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Do you want to bulk edit featured images in WordPress?
It’s easy to add, change, and remove featured images from your WordPress posts and pages. However, changing the featured images for multiple pages can take a lot of time and effort.
In this article, we will show you how you can save time by bulk editing featured images in WordPress.
Featured images, also known as post thumbnails, are an important part of many websites.
Almost all modern WordPress themes come with built-in support for featured images and display them across different areas of your WordPress website including your blog archives.
As an important part of your WordPress blog or website, you’ll want to make sure your featured images look good and represent your brand.
With that in mind, at some point you may need to bulk edit your featured images in WordPress. For example, you might install a new WordPress theme and decide to design new featured images that better compliment your new theme.
You can change the featured image for an individual page or post in the standard WordPress editor. However, changing the featured image for lots of different pages and posts can be frustrating and time-consuming.
With that in mind, let’s see how you can bulk edit featured images in WordPress.
The easiest way to bulk edit featured images in WordPress is by using the Quick Featured Images plugin.
This plugin makes it easy to change every single featured image across your website. It also has detailed filters that allow you to change the featured images for specific categories, tags, post types, and more.
Before you start using the Quick Featured Images plugin, just be aware that this plugin doesn’t allow you to undo your bulk edits. This can cause problems if you change your featured images and are unhappy with the results.
With this in mind, it’s a good idea to backup your WordPress website before using this plugin. If you don’t already have a backup solution, then there are several great WordPress backup plugins that allow you to automatically backup your website.
After creating a backup, you’ll need to install and activate the Quick Featured Images plugin. If you need help, then please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, go to Featured Images » Overview in the left-hand menu. On this screen, click on the following link: ‘Bulk set, replace and remove featured images for existing posts.’
This screen allows you to bulk edit your featured images in a few different ways.
Your first option is the ‘Set the selected image as a new featured image’ radio button.
This setting finds all of the posts and pages that don’t currently have a featured image. You can then choose a new featured image and apply it to all of these pages and posts.
Another option is ‘Replace featured images by the selected image.’ You can use this to replace any existing featured images with a new image.
Next up is ‘Remove the selected image as featured image.’ This lets you choose a specific image, and then remove that featured image wherever it appears on your website. This is perfect for removing an outdated featured image, such as any image that features your site’s old logo.
After selecting one of these radio buttons, click on the Choose Image button.
You can now choose the image that you want to use in the bulk edit. You can either select an image from your WordPress media library or upload a new file.
Once you’ve done that, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the ‘Next’ button.
On this screen, you’ll be able to configure how WordPress performs the bulk edit.
The options you see may vary depending on whether you’re adding, changing, or removing a featured image. For example, if you selected the ‘Set the selected image as new featured image’ radio button then you can choose whether to override all existing featured images, or ignore them.
To select which posts your bulk changes will apply to, scroll to the ‘Add a filter’ section.
By default, Quick Featured Images will apply its bulk edit to all pages and posts, across all of your site’s categories and tags.
If you don’t want to bulk edit every page and post, then you can create filters. These filters let you bulk edit featured images that meet a specific criteria.
You can check more than one box. For example, you might check the ‘Post Type Filter’ and ‘Tag Filter’ boxes if you want to bulk edit posts that have a specific tag.
After checking one or more boxes, go ahead and click on the ‘Next’ button.
You will now see some settings that you can use to create your filter. For example, if you checked the ‘Post Type Filter’ box then you can choose between the ‘Posts’ or ‘Pages’ box.
If you checked either the ‘Category Filter’ or ‘Tag Filter’ box, then you’ll have access to a dropdown menu.
You can open this dropdown and then choose the category or tag where you want to make the bulk edit.
When you’re happy with how your filter is set up, scroll to the bottom of the screen.
You can then go ahead and click on the ‘Preview filtering’ button.
The Quick Featured Images plugin will now show a preview of all the pages and posts that will be affected by the bulk edit.
If you’re happy with the preview, then you can go ahead and click on the ‘Apply’ button.
Quick Featured Images will now bulk edit all of the relevant featured images across your WordPress website.
When you bulk edit featured images in WordPress, you can sometimes end up using the same featured image for lots of different posts. These duplicate images can make your website look boring and repetitive.
With that in mind, you may want to set your featured images at random. You can use the Quick Featured Images plugin to select different images from your WordPress media library. The plugin will then add these featured images to your pages and posts at random.
In this way, you can bulk edit your images without creating lots of duplicate featured images.
