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Written by Steve Burge on November 30, 2017 | OSTraining News

Do you need to build a WordPress site? 

The "WordPress Explained" book is coming to your rescue. Today, a beta version of this book is available to OSTraining members

This book teaches you everything you need to know to make a WordPress site. And, it does it in plain English, with a simple step-by-step approach.

WordPress Explained is initially available to OSTraining Book Club members.

We'll also have copies available at WordCamp US in Nashville this weekend!

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WordPress Explained is being published in partnership with GoDaddy. 

GoDaddy supported the free WordPress video classes we released last year, and we're delighted to partner with them again for WordPress Explained.

GoDaddy have been enormously supportive to the WordPress ecosystem, sponsoring events and bringing in new WordPress users. They've also been busy expanding their WordPress services. Within the last year, GoDaddy has acquired ManageWP and Sucuri. They also launched a WordPress website builder and Pro ManageWP.

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WordPress Security and Maintenance Release: 4.9.1

Holidays are for: Family, eating too much, and security.

Don't worry you can stay distraction free when dining with friends and family this holiday season, knowing that we have handled this WordPress security release update for you and your sites. Instead of worrying if your site has been patched, you can be the one to bring it up at social gatherings and watch as your friends or family with WordPress sites become uncomfortable not knowing if their sites are secure or not.

Pagely customers will receive the WordPress 4.9.1 security release update this week. This security and maintenance release includes patches for multiple vulnerabilities including a cross-site scripting (XSS) and XML eXternal Entity (XXE) issues. This will also officially bring all customers up to the 4.9 branch from 4.8.3, unless you've previously written in requesting an upgrade to 4.9 in the last few weeks.

You can read more about this security release and specific details on what it includes here on the WordPress news blog, as well as more details on how we handle major WordPress releases (like 4.9) on our blog  here: WordPress 4.9 Release.

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 WordPress Security WP v. Release security wordpress release Author Robert Rowley Senior Infosec Engineer here at Pagely, I will try to be concise when bringing you all the important news about security and staying safe.
Source: Security Haiku: WordPress 4.9.1

Very few other technologies are ready to disrupt our future lives more than artificial intelligence. Machines are getting better and better at learning and processing information similar to human beings. As a consequence, they take over even more jobs traditionally performed by human beings.

In real life, we can look forward to automated transportation (self-driving cars are already on our streets), robotic limbs and machine-powered care for the elderly. Technology will become part of everyday life even more and we will interact with it on an increasingly regular basis.

Naturally, that includes the digital space and, by proxy, WordPress. We have already talked about WordPress plugins that use artificial intelligence in an earlier article. In this post, we want to take the topic a few steps further and make some predictions about how the rise of AI will influence the WordPress platform and the web in general in the future. For that, we will particularly concentrate on the areas of web design and development, e-commerce as well as writing/content creation.

Ready to take a peak at the future of WordPress? Then just keep reading.

How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Web Design and Development

Let's start with the area of web design and development. Here, artificial intelligence will take over parts of both the creation of web presences and their active interaction with users.

Machines That Build Websites

You might be surprised to hear it, but there are already companies working on AI algorithms that can build websites. The most prominent examples are Wix ADI, Grid, and Firedrop.

In each case, they offer users an AI assistant that helps determine the type of website you are aiming to create. From there, the assistant in question either makes autonomous decisions on branding, layout, design and content all by itself or, in the case of Firedrop, takes the role of a real-life web designer and leads you through the process with suggestions.

Wix's solution even scours Internet for information on the type of website to deliver the best possible solution. In the end, all you need to do is fill the site with content and you are done.

So, why aren't all designers out of a job yet?

Because currently the capabilities of these platforms are still pretty limited and spit out cookie cutter websites. Especially Grid has been met with very mixed reviews since its launch. For more information, check this article.

However, is it conceivable that in the future you will simply tell an AI assistant what kind of WordPress site you want and have it do the rest? Why not? While we are still far away from it, the first steps in this direction have already been taken.

Plus, you can even outsource parts of your web design to artificial intelligence through services like Logojoy and Bannersnack. Similar things are in the works for print design, meaning AI could upend graphic design in general.

Intelligently Adaptive Design

However, the applications of AI don't stop at website creation. On existing sites, machine learning could help dynamically adapt the design and content to user needs. Thanks to user analysis and the ability to process vast amounts of information, AI can help predict visitor intent and create the best possible experience.

Imagine a site that, if your online activity suggests that you are allergic to lactose or gluten, automatically serves up recipes and images accordingly and automatically. We are already seeing personalized ads and search results on today's web, so why shouldn't other parts of the web experience follow suit?

The Death of the Entry-Level Job?

However, while machines are great at sifting through loads of data and performing automatic tasks, it is noteworthy that there are limits to what they can do. Specifically, AI is bad at making creative decisions and determining subjective factors like taste and emotional impact.

While that is great news for creative directors making these kinds of calls, the future doesn't look as rosy for entry-level workers. As AI gets better at understanding more complex jobs, in the future it will likely take over much of the low-level repetitive jobs currently done by humans.

Source: Adobe Machine Learning, AI, and E-Commerce

E-commerce is one of the sectors set to invest a lot into in artificial intelligence. In fact, according to Business Insider 72% of all retailers plan to make investments into cognitive computing/machine learning by 2021. Here's what that money will be going toward.

Personalized Customer Experience

Just like web design in general, machine learning and artificial intelligence will be able to understand customers better and provide a more personalized experience. For example, new advances in image recognition allow virtual shopping assistants to recommend not only similar but also matching and complementary products. This includes the ability to determine size, color, shape, fabric or brand.

Ever dreamed of a robot saying something would "totally look cute on you"? Now you can. Plus, it saves customers a lot of browsing around looking by yourself. Retailers that have already implemented personalization see two to three times higher sales increases than those who haven't. It's only a matter of time before someone builds a plugin like this for WooCommerce.

Automated Customer Service

Of course, the biggest step toward personalized shopping experiences will be the possibility to interact with virtual customer service agents. For example, Taco Bell is working on a chatbot that enables customers to order takeout food through a Slack channel.

Source: Taco Bell

Chatbots exist for many different channels, including social platforms as well as WordPress. They can learn from interactions and add answers to their libraries automatically. When they get more complex, vendors will be able to move the personal in-store experience online.

In fact, a recent study suggests that as early as 2020 85 percent of customer interactions will be taken care of by machines. For clients, that is useful since bots don't sleep and can handle an infinite number of inquiries at the same time. Retailers save by having to pay fewer flesh-and-blood customer service employees.

