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First thing you need to do is install and activate Comments Since Last Visit plugin. The plugin is hosted on GitHub and here is how to install WordPress plugins from GitHub.

This plugin works out of the box upon activation, and there are no settings for you to configure. It will now highlight new comments since last visit with a blue background color.

How It Works?

The plugin sets a cookie in user’s browser when they visit any page on your website. On their next visit, it matches cookie with the comment dates and adds a CSS class new-comment to comments posted after the cookie date.

You can override the default CSS in your theme’s stylesheet. For example, you can use this CSS code as a starting point.

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.new-comment:before {

content:  New ;

background: #FF000A;

color: #FFF;

padding: 5px;

/* min-width: 500px; */

border: 1px solid #C2C2C2;

border-radius: 5px;

font-weight: bold;

position: relative;

top: 10px;

margin-left: 10px;

}

.new-comment {

background-color: #F0FBFF;

}

If comments are important for your website, and you get a lot of comments, then you would probably want to display newer comments first. This will ensure that returning visitors get to see new comments without scrolling down too much. See our guide on how to rearrange comments in WordPress.

That’s all, we hope this article helped you highlight new comments since last visit in WordPress. You may also want to check out our tutorial on how to highlight new posts for returning visitors in WordPress. Feel free to play with the CSS to meet your needs.

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What is LinkPatrol?

LinkPatrol is a WordPress plugin that helps you find, review, and clean up links in your posts and pages. You can sort by domain, sort by authors, keywords, etc. It allows you take action such as nofollow or strip links in bulk thus saving you a lot of time.

Why You Need to Monitor and Fix Outbound Links in WordPress?

Outbound links can cause several issues that could hurt your site’s SEO rankings. Some of them are:

1. Linkjuice flow
2. When you link to any URL, search engines count it as an endorsement. This means you are actually sharing your SEO points with the site you are linking to thus the term linkjuice.
3. You are probably thinking that isn’t it good to link to websites you love and find useful? Actually it is very good, but the problem is that you have no control on the content of those websites.
4. The content that you linked to can be changed by the website owner. They can sell the website to someone else who may change it or take it down. Worst of all, the domain could expire and some one acquires it to put inappropriate content there. You don’t want to be associated with those sites.
5. 2. Bad User Experience
6. Sometimes website owners move their site to a new location or change the permalink structure. If you were linking to an article on their site, then your users will see a 404 page instead of the content you linked to. This creates bad experience for your users which is not good for your website.
7. 3. Poor Usage of Anchor Text
8. Anchor text is the keyword or phrase you link to. See this example:
9. <a href= http://www.example.com  rel= nofollow >Example Website</a>
10. In this example, the Example Website is the anchor text.
11. Anchor text describes to your users what they are going to find when they click on that link. If you allowed guest authors in the past, then there is a very good chance that they used generic terms, or keywords for SEO purposes. You may want to get on top of that now that the Google algorithm has changed.

12. 4. Outdated Information

13. Sometimes you link to an article which contained useful information at that time. However, after a while this information becomes incorrect or outdated.
14. For example, at WPBeginner we often show our users how to use different plugins and tools to do something on their WordPress site however sometimes those plugins and tools become outdated or their authors stop supporting them. We try our best to replace those links with the most up-to-date tools and plugins.

15. How to Fix External Links in WordPress

16. First thing you need to do is install and activate the LinkPatrol plugin. Upon activation you will notice LinkPatrol menu item in your WordPress admin bar. Clicking on it will take you to LinkPatrol Scanner.
17. On the LinkPatrol Scanner page, you need to click on the Scan Now button. LinkPatrol will now scan all your WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types for outbound links. Once the scan is finished, it will redirect you to the Reports Dashboard where you will see the overview of all your outbound links.

18. To see more details, you need to click on the Domains Report tab where you can see all the domains you have linked to. LinkPatrol will show you each domain, and how many times you have linked to each domain.

19. You can add the NoFollow tag to any domain by simply clicking on the NoFollow checkbox next to it. LinnkPatrol will add a nofollow tag to all the links pointing to that domain. You can also remove all links pointing to a particular domain by clicking on the Strip checkbox next to it.
20. You can also view all the links for each domain by clicking on the link count next to it.
21. Author report tab shows links created by each author on your website.
22. Keyword Search tab allows you to search your links for specific keywords. LinkPatrol will look for the keyword in anchor text and link URLs.

