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Introducing the Updated Mailchimp Addon for WPForms

It should be easy to use WPForms and Mailchimp together. We know Mailchimp is an extremely popular email marketing service, so we’re excited to introduce you to the Mailchimp 2.0 addon for WPForms. If you thought it was simple using Mailchimp and WPForms before, just wait until you see what’s new with the addon. Mailchimp […]

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How to Add Form Placeholder Text

How to Add Placeholder Text to Your WordPress Forms

Want to add form placeholder text in WordPress? Placeholders make it easy for your visitors to fill in each field correctly.

It sits inside a field and shows people exactly what to type before they type it, which cuts down on guesswork and the back-and-forth emails that follow.

In this article, I’ll walk you through adding placeholder text to every field on your WordPress contact form by using the simplest solution available with WPForms!

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SeedProd Review 2026: Is It the Best WordPress Website Builder?

If you’ve heard of SeedProd, you probably know it as a landing page plugin. That’s how I thought of it too, right up until I built a few pages with it and realized how much bigger the plugin has become.

You can still spin up a single landing page in a few minutes, but you can also design an entire site, headers, footers, and archive pages included, without touching a line of code or hiring a developer.

I’ve spent enough time inside the SeedProd builder to know where it shines and where it gets in your way. So in this SeedProd review, I’ll walk you through what it does, what it costs in, and whether it’s the right website builder for you.

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How to Hide Your WordPress Site Until It’s Ready (Simple Tutorial)

Do you want to hide your WordPress site until it’s ready to launch? Maybe you’re building a brand new site, or you want to keep your work private from the public while you redesign an existing one.

Either way, hiding your site gives you room to work without visitors stumbling onto half-finished or broken pages. It also protects your SEO, since you don’t want Google indexing placeholder content or error pages before you’re ready to go live.

In this guide, I’ll show you the easiest way to hide your WordPress site until it’s ready, and how to keep it private from the public while still letting your team or clients preview it. You can hide your whole site or just the specific pages you’re still working on.

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The Best WordPress Drag and Drop Form Builder Plugin

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How to Create a WordPress DatePicker Form

Need to collect dates from website visitors? You probably already know that standard text fields for dates create chaos. Customers often enter dates in different formats (12/25/2026 vs 25/12/2026 vs December 25, 2026).

This leads to booking errors, missed appointments, and eventually frustrated customers. A proper date picker solves this by providing a visual calendar interface that works the same way across all devices.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to add professional date picker forms to WordPress using WPForms’ advanced date/time picker form field and functionality, plus a few tips if you’d like to customize it.

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