[AMA] Ask Me Anything About WordPress 2020

[JimHalpert]

Is there a cart plugin that integrates well with Elementor? In particular, I want those that slide out from the right side of the page. Thanks!

 

[Terizla]

For a website made in wordpress & willing to host their own videos what do you think is the best solution ?

Jetpack or vimeo or your personal recomendation ?

 

[Deleted member 752298]

Can you suggest me the best plugin for making sales page?

It really depends on the kind of nice you're. Let me know more about your nice, so I can suggest you a nice theme (rather than a plugin with .css that doesn't comply with your theme).

Hello, I have a question. Can I make a website like this in WordPress? https://www.forebet.com/en/football-tips-and-predictions-for-today
If yes, can you point me some tutorials where I can learn it? Thanks man

I am not really into the football scene, but maybe a plugin like this works for you?
https://wordpress.org/plugins/football-leagues-by-anwppro/

Thanks for the AMA, I have three questions:

1. How to improve Adsense earning?
2. How many ads per page?
3. Best placements of ads?

Thanks for your questions.

1. Make good content, choose a best spot for your ad-sense banners and optimize your banners.
2. 3 MAX.
3. Check the image below

What version of Wordpress do you think people use the most? Is 5.0 popular?

Yes, 5.x is the most used version.
https://wordpress.org/about/stats/

hii,
suggest me best theme for travel website .

There are a lot of travel themes - but it depends on your needs.
Are you looking for a travel theme with booking system? Or just a blog with travel photos and a description?

SEO plugins, are they worth buying? If the answer is YES, which is the best?

No, don't buy them. I got the best results with Yoast SEO Premium - which is being shared for free in the download section of the forum.

Hey Festinger, thanks for the AMA!

Let me ask a ''silly'' question.

How to make properly a permanent 301 domain redirect which hasn't any website behind it. I mean it's just the domain, no website built to it.

Thanks in advance.

Do it through .htaccess

 Redirect 301 /old-domain https://newdomain.com/subdirectory

1. Apart from Easy Digital Downloads & Mayosis theme, is there any other plugin/theme recommendations for selling digital products?

2. Is there a way to make a bundled product from existing products?

3. Is there a way to add digital products faster? Some kind of bulk plugin?

4. Best plugins for membership sites?

5. What plugins do you use on your site?

Thanks

Thanks for your questions.

1. Yes, there are different solutions, but it require custom coding. You can checkout Marektify for example - what kind of digital products are you trying to sell?
2. Yes: https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/woo-product-bundle/
3. Yes, use WP ALL IMPORT - shared for free on the download section too.
4. I really like Restrict Content Pro - the first version of the vault were build with this plugin.
5. I got 48 running plugins on my website - many custom work has been done too.

Hi @Festinger! Thanks for the AMA!
1)Why the name Festinger?
2)What would you use to design a WP website as fast as possible without sacrificing other features of course? Elementor, Divi, SiteOrigin?
3)Best domain provider and hosting for WP?
4)What's one thing you wish someone had told you when you started on the Web?
5)If you had to start all over, what would you learn first and where? How would you spend your time?

1. I am a psychologist and I really aspire his theory.
2. Elementor or Visual Composer - as it have the most compatible themes available and easy to use. I do personally prefer Elementor.
3. Best domain provider: it can be any - namecheap for example. For hosting: guru.co.uk or WPX hosting.
4. Investigate enough time in choosing the right theme and plugins, rather than buying a shitload of items before you know what's working and what's not.
5. Investigate in the workflow of WordPress - what's your target and what requires it to achieve it? - I spent TOO many time (and money) wasting on useless items (mostly themes) that doesn't work as described.

I am building a KW research based informational website where I post evergreen articles as posts. So in Wordpress the latest one show up on top.

In addition to evergreen informational articles, I want to be publishing news/memes as a news feed (like on Facebook wall). And I want to keep this feed separately, on a separate page. Yet, I want each of these news/meme posts be as a separate post, so I could share this stuff on forums and in social media and drive "viral" traffic to the website.

