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Here you will learn how to build an online community

7 Hacks to Increase Community Engagement on your Website

Are you tired of talking to yourself on your website? Feeling a little lonely in the vast expanse of the internet? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Building an online community can be tough, especially when you’re competing with cat videos and memes. But fear not, dear reader, for we have the ultimate guide to help […]

How to Create a User Registration Form on Your WordPress Site

Looking to put a face and name to your visitors? Let them register an account on your WordPress website with an easy user registration form. How do you do that exactly? In this blog post, we’ll show you how to create and customize a user registration form for your WordPress site. Ready? Let’s go. Why […]

How to build a Community Directory with Advanced Search

A robust and feature-rich member directory can be the backbone of your organization’s community. When it’s easier for members to find each other, it encourages collaboration and connection. But how do you build a member directory and ensure your directory has the right capabilities? In this guide, we’ll walk you through building a comprehensive directory […]

How to Create a Church Member Directory

An accurate directory is necessary to run a successful Church organization. With the proper setup, you could easily store and update member information, track attendance data, and manage other essential details. But creating a church directory can be daunting, especially if you don’t have the right tools or resources. So in this blog post, we’ll […]

How to Build an Online Community For Your Side Business

If you ever wondered how to sustain a successful side business, the answer lies in building a community around it. A supportive and engaged customer base can help you stay connected to your market, ensure profitability and keep you motivated as an entrepreneur. Fortunately, creating and nurturing a community around your business doesn’t have to […]

WordPress User Registration Plugins

WordPress has long supported user signups and registrations. In fact, user management is a core feature of WordPress as a CMS, however, user registration and login are only possible through the WordPress back-end (wp-login.php). Of late, there has been a rise in the number of sites and projects that use WordPress to build a community-centric […]

WordPress profile picture. How to change avatar via Gravatar, a plugin, or custom code. (Full Tutorial)

Everyone developing WordPress websites, sooner or later, will face the need to change a user’s profile picture. That’s when they discover that inside WordPress, there is no way to do so. If you are in the situation right now to ask yourself: How do I change my profile picture on WordPress? Here you’ll find all […]

The best user profile plugin for 2023

A little bit of history UsersWP has been around for a while. We decided to develop this plugin because many GeoDirectory customers requested it. They needed to manage their users’ registration, login, and profile needs with something better than what GeoDirectory offered. Many were using BuddyPress as an alternative, but BuddyPress is a lot more […]

New addons: Online Users & Restrict User Signups

Hello Everyone, We have some good news. We released two new addons yesterday. Online Users Restrict User Signups Online Users Go to Appearance > Widgets > “UWP > Online Users”. You can display online members with this addon. It checks online members every x minutes. Where x is your preferred interval. This addon has a setting called “Interval”. […]