In addition to answering questions, AI bots can follow up on leads, identify prospects, be part of CRM tools, improve sales processes and much more. So beware, one of the next chats you have with a friendly employee of your favorite company might be with a robot.

Voice Search

Taking AI-powered online customer service a step further is the possibility to use your own voice. In recent time, we have seen more and more voice-powered AI assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri.

Especially Amazon's Alexa by now integrates with many third-party offers. Users you are able to have the assistant buy concert tickets, call an Uber and order food or flowers. There's no reason why this type of technology shouldn't also come to online stores.

In the future, you will be able to talk to your favorite shopping websites the same way you do to your phone or home appliance. Plus, as language processing evolves, the possibilities will only get bigger.

Artificial Intelligence for Writing and Content Creation

We now get to a topic that is close to my heart for obvious reasons. AI is also making its way into writing and content marketing through multiple applications. So, will a robot replace me in the future? Let's find out.

Machine-Assisted Research

As any professional writer will tell you, one of the largest parts of creating content is doing the research. Reading and compiling information and bringing it into an order is time intensive. Thankfully, in the future, artificial intelligence might be able to do some of the heavy lifting.

For example, Salesforce already uses an algorithm that can summarize the content of longer texts. It currently improves through a mixture of machine learning and help from human trainers. However, the technology is getting there.

Of course, this can extend not only to articles but emails and other written communication. That way, you will be able to skim your messages before deciding which ones are worth looking into.

Automatic Proofreading Services

Spell check has been around for a long time. By now, everyone should be familiar with the squiggly lines underneath incorrectly spelled words.

However, machine learning can actually do a lot more than that. AI is getting increasingly better at understanding the context and intent behind written words. Therefore, it can now also correct style and grammar mistakes as well as make suggestions on how to improve your text further.

Source: Jetpack

This stuff matters. Last year, Yoast SEO, one of the most popular SEO solutions for WordPress, added a readability panel. Here, the plugin checks for passive voice, overly long sentences and other writing flaws in your content that reduce the digestibility of it.

AI could take this one step further. For example, it could offer active-voice equivalents for existing sentences and do a lot more of the work usually done by human proofreaders and editors. Grammarly and Atomic Reach are already players in this field. In WordPress, we have After the Deadline, which is included in the Jetpack plugin.

Content-Writing Robots?

When thinking about AI and content creation, you need to keep in mind that algorithms have already improved writing online. Thanks to Google's updates in recent years, online content has switched from one dominated by keyword stuffing to writing aimed at human readers (with SEO sprinkled in).

However, is the next step that robots will themselves create the content?

In, fact they already do in the form of AI journalism. Machines can already automatically create content types like:

Business reports

Hotel descriptions

Stock insights

Recaps for sports events

Predictions say that by 2018 20% of business content will be composed by robots. In addition to that, already today, you can find offers online for AI-driven writing and rewriting services.

So, is it conceivable that machines will start composing ebooks or works of fiction anytime soon?

Well, it's still a while to go until we get to this point, however, more data-heavy and less creative writing tasks are already within the realm of possibility.

Summing Up

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are slowly but surely making their way into our lives. From talking household appliances to software taking over more and more complex work tasks, the predicted changes in real life will be drastic.

Of course, this will also affect the digital space, maybe even more so. Above, we have seen that artificial intelligence will transform major parts of the Internet. From doing rudimentary web design tasks and helping to personalize websites, they might someday build entire web presences.

Ecommerce will also see increased personalization as well as automated customer service that you can talk to like a person. Not even writing, an exclusively human realm for thousands of years, is safe. Machines are learning to research, proofread and even create content.

Rest assured, these changes will also have an impact on WordPress. Is all of this good news or bad news? That remains to be seen. The fact is, it's not science fiction but already happening now. We will see its effects in our lifetime.

How do you feel about the emergence of AI? What other changes could you imagine? Let us know in the comments section below!

Nick Schäferhoff

Nick Schäferhoff is an entrepreneur, online marketer, and professional blogger from Germany. He found WordPress when he needed a website for his first business and instantly fell in love. When not building websites, creating content or helping his clients improve their online business, he can most often be found at the gym, the dojo or traveling the world with his wife. If you want to get in touch with him, you can do so via Twitter or through his website.

Source: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform the Internet (and WordPress)

Do you remember the last time you went to Disney World or some other amusement park, local event, or festival? You're excited to go, thinking about all the different food you plan on eating and rides you want to go on… but then you get there and the line just to get into the place is wrapped around the block.

What even is that? You're not paying good money to wait in line for an hour only to have to wait in more lines when you get in!

Now, imagine how your visitors feel when they get to a website only to encounter the same thing. Only this is online and the expectation is that there should be absolutely no wait. No waiting to access your site. No waiting to see your images or videos. No waiting to open that new blog post they've been dying to read.

So, let's get down to brass tacks here.

If we're talking consistent speed enhancements, there are a number of things you need to do to speed up your WordPress site. That said, if you're looking for a quick fix and you know there's something currently plaguing your site's load times, then here are 16 quick tips to speed up your WordPress site right now.

16 Tips to Speed up Your WordPress Site Fast and Easily

You can never have a site that runs too fast. (Can you imagine anyone ever complaining about that?) That's why these tips are always good to keep around since they won't take much time at all to implement and can easily be done on top of other speed/performance enhancement tasks you regularly do.

1. Use a Caching Plugin

When building WordPress sites, a caching plugin is one of the first ones you should install. It will cut out the need for your server to send the same information over and over to browsers that they already have (that is, so long as your site doesn't change too often). So, if a caching plugin has somehow fallen through the cracks, then this is the easiest quick (and permanent) fix you can put in place to speed up your site.

I'd recommend you start with the Hummingbird plugin from WPMU DEV.

2. Add a CDN

Is Google Analytics telling you that your site has gone global? If you're beginning to reach people located in far-flung locales, then it's high time you got your site running on a CDN to ensure that you're delivering the fastest loading speeds to every single visitor regardless of where they're located.

3. Compress Your Images

Image compression is something you should never do manually when there are plugins like Smush Pro to do it for you automatically. Once the plugin is installed, it never hurts to run a regular scan on your media library to ensure that all images have been good and smushed.

Plus, the free version of Smush was voted the best plugin in the free WordPress.org repository in 2017. It doesn't get any better than that.

4. Be Lazy with Your Images

If you have an image-heavy website, but traffic is kind of slow right now, you may need to give those images a break. Of course, the tips above will help ease some of the weight from having that many images on your site, but you still may want to consider lazy loading. Lazy loading will keep your site from populating those images up until the very moment your visitors scroll to them, sparing your server the unnecessary strain.

