If you are an Elementor user, please read on, as this article is definitely for you. And even if you don’t use it, after reading this, you might decide to make the switch, as ElementsReady is a plugin from QuomodoSoft that promises to add tons of extra functionality to the popular page builder, thereby massively [...]
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The Human Presence plugin for WordPress aims to solve a problem that’s likely familiar to many a website owner: Ensuring solid protection against spam and bots without disrupting your end user’s website experience. Available in both free and premium versions, the plugin promises to be the most innovative website protection tool on the market today, [...]
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Have you ever had a situation where you want to collaborate and work together on a blog post draft on a WordPress website, but due to technical limitations, you end up copying the entire blog post on Google Docs instead? As a writer, I often face this dilemma, and to your surprise, even I end [...]
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Is your WordPress site accessible to people with disabilities? If you don’t know the answer, or if you’re looking for a tool to help you maintain compliance, you should keep reading our Accessibility Checker review. Accessibility Checker is a freemium plugin that helps content managers and developers test WordPress sites for accessibility problems and WCAG ... Read more
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Do you want to embed individual tweets in your WordPress blog posts? Embedding Tweets in your blog posts allows you to easily quote tweets inside your posts as well as make them more engaging.
You may have seen many popular blogs and news websites embedding tweets from organizations and individuals in their articles.
It makes the quotes more authentic while allowing your users to follow the full conversations for more information.
In this article, we will show you how to easily embed tweets in WordPress blog posts and pages.
If you prefer written instructions, then please keep reading.
WordPress makes it easy to embed third-party services in your blog posts. This includes YouTube videos, tweets, and other social network posts.
This feature uses a method called oEmbed. Basically, you can just add the URL of a third-party website, and WordPress will request an embed code from them.
You can only add whitelisted oEmbed services in WordPress, and Twitter is one of those services.
The WordPress block editor comes with a built-in Twitter embed block to let you easily insert tweets in your posts and pages.
First, you need to go to Twitter and find the tweet that you want to embed. After that, click on the down arrow icon on the right, and then select ‘Copy link to Tweet’ option.
Next, you need to edit the WordPress post or page where you want to embed the tweet.
On the post edit screen, click on the + icon to add a new block and then select the Twitter block under the Embeds section.
You’ll now see the Twitter Embed block added into the post edit area. You need to paste the tweet URL that you copied earlier in the block settings.
WordPress will now automatically fetch and display the actual tweet in your post content.
You can save your post or publish it to see a live preview. This is how it looked on our demo website.
Pro Tip: You can also paste the Tweet URL in a paragraph block and WordPress will automatically convert it into a Twitter embed block.
If you are still using the old WordPress classic editor, then you will need to copy and paste the tweet link directly in the post editor.
Unlike the block editor, the classic editor is a single text box for your whole content. That’s why you need to paste the tweet URL in a separate line in the editor.
Once done, it will immediately load the actual tweet in your post editor.
Don’t forget to update or save your changes and preview your post or page.
By default, WordPress allows you to manually embed tweets in your articles, and you can only add one tweet at a time.
What if you wanted to showcase recent tweets from your account, another user, or a hashtag?
This is where Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feeds comes in. It allows you to easily embed a twitter feed with beautiful layouts and tons of customization options.
First, you need to install and activate the Smash Balloon Custom Twitter Feeds plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Note: there’s a free version of custom Twitter feeds plugin available as well. We’re showcasing the pro version because it has more features.
Upon activation, you need to visit Twitter Feeds » License page and enter your license key. You can find this information under your account on the Smash Balloon website.
Next, you need to click ‘Activate License’ and then click on Save Changes.
After that, you can go to Twitter Feeds » Configure and click the big blue button to connect your Twitter account.
This will take you to the Twitter website and you’ll be asked to login. Once logged in, you need to click on the ‘Authorize App’ button to continue.
After that, you’ll be redirected back to your website where you’ll see the Access Token and Access Token Secret fields filled out. Make sure you save your changes.
Once you have set up the plugin, you can add your recent tweets to any WordPress post or page.
Simply edit the post or page where you want to display the Twitter feed. On the post edit screen, click on the (+) button to add the Twitter Feed block to your page.
As soon as you add the block, it will automatically load recent tweets from your Twitter account. You can now save your post or page and visit it to see your Twitter feed in action.
Now you have a feed of your Tweets that is automatically updated every time you Tweet.
You can even set up your feed to show a particular hashtag if you want. Here’s how you’d do it.
Go back to Twitter Feeds » Twitter Feeds and scroll down to your Feed Settings. Then select the option for ‘Hashtag’ and enter your hashtag of choice into the field.
Make sure to save your changes, and then check your site. You’ll see a list of Tweets using the hashtag you chose.
Now, let’s look at how you can easily customize your feed.
Smash Balloon Twitter Feed allows you to display Twitter feeds in various layouts with several customization options.
Simply head over to the Twitter Feeds » Customize tab, and you’ll see your first set of options to display your feed. You have quick links at the top to navigate to the section you want to customize.
Let’s start by clicking on the layouts section. From here, you can choose from a number of options including list, carousel, and masonry styles.
You can also show and hide different items like header, twitter links, reply and retweet actions, and more. Once you are finished, don’t forget to click on the Save Changes button to store your settings.
You can now visit your Twitter feed page to see your changed applied to the feed.
If you are using the classic editor, then you’ll need to copy and paste the shortcode [custom-twitter-feeds] where you want your feed to be in your page or post.
