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How to move domain without losing SEO or subscription payments

I recently rebranded this website, moving from one domain to a new domain. In doing so, I had three major concerns:

I’d lose all the SEO value I’d built up over the years for the previous domain – and therefore all the traffic I get from search
I’d no longer be able to collect recurring payments for plugins purchased from the site on the old domain
Users would not be able to get automatic updates for new versions of products

This is a step-by-step account of everything I did to ensure that my worst fears weren’t realised.

How to add an input field to WooCommerce cart items

This is a simple method to add a text input field to each WooCommerce cart item. Customers can enter text into the field which will be saved as meta data to the cart item – so you will receive it with the order.

Create a popular posts shortcode in WordPress

This is a useful way to display popular posts on your blog to encourage users to read more articles rather than just bounce away. Read more

WooCommerce Product Add Ons Ultimate version 2.0

Version 2.0 of WooCommerce Product Add Ons Ultimate has been released today. Read more

How to add a custom field to a WooCommerce Subscriptions variation product

There may come a time in your life when you’re working with WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions and you realise that you need to add a custom field to a variable subscription product. You can do this two ways – the easy way with a plugin, the harder way with some custom code. I’ll show both methods.

By the way, you can also take a look at this article on adding custom fields to WooCommerce variations.

Add WooCommerce tags to your plugin

I wasn’t aware of these two tags for WooCommerce till I noticed one of my plugins was reporting as not tested with the latest version of WooCommerce. In your main plugin file, not the readme, you can add:

 * WC requires at least: 2.5
 * WC tested up to: 3.1

These declare the minimum version of WooCommerce that your plugin requires and the latest version it’s been tested against.

More information here.

Get next post and previous post by meta key

There are a number of standard WordPress functions to help you add navigation buttons to your posts, notably the_post_navigation which you can use on a single post to print links to the next and previous posts. However, next and previous are defined by publication date – but what if you want to get the next and previous posts according to some other parameter? Read more

How to add a forum to WordPress

This post takes you step by step through the process of adding a forum to WordPress. It’s a simple process to get up and running – in fact, it only takes one click to install a working WordPress forum. We’ll then look at some more advanced options. Read more

Sell property rentals with WordPress

This is a step-by-step guide to setting up your own property rental website using WordPress, WooCommerce, and Bookings for WooCommerce. You’ll be able to enter details for one or multiple properties and allow your users to book and pay for their stay. Read more

Whizzie: a WordPress theme setup wizard

You may have seen some discussion of Merlin recently. Merlin is described as a “highly configurable WordPress theme setup wizard built for theme developers”. From the short video I’ve seen, Merlin looks beautiful. It’s got some nice illustrations and slick animations, the content is brief and to the point, and the whole process looks very neat.

Inspired by Merlin, I started thinking about what I’d like from a theme set-up wizard. This post outlines the wizard which I’m calling Whizzie. Read more

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