5. Simplify the Design

Are there any elements of your WordPress site that may be a bit excessive? If so, think about ways to create a more minimal and streamlined experience with fewer animations, images, or maybe even widgets (you could always ditch that sidebar!)

6. Prevent Image Theft

There are a number of ways to prevent unauthorized users from stealing images from your site. Did you know, however, that hotlinking isn't just bad for copyright purposes, but also for your site's speed? Whenever someone uses an image from your site simply by linking to it, they're putting all the strain on your server instead of their own since yours hosts the image.

You can use your SEO plugin to disable hotlinking and prevent that from happening.

7. Delete Videos

Obviously, I'm not saying that you should get rid of the video content on your site. However, if you've uploaded actual video files to your site in the past, I'd suggest you pull them down, upload them to your preferred video service provider (like YouTube), and embed them instead. It'll put less pressure on your server and speed things up.

8. Use Blog Excerpts

Of course, the goal of having a blog on your WordPress site is to regularly publish content to it. However, with every new piece of content you add to your site, there's more data you're adding to the server. That's not to say that you should blog less frequently; instead, you should find ways to lighten up your blog a bit.

One of the ways you can do this is under WordPress's Reading Settings. You can:

Limit the number of blog posts that show up on the blog page.

Limit the number of posts in your syndication feed.

Only display the blog summary and not the full post.

9. Disable Comments

Blog comments can also contribute to the sluggishness of a website, which is why some people actually turn off WordPress comments completely. Of course, it's up to you to decide whether or not comments feeds are causing too much strain and, then, whether your blog would do just fine without them.

10. Rein in Social

You need to give people a way to share your content on social media, but that doesn't mean you need a plethora of WordPress plugins running concurrently to add social capabilities to your site. Just find one reliable and lightweight social media plugin that does everything you need and go with that. This way, you'll have fewer plugins as well as fewer social media icons and data counters strewn about your site slowing things down.

11. Fix Broken Links

Every time someone arrives at a broken URL, not only does it create a bad user experience, but it also sends an unnecessary request to your server. Use the Broken Link Checker plugin to ensure that you're made aware of bad links on your site and that visitors are automatically redirected to working URLs.

12. Clean Up Your Files

There are a number of areas on your WordPress site where you may have files just chilling out, taking up space, and forcing your site to slow down as it accommodates them. Things like:

Unused plugins

Unused themes

Unwanted widgets

Old images and videos in your media library

Schedule time once a month to go through and do a clean sweep of unnecessary, outdated, or excessive files. You can use a plugin like WP-Optimize to keep your database clean, too.

13. Cut Back on Revisions

While it would be wonderful to create a page or post, publish it, and then have that be it, there's always a reason to edit your content more than once. However, with every new save, more data is added to your server. So, what you need to do is cut down on the number of revisions stored in your database (not on how many revisions you can actually make). There is a WordPress plugin called Revision Control that can help with this.

14. Use Faster Plugins

When was the last time you updated your plugin set? If the same plugins have been sitting on your WordPress site for a year, it may be time to look around to see if there are newer, more agile options you can swap out that can accomplish the same thing.

15. Replace Your Theme

If you're currently mulling over the decision to switch to a new WordPress theme and your site's speed has left something to be desired, now might be the perfect time to make the change. Upfront can help you develop websites in a flash while also ensuring that you're building a high-quality website.

16. Limit HTTPS Server Requests

In general, anything you can do to limit the amount of HTTPS server requests that get sent between your visitors' browsers and your server is ideal. The fewer files your server has to deliver, the faster a website will load on your visitors' screens. Be sure to read up on how sprites, CSS minification, and more can help.

Wrapping Up

Remember that amusement park analogy from before. You can't reasonably expect visitors to patiently wait for your site to load after more than a few seconds when they don't even know if the payoff inside it is worth it. They may assume that the long wait is indicative of even more waiting once they get inside (or any otherwise shoddy experience), so don't give them a reason to abandon your site before they've had a chance to see or interact with it.

When you have time, don't forget to check on these often-forgotten WordPress page speed problems. They might take a little longer to fix, but the list is worth keeping on hand so that you're constantly reminded to keep an eye on the short- and long-term speed fixes you can make on your site.

Source: 16 Quick Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Site Right Now

First off, it's impressive that a girl at that age wants to get started with blogging. Blogging is a wonderful art that I learned rather late in my life and I wish her the best on her plans.

Choosing a WordPress.com Premium plan for her should be the excellent choice. With access to over thousands of free and premium WordPress.com themes, she will have all the exposure to pick the best look.

As for blogging about all the things happening in her life, I have been there too. I have been confused on whether blogging in a certain niche and keep my thoughts focused to a particular topic to rank higher, or start one blog and write all my thoughts together.

I have come far in my blogging career and realized that either of the can work. The goal is to maintain the optimum keywords and optimize one's content for SEO. Thankfully WordPress.com has put up a detailed guide on ranking better on search results and she can learn the best SEO tips on this WordPress.com guide. https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/

It's also encouraged that she takes a look at what metadata is and how it makes up blogs' ranking on search results here on this page. https://en.support.wordpress.com/seo-tools/ This marks the fundamental approach to doing better and ranking higher on search results.

Given the motive of a 12 years old, I believe she is looking for a WordPress.com site wherein she can jot down her thoughts, and I believe that monetary growth and ranking on search results is not her primary goal. I encourage you to let her write on her own terms. :)

She can use WordPress.com categories to classify her content though https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ and use tags to tag https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/tags/ her content. Tags will help her content to be discovered on WordPress.com Discover https://discover.wordpress.com/ It will help bring audience to her content and will encourage her to blog better.

I also suggest taking a look at this page https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories-vs-tags/ to learn the differences between categories and tags.

Hope this helps. Wishing her the best!

If she is blogging in the public, I encourage you to share her WordPress.com site's link here in this thread. Myself and other community members would love to read what she has to share with the world.

Source: Grand-daughter wants to blog

I posted a blog on my computer then have gone back on to it on my phone and it wasn't the complete version of the blog and accidently clicked update. Is there any way to restore previous updates as I my blog no longer contains the information I need for my college course. And I would prefer not having to start it again.

The blog I need help with is kavanaghi17.wordpress.com.

Source: blog update

Hi! i have a website on a hosting company with wordpress.org and we heave 100ks+ hits every month, but our servers aren't very good. Were I to migrate to a WordPress.com Blog, would that blog support that kind of traffic? we also have a lot of backend traffic.

