox Popup as campaign type, so you can add your login form in the popup.
Next, you need to select the Canvas campaign template which is a blank template and allows you to add custom code and shortcodes.
It will ask you to add a name to your lightbox and select the website where you want to load this popup.
Once you click on the Start Building button, you will be redirected to OptinMonster campaign setup page.
From here, you need to go to Optin tab and set width and height of the canvas, add login form embed code in Custom Canvas HTML field, manage display and sound effects for modal popup, and more.
Note: The login form embed code should be the code that you copied after creating your login form in the previous step.
Since you are creating a modal login popup, you need to go to the setup tab and set ‘0’ value for Cookie Duration and Success Cookie Duration. It will display the form to all visitors whenever they click on your link.
Next, you need to visit the Display Rules tab and expand MonsterLink to change the status to active.
Make sure to click on the Save button at the top right corner and go to Publish section to make the status active.
Now you can add this modal login popup in your WordPress pages or posts.
You need to go back to OptinMonster in your WordPress admin area, and it will show you the list of campaigns. If you don’t see your recently created campaign for modal login, then simply click on the Refresh Campaigns button.
Next, you need to edit the campaign output settings to enable optin on your site and select who should see the modal login popup. Make sure to click on the Save Settings button.
After that you need to go back to the campaigns overview page and copy the slug that is visible below the live option of the campaign. This unique slug can be used in shortcodes and code to display the modal login in WordPress.
Next, you can create a new WordPress page or edit an existing one and add this code with your unique campaign slug.
<a href="#" class="manual-optin-trigger" data-optin-slug="mw7pzo63ch6wpfzi">Login / Register</a>
You can also add the code above in your WordPress menus, sidebar, or any other area on your site.
Make sure to save the changes to WordPress page and visit your site to see the modal login in action.
We hope this article helped you learn how to create a modal login in WordPress. You may also want to see our complete list of best WordPress login page plugins and design your own login page easily.
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