23. Remove or NoFollow All Links to a Domain in WordPress

24. LinkPatrol allows you to easily remove or add a nofollow tag to all links pointing to a particular domain name. Go to LinkPatrol » Nofollow/Strip. Add the domain you want to target and select to nofollow or strip.
25. We hope that this article helped you analyze your links in WordPRess. fix and manage outbound links on your WordPress site.
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First thing you need to do is install and activate the Feature A Page Widget plugin. Upon activation simply go to Appearance » Widgets where you will notice a new widget called ‘Feature a Page Widget’. Next, drag and drop the widget to a sidebar.

The first option in the widget settings is to choose a widget title. You can leave it blank if you want. Second, you need to select a page you want to feature from the drop down menu.

As soon as you select a page, the widget will show you the page status. It will check for a page thumbnail (featured image) and excerpt.

If your page does not have them, then the widget will highlight them in red color. You can click on the pencil icon which will open the page in the post editor where you can set a thumbnail and excerpt.

If you don’t see the Excerpt meta box when editing the page, then you need to enable it. Click on the Screen Options button on the top right corner of the screen. A fly down menu will appear, and you need to simply check the box next to Excerpt.

Now scroll down to the excerpt meta box which is below the post editor.

Once your page has both the excerpt and thumbnail, you can choose a layout for your widget. Currently, it offers three layout choices. Wrapped image layout will display your page thumbnail wrapped with excerpt. The banner image layout option will display your thumbnail image on top of the excerpt. Lastly, the big image layout option will display a larger version of the image on top of your page excerpt.

After choosing a layout option, you can click on the Save button to store your widget settings.

That’s all, you can now preview your website to see your featured page in WordPress. Remember you can add multiple featured page widgets in your sidebars. You can also show or hide widgets on specific WordPress pages.

We hope this article helped you feature pages in WordPress.

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Why Create Presentations in WordPress and not Powerpoint?

PowerPoint is the most popular software to create presentations. You can easily create your slides and then upload your slideshow to a third-party website for sharing. However by doing this you lose control over your content.

By using WordPress to create presentations, you bring visitors to your website. You can use this opportunity to convert visitors into subscribers.

An HTML5 Slideshow on your own website is better SEO. All your slides can be indexed by search engines and users can land directly on your site.

How to Create an HTML5 Presentation in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the HTML5 SlideShow Presentations plugin. Upon activation, go to HTML5 Presentations » Add New to create your first presentation.

The slide editor has the default WordPress title and post editor box. You will see HTML5 Slide Formatting meta box below the post editor.

There are three formatting options for you to configure. First you need to choose the Slide Type. Since this is the first slide in your presentation, it will automatically become the Title Slide.

The next option is to choose a Slide Style. This option controls the visual appearance of your slide.

The last option, is to choose a Presentation Type. You can choose from Standard Presentation, Faux Widescreen, or Widescreen presentation type.

In the title area, you can enter your presentation title or the title of this particular slide.

The editor area is just like WordPress post editor area, and you can add anything you want here. You can add bulleted lists, images, videos, etc. You can even leave the edit area blank if you just want to add a title only slide.

Once you feel satisfied with your slide, you can save or publish it.

To add more slides into your presentation, you need to repeat the process. However, this time you can choose a parent slide as the presentation. On the HTML5 Slide Editing screen, you will see HTML5 Slide Attributes metabox. Select the first slide as your presentation from the drop down menu.

How to Display Your Slideshow in WordPress?

Now that you have created your slides, let’s display them on your website. Start by creating a new page in WordPress. You will notice a new metabox on the page edit screen titled HTML5 Presentations. Choose the presentation you want to display from the drop down menu and save your changes.

How to Use Custom Styles for Your Slideshow

You need to create a new stylesheet to completely override the plugin’s stylesheet with your own CSS. Use the file name html5slide-replace.css for your stylesheet and upload it to your theme or child theme‘s directory.

To make minor changes and add extra style rules, you need to name your stylesheet html5slide-style.css. Upload this stylesheet to your theme or child theme’s directory.

Presenting Your Slideshow

If you’re using your slide to present at a conference, then you need to open the page containing your presentation. You can launch your browser (preferably Google Chrome) in full-screen mode.