The blog I need help with is causaoperaria.wordpress.com.

Source: Does wordpress.com withstands a blog with hundreds os thousands os hits?

What is the difference between pages in WordPress and posts?

When you're first getting started on WordPress, the terminology of "pages" and "posts" can be somewhat confusing. These are the two primary content types that are offered on this platform, but they have similar fields on the user dashboard. When you publish, the look of WordPress pages vs posts is very similar as well.

Here are the key points you'll want to know.

What Are WordPress Posts?

If you are using WordPress as a platform for your blog, then most of your site content will be published as a "post." Posts are used for content that is placed in a reverse chronological order on your site, featured on the home page of your blog. That means your most recent post will be displayed first.

That allows for your most recent content to be consumed by your visitors.

Older content is then placed on your site in the order which it was posted. If you published a post yesterday, then it will appear next. Then the post you published 3 days ago. Then the post you published a week ago.

You can setup your site to archive older posts as well. WordPress gives you sorting options that allow for the posts to be searched by month and year. The advantage is that your most recent content is immediately accessible. The disadvantage is that your oldest posts require visitors to do some site research to find them.

What Are WordPress Pages?

Pages on WordPress have the same look and feel as a post, but they are designed for "static content."

Static content is what you must publish to provide specific information about your site. An "About Me" page is an example of static content. Even if your site is a blog, there is a good chance that you have some static content on your site. Legal disclaimers, a privacy policy, or even a landing page are all good examples of static content that your website should likely have.

What is different about a page vs a post is that this type of content is not designed to be shared socially. As such, the pages added to your site are timeless entries. You can add social sharing buttons to your pages, but the goal is to share your brand instead of the content which is found on the page.

WordPress pages usually have no comment area either. They are present for informational purposes only. Would you want someone commenting on your privacy policy page? Sharing your legal terms over Facebook?

WordPress pages are also designed to be hierarchical. That allows you to build subpages off of the main page. This allows you to create specific navigational routes for your visitors to follow, creating a sales funnel that can lead to higher conversions and a good ROI.

What Are the Key Differences Between WordPress Pages vs Posts?

Posts are designed to provide visitors with timely content. Pages are designed to provide your site with evergreen, pillar, or static content.

Posts are designed to have content to be shared socially. Pages are designed to reinforce the brand message being presented to the visitors.

Posts are categorized and then archived based on the date and time they are published. Pages are hierarchical and provide the foundation for the visitor's user experience on the website.

Posts can be included in an RSS feed with ease, while pages are not designed to be included.

Posts follow the website template that has been uploaded into WordPress. Pages offer access to a custom template feature that allows you to structure your permanent content in a way that suits your needs.

What Are the Key Similarities Between WordPress Pages vs Posts?

You can have as many pages or posts that you want.

Search engine optimization benefits can be achieved using a combination of pages and posts using current best practices.

You can use internal linking to take visitors from your pages to your posts or your posts to your pages.

Both pages and posts provide website visitors with specific information which helps them get to know your brand and content better.

If you're just getting started on WordPress, the pages vs posts debate is secondary to the creation of value-based content. Focus on producing information that your visitors will want to consume. When you do that, both your pages and your posts will be able to help you move toward the goals of your site, no matter what they happen to be.

Source: WordPress Pages vs Posts

A quality blog should be displayed with pride on any business website, but maximizing the value and reach of your blog requires effort and a lot of know-how. Fortunately, there is no shortage of tools available to assist in the process.

Building And Increasing Reach And Credibility

Compare Web.com vs Wix and you'll see that they have emerged as the most popular website builders and are considered by many to be the easiest, most effective, and most efficient builders. Furthermore, paired with suitable hosting, it can be incredibly fast, which offers an excellent user experience as well as better search engine rankings.

Once you have your site built and running, consider the following 8 tools to expand its reach and credibility.

IMAGE: PEXELS 1. Google's Keyword Planner

Keyword research is integral to SEO, which directly relates to reach and credibility. Google Keyword Planner can assist with gathering the best and most useful search terms. It can build base keyword lists for both organic searches and PPC campaigns and is also proficient in delivering of ad group ideas, historical statistics, and multiplying lists by combining keywords and phrases.

2. WordPress SEO By Yoast

Keywords are pivotal to SEO success, but high-quality, relevant content is just as important. WordPress SEO by Yoast is a plugin designed specifically for enabling better content writing. It encourages focus on keywords while developing XML sitemaps, developing Meta and title elements, undergoing RASS optimization, and even social integration. This tool is multi-site compatible and has import and export functionality, which means that plugin settings can be transferred to and from different blogs.

3. iThemes Security

Formerly known as Better WP Security, iThemes Security is the premier WordPress security plugin. WordPress sites can be vulnerable to hacking and other security threats due to plugin vulnerabilities, which was the basis for the development of this tool. It provides more than 30 means of securing and protecting a site while hiding common vulnerabilities and preventing attackers from collecting information. This plugin is also capable of monitoring the site and reporting changes to databases. In the unlikely event of a security threat, it can expedite the process of returning to normal function.

4. Photo Pin

Images are integral to engaging content, and all blogs usually benefit from using them. Photo Pin can collect a wide range of free, high-quality photos, which enables bloggers to efficiently locate and upload images relevant to their posts using Creative Commons licensing. Photo Pin is equipped with a simple intuitive interface, allowing users to search for images by topic, then preview and download them along with appropriate attributions.

5. WP-Optimize

WP-Optimize is an extensive WordPress database optimization and cleanup tool. It optimizes database tables, and removes old post revisions as well as unapproved, spam, and deleted comments. With mobile-friendly capabilities, users can optimize from their mobile devices. Additional features include the ability to remove pingbacks, trackbacks, and transient options, the automatic cleanup of all integrated options, and to keep a selected number of weeks of data.

6. Grammarly Check

A writing-enhancement platform developed by Grammarly Inc., Grammarly Check is the most accurate tool in the marketplace for grammar checking. It is capable of carrying out over 250 types of grammar checks and proofreads and detects plagiarism during the process. Afterwards, Grammarly Check provides a list of errors in need of review and correction – as well as explanations to support them. Furthermore, it can enhance vocabulary usage with context-optimized suggestions. This tool can be set to analyze different genres of writing, such as business, technical, general, academic, and creative.