To set your featured images at random, go to Featured Images » Overview and again click on ‘Bulk set, replace and remove featured images for existing posts’.
Once you’re here, click on ‘Set multiple images randomly as featured images.’
You can then click on the ‘Choose Images’ button to open the WordPress media library.
Here, hold down the Shift key and then click all the images that you want to randomly use as your featured images.
Once you’ve done that, click on the ‘Choose Images’ button. Then, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on ‘Next.’
By default, Quick Featured Images will apply these images to all your WordPress pages and posts at random.
Do you just want to use these images for certain content types, categories, or tags? Then you can create a filter by following the same process described above.
After adding a filter, Quick Featured Images will show a preview of all the pages and posts that it plans to update. You can check the thumbnail to see which image the plugin has randomly assigned to each page or post.
If you’re happy with the preview, go ahead and click on ‘Apply.’ Quick Featured Images will now add the new images to your pages and posts.
Sometimes you may prefer not to use featured images on your website. For example, you might be trying to speed up your WordPress performance, or you may be using a theme that simply doesn’t look good with featured images.
You can use Quick Featured Images to easily remove all the featured images from your pages and posts.
You can also use filters to remove the featured images from pages, posts, or content that has a particular tag or category.
To bulk remove featured images in WordPress, simply click on the ‘Remove all featured images without existing image files’ radio button. You can then go ahead and click on ‘Next.’
Now, you can apply filters by following the instructions above.
Once you’ve created one or more filters, go ahead and click on the ‘Next’ button.
As always, the plugin will show a preview of all the pages and posts that it will change as part of this bulk edit. Since you’re deleting the featured image, it will show ‘No image set’ in the ‘Future Featured Image’ column, rather than a thumbnail preview.
If you’re happy to go ahead and remove the featured image for these pages and posts, then just click on the ‘Apply’ button.
We hope this article helped you learn how to bulk edit featured images in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on the best Instagram WordPress plugins, and how to create automated workflows in WordPress to save time.
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Are you looking for a way to add social media icons to WordPress menus?
The logos for sites like Facebook and Twitter are instantly recognized by people all over the world. By adding these icons to your menus, you can promote your social media profiles in an eye-catching way that doesn’t take up a lot of space.
In this article, we will show you to add social media icons to WordPress navigation menus.
By adding social media icons to your website, you can encourage people to visit your different social networking profiles. This can get you more followers and engagement across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more.
One option is to add social media icons to your WordPress sidebar or a similar widget-ready area. However, when people want to visit a new page, they typically look at your navigation menu first.
By adding social media icons to your WordPress menus, you can often get more clicks, engagement, and followers across all your social media profiles.
Social media icons can also grab the visitor’s attention without adding extra text to your menus. This allows you to promote lots of different profiles in a small amount of space.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily add social media icons to WordPress menus.
If you prefer written instructions, just keep reading. Simply use the quick links below to jump straight to the method you want to use:
The easiest way to add social media icons to WordPress menus is by using Menu Image. This free plugin allows you to add image icons to your navigation menus, including social icons.
When creating your social icons, you can use any image that you have uploaded to the WordPress media library.
For example, many of the top social media companies provide logos that you can use on your website, such as the Twitter brand toolkit. You can also download icons from online libraries like the Font Awesome website.
Menu Image also integrates with the Font Awesome plugin. This allows you to browse and import all the Font Awesome icons directly from the WordPress dashboard, including icons for all the major social networks. For this reason, we recommend installing the Font Awesome plugin.
For detailed instructions on how to set up Font Awesome, please see our guide on how to easily add icon fonts in your WordPress theme.
No matter how you plan to provide the social media icons, you will need 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 may want to take a look at the icon sizes and change them if necessary. To do this, you need to go to Menu Image » Menu Image.
When creating your social icons, you can use any of the default WordPress image sizes, such as thumbnail, image, or large. Menu Image also lets you choose between three unique sizes that are set to 24×24, 36×36, and 48×48 pixels by default.
These sizes should work well for most WordPress websites, but you can change them by typing different numbers into the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Menu Image fields.
With that done, click on ‘Save Changes’ to store your settings.
To add icons to a navigation menu, head over to Appearance » Menus. By default, WordPress will show your site’s primary menu.
If you want to add social media icons to a different menu, then just open the ‘Select a menu to edit’ dropdown.
You can then choose a menu from the list and click on ‘Select.’