You can use arrow keys to move forward and backward between slides. If your slides get stuck, then simply click on an empty area on the screen, and you would be able to move forward and backward again.

We hope this article helped you create presentations in WordPress. Experiment with different slide types and styles to improve your slideshow.

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First thing you need to do is install and activate the Peter’s Login Redirect plugin. Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » Login/logout Redirects to setup the plugin.

Setting Login/Logout Redirect by Username in WordPress

The first option on the settings page allows you to redirect only specific users. You can select a username from the drop-down menu. After that you can enter the URLs to redirect a user on login and logout.

Click on the Add username rule button to store this setting. Remember, you can always come back to the settings page to edit or remove a redirect rule.

Setting up Login Redirect by User Role in WordPress

You can also set up a login redirect based on user role in WordPress. Simply select a user role from the drop down list and then enter the redirect URL. For example, you can redirect editors to the admin-area and subscribers to a custom page.

Setting up Login Redirect by Capabilities in WordPress

The plugin also allows you to set up login redirects based on user levels and capabilities. This option is particularly useful if you are using user roles with custom capabilities in WordPress.

Simply select a user level from the drop down menu and enter login and logout URLs.

Setting up Login Redirect for All Users in WordPress

On the plugin’s settings page, there is an option to set redirect for All Other Users. If a user does not match any rules you set above, then you can redirect them by entering a URL here.

You can also use this setting to set up a site-wide redirect for all users by not setting any other redirects.

Redirecting Users After Registration in WordPress

When a new user signs up on your site, WordPress redirects them to the login page. You can set up a redirect URL to send them to any other page on your site under the Post Registration section.

For example, you can redirect them to a welcome page with links to different things they can do on your website.

Important: Do not forget to change permission level under ‘Customize plugin settings’ section. The plugin allows anyone who can edit categories to edit redirect URLs. This means a user with the Editor user role can set up redirects. Change this to install_plugins, so that only users with administrator role can setup redirects.

We hope this article helped you redirect users after successful login in WordPress. You may also want to checkout our guide on how to create a custom login page for WordPress.

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First thing you need to do is install and activate the Page-list plugin. It works out of the box, so there are no settings for you to configure.

Page-list comes with a shortcodes with an extensive list of parameters. Lets start by adding a plain list of all pages as a sitemap.

Simply create a new page in WordPress and add [pagelist] shortcode in it.

This shortcode will show a simple nested list of all your pages.

You can use this or any other shortcode in WordPress text widgets. If shortcodes do not work in widgets on your site, then you need to enable them. Add this line to your theme’s functions.php file or a site-specific plugin.

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add_filter( widget_text , do_shortcode );

Display Child Pages For a Parent Page in WordPress

Earlier we showed you different ways to display child pages on a parent page in WordPress. Page-list makes it easier for you to display child pages on a parent page.

All you need to do is add [subpages] shortcode on the parent page.

You can also use the shortcode inside a text widget. Check out how to show and hide widgets on specific WordPress pages.

Display Sibling Pages on a WordPress Page

Sibling pages are the child pages which share the same parent page. You can display sibling pages by using the [siblings] shortcode on a page or inside a widget.

Show Page List With Thumbnail and Excerpt

Page-list plugin comes with another shortcode [page_ext]. This shortcode offers extended features to display your page lists in WordPress.

You can use it to display a list of pages with featured image and excerpt. Like this:

[pagelist_ext show_image= 1  image_width= 50 ]

You can adjust the image size by using the image_width parameter.

You can also control the excerpt length by using the limit_content parameter within the shortcode.

[pagelist_ext limit_content= 100 ]

If you don’t want to display the excerpt, then you can turn it off by using the show_content parameter with the shortcode.

[pagelist_ext show_content= 0 ]

For more advanced options, check out the full list of parameters that you can use with these shortcodes.

We hope this article helped you easily show a page list with thumbnails in WordPress.

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First thing you need to do is install and activate the Advanced Page Manager plugin. The plugin works out of the box and there are no settings for you to configure. Simply go to Pages and see the plugin in action.

Advanced Page Manager changes the default Pages screen to make it more powerful for sites with lots of pages. It uses an Ajax based UI to perform page management tasks without reloading the page.

You will notice administration links below each page which allow you to quickly perform various actions without reloading the page.

It also changes page statuses into Online and Offline for published and unpublished pages. Clicking on Publish link below a page will change its status to online.

