15. Change Author During Editing
To be able to identify a particular author when creating a new post, you must change your default settings.
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| Change Author During Editing |
Changing the Author to Another User in Block Editor
16. Clean Up Your Comments
While plugins do a good job of filtering out blatant comment spam, you can also use this plugin to help you get rid of commenters who spam through their author URLs and comment links.
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| Clean Up Your Comments |
Comment Plugins in 2021
- Thrive Comments.
- Disqus.
- wpDiscuz.
- GraphComment.
- WpDevArt Facebook Comments.
- Super Socializer.
- De: comments.
- Replayable by Postmatic.
17. Highlight Author Comments.
If you actively engage in conversations with your readers through the comments sections of your posts, you can use the Simple Author Highlighter plugin to make your comment responses stand out.
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| Highlight Author Comments |
You can change the individual attributes to change the comment author. In your case, you would want to change the email address to the email that the users use with their Gravatar account (their WordPress.com email). Then, change the name to their name and the website URL to whatever you would like it to link to.
- Click on Posts or Pages in your dashboard.
- Click on the title of the post or page you want to enable (or disable) comments on.
- In the settings sidebar on the right, find and open the Discussion tab.
- Select Allow Comments to enable comments, or deselect the option to disable comments.
18. Display a Random Post.
If your website has hundreds of posts, you may want to make it more likely that new readers will be able to discover some of your older material. Use the Random Post for Widget plugin to display a link to a random post in a sidebar widget.
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| Display a Random Post |
Once installed, the Advanced Random Posts Widget plugin adds a widget to your WordPress dashboard. After clicking on Appearance > Widgets, you'll see a widget labeled “Random Posts.” Drag and drop it into your sidebar. In your sidebar, you can click on the widget to expand its settings
19. Members Only.
Consider building a membership area of your website by selecting a new theme or plugin with those capabilities.
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| Members Only |
WP-Members is another free membership plugin for WordPress sites that offers simple yet fully functional and expansive features. This plugin can restrict content, integrate member profiles into the installed WordPress theme, and automatically generate teaser content.
20. Use Breadcrumb Navigation.
“Breadcrumb Navigation” is navigation that can provide you with SEO advantages, and can make your site easier to use by your site visitors. If your theme doesn’t offer native support, consider a plugin such as this.
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| Breadcrumb Navigation Plugin |
To do this, go to your WordPress Dashboard and navigate to SEO > Search Appearance and then click the Breadcrumbs tab. Under the Breadcrumbs settings, make sure to enable breadcrumbs by toggling the option to “enabled”. Then you can configure the breadcrumb settings according to your needs.
21. Encourage Social Sharing.
Make it easier for your readers to share your website on Facebook and Twitter with a comprehensive social sharing plugin.
- Mashshare.
- Jetpack Social Sharing.
- Share Buttons by AddToAny.
- Social9.
- Grow Social by Mediavine.
- Shareaholic.
- Social Snap.
- Sassy Social Share.
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| Social Sharing |
- Easy Social Sharing.
- Jetpack.
- WordPress Social Login.
- Add To Any.
- Social Media Feather.
- Sassy Social Share.
- Simple Social Buttons. Etc.
22. Personalize Your Greeting.
Use a plugin like WP Greet Box to change the message that appears at the top of the page when someone loads your blog, depending on how they found your blog.
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| E Greetings |
WP-Egreet is a plugin for the famous WordPress blogging system, giving your users the ability to send greeting cards from your blog.
23. Redirect after Comment.
Readers who make comments are likely to stay more active on your blog, so you can use this plugin to take them to a special page after they make their first comment.
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| Redirect after Comment |