For step-by-step instructions on how to create a new menu, please see our guide on how to add a navigation menu in WordPress.
To start, you will need to add each social profile to your menu as a new link.
When you are ready, click to expand the ‘Custom Links’ section and then type in the address of the social media page you want to use. For example, you might enter the URL of your Facebook group or YouTube channel.
You will also need to type in some ‘Link Text’. In a later step, you will have the option to change where this title appears in the menu or even hide it completely.
With that done, click on ‘Add to Menu.’
This item will now appear in the right-hand column.
To add a social media icon, simply hover over the new menu item.
Then, click on the ‘Menu Image’ button when it appears.
Note: If you don’t see a ‘Menu Image’ button, then click on ‘Save Changes’. Now, the ‘Menu Image’ button should appear when you hover over any item in the menu.
You can now decide whether to use an image from your WordPress media library or an icon provided by Font Awesome.
To use a ready-made Font Awesome icon, click on the radio button next to ‘Icon’.
Then, select ‘Fontawesome’.
You can then click on ‘Brands’.
You will now see all the branded icons, including icons for all the major social networks. When you see the image you want to use, just give it a click.
Another option is using your own icon from the WordPress media library by selecting the ‘Image’ radio button. Then, click on the ‘Set Image’ link.
You can now either choose an image from the WordPress media library or upload a new file from your computer.
No matter where you get the icon from, Menu Image will show a preview on the right.
You can now change whether the link title appears above, below, before, or after the social media icon using the ‘Title position’ settings.
Many social media icons are instantly recognizable, so the link title may be unnecessary. If you are adding lots of social icons to a navigation menu, then titles can even make your menu look more messy and complicated.
With that being said, you may want to hide the title by selecting the ‘Hide’ radio button.
As you make changes, the live preview will update automatically, so you can try different settings to see what looks the best.
Finally, if you are using your own image, then you can resize the social media icons using the ‘Image Size’ dropdown.
Bigger icons will grab the visitor’s attention, but they can also be distracting. With that in mind, you may want to try different sizes to see what works best on your WordPress blog.
When you are happy with how the social media icon is set up, simply click on ‘Save Changes’.
Simply repeat these steps to add more icons to your WordPress menu.
You can even add icons to other important items in the navigation menu. For example, you might add icons to your contact form or WooCommerce checkout page.
When you are happy with how the menu is set up, just click on ‘Save Menu.’
Now, you can visit your website to see the new social media icons in action.
This is how it looked on our demo website.
WordPress has a built-in Social Icons block that allows you to create a menu containing social media icons and then display them in a nice layout.
This block comes with built-in icons for all the major social networks, so you don’t need to install a plugin like Font Awesome or upload icons to your media library. However, you can only add social media icons and links to the Social Icons block, so it isn’t as flexible as the Menu Image plugin.
If you are using a block theme, then you can add a Social Icons block to any part of your website, such as the header or footer. In this way, you can show a social media menu across your entire website.
To get started, head over to Appearance » Editor in the WordPress dashboard.
By default, the full site editor shows your theme’s home template, but you can add social icons to any template or template part. You can even add social media icons to parts of your website you can’t edit using the standard WordPress content editor.
For example, you can add a social media menu to your site’s 404 page template.
To see all the available options, you need to select either ‘Templates’ or ‘Template Parts’.
You can now click on the template or template part that you want to edit.
As an example, we will add social media icons to the WordPress header, but the steps will be the same no matter which template you select.
After making your choice, WordPress will show a preview of the template or template part.
To continue, click on the small pencil icon.
With that done, click on the blue ‘+’ icon in the top-left corner.
In the search bar, you must type in ‘Social Icons.’
When the right block appears, drag and drop it onto the theme template.
To add the first icon, just click on the ‘+’ icon inside the block.
In the popup that appears, type in the icon you want to add, such as ‘Twitter’ or ‘Facebook’.
When the right icon appears, simply click to add it to your WordPress blog.
Now, click on the new social media icon.
This opens a small bar where you can type in the URL you want to link to, like your Facebook page.
To add more social icons to WordPress, simply click on the ‘+’ icon and repeat the same process described above.
After adding all the social media icons, you may want to customize the block. To do this, click to select the Social Icons block and then click on the ‘Block’ tab.
You can change the icon’s justification, alignment, and orientation using the ‘Layout’ settings.
By default, all the social media links will open in the same tab. To keep visitors on your website, you may want to click to enable the ‘Open links in new tab’ toggle.
