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Update to Hotel Booking 3.8.0 to Modify Original Bookings!

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A long-anticipated update is here! The latest WordPress plugin for hotel booking plugin version 3.8.0 allows you to change original customer data collected at checkout or added by the admin manually to the dashboard, thus easily modify hotel bookings. For example, now you can change arrival/departure dates, rooms, services, the number of guests, rates, and more details from the backend.

It’s a handy thing when you need to switch accommodations for guests, extend or shorten booking dates (add or remove days), modify booked services or rates, etc.

Let’s introduce you to the new update with a quick walkthrough.

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Change Block Color Palette with the Block Editor Colors Plugin

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Looking how to change block editor WordPress colors (Gutenberg)? You might need it when you want to go with a different color scheme from the one registered with your WordPress theme (usually your theme styles dictate colors).

It’s fairly easy to change default colors by using a color picker for individual blocks in the Color Settings menu, but how do you add your custom colors to the block color palette for a quick color change in multiple blocks?

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Compare WooCommerce Payment Gateways for Small Business on WordPress

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There is no denying it – WooCommerce payment gateways are the most chosen solutions for the vast majority of e-commerce, both cross-border and local, businesses on WordPress.

When you need to integrate online payments on your small business website, most likely you’ll join WooCommerce as well (for many good reasons!).

According to the recent WooCommers stats 2020, WooCommerce powers more than 93% of all e-commerce websites on WordPress compared to other dedicated solutions.

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How to Create 301 Redirection with WordPress Plugins

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If you are looking for a WordPress redirection plugin, in this quick guide you’ll learn how to create 301 redirects in WordPress the easy way with free plugins.

Setting up URL redirection simply means you are making one website page available under another or several URL addresses.

The most common scenario for referring to permanent 301 redirects is when you need to redirect old website pages to the corresponding pages but under a new domain.

What are other legitimate cases for adding 301 redirects?

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Getwid Base Update: Change Default Colors for the Block Color Palette

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Getwid Base, a starter free Gutenberg theme for Getwid WordPress Blocks, brings you new great features in the latest version 1.1.0! Today we’re announcing support for no-coding color change throughout the website, including for WordPress blocks, and more flexible footer customization.

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Add Theme Support for Gutenberg Blocks Easier with Getwid Style Kit

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If you are a WordPress developer who fully or partially switched over to the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) for building themes and websites for clients, we have great news for you. You can add theme support for Gutenberg blocks with less tweaking.

We’ve just released Getwid Style Kit, a handy boilerplate that encompasses some great starter c to extend and customize Getwid and core Gutenberg blocks for your themes. The boilerplate is available for free download on GitHub so you can play around with it today.

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How to Start Your Own Blog on Gutenberg WordPress

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How to start a blog? This is probably the easiest thing to do if you have simple and clear instructions to follow.

Currently, on the web, the amount of blog websites is probably the biggest, since users have all the tools at hand, the only thing they need is a wish. The setting up process takes less than half an hour and you save a pretty decent amount of money if you go with our tips on how to start your own blog.

We have created a detailed and all-inclusive tutorial so that your experience stays effortless, quick, and interesting!

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How to Turn One-time Guests into Loyal Customers: WordPress for Hotels

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Repeat guests for a hotel or vacation rental: a dream or reality? You definitely can bring people back, but it doesn’t bear much resemblance to the retail or restaurant business simply because your guests are not locals.

Let’s start with reasons why guests return (they do!) and then move on to the solutions that can help you improve the retention rate.

Why do people prefer to come back to the same place? The first reason is their initial motivation:

  • work/business-related travelers who found the location and services affordable and suitable.
  • recreational guests, e.g. families or couples that love to spend their vacation in the same location.

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Customer Spotlight: MotoPress Testimonial Videos (Send Yours!)

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Meet real customers of the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin! We love to share examples of real-life websites created with our solutions to help you get a better idea of whether this is something you are looking for and how it works for other people’s businesses and different client’s purposes.

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How to Disable the “Confirm Reservation” Button in Hotel Booking

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The work on the Hotel Booking WordPress plugin is in full swing. In the two latest versions, we made a primary focus on fixing existing issues so that we can move forward with a better core. Furthermore, the plugin now allows you to optionally turn on the immediate guest redirection to the checkout page, without a need to press the “Confirm reservation” button.

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