Question: is there an easy way to create this type of feed on WP website?
One of the options I considered is to create a subdomain. But as long as I'm aware subdomain doesn't pass the link juice to the main domain.

Subdomains don't work for the link juice to the main domain.
This is a very specific question, I have to investigate in further detail.

How do you gdpr proof your wp site and also the california bs, how do you manage that?
Is there any plugin/mailing service, which can load emails from orders in wp to email list?
Is any of abonden cart plugin gdpr proofed?

1. You can install this plugin: https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/ - which does support the GPDR law.
2. Sure: https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/ (it's working with WooCommerce easily - it requires a premium account).
3. I am using this plugin: https://www.tychesoftwares.com/store/premium-plugins/woocommerce-abandoned-cart-pro/ - which is GPDR proof.

Hello
Any idea what table plugin can give this kind of functionality
www(dot)expertentesten.de/haushalt/waschmaschinen-test/

Yes: https://go-pricing.com/

How do i fix "Add expire headers" that is showing in GTMetrix wordpress site

Can you PM the result of the GTMetrix website? I am able to investigate it.

Do you use WP every day?

Yes, aside from the conversations I have with my clients as a psychologist

Hey Festinger!
Thanks for the love

so many questions above already.
I will add a couple more -

1) Does the choice of theme really impacts load speed? If yes, any recommendations on speed optimised theme?

2) How do you go about updating Wordpress, php version and plugins on a very old site, that will most likely break? Are Wordpress/plugins really necessary to update?

I may have a couple more later on

Thanks for your questions mate!

1. Yes, it really matters. Some themes are bloated with features you will never used and slow down your WP website. Check out Schema or Optimizepress.
2. Make a staging environment and try to update all the updates to see if anything will break your website. Don't do it on live website without a backup

While I did SEO audit for my site, one warning I received was my "file size is too big", so how can I decrease the size of my website pages? any plugins or anything to tweak on Wordpress site? please let me know.

Thanks!

Have you checked WP Rocket already?

Is there a cart plugin that integrates well with Elementor? In particular, I want those that slide out from the right side of the page. Thanks!

Check out the widgets for Elementor Pro + WooCommerce.

For a website made in wordpress & willing to host their own videos what do you think is the best solution ?

Jetpack or vimeo or your personal recomendation ?

I would go with Vimeo - don't host them on your own webhosting.

 

[fullwall3t]

It really depends on the kind of nice you're. Let me know more about your nice, so I can suggest you a nice theme (rather than a plugin with .css that doesn't comply with your theme).



I am not really into the football scene, but maybe a plugin like this works for you?
https://wordpress.org/plugins/football-leagues-by-anwppro/



Thanks for your questions.

1. Make good content, choose a best spot for your ad-sense banners and optimize your banners.
2. 3 MAX.
3. Check the image below

Yes, 5.x is the most used version.
https://wordpress.org/about/stats/



There are a lot of travel themes - but it depends on your needs.
Are you looking for a travel theme with booking system? Or just a blog with travel photos and a description?



No, don't buy them. I got the best results with Yoast SEO Premium - which is being shared for free in the download section of the forum.



Do it through .htaccess

 Redirect 301 /old-domain https://newdomain.com/subdirectory

Thanks for your questions.

1. Yes, there are different solutions, but it require custom coding. You can checkout Marektify for example - what kind of digital products are you trying to sell?
2. Yes: https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/woo-product-bundle/
3. Yes, use WP ALL IMPORT - shared for free on the download section too.
4. I really like Restrict Content Pro - the first version of the vault were build with this plugin.
5. I got 48 running plugins on my website - many custom work has been done too.

1. I am a psychologist and I really aspire his theory.
2. Elementor or Visual Composer - as it have the most compatible themes available and easy to use. I do personally prefer Elementor.
3. Best domain provider: it can be any - namecheap for example. For hosting: guru.co.uk or WPX hosting.
4. Investigate enough time in choosing the right theme and plugins, rather than buying a shitload of items before you know what's working and what's not.
5. Investigate in the workflow of WordPress - what's your target and what requires it to achieve it? - I spent TOO many time (and money) wasting on useless items (mostly themes) that doesn't work as described.