By default, WordPress shows the social icons only, without any text.
If you want to show text next to each icon, then click to enable the ‘Show labels’ toggle.
Next, click on the ‘Styles’ tab.
Here, you can change the button style by clicking on ‘Default’, ‘Logos Only’, or ‘Pill Shape’.
Finally, you can change the space between the social icons using the settings under ‘Block Spacing’.
When you are happy with how the menu looks, click on the ‘Save’ button.
Now, if you visit your website, then you will see the social media icons live.
Adding social media icons to WordPress menus is a great way to get more followers and engagement across your different accounts. However, there are lots more ways to promote your Twitter, Facebook, and other social profiles.
The best way to get more followers and engagement is by embedding a live social feed on your website. This allows you to show the latest posts from multiple accounts, along with buttons that visitors can use to engage with your posts or follow you on social media.
The best way to add social media feeds to your website is by using Smash Balloon. It’s the best social media feed plugin for WordPress and lets you embed live feeds from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and more.
For more information, please see our guide on how to add social media feeds to WordPress.
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 embed a Facebook video in WordPress or see our expert picks for the best Twitter plugins for WordPress.
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This is a common question I get from folks in the WordPress community. How can I “lock things down” and prevent any changes to plugins, themes, and WordPress core files. For example, how to prevent any themes and/or plugins from being updated or deleted, and how to prevent any new plugins from being installed. This is useful for certain projects where it’s necessary to lock a website to a static version. Fortunately, WordPress makes this super easy with a couple of PHP constants. Let’s take a quick look..
Did you know that WordPress provides a Plugin File Editor and Theme File Editor in the WP Admin Area. You can find them:
These tools enable admins to make changes to any plugin or theme files. Huge convenience for those that need it. For those that don’t, you can disable any changes via the file editors by adding the following line to your site’s wp-config.php file, which resides in the root WordPress directory:
// disable file changes via plugin and theme editors
define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true);Once this line is included in the site’s configuration file, all file-editing via the Admin Area will be disabled. No menu items, no editing, nada. It’s another layer of security that effectively minimizes your site’s attack surface, so sensitive files cannot be modified by any user, including admins. This helps to protect against any changes that could compromise or crash your site.
DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT constant may affect any plugins that check for sufficient capabilities using current_user_can('edit_plugins'). Plugins should check if the constant is set, and if so display an appropriate error message.While the previous technique disables changes to plugins and themes via the file editors, this next technique prevents all changes to any files from inside the Admin Area. This includes:
It also includes changes made via the plugin and theme file editors. Basically this technique staticizes a site to its current version. So if that sounds like you, here is the magic code to lock it down:
// disable all changes to all files via admin area
define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true);Once this line is included in the site’s configuration file, all changes (installing, updating, deleting) to plugins and themes will be disabled. Note that the above line also disables updates to the WordPress core files, so trying to update WordPress via Dashboard ▸ Updates will not work.
Of course, it always is possible for changes to be made directly on the server via SFTP or similar method. But any file changes from within the Admin Area will be disabled completely.
DISALLOW_FILE_MODS and DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT. Just including DISALLOW_FILE_MODS takes care of everything.DISALLOW_FILE_MODS to your site’s wp-config.php file. WordPress needs to be able to make changes in order to keep plugins, themes, and core files current via updates. So only disable changes if you are 100% certain that you don’t want any updates on your WordPress site.
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Are you looking for a way to replace the default theme and plugin editor in WordPress?
The default WordPress theme and plugin editors are plain text editors with limited functionality. By replacing these editors with better tools, you can use advanced features like access control, child theme creation, file downloads, and more.
In this article, we will show you how to easily replace the default theme and plugin editor in WordPress.
The default theme editor in the dashboard of your WordPress website allows you to make direct changes to the code in your theme files.
Similarly, the plugin editor lets you edit the code of the installed plugins on your website.
These built-in editors have text editor interfaces that lack advanced features like access control, file download/upload, and child theme creation. This makes it time-consuming for you to add and maintain custom code.
Plus, if an unauthorized person gains access to your WordPress admin area, then they can easily access the default editors to edit your theme and plugin files. This can allow them to install malware on your website.
By replacing these editors with a plugin, you can easily customize your WordPress themes and plugins from the dashboard by adding or removing code snippets, customizing colors, modifying various template files, CSS styles, and more.
This will allow you to make quick changes to your theme or plugin without accessing your website files via FTP.