7. Google Analyticator

This is another helpful WordPress plugin. Google Analyticator adds necessary JavaScript code for Google Analytics to function on any WordPress blog. It supports both traditional and universal analytics and includes multiple widgets that showcase analytical data in the WordPress admin panel. Features include the abilities to support outbound link tracking, download link tracking, and site speed tracking. Also, it installs easily, supports localization, and enables complete control over the options it provides.

8. WPtouch Mobile Plugin

WPtouch Mobile Plugin is specialized for WordPress, and can automatically facilitate basic but attractive themes for mobile visitors. The plugin is accompanied by a user-friendly interface that enables users to customize various aspects of their blog's appearances. Visitors can also switch between the theme on mobile WordPress websites and the site's standard design.

Conclusion

Many factors can contribute to the reach and credibility of a blog. A crisp and professional design can add significant credibility to a website or brand. Purpose-driven content can do so as well, as long as it is genuine and reflects relevant expertise.

Guest blogging is a credibility-booster, too – any thought leaders or authority figures in a given industry able and willing to participate in a blog can make a drastic impact. When credible, high-quality blogs are posted on or linked to social media profiles, they are apt to be shared.

Any combination of these efforts can effectively and efficiently drive a blog toward the goal of greater credibility and reach – especially when used in conjunction with a web host that offers WordPress and any (or all) of the useful tools mentioned above.

If you are interested in even more blogging-related articles and information from us here at Bit Rebels then we have a lot to choose from.

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Is there any way to add "featured image" capability to a self-hosted Wordpress site without CSS? Is there really no plug-in?

Background: As part of my business website, I have a blog (with about 10 years' worth of posts). A number of years ago, I did a trade with a friend – I edited her book, her husband would be my webmaster (as I was set to overhaul my site). I did the editing, he moved my site to Wordpress and made a few tweaks in advance of the big overhaul. Then my friend and her husband got divorced, he stopped doing web design, and I've got a ton of credit with him I really can't use. (This isn't a threaten-to-sue situation; it's more, I'm not going to add to this guy's agony.)

Problem: I'm pretty handy with Wordpress and HTML for updating pages and posts. My sole problem is that he designed the theme for me without any support for featured images. So, even though I always want my first image in a post to be the image shared via social media, this is hit-or-miss, and more so on FB than Twitter. 90% of the time, Facebook lets me fiddle with the images -- delete the default image and add a different one -- but some days, like today, it will only allow a carousel of images. I can use theirs, the carousel that includes mine, or no image at all. If I use the Facebook Open Graph debugger, I can see that the og:image lists one of the other images (invariably the least interesting one in the post), but all the "scraping" in the world doesn't change which og:image is used, and there endeth my comprehension.

I tried adding a plug-in which claimed to always use your first image as the featured image, but it didn't do anything. (And yes, I know how to install and use plug-ins.)

Question: With all my research, there are only two solutions I can find for not having featured image built into my theme. 1) I can play with CSS per the end of this post, or 2) hire someone for this fiddly thing, or 3) I can swap All-In-One SEO for Yoast SEO, per this t utorial, as apparently Yoast has a workaround (but then I have to sit down and learn a new skill set for that).

Am I missing something? I don't really want to learn CSS or mess up my site or pay much to fix this one annoying little thing. 99% of the time, Wordpress has a plugin that fixes far more exotic problems, but this fairly obvious thing seems impossible. (Why don't ALL themes have featured image support? Why wouldn't everyone want to control which photo represents the blog when shared?)

You might ask, why not just ignore it and not worry about it? But there's a dramatic difference in the number of hits/clicks/likes on my FB business page when there's the right photo vs. the wrong one or the carousel. Like 500 vs. 10 in the first few hours.

You are not my web designer, but if you were, what would you tell me to do, particularly for the near-term? Thanks!

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So, you finally set up the blog you've been talking about at every family gathering for the last 5 years. Maybe you consider yourself a WordPress-wizard, a dabbler in the dark arts of internet blogging. Even if you are just a newbie, the sense of accomplishment in running your own website can be a huge boost. However, in the age of Twitter and Facebook, you have to find a way to stand out from the crowd of blogs and e-businesses clogging up the internet. Knowing the ins and outs of your WordPress platform can give you an edge in making your site more appealing to visitors. It's worth asking yourself if you really are getting the most out of WordPress.

Plugins

To say there are thousands of WordPress plug-ins would be an understatement. With so many options available, many of which are free, you would be remiss to pass on the opportunity to expand the capabilities of your WordPress website. The plugins themselves are individual pieces of software compatible with WordPress, that bring different features and abilities to your website. One of the most popular available plugins are WordPress Live Chat, which lets you instantly communicate with visitors to your site. You can find plugins for a variety of other features as well, like security, book keeping, and search engine optimization. WordPress holds a distinct advantage over other website platforms in the sheer amount and quality of their plugins. There are whole websites dedicated to giving you access and providing reviews of different plugins. Good plugins are constantly updated as well, so you can be sure that your added features are a sup to date as the rest of your website. It's ki nd of a no brainer, you want your website to be running as smooth and efficiently as possible. Plugins are going to help you do that.

Set Up an Online Course

Offering an online course can be a great way to expand your website, and increase your readership, all while letting people know, that you really know your stuff. The range of topics you could set up a course on is only limited by what you've learned. If you have a P.H.D. in theoretical physics and want to have a lecture series on spin-spin coupling for your science blog, then go right ahead. If you want to create a how-to guide on vegan living and talk about why your gluten-free beet casserole is the best thing since sliced bread, that's okay too. Either way, having an online course is going to create a buzz around your website. It is the perfect invitation to get your visitors interacting, and consistently returning to your website. WordPress can be the perfect platform to set up your own virtual classroom. If you have a wealth of knowledge, chances are there is someone out there who wants to learn from you.

SEO

There are millions of websites out there. To make your site standout, you need to not only make it unique in its design and content, but also gear it towards search engine optimization, or SEO for short. In a nutshell, SEO increases the chance that your website will be found via a search engine. SEO involves not only the content you create but also how you design your website. There are a lot of different ways to approach SEO. Luckily, for those of us with WordPress, there are a whole host of plugins and tools to help you out. Some of the most popular plugins include WordPress SEO by Yoast, and SEMrush. Without a whole lot of effort involved, you can have your website primed with meta keywords and descriptions, as well as have the insight and tracking data to back it all up. Having proper SEO in place is just covering your bases for your website.

Wrap Up

As with most things in life, you are going to get out what you put into your website. WordPress doesn't just have to be a basic blog format web platform. Depending on what you are using your website for, you can transform WordPress into whatever your website needs. Finding the right plugins is a constant search, as new ones come out every day, and old ones are constantly being updated. Keeping yourself up to date on the latest and greatest ways to enhance your WordPress website will let you continue to brag about your blog to your cornered family members for years and years to come.

