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Block user from your WordPress website without need for dedicated plugin

Need to block user? We had some inquires how to block (malicious) users from WordPress powered websites. There are plugins for this purpose but we prefer simple ways for doing simple tasks. Here is code snippet for your functions.php that will do the job (how to use code snippets). /** * * User login blocking without need for dedicated plugin. * */ function wpgenie_check_attempted_login( $user, $username, $password ) { $blocked ...
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Making Elementor based WordPress site a bit faster and more optimized

Elementor page builder is getting more and more popular so here are quick things you can do to make your WordPress site a bit faster and working on the site easier. Search engines also love fast websites so there is really no justification not to do couple of changes in Elementor settings to speed it up. Disable AI features in wp-admin. Go to your user profile and uncheck "Enable Elementor ...
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ClassicPress Get Simple Auctions, Lottery and Group Buy running on lightweight WordPress fork

ClassicPress – Get Simple Auctions, Lottery and Group Buy running on lightweight WordPress fork

ClassicPress is WordPress long awaited fork of WordPress 4.9 (from version 2.0 fork of WP 6.2.x) without Gutenberg block editor, basically a lighter fork of WordPress with a few tweaks and improvements. It is under active development, has less bloat and has latest security patches. You will love overall simplicity and speed. Most popular themes and plugins that work with WordPress 6.x are compatible with ClassicPress and there are forks ...
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How to create countdown timer for event on your webshop for lottery draw, auction or group buy ending soon event

We have received some inquries from our clients regarding countdown to an event on their page like Next Draw or Auction / Group Buy Event ending soon - basically you want to attract some attention to an event which ends soon and might be of interest to your users. This is not limited to our plugins you can use it for anything like next big discount, sale, new product coming ...
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How to create auction lots with WooCommerce Simple Auctions

In this tutorial we will explain simple solution to create auction lots for items in an optimized, flexible and easily customized way. Each item will be its own auction and we will use tags to group auctions into a lot for this purpose. Theme used is StoreFront along with some of our code snippets, we will explain all details later, ofcourse you will need our Simple Auctions plugin. End result ...
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