You can also create child themes, control editor access to make your website more secure, and even upload files to your plugins and themes from your computer.
Having said that, let’s see how to easily replace the default theme and plugin editor in WordPress. You can use the quick links below to jump to the different parts of our tutorial:
First, you need to install and activate the Theme Editor plugin. For detailed instructions, you can see our beginner’s guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Note: Before making any changes to your theme or plugin files, please make sure to create a complete backup of your WordPress website. This will come in handy if anything goes wrong and you have to restore WordPress from a backup.
Upon activation, you need to head over to the Theme Editor » Settings page from the WordPress admin sidebar.
Once you are there, check the ‘Yes’ box for the ‘Enable code editor for theme’ option.
After that, if you want to disable the default WordPress theme editor, then you need to check the ‘Yes’ box next to the ‘Disable WordPress theme file editor?’ option.
Once you have done that, just switch to the ‘Plugin Editor’ tab at the top.
Here, you need to check the ‘Yes’ box next to the ‘Enable code editor for plugin’ option.
You can also disable the default editor by choosing the ‘Yes’ option for the ‘Disable WordPress plugin file editor?’ setting.
Next, switch to the ‘Code Editor’ tab from the top of the page.
From here, you can choose a theme for the code editor from the dropdown menu. This will display the code in your theme and plugins in different backgrounds and font colors.
Once you are done, don’t forget to click the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.
Now, you need to visit the Theme Editor » Theme Code Editor page from the WordPress admin dashboard.
Once you are there, you need to select the theme that you want to edit from the dropdown menu in the right corner of the screen. Next, you must choose the theme file where you want to add code from the sidebar on the right.
After that, you can easily add, remove, or edit code to your theme files from the theme editor on your screen.
Once you are done, don’t forget to click the ‘Update File’ button to store your settings.
You can also download the file you just edited by clicking on the ‘Download File’ button. If you want to download the whole theme instead, then you can click the ‘Download Theme’ button.
If you want to add code to your plugin files instead, then you need to visit the Theme Editor » Plugin Code Editor page from the WordPress admin sidebar.
Once you are there, choose a plugin to edit from the dropdown menu in the right corner of the screen.
After that, you can select a plugin file to edit from the sidebar on the right and then edit it using the plugin code editor.
Once you are satisfied with your changes, just click the ‘Update File’ button to store your settings.
You can even download the file you just edited by clicking the ‘Download File’ button.
If you want to download the plugin with all the changes that you have made, then you can click the ‘Download Plugin’ button instead.
The Theme Editor plugin even lets you control access to your theme and plugin editors in WordPress. However, this feature is only available in the pro version of the plugin.
This way, only users who you approve will be able to edit the themes and plugins on your website.
By using access control, you make your website more secure by allowing only trustworthy users to make changes to your files, reducing the risk of malware.
First, you need to visit the Theme Editor » Access Control page from the WordPress dashboard.
From here, you just need to check the options in the columns that you want the WordPress user roles to have access to.
For example, if you want the editor to have the ability to update theme files, then you need to check that box in the ‘Editor’ row.
Once you are done, simply click the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.
If you want to create a child theme to customize your WordPress themes, then you can visit the Theme Editor » Child Theme page from the WordPress admin sidebar.
Once you are there, you will first need to choose a parent theme from the dropdown menu in the middle and then click the ‘Analyze’ button.
Once that’s done, you must provide a name for your new theme directory and select where to save your child theme stylesheet.
After that, you can even provide a name, description, author, and version for the child theme that you are creating.
Once you are done, just click the ‘Create New Child Theme’ button.
Now that you have created a child theme, you can edit the selector, web fonts, CSS, child style, and theme files from the menu bar at the top of the page.
The changes that you make will automatically be saved in your child theme.
Adding code to your website using plugins or theme file editors is always a bit risky because the smallest error can break your WordPress website and make it inaccessible.
That is why we recommend using the free WPCode plugin instead to add custom code to your website. It is the best WordPress code snippets plugin on the market.
First, you need to install and activate the WPCode plugin. For detailed instructions, you can see our tutorial on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to head over to the Code Snippets » + Add Snippet page from the WordPress admin sidebar.
From here, you can use the WPCode snippet library to add pre-made code snippets to your WordPress site.
However, if you want to add custom code, then you can also do that by clicking the ‘Use Snippet’ button under the ‘Add Your Custom Code (New Snippet)’ option.
