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“How do I make this page private for members only?” That’s one of the most common questions I get asked by my friends who use WordPress. I remember asking the same question myself when we were building our video membership site at WPBeginner. Luckily, it’s surprisingly easy to restrict page access to logged-in users in […]

I was recently doing some updates to a website that had hundreds of registered users. The updates required checking to see if a specific user meta field was empty or not. Rather then opening every single user and checking I decided to add a new column to the Users dashboard. This way I could skim

The following post emphasizes on another WordPress fix that has been encountered by many of you – “Failed to Load Resource”. Being easy to use the platform it isn’t necessary to assume that all the WordPress users are technically sound. Many non-tech professionals find it challenging to figure out what resource or file is not

AI crawlers like GPTBot and ClaudeBot are overwhelming websites with aggressive traffic spikes—one user reported 30TB of bandwidth consumed in a month. These bots strain shared hosting environments, causing slowdowns that hurt SEO and user experience. Unlike traditional search crawlers, AI bots request large batches of pages in short bursts without following bandwidth-saving guidelines. Dedicated

When I first tried to add podcast episodes to my WordPress website, I quickly realized that embedding them from Apple Podcasts wasn’t as straightforward as I’d hoped. Like many of you, I wanted a simple solution that wouldn’t require coding knowledge. Through trial and error (and plenty of coffee), I discovered several different methods for

If you have a look at the Gutenberg “Button” block and click on the styles tab (half moon cookie) you will see that you can select from Fill or Outline for it’s style. What if you wanted to add more options? Or you wanted to add style options to other blocks? In this guide, I

You’re ready to start a WordPress blog but don’t have unlimited funds to get it done. We get it and can help. Your reasons for wanting an online presence can vary widely. For instance, maybe you have a strong desire to write, to make some money working from home or need a way to drive