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Are you looking for the best WordPress themes for nonprofits? Charity and non-profit websites require appealing presentation with tools to manage their donation goals. In this article, we will show you some of the best WordPress themes for nonprofits that will help you get maximum donations and achieve those goals.

Making a Website for a Nonprofit Organization

WordPress is the most popular website builder among nonprofits around the world. It is free and open source which gives you the freedom and flexibility you need for a solid online presence.

Just to be clear, there are two versions of WordPress. WordPress.com which is a hosted solution, and WordPress.org also known as self-hosted WordPress. See our comparison of WordPress.com vs WordPress.org for more details.

We recommend using self hosted WordPress.org. It gives you access to all the features of WordPress right out of the box (without any restrictions).

You'll need a domain name and WordPress hosting account to start your self hosted WordPress website.

We recommend using Bluehost. They are one of the largest hosting companies in the world and an official WordPress recommended hosting provider.

They have agreed to offer WPBeginner users discount on hosting plus free domain and SSL Certificate. You'll need SSL to collect donations in WordPress using third-party services like Stripe.

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Once you have purchased hosting, you can move on to installing WordPress. See our guide on how to make a website for step by step instructions.

That being said, let's take a look at the best WordPress themes for nonprofits and charities that you can use on your website.

1. Philanthropy

Philanthropy is a WordPress theme designed specifically for nonprofits and charitable organizations. It features an impressive design with integrated donations and fundraising system.

It includes three slider styles to create a stunning first impression. It places call to actions on strategic locations to maximize user engagement. Other features include an integrated event management system, calendar, Google Maps, unlimited customization options, and a powerful drag and drop page builder.

2. Outreach Pro

Outreach Pro is beautifully designed WordPress theme for nonprofits, charities, and religious organizations. It is built on top of Genesis framework, which ensures rock solid WordPress speed and performance.

It includes page templates for archives, blog section, and a landing page template. Other features include customizable headers, theme options panel, and multiple widget ready areas to just drag and drop items to your website.

3. Creed

Creed is a stunningly beautiful WordPress theme for religious, nonprofits, and charities. It is part of a larger theme bundle and includes 23 ready-made websites, integrated page builder, and 1-click demo installer.

It includes donations, event management, photo galleries, unlimited colors, and multiple layout choices. It is super easy to use with a custom theme options panel to walk you through setup process.

4. Charity Foundation

Charity Foundation is a WordPress fundraising theme for nonprofits and charities. It comes with built-in system to accept one-time or recurring donations and WooCommerce support to add online store for your charity.

It includes 9 custom post types, 15 custom widgets, multiple layout combinations, and a ready-to-use child theme. It is easy to use and has a custom theme settings page.

5. Hope

Hope is a super-flexible WordPress theme for NGOs, churches, and charitable foundations. It includes dozens of readymade designs that can be installed with 1-click. All templates can be easily customized with a visual page builder.

It comes with donations, event management, and contact form integrations. It is super easy to setup and optimized for SEO and performance.

6. Social Welfare

Social Welfare is a beautiful WordPress theme for fundraising, NGOs, and charities. It includes a modern homepage layout with beautiful CSS animations and parallax background effects.

It ships with a premium slider plugin and a visual page builder. It is easy to setup with 1-click demo installer and a simple theme settings panel.

7. Nayma

Nayma is a thoughtfully designed multipurpose WordPress theme with several ready-made websites included into one package. It includes 1-click installer to setup your website complete with demo content.

It uses a modular approach to design and comes with several modules that you can just drag and drop to create your own page layouts. It is WooCommerce ready and can also be used to create multilingual websites.

8. Zeko

Zeko is a wonderfully designed WordPress theme for charities and nonprofits. It features a clean and professional design with flexible options. All theme options can be easily setup using theme customizer with a live preview of your website.

Notable features include 5 page templates, blog with multi-column grid and flexible sidebars, unlimited colors, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, and bbPress support.

9. Grassroots

Grassroots is another excellent WordPress themes for nonprofits and fundraising websites. It features fullscreen video backgrounds on the homepage allowing you to create highly engaging landing pages.

For fundraising and donations, the theme supports WooCommerce, contact form, and donation plugins. Other notable features include featured content, staff and sponsors sections, custom logo upload, and multiple colors.

10. Hope

Hope is another great WordPress theme for nonprofits, fundraisers, and charity websites. It features a modern homepage with a call to action in the header followed by social profiles, navigation menus, and a full width slider.

It includes events and organizers post types, contact form page, shortcodes, and more. You can easily setup and modify theme settings using the live theme customizer.

11. Forward

Forward is a simple and elegant WordPress theme designed specifically for nonprofits. It allows you to easily add your own logo, colors, fonts, and more. It includes all the options you'll need to build an engaging website.

Other notable features include WooCommerce support, email signup form, staff profiles, sponsors, and live theme customizer support. It easy and quick to setup even for absolute beginners.

12. Maisha

Maisha is a clean and modern WordPress nonprofit theme for NGOs, welfare, and charities. It features a modern homepage with multiple slider styles, headers, and layout settings. It also includes 15 page templates, blog section, and powerful options with live theme customizer.

It supports WooCommerce, WPML, and it is fully translation-ready. It ships with Soliloquy which is the best WordPress slider.

13. Foundation

Foundation is another excellent WordPress nonprofit theme. Designed to raise funds and engage audiences, it features a prominent welcome message followed by two call to actions both located above the fold on the homepage.

It includes social media integration, custom logo upload, sponsors section, and easy templates to integrate with your donations form. It offers a simple and quick setup with easy customization options.

14. Maranatha

Maranatha is a gorgeous WordPress theme for religious, spirtual, and nonprofit organizations. It comes with built-in sermons management area where you can upload audio, video, PDF, and text files. You can also organize your library in series by topics and books.

Its modern homepage displays a full screen image or video header followed by parallax effect as users scroll down the homepage. It also comes with sections for different locations, events calendar, and news or blog page.

15. Benevolent

If you are looking for a free WordPress theme for nonprofits, then take a look at Benevolent. This versatile theme features a modern homepage with beautiful slider, custom menu, and call to action button.

It has four footer area and a right sidebar and includes four custom widgets for the recent posts, popular posts, social media and the featured post. It is also translation ready and optimized for faster page loads.