This will open the ‘Create Custom Snippet’ page, where you can start by adding a title for your code snippet.
After that, you need to select a code type from the dropdown menu in the right corner of the screen. For example, if you want to add PHP code, then you just need to select the ‘PHP Snippet’ option.
Next, simply add your custom code into the ‘Code Preview’ box.
Once you have done that, scroll down to the ‘Insertion’ section and choose the ‘Auto Insert’ mode.
Your custom code will be automatically executed on your site upon activation.
Finally, scroll back to the top and toggle the ‘Inactive’ switch to ‘Active’.
After that, click the ‘Save Snippet’ button to save and execute the custom code on your website.
For more details, you can see our guide on how to add custom code in WordPress.
We hope this article helped you learn how to easily replace the default theme and plugin editor in WordPress. You may also want to see our beginner’s guide on how to safely update WordPress and our expert picks for the must-have WordPress plugins to grow your site.
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Are you wondering how to remove the parent page slug from a child page URL in WordPress?
By default, WordPress adds the parent page’s slug as a prefix to child page URLs, and this is good for SEO. However, some people may not want the parent page slug in the URL.
In this article, we will show you how to remove the parent page slug from a child page URL in WordPress.
Your WordPress website comes with two main content types called posts and pages.
Pages are hierarchical, which means they can have child pages. These child pages are dependent on their parent pages and typically cover subtopics related to the parent.
For example, you might have a ‘Products’ parent page with ‘Pricing’, ‘Support’, and ‘Features’ child pages.
By default, the URL of a child page in WordPress will have its parent page’s slug in the URL. Here’s an example:
http://example.com/parent-page/child-page/
Using URLs like this is the best way to organize content within a hierarchical page structure on your website. These URLs are considered best practice for WordPress SEO and will make sense to your users when they read them.
It’s usually not a good idea to remove the parent page slug. It can potentially break the URL, and some experts believe it is less SEO-friendly. Sometimes, it may even cause conflicts with the WordPress permalink structure.
In our experience, if you don’t want a parent page slug in your child page URL, then the best approach is to not create a child page at all. Instead, you can simply create a normal page and use a navigation menu to show that other pages belong under that page.
However, we understand that some users may still want to use child pages and not include the parent page slug within the URL.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily remove the parent page slug from a child page URL in WordPress.
The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Custom Permalinks plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to edit the child page that you want to change. Under the content area, you will see a ‘Custom Permalinks’ field where you can change the child page URL.
The permalink field will show your page’s current default URL. You just need to click it and enter the custom URL you want to use for your child page.
In our example, the hollywood-boulevarde page is a child page oflocations, so the default permalink is locations/hollywood-boulevarde.
We deleted the locations parent slug from the URL, as you can see in the screenshot below.
Don’t forget to click the ‘Update’ button to save your page and store your URL changes.
After saving your changes, the plugin will automatically redirect the old permalink to the new address. This means your visitors will not see a 404 error if they click a link or bookmark to the page’s old address.
When you view the child page, you will now notice that its URL does not contain the parent slug.
Now that you know how to customize a child page’s URL in WordPress, you may want to learn more about how to use pages and child pages in WordPress:
We hope this article helped you learn how to remove the parent page slug from a child page URL in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on how to create a custom page in WordPress or our expert picks for the best drag and drop page builder plugins for WordPress.
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Whether it’s a personal blog or an ecommerce store, managing a successful WordPress website takes a lot of time and effort. You might not have the resources to complete all the essential tasks in a timely manner. So, you may be shopping around for a WordPress AI plugin to help you. In this post, we’ll take a look at seven AI tools you can use to improve your WordPress site.
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I’ve written numerous tutorials explaining how to troubleshoot WordPress, plugins, email, and more. When investigating issues, diagnosing problems, and hunting bugs, troubleshooting is a critical core skill for any web developer. To help readers level up their tool belt, here’s a quick round-up of free plugins to help troubleshoot any of your WordPress projects.
There are TONS of great troubleshooting plugins available at the WordPress.org Plugin Directory. Some of these plugins you’re probably familiar with, others are newer with their own unique features. While nobody is gonna need all of these plugins, it is comforting that there are so many to choose from. So you can find the best tools for whatever inspecting or debugging is needed. Plus all of these plugins are open source and 100% free. So without further ado..
wp-config.php. So you don’t have to edit the file manually.phpinfo()).wp-config.php file to enable debugging. So you don’t have to edit the file manually.Note: WordPress plugins tend to change over time, usually for the better but not always. So to be safe, make sure to check the official homepage/docs for more details before trying any of the above plugins. If anything should or should not be on the list, please let us know so we can update the post. Thank you!