Subdomains don't work for the link juice to the main domain.
This is a very specific question, I have to investigate in further detail.

1. You can install this plugin: https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/ - which does support the GPDR law.
2. Sure: https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/ (it's working with WooCommerce easily - it requires a premium account).
3. I am using this plugin: https://www.tychesoftwares.com/store/premium-plugins/woocommerce-abandoned-cart-pro/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=topprolink&utm_campaign=AbandonedCartLite - which is GPDR proof.

Yes: https://go-pricing.com/



Can you PM the result of the GTMetrix website? I am able to investigate it.



Yes, aside from the conversations I have with my clients as a psychologist



Thanks for your questions mate!

1. Yes, it really matters. Some themes are bloated with features you will never used and slow down your WP website. Check out Schema or Optimizepress.
2. Make a staging environment and try to update all the updates to see if anything will break your website. Don't do it on live website without a backup

Have you checked WP Rocket already?



Check out the widgets for Elementor Pro + WooCommerce.



I would go with Vimeo - don't host them on your own webhosting.

Thank you for your reply. One last question, have you finished or published the guide on how to set up hosting on vps? We have talked about it few months ago.

 

[insom]

Thanks @Festinger

 

[feelfreeto]

Do you have experience using Thrive Themes? Is it any good for blogging? In terms of site speed, functionality and the rest.

 

[IncognitoSince2002]

1) What are the best plugins for local business websites like WhatsApp Messenger etc
2) Can you share resources on how to design good looking optimised websites for local businesses using elementor or divi etc

 

[Adrecalizador]

who i can remove login from wpLms Theme?

 

[suraj nandan]

hii,
I wordpress website.. if i am posting one blog or post and after that down i want to add some faq so how can i add ,, shall i take some plugin for this or without pulgin how to do so tht it should look and should come in featured snippet.

 

[Mr Positive]

Is this plugin safe to use with adsense http://www.clickfraud-monitoring.com/ I’m not sure because it says something to with iframes and all can you help whether it’s safe or not

 

[YuvrajThapa]

Have you checked WP Rocket already?

I checked it and installed it on my Wordpress. Still the same issue. Are there any recommended settings for it? please let us know.

Thanks!

 

[Athanasios]

Do You know how to make a website more "Accessible" for disabled people...?!

 

[Whtv1am]

Hi bro, what common plugin to make government website in wordpress?
I have the concept but don't know how to create it in wordpress

 

[Sushant Pawar]

Hubspot AIO vs Elementor pop-ups
Which one is better for collecting leads?

 

[Kabeer Shlok Veerjay]

Hey @Festinger this is kind of an offtopic question and is not actually related to WordPress
it's based on hosting.
May I know Which DMCA ignored hosting you use? or any best hosting provider you recommend.??

 

[RoyalCobra777]

1. What are the best Themes to use? Both Paid and Free?
2. Is it worth to learn how to code or pagebuilder works like a charm?
3. What are to most common plugins that we need to get for WP?

 

[ggvbro]

Hi, i have a question about wordpress when i use the theme bimber ( minimal demo), i allways get blurry thumbnails in the header ( the featured entries).i tried ajax thumbnail rebuild and other thumbnail resize plugins but no results.
your help will be appreciated.

 

[Badeek]

Hi,

Thank you for all the information you are giving for free. I know that you are getting a lot of messages/questions, but i was wondering if you can help me. I am new in this domain and I am currently building/developping my own website (a long term project) and I want to know if you can suggest me ideas/videos... on how to convert my html website into wordpress. I really appreciate the work you are doing.

Keep it up

 

[Sashock]

Already found some answers just by reading this excellent thread. Brilliant job. Thank you Festinger

 

[CaveCanem]

@Festinger thanks so much for this thread, a lot of very useful information!

I would have one question as well:

Would you recommend any specific theme for an affiliate review website? Or a specific plugin for product ranking / comparison?

Thanks so much