Managing parent and child pages also becomes easier. Simply click on the Move link below a page to change its position. For the front-end of your site, check out our tutorial on how to display a list of child pages for a parent page in WordPress.

You will also notice that instead of the one Add New button on the top of the Pages screen, there is now an Add New button next to every page. Clicking on the button allows you to add a new page right before, after, or as a subpage of a specific page. You can also choose number of pages you want to add, which allows you to add multiple pages at once.

We hope this article helped you efficiently manage pages on your WordPress site.

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What is Markdown?

Markdown is a markup language which converts plain text into HTML code. It allows users to use special characters like asterisk, number sign, underscore and dashes in Markdown syntax instead of HTML. This Markdown Syntax is then automatically converted into HTML.

For example:

**This is bold text**

The above text will be converted by Markdown into:

<strong>This is bold text</strong>

Markdown provides an efficient way to create rich text documents particularly for power users. If you use the text editor to write posts in WordPress, then Markdown can become a good alternate editor for you.

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How to Add Markdown Support in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the WP-Markdown plugin. Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » Writing and scroll down to Markdown section.

You can enable WP-Markdown for posts, pages, and custom post types. You can also enable Markdown support for comments.

The plugin comes with a menu bar in the editing area, so you can easily add Markdown syntax. If you are new to Markdown, then you should enable the help bar. This will help you learn Markdown syntax quickly.

After enabling Markdown support, click on the save changes button to save your settings.

Using Markdown in WordPress Post Editor

Once you have enabled Markdown support for posts and pages, you can go to Posts » Add New to see it in action.

First thing you will notice is the default WordPress visual and text editors are replaced by the Markdown editor.

The edit screen now shows a live preview of text you type into the editor. On top, you have Markdown help bar which allows you to insert Markdown syntax using buttons. This help bar is useful for new users to get acquainted with the Markdown syntax.

Markdown Syntax Cheat Sheet

Markdown syntax is very simple, but it may take some time to get used to of it. Here is a quick Markdown cheat sheet that you can use as a reference.

Input:

*This is emphasized Text*

Output:

This is emphasized Text

Input:

**This is bold text**

Output:

This is bold text

Input:

#This is Heading 1#

Output:

This is heading 1

Input:

This is Heading 2##

Output:

This is heading 2

Input:

This is Heading 3###

Output:

This is heading 3

Input:

[WPBeginner](http://www.wpbeginner.com)

Output

WPBeginner

Input

1. Ordered list item 1
2. 2. Ordered list item 2
3. 3. Ordered list item 3
4. Output
5. Ordered list item 1
6. Ordered list item 2
7. Ordered list item 3
8. Input
9. *Unordered list item 1
10. *Unordered list item 2
11. *Unordered list item 3
12. Output
13. Unordered list item 1
14. Unordered list item 2
15. Unordered list item 3
16. Adding Videos When Using Markdown in WordPress
17. Normally you can embed any YouTube video by simply pasting the video URL in post editor. This will not work with WP-Markdown enabled. You will need to wrap your video URL into shortcode. Like this:</li>
    <li>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzOOy1tWBCg
18. We hope this article helped you learn about Markdown and how to use it in WordPress. If you feel Markdown is not what you were looking for, then try full screen distraction free editor in WordPress.
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First thing you need to do is install and activate the Insert Pages plugin. Upon activation simply go to Posts » Add New to see it in action.

If you use visual editor, then you will notice a new button labeled ‘Insert Page’ in the menu.

Clicking on it will bring up a popup where you can select the page, post, or custom post type you want to add.

You can choose how you would like to insert the post/page by clicking on the Options. By default you can add title, content, link, or choose a custom template. We will explain custom templates later in this article.

After choosing the post/page click on the Insert Page button. The plugin will add the shortcode required to display your selected post/page.

If you use the text editor to write your posts, then you can manually enter the shortcode. The shortcode parameters are quite simple.

[insert page= page-slug|ID  display= title|link|content|all|custom-template.php ]

The page parameter for the shortcode accepts page-slug or ID. Please note that by page slug, it doesn’t mean that you can only enter pages. You can add any post or custom post type’s slug as well.

You can also use post id. Here is a quick guide on how to find post id in WordPress.