Gotta give props here. I was inspired to put this round up together after seeing this post in David McCan’s Dynamic WordPress group on Facebook. Check it out for some interesting comments and more ideas for troubleshooting your WordPress-powered websites.
Cheers! 😎
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An External Data Services (EDS) plugin in IBM Content Navigator (ICN) is used to integrate external data sources with ICN. An EDS plugin allows ICN to retrieve data from external data sources, such as databases or web services, and display it in ICN. The EDS plugin interface defines the methods that ICN uses to communicate with the plugin, such as initializing the plugin, performing queries, and retrieving data.
The following is an overview of the design considerations for developing an EDS plugin in ICN:
When it comes to WordPress resources there are seemingly endless options. If you’re looking for a notification bar, a membership manager, social links, RSS importer, FAQs or quite literally anything else there is sure to be a plugin for the feature you need. But in most cases you’ll find many plugin options from a number […]
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Do you want to download all the images and media files from your WordPress website?
By downloading your media library, you can easily store a backup of your media files on your computer or, if you have created another WordPress site, then you can also transfer these images from one site to another.
In this article, we’ll show you how to easily download your entire WordPress media library, step by step.
The WordPress media library stores all the media files that you have uploaded to your site. If you want to create a backup of these media files, then you can easily do that by downloading a copy of the media library and storing it on your computer.
You can always use a fully automated WordPress backup solution to back up your entire WordPress site (including plugins, themes, posts, and the media library).
However, most backup plugins do not offer an easy way to just download and upload your media library.
You could also use your WordPress hosting account file manager or FTP to download the media library, but these methods are a bit complicated and confusing for beginners.
With that being said, we’ll show you some easy ways to easily download your entire media library in WordPress.
For this method, we’ll be using a plugin to download the media files.
First, you need to install and activate the Export Media Library plugin. For more details, see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, go to the Media » Export page from your admin area.
Once you’re on the ‘Export Media Library’ page, simply choose the ‘Single folder with all files’ option from the dropdown menu beside the ‘Folder Structure’ option.
Now all your media will be downloaded into one folder. They will be downloaded as the original file types, such as JPG, PNG, or SVG.
If you want your media to be placed into separate folders based on the time of upload, then choose the ‘Nested Folder’ option from the dropdown menu.
After that, simply click the ‘Download Zip’ button, and your entire media library will be downloaded into a zip file on your computer.
If you want to create a backup for your entire WordPress website including the media library, then this method is for you.
We’ll be using the Duplicator plugin which is the best WordPress backup plugin on the market and enables you to create a complete backup of your WordPress website.
First, you’ll need to install and activate the Duplicator plugin. For more details, see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to visit the Duplicator » Packages page from the admin sidebar and click on the ‘Create New’ button.
Next, you need to choose a name for your WordPress backup.
It can be anything that will help you identify the backup once it’s downloaded on your computer.
After that, click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.
In the next step, your website will be scanned for potential errors.
Once the scan is complete, simply click on the ‘build’ button to create your package.
Note: If an error is highlighted by Duplicator during the scan, you would need to solve that error before rescanning and building your package.
Once the package is built, you need to click on the ‘Download Both Files’ button.
Now, your installer and archive files will be downloaded simultaneously.
Your WordPress website backup including media files will now be downloaded and stored on your computer.
If you want to restore a WordPress backup, you may also want to see our guide on how to restore WordPress from a backup.
In this method, we’ll show you how to download your entire media library from your WordPress backend and import it to another WordPress website.
Note: This method allows you to download the media library without using any plugins. However, we do not recommend this method because it exports your media as an XML file.
This method can come in handy if you want to import your WordPress media library to one of your other websites.
For that, head over to the Tools » Export page from the WordPress admin dashboard.
Now that you’re on the ‘Export’ page, simply check the box beside the ‘Media’ option.
If you don’t want to download your entire library, then you can also select a date range for a specific time frame. With this feature, only the images uploaded during your chosen time frame will be downloaded.
Finally, click on the ‘Download Export File’ button.
Now, your WordPress media library will be saved on your computer as an XML file.
Next, you need to install and activate the WordPress Importer plugin. For more instructions, please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
This plugin will allow you to import your XML file to another WordPress website.