16. Ultra

Ultra is an all-purpose WordPress mega theme suitable for all kind of websites including nonprofits. It ships with 9 pre-made websites, 1-click demo content installer, and visual page editor to help you create engaging websites in minutes.

It includes animated counters, progress bars, contact form, Google Maps, pricing tables, and more. It is eCommerce ready and beginner friendly.

17. Exodus

Exodus is a beautiful WordPress theme for religious and spiritual organizations. It features a professional homepage with engaging slider and call to action. It also includes a sermon management section with full multimedia support.

It also has sections to add ministries, staff and volunteer profiles, events, locations, etc. It is designed to be easily used even by non-technical users with simple and flexible customization settings.

18. Charity Review

Charity Review is another excellent free WordPress nonprofit theme for NGOs, church websites, and charitable organizations. With a professional clean design and flexible options, it offers an engaging user experience out of the box.

Notable features include custom menu, social media integration, call to action block, banner slider, testimonial sections, and more. It has multiple page layouts for different sections. All theme options are neatly organized under live theme customizer, which makes it quite simple to use.

19. Pena

Pena is a flexible WordPress theme for nonprofit organizations. It is designed to help you raise funds with an visually appealing presentation. It offers multiple slider layouts, header styles, and homepage layout settings to help you create a unique experience for your visitors.

It has 12 page templates, WooCommerce support, donation forms support, email subscriptions, and more. It offers a neat setup process with extensive settings to fine tune each aspect of your website.

20. Saved

Saves offers a very modern looking WordPress theme for religious and nonprofit organizations. It includes a drag and drop homepage layout, video background, slider, and contact details widget with Google maps.

Church websites can use the Theme's companion church content plugin, which adds sermons and multimedia library support to your website. It also includes sticky navigation menu, custom colors, custom widgets, typography, and custom logo support.

21. The Core

The Core is a mega pack of multiple ready-made WordPress themes for all kind of individuals and organizations. Any of these designs can be installed with 1-click including demo content. To make it even more easier, each of these design can be easily edited with the built-in visual page editor.

It offers unlimited design possibilities with countless combinations of header styles, layout types, beautiful animations and scrolling effects. It also comes with a powerful custom theme options page with simple on/off buttons to add or remove features you want to use. It is super easy and helps beginners create professional websites with minimal effort.

We hope this article helped you find the best WordPress theme for nonprofits. You may also want to see our step by step WordPress SEO guide for beginners and a list of must have WordPress plugins.

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There are a number of businesses and services belonging to the financial sector. These include startups, small firms, private financial advisors, investment firms, etc. Launching any business or financial website becomes much simpler and easier with the help of the ready-made WordPress themes. As a rule, these are loaded with all functionality, elements, and tools that you will need when working on the effective online presentation of your site.

Why Is WordPress the Best Choice for Business Sites

The today's web offers you a wide variety of CMS and online platforms that you can use as the foundation of your web resource. WordPress is undoubtedly the most popular CMS that includes everything needed to launch a feature-rich business project of yours. Indeed, more than 30% of the websites accessible to the public access are built on the basis of WordPress. The community expands with a number of the creative designers and developers launching ready-made themes and extensions that allow you to save tons of time, money, and efforts on the launch of online resources of any level of difficulty. Consequently, the number of WordPress themes continues to grow, with the choice of financial WordPress templates getting more diverse.

How to Select the Best Financial WordPress Theme?

The best finance WordPress themes should be designed in the clean and clear manner, making the visitors feel the ease of coming across the desired pieces of data as they scan through the web page. More than that, such designs need to be loaded with the sections and functionality for revealing contacts, team members, pricing details, services, testimonials, portfolio, and other content. This bunch of features will provide the web users with the quick ways to access the essential content from the financial website.

It goes without saying that the perfect WordPress theme for business and financial purposes should be running on the responsive frameworks. Building a website on the basis of the mobile-first design will be much more effective in the competitive today's world. Additional skins, pages, layouts, and UI elements will be the great benefits for the creation of the user-friendly web designs. All of these and a number of extra functionality are included in the 20 WordPress themes that we've handpicked for this showcase.

Wapuula – Multipurpose Corporate WordPress Theme

Wapuula is a clean and professionally crafted WordPress theme suited to be used for a number of business purposes. This is the mobile-first design, which will look stunning on the displays of smartphones and tablets. The template is integrated with the Visual Composer. It allows even the non-techies to manage the layout structure without touching a line of code. Moreover, the theme includes a number of the pre-designed pages and layouts that are ready to go live straight out-of-the-box.

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Monstroid2 – Multipurpose WordPress Theme

Monstroid2 is a multipurpose WordPress template. It features a growing collection of child themes suited to be used for a number of topics. The template runs on Cherry Framework 5, which makes it impressively quick and easy to personalize its pages. In addition, the download package contains both free and premium-quality extensions. They allow you to save extra cash on the pro functionality for your site.

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Corporate's Inc WordPress Theme

The template is built in the clean and minimalist style. It is intended to bring a professional online presentation to the variety of corporate projects. Personalizing the theme's layout is quick and intuitive owing to the integrated Power drag-and-drop page builder. A collection of the custom Cherry plugins is available for free access. WordPress Live Customizer is included to reveal the results of the theme modification in real-time.

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Legacy – Estate and Mortgage WordPress Theme

Crafted with care, the theme is best suited to be used for building real estate websites. Featuring a collection of the pre-designed pages and layouts, the theme will make it really quick and effortless to launch your small to large-sized business projects to the web. There is no need to have any special coding skills owing to the Power drag-and-drop page builder that's included in the theme. A handful of custom widgets and extensions are available for free access.

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FinExpert – Financial Advisory Company Responsive WordPress Theme

Pick this ready-made WordPress design to make a high-quality webpage for your corporate or private financial project. This particular website design is easy to install and maintain, so even a rookie will be able to establish an exceptional internet blog or Internet site in minutes. Make every client feel the delight of surfing your site using this theme. The theme is powered by Cherry Framework 5. Thanks to the integrated Cherry Projects plugin, you will be able to showcase the portfolio of the latest projects in the usable style.

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Emmet WordPress Theme

Emmet WordPress theme is licensed under GPL, which allows you to modify the source code the way you wish, as well as install the template on the unlimited number of web resources. The clean and clear design will be the perfect fit for a number of business and financial web projects. All sections of the theme's design are fully editable. The availability of the visual page composer makes it really quickly and intuitively to bring the desired changes to the theme's layout.

