Practice – Practice – Practice
Ok, I’ve been practicing the new blog post and WordPress plugins for more than a week. Check the biggest post on my website, so far. CLICK HERE
Here are the plugins that I use for the website (Probably not a good idea to share the list with the public, but heck – why not):
| All-in-One WP Migration | Great Migration tool, and easy to create backups and restore when needed. The free tier is enough for now. |
| Antispam Bee | Who does like spam, no one right? |
| Contact Form 7 | Helps to create contact forms. |
| Folders | Files and folder management |
| GenerateBlocks | Some add-ons for Guttenberg Page Builder |
| Kadence Blocks โ Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features | Same as above, but with different add-ons |
| LiteSpeed Cache | The best cache plugin. Works only with LiteSpeed Server |
| Rank Math SEO | SEO settings and helper |
| ShortPixel Image Optimizer | Images optimization plugin. One of the best |
| Site Kit by Google | Google plugin to link WordPress and Analytics |
| Spectra | Yet another extension for Guttenberg. |
| ThirstyAffiliates | Affiliate links closer and management. |
| Wordfence Security | Firewall & Security |
| WP Mail SMTP | Settings for e-mail sending |
| WPCode – Insert Headers, Footers, and Code Snippets | Custom snippets for Header, Footer, and In Code |
| WPS Hide Login | Changes login page. Not ideal, but hey – it’s working. |
Issues and solutions
- Quite a lot of time-consuming things due to no knowledge of blog post creation. Solution: Practice more, and post more, goal is to create the first 10 blog posts.
- There’s no Ideal All-In-One plugin with blocks. Solution: stick with several for now, and probably buy a premium version to expand the missing functionality for one of the plugins. Still need to test and decide the best option.
- Lack of time and energy.
Lessons Learned
- Need to learn more about WordPress blocks and how to use them – This will speed up the process. This time I’ve spent almost 6 hours creating one blog post. (Writing, Editing, Images Preparation, Affiliate Programs research, Post Skeleton, and Visual Editing)
- Do not stop. Just sit and do your thing. Remove all destructions from around. No news, no chats, no social media, and all other nonsense that steals attention.
- Do not look back. There’s no way we can change the past, but we can build the future. ๐
Here’s my skill-tracking progress so far:
06:15 AM 10/21/2022