You can also use the shortcode or the Twitter Feed widget to add your Tweets in your sidebar or footer. Just go to Appearance » Widgets and drag the Twitter Feed widget to your sidebar, or wherever you want.
What if you want to display multiple Twitter feeds on one page or post? You can do this easily using the shortcodes available.
Just head over to Twitter Feeds » Twitter Feeds and then select the ‘Display Your Feed’ tab.
On this page, you will see a bunch of shortcode examples that you can use.
For instance, you could simply use this shortcode: [custom-twitter-feeds screenname=optinmonster num=6] to display 6 recent tweets from OptinMonster.
Change the ‘screenname’ to any Twitter name you want to use. And then choose whatever number you want in the ‘num=6’ option to display the number of Tweets.
Next, you’ll add it to your post using the shortcode block by clicking the (+) and then choosing the shortcode widget.
From there, add the shortcode inside the block settings and save your post or page.
You can now save or publish your post and visit your website to see it in action.
We hope this article helped you to learn how to embed actual Tweets in WordPress blog posts. You may also want to see our guide on how to create an email newsletter to grow your traffic, and our expert pick of the best Twitter plugins for WordPress to get more followers.
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Do you want to add an FTP like file manager in your WordPress admin area? A file manager can help you edit WordPress configuration, themes, plugins, and other files right from your WordPress dashboard. In this article, we will show you how to easily add an FTP like file manager in WordPress.
A file manager in WordPress allows you to manage files on your WordPress website directly from your WordPress admin area. It works like a web-based FTP client allowing you to browse and manage files with a simple user interface.
Our recommendation is to always use an FTP client using SSH or SFTP protocols to securely transfer WordPress files.
However, a file manager is helpful when you don’t have access to FTP or cPanel of your website. It works similar to an FTP client, so you can edit, preview, upload, and download the WordPress configuration and other files.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily add an FTP like file manager in WordPress.
First thing you need to do is to install and activate the File Manager 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 ‘WP File Manager’ in the WordPress admin sidebar. Clicking on it will launch the file manager app, which will show your WordPress files and folders.
You can find the settings in the toolbar above the files section. This toolbar is similar to the settings in an FTP client. It allows you to preview, edit, upload, download, and delete files or folders.
You can select a file and choose the option in the toolbar to perform an action.
The folders will work the same way as they do in any modern FTP client. You can click on any folder to open and view its contents.
You can edit any file using the toolbar menu option. It’ll open the file in a popup, so you can make changes and save it.
If you don’t want to make changes in the file, then you can click on the preview option to see the code.
You can access the media files in the wp-content » uploads folder. The ‘Upload Files’ option in the toolbar allows you to upload multiple images in 1-click. You can also upload zip files and extract them in the file manager.
That’s all. We hope this article helped you learn how to add a FTP like file manager in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on useful WordPress configuration tricks that you may not know.
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Do you want to add social media icons on your WordPress menu? While WordPress does not come with a social media profiles section, you can easily use WordPress navigation menus to add and display social media icons on any widget-ready area in WordPress. In this article, we will show you how to add social media icons to WordPress menus.
The biggest advantage of adding social media icons using WordPress menus is that you have the ability to change the order they appear in with a simple drag and drop interface.
While you can use third-party plugins to display social media icons in your sidebar, most of those solutions aren’t as flexible.
Aside from the easy drag & drop interface, when you add social media icons to WordPress menus, you can display it on any widget-ready area on your site including your sidebar, footer area, below posts, etc.
That being said, let’s take a look on how to easily add social media icons to WordPress menus.
First thing you need to do is to install and activate the Menu Image plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to visit Appearance » Menus page and create a new menu.
Next, you need to add custom links for each social media channel separately in your new social menu.
You will notice that there is a menu image button option under each menu item. You can use it to upload your social media icon here.
It allows you to upload a different icon on hover with the main icon image to display on mouseover.
After that you can select a size for the social icon. There are multiple options for the image size. Make sure that you select the same size for all your social menu icons, so it doesn’t break the menu area.
Next, you need to select a position to display the name of each social channel with your icon. If you only want to display the social icon without any label, then you need to select the ‘Hide’ option under the Title position setting.
Simply repeat the same to add as many social icons as you need.
Once you are done adding menu items, you need to select the display location for your social menu and click on the ‘Save Menu’ button.
Now you can visit your website to see the social media icons in your WordPress menu.
You can also add the social icon menu in your WordPress sidebar. Simply go to Appearance » Widgets page and drag the ‘Navigation Menu’ widget in the sidebar widget area.
In the Select Menu dropdown, you should select the social menu that you created above and click on the ‘Save’ button.
Note: The above image is displayed for example purposes only. To get the widget to look exactly like that, you will need to add custom CSS.
That’s all. We hope this article helped you learn how to add social media icons to WordPress menus. You may also want to see our guide on how to style WordPress navigation menus.
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If you love tools like Zapier and IFTTT, then you’re going to want to read our review of the Uncanny Automator WordPress plugin. Or, if you love automating tasks but haven’t heard of Zapier, you should also read it! Uncanny Automator basically is Zapier…but for your WordPress site. It lets you “connect” over a dozen ... Read moreUncanny Automator Review: It’s Like Zapier For Your WordPress Site
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Looking for the best WordPress plugins for blogs? There are all kinds of essential WordPress plugins that every single WordPress site needs. And then there are certain plugins that make an especially great option for bloggers. In this post, I aim to cover both types of plugins so that you can set your blog up ... Read more14 Best WordPress Plugins For Blogs And Bloggers In 2018
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