[insert page= author-syed-balkhi  display= content ]

[insert page= 128  display= content ]

[insert page= 128  display= all ]

[insert page= 128  display= custom-author.php ]

Adding Custom Post Types into Posts

Using WordPress you can add any type of content by creating post types for different content types. Checkout our guides on when do you need a custom post type and how to create a custom post type in WordPress.

Insert Pages allows you to add your custom post types into posts and pages. For example, you can create a custom post type for image galleries and then use Insert Pages to add those galleries into your posts or pages.

Similarly, you can create custom post types for videos, portfolio, client testimonials, etc. to add into your pages or posts.

Using Custom Templates to Display Inserted Pages

Insert Pages allows you to display title, link, content, or all fields for inserted pages. However some users may still need to tweak the display to meet their own needs. This can be achieved by using custom templates.

All you need to do is create a blank php file and upload it to your theme directory. You can name the file anything you want. For example, custom-author.php.

This custom template works exactly like any other content template files in your theme. Here is sample template file that we created to display author pages.

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<?php the_post(); ?>

<h3 class= author-name ><?php the_title(); ?></h3>

<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>

<div class= author-thumbnail >

<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?>

</div>

<?php endif; ?>

<div class= author-bio >

<?php the_content() ?>

</div>

You can use custom CSS classes in your template file and then style them in your theme’s stylesheet. We used this to style the display of author pages.

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h3.author-name {

font-size:16px;

}

.author-thumbnail {

float:left;

padding:10px;

}

.author-bio {

font-style:italic;

font-family: Lora, Georgia, Serif;

}

This is how the end result looked on our dummy site:

We hope this article helped you add content from one WordPress page/post to another.

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1. All in One Event Calendar

All in One Events Calendar is a powerful event management plugin for WordPress. It’s intuitive user interface makes it super easy to use. You can easily add events, sort them into categories / tags and choose from three built-in themes for the calendar display. You can also display your event venues using Google Maps right along the event details.

The powerful configuration options give you full control on the display of your calendar and events. You can tweak the calendar theme by choosing different colors through their interface. It also allows you to add events from any other calendar that supports iCal format including Google Calendar.

You can set ticket price for an event and add a URL where users can buy tickets. However, the plugin does not have any addons to manage ticketing on your own site. A good alternate to that is using a service like Eventbrite and add the Eventbrite URL with the ticket price.

2. The Events Calendar

Another powerful event management system for your WordPress site is The Events Calendar. It is feature-rich but extremely easy to use due to a nice user interface that blends into your WordPress admin area.

The Events Calendar allows you to easily add your events and manage organizers and venues. You can choose to display Google Maps for your venue locations. The plugin’s settings page gives you full control on how you want to manage your events and calendar.

Want to sell tickets for your events? The Event Calendar has paid add-ons to integrate it with Eventbrite, Easy Digital Downloads and WooCommerce.

3. My Calendar

My Calendar is another free and powerful event management solution for WordPress powered sites. It supports multiple calendars, event groups, categories, and locations. It also comes with a shortcode generator and widgets to easily add calendars to your posts, pages, or sidebars.

This is a highly configurable plugin with an extensive settings page. You can control almost every aspect of how your calendar is displayed on the front-end. It comes with six built-in skins for calendar display. For advanced users there is a style editor to upload your own custom CSS. It also supports Google Map display on single event page, and on event popup.

4. Google Calendar Events

Google Calendar Events brings Google Calendar to your WordPress site. You create and manage your events through Google Calendar. This plugin simply display those events on your website. All you have to do is to provide your Google Calendar feed URL.

The plugin comes with a powerful set of features. You can control the display of your calendar and events using the shortcodes. You can even control the appearance of the calendar using custom stylesheets.

The plugin does not support ticketing system, but you can still use third party services to sell your event tickets and enter the ticketing page URL right into your event listing on Google Calendar.

5. Booking Calendar

As the name suggests Booking Calendar is a booking management plugin for WordPress. It allows you to add a calendar to the front-end of your website where users can fill in a simple form to submit their booking requests. You can then accept or decline their booking request.

Booking Calendar comes with CAPTCHA support to avoid spam. You can control who can add a booking in the admin area. One downside of the plugin is that you cannot add new input fields for booking form in the free version of the plugin.

It can be used for booking any kind of service. However if you are particularly looking for a hotel booking system, then you should checkout our guide on how to add a hotel room booking system in WordPress.

We hope this article helped you choose the best calendar plugin for your WordPress site.

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