First, you need to visit the Tools » Import page from the admin sidebar.
Then you can simply click on the ‘Run Importer’ link below the ‘WordPress’ option.
This will take you to the ‘Import WordPress’ page where you need to click on the ‘Choose File’ button.
Now, you can upload your media library XML file from the computer.
Once you’re done, don’t forget to click on the ‘Upload file and import’ button to upload the media library.
We hope this article helped you download your WordPress media library. You may also want to see our tutorial on how to speed up your WordPress website, and our comparison of the best Instagram plugins for WordPress.
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Do you want to add an SEO Editor role in WordPress?
If you have hired an SEO specialist to work on your website, then adding them as an SEO editor is the safest way to give them access to your WordPress website.
In this article, we’ll show you how to easily add an SEO editor role in WordPress.
WordPress comes with a user role management system that defines what a user can and cannot do on your website. You can assign different user roles to your team members depending on their job descriptions.
By adding an SEO Editor / Manager role to your WordPress website, you will be providing secure access to the SEO features and tools to some specific members of your team.
An SEO Editor role has access to the SEO settings for all your posts and pages. This allows them to optimize posts for SEO and work on search rankings.
An SEO Manager tends to have access to sitewide SEO settings including sitemaps, redirects, local SEO, and more.
By default, WordPress doesn’t offer either the SEO Editor or SEO manager user roles.
However, you can easily add these roles by using the All in One SEO for WordPress. It is the best WordPress SEO plugin on the market and allows you to easily optimize your WordPress website like a pro.
It also comes with powerful access control features which enable you to safely give your SEO team limited access to your website.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily add an SEO editor or manager user role in WordPress.
First, you need to install and activate the All in One SEO for WordPress plugin. For more instructions, please see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Note: You’ll need the Pro version of the All in One SEO plugin to unlock SEO user role features.
Upon activation, the plugin will launch the setup wizard which will walk you through the setup. If you need help, then you can follow our guide on how to set up All In One SEO in WordPress.
Now you can simply add a new user to your WordPress website by visiting Users » Add New page or you can edit an existing user account by visiting the Users » All Users page.
After that, simply click on the Edit link below the user account that you want to change.
On the Edit user screen, scroll down to the Role option and select SEO Editor or SEO Manager user role from the drop down menu.
Don’t forget to click on the Add / Update User button to save your changes.
These users will now be able to access SEO features based on the user role assigned to them.
For instance, SEO Editor will be able to see and edit SEO Settings for a post or page by simply editing them.
On the other hand, a user with the SEO Manager role will also be able to view the General SEO settings on the WordPress admin sidebar.
They will be able to make changes to site-wide SEO settings that may affect your entire website.
By default, All in One SEO selects the best access control settings for each SEO user role.
However, sometimes you may want to add or remove permissions from the SEO editor or Manager user roles.
All in One SEO lets you customize SEO user roles so that you can select which options they’ll have access to.
Simply head over to the All in One SEO » General Settings page and switch to the Access Control tab.
Caution: Be very careful when giving a user role access to any option under the General SEO Settings. These options may allow them to apply SEO changes that will affect your entire website.
From here, scroll down to the ‘SEO Editor’ option and toggle the switch next to the ‘Use Default Settings’ option.
This will reveal the Default Settings that All in One SEO has chosen for the SEO Editor role.
As you can see that by default the SEO editor user role only has access to Post SEO settings.
From here, you can check or uncheck items that you want to allow the SEO editor to have access to.
For instance, you can remove access to the Manage Redirects option or give them access to the Search Statistics feature.
Similarly, if you want to change settings for the SEO Manager user role, then you will need to switch off the ‘Use Default Settings’ toggle next to the SEO Manager option.
This will reveal the default settings that All in One SEO has chosen for the SEO manager user role.
By default, the SEO manager user role has access to several options under the General SEO settings as well as all the options under the Post SEO settings.
You can change that by checking the items that you want them to have access to or unchecking to remove access from specific items.
Once you are finished, don’t forget to click on the Save Changes button to store your settings.
We hope this article helped you learn how to add an SEO Editor role in WordPress. You may also want to see our ultimate WordPress SEO guide for beginners and our top picks for the best WordPress plugins for small businesses.
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The Block Editor can be useful for creating new posts and pages in WordPress. However, the default editing experience may not provide everything you need to design your unique website. The freemium Otter Blocks plugin can change that, with a bunch of new features - learn more in our detailed Otter Blocks review.