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WordPress Twenty Nineteen Demo: Testing Beta Version

Ann Taylor in MotoPress news 2 Comments on WordPress Twenty Nineteen Demo: Testing Beta Version

As you already know, WordPress 5.0 is due for release on November, 19th, 2018. The new block-based Gutenberg editor and the Twenty Nineteen theme, which is fully based on Gutenberg, are just around the corner – they are planned to be included into the major release.

However, as Allan Cole stated recently, Twenty Nineteen remains a work in progress and it might not be ready to be rolled out along with WordPress 5.0.

We were eager to see it in the wild but failed to find a Twenty Nineteen demo. Though there are quite illustrative Twenty Nineteen theme mockups and InVision prototypes, unfortunately, we can’t so far get the feeling of how the theme operates in real time.

So why not run it ourselves? This idea brought the WordPress 2019 theme demo to life and it is now accessible to everyone for preview purposes.

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Best Free WordPress Themes. Proving Examples that They Exist

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Today WordPress users are faced with, I’d go as far as saying, the overchoice of decent free themes. Moreover, before being added to the official WordPress.org theme storage, all the templates are carefully examined by the WordPress quality assessment team. That is why we can now be sure that any template, available for free installation, is compliant with at least basic acceptable level of quality.

So, at this juncture, we have a little left to do: choose a template that offers the widest choice of tools and stays in line with our objectives of website creation.

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20 Ways to Increase a Vacation Rental WordPress Website Traffic

Ann Taylor in WordPress tutorials 2 Comments on 20 Ways to Increase a Vacation Rental WordPress Website Traffic

MotoPress has been serving hundreds of vacation rental homeowners and hoteliers during the past 2 years, since the first release of the WordPress reservation system for rental properties. Throughout this journey, we’ve learned lots of SEO and marketing techniques for vacation rental owners – both plain simple and complex.

So… If you are using any of our custom-crafted hotel & property rental WordPress themes or the reservation plugin alone, we are going to share those tips with you!

They are also well suited for the owners of any property management WordPress theme, so feel free to dig deeper.

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10 Best WordPress Coming Soon Plugins (Free & Premium)

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You are probably wondering how to put your WordPress website into the maintenance mode.

No matter your reasons for using temporary under construction banners/pages in WordPress – site downtimes or the first launch – you need an easy way to deal with the task. This is the case when full-fledged and simple WordPress coming soon plugins come in handy. They are crafted to provide you with super easy, no-brainer, no-coding and no-tinkering (almost) under construction template building experience.

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25+ Elementor Templates and Themes for Your WordPress Website

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No doubt, Elementor has become one of the smartest ways to build and customize a WordPress website – it’s fast, easily configurable and allows to create content with reach layouts. Even a free version of Elementor opens up lots of opportunities for any type of website and doesn’t require any coding skills.

I’m pretty sure that a high editing speed, focus on quality design and an unparalleled customization toolkit are the keystones that made Elementor builder so successful.

Today you can find lots of beautiful Elementor templates and themes in the official Elementor store and on dozens of independent WordPress shops. Some stores are totally dedicated to Elementor templates and add-ons, others have at least one Elementor item in the product lineup (they integrated already existing themes with or created new ones for Elementor).

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How to Back up a WordPress Website

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Backup is critical for everyone having a website – from absolute beginners to seasoned users. If your budget doesn’t allow you to entrust your WordPress website to a professional maintenance company, don’t worry, you can backup WordPress site yourself.

In this article, we want to cover two simple ways how to back up WordPress in an approachable and beginner-friendly way:

  1. Manual WordPress backup (average hassle but gives you more control over website data).
  2. WordPress backup with a plugin (automatic, perfect for non-techs).

But before we start, let’s try to understand what backup is and why you (badly) need it.

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Campterra Review: The Best Camping WordPress Theme

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There is a good bunch of summer camp WordPress themes out there, but honestly, only a few can offer something more than just great design solutions for featuring outdoor activities. Campterra Camping WordPress theme is not a typical camp design. It’s a turnkey solution with the ultimate online booking system for camp units (our premium WordPress plugin that is packed for free, by the way).

So if you are a campground or RV park with multiple rental sites, a small CL or a glamping site looking to make online booking real, Campterra is undoubtedly a perfect match. I’ll cover all whys in a minute.

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Meet Hotel Booking 3.0: Add Extra Fields to the Search Availability Form and More

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The most expected version of the MotoPress Hotel Booking plugin, your favorite WordPress booking system, has finally arrived! It’s now available with a whole bunch of new options and bug fixes to enrich and improve your work with the plugin.

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20+ Best Property Management and Real Estate WordPress Themes

Ann Taylor in WordPress themes 2 Comments on 20+ Best Property Management and Real Estate WordPress Themes

Looking for a professional property management or real estate WordPress theme? Need a 360-degree solution to maintain a real estate marketplace or just want to create a beautiful landing page for a vacation rental? You are in the right place. WordPress offers loads of opportunities for holiday home owners and real estate agencies.

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Meet Ciestra: The Only Resort WordPress Theme You Need

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WordPress is reshaping the way you can build and use your hotel or resort brand online. With Ciestra, the new WordPress rental theme by MotoPress, you are supplied with not just extraordinary design but also a dozen of on-demand tools for managing your properties and bookings under one roof.

Now, why this may be just the right WordPress theme for you? Let’s see.

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