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Advisto – Financial Advisor Consultancy WordPress Theme

Advisto is the professionally designed financial advisor WordPress template, which comes loaded with a number of content modules and custom widgets. This impressive WordPress website template has been made to meet the requirements of a number of business projects. Website content will be very easy to read thanks to lots of negative space and clear design. Thanks to responsive design, your site will look great on both high-resolution and small monitors.

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Bitunit – Bitcoin Cryptocurrency WordPress Theme

If you are searching for an effective ready-made website layout that would grant your online resource a pro visual appeal, then you should consider this WordPress template. Moreover, Bitunit has been exclusively created for consulting, business, and services websites. It is convenient to set up and manage, so even a simple user will be able to establish an exceptional internet blog or website in minutes. In addition, a client-oriented customer assistance team is accessible 24/7 free of charge.

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SortProfit – Business & Finance WordPress Theme

SortProfit WordPress template is integrated with the advanced Elementor drag-and-drop page builder. Powered by Cherry Framework 5, the theme is loaded with a number of the custom Cherry plugins.They allow you to enhance the pages of your website with the premium functionality. Moreover, the template includes everything that you will need to install on your business site like the appointments manager, projects showcase, team members list, built-in blog, and much more.

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Loan Dolphins – Loan Company One Page WordPress Theme

Should you want to build a professionally looking website, this responsive loan company WordPress website design will let you complete this job in no time. This theme was developed to help you set up an information-rich web resource. It should be a place, where people can consider your business ideas and objectives, look through your projects, read what others think about the services you deliver, post their personal reviews, and share your news on social networks.

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Profit Consulting – Financial Advisor WordPress Theme

This financial advisor WordPress web theme also has a set of powerful tools that provide a smooth navigation and user-friendly interface. Built with neat and clean code, Profit Consulting is most effective for financial sites, but it can also be adjusted for almost any other site. The great outcomes are achievable due to this theme's SEO-friendliness, useful functionality, and simple yet catchy design. Furthermore, your web project visitors can effortlessly browse it on different mobile devices thanks to fully responsive nature of the design.

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Dollarex – Investment Company & Finance WordPress Theme

Dollarex is a responsive WordPress template that is best suited to be used as the foundation of investment and financial web resources. Integrated with the Power page builder, it doesn't require you to have any special coding skills in order to modify the structure of the layout. Even more, it presents a number of blog layouts and post formats, and as a result can be used as the groundwork for a niche blog. The content blocks help make the overall design intuitive.

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Tradex – Forex Trading WordPress Theme

Tradex WordPress web theme is loaded with a number of custom features which allow webmasters to modify the theme fast and easy. This is a modern product for any bank, finance, and business-related webpage. In addition, no matter what gadget is chosen to navigate the webpage, its interface will display perfectly thanks to the theme's responsive nature. Its color scheme matches today's tendencies in a web design, which enables your site look cutting-edge and elegant. Moreover, most of the modifications can be implemented as a result of admin panel with theme options. Every element of this minimalist and simple design is used to increase credibility and ensure confidence in your venture.

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Bankorama – Bank WordPress Theme

Bankorama WordPress theme for banks and other financial institutions can be modified code-free. Moreover, it includes Elementor drag-and-drop page builder. It allows even non-techies to bring the desired look and feel to the theme's design without expert help. The theme is integrated with JetElements plugin. When used together with Elementor page builder, the latter allows you to bring the desired pieces of content to the pages of your websites effortlessly.

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Take & Spend – Loans and Mortgages Business WordPress Theme

Take & Spendis a WordPress theme meant for mortgage businesses. This WordPress web design flaunts a modern-day style and design for business and financial web pages. For instance, to win the clients' sympathy, companies must make an impression on users with an excellent online platform that could be made up of this theme. Owing to the template's responsive and cross-browser compatible design, your online project will run well on any handheld device and in any present-day web browser. Clean, valid code and well-done guidelines will aid you in modifying this churches WordPress theme the way you want.

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Creatica – Multipurpose WordPress Theme

Creatica is a fully responsive WordPress template integrated with the intuitive Visual Composer. It lets even the non-techies to take the full control over the look and feel of the design of their sites. More than that, the theme contains the most advanced Kaswara Addons, 100+ elements, and 550+ options.  They will bring a trendy and modern style to your site. The advanced Revolution Slider is included in the theme for free.

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Ascendio – Corporate & Business WordPress Theme

Ascendio is a mobile-friendly WordPress theme best suited to be used for corporate web projects. Furthermore, the drag-and-drop builder and a number of the custom plugins are pre-loaded in the theme's download package. In addition to several pre-designed homepages and compatibility with Ecwid plugin, the theme can boost your business capabilities manifolds. Moreover, we added a great number of header and footer variations. They are intended to help you bring the desired organization to the website pages.

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ProCount – Accountant & Financial Business WordPress Theme

This accounting WordPress template allows to make a powerful introduction to your business online. Furthermore, it will motivate visitors to look into more of your content. The 100% responsive page layout enables all the elements of design size up or down to quite a lot of monitor sizes. Importantly, you can alter your style and design without difficulty. This particular theme is very easy to setup and maintain. As a result, even a rookie will be able to construct an outstanding internet blog or site in no time.

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Walton – Business Consulting WordPress Theme

Walton is a responsive business WordPress web template with a sophisticated layout and pretty multipurpose design. Furthermore, this clean fully responsive theme was properly made for presenting finance and consulting projects online. This design delivers an aesthetically eye-catching presentation of your website, communicates a feeling of confidence and reliability. Even more, to generate mobile traffic to your website, this responsive theme has been optimized for all the handheld gadgets.

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Paletta – Corporate & Business WordPress Theme

You are in search of a stunning theme that would grant your site an expert look? Then you should think about this corporate business WordPress template. Customers will appreciate smooth browsing around the site as a result of its intuitive site navigation and content-wise layout. To put it shortly, every element of this design is making sense. Therefore, your site visitors will easily realize how to obtain what they require. Built with a lot of ready-made page themes, social network sites icons, the theme is equipped to go without any configuration or modification.

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These are 20 of the most popular financial WordPress themes that are in the greatest demand in the TemplateMonster digital marketplace. Featuring fully editable designs, all of them are well-documented and supplied with the free 24/7 support from the qualified technical support team. More than that, all of the templates are intended to be tweaked by the users of all skill levels easily owing to the intuitive drag-and-drop page builders. Furthermore, the themes are suited to be applied to the websites representing everything. It includes plenty of businesses starting from startups and ending with the large corporate projects. The advanced collections of the customization options are included to save your site and effort on bringing the desired look and feel to the ready-made design. Look through the live demos in order to enjoy the professionally crafted responsive business designs on your own.

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