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[Review] Coupon Code WordPress Plugin

WordPress – no doubt most popular blogging platform because it offer infinite number of free WordPress plugins and free WordPress themes from its plugin and theme directory. With WordPress you can easily make money by using affiliate programs (in this post I’m not talking about what are affiliate programs and affiliate marketing). Many affiliate programs offer discount coupon and some smart guys use those coupon to steal your commission and you are unable to make money by promoting that program. This is one of the big problem and CouponCode WordPress Plugin comes as a rescue for you.

CouponCode WordPress Plugin offer you to create as many coupon by hiding affiliate links and you can use those coupon code(s) in your post(s) and page(s). This plugin has user-friendly interface which offer you, to easily create and manage coupon from WordPress dashboard. This post focus on how this plugin works and how to use this plugin.

How to Install Coupon Code WordPress Plugin

Step1: Installation of Coupon Code WordPress Plugin is same as other WordPress Plugins. Already I have shared how to install WordPress Plugin from WordPress Dashboard, check it out here.

Step2: After installing Coupon Code WordPress Plugin activate it. As soon as you activate this plugin you see a “Coupon Code” tab in wp-admin panel (as shown below)

Step3: Now click on “Coupon Code” tab, a drop down menu open (shown below) showing options of this plugin.

Control Panel of CouponCode WordPress Plugin

CouponCode WordPress Plugin offer you to create and manage as many coupons as you want. Hers is a complete view of this plugin,

CouponCode General Settings Page

CouponCode Manage Coupons Page (it is empty because I have not created any coupon yet)

CouponCode Add Coupons Page [Image3]

Above screen-shots offer an overview of this awesome plugin which clearly show, how easy is to create and manage coupons using this plugin.

How to Create Coupon(s) Using Coupon Code

If you look at [Image3], you see that already various fields created for you and you have to fill-up all the required fields. Follow the step-by-step guide to create coupon using this plugin:

Step1: In “Name” [Image3], simply fill out the name of affiliate program you are using (for me its CouponCode)

Step2: In “Coupon” [Image3], fill out the coupon code that you want to share with your readers. (for me it is WEBGUIDE4U)

Step3: In “URL” [Image3], insert your affiliate link (as shown below):

Step4: In “ShortCode” [Image3], type the name (i.e., shorcode of this plugint – I’m using CouponCode)

Step5: After completing all the steps as guided above, click on “Add Coupon” and a new coupon added and this coupon (i.e., coupon created above) hide your affiliate link while adding on any post. Similarly, by following above guide, you can create unlimited number of coupon(s).

How to Use Coupon Code WordPress plugin (i.e., how this plugin works)

Step1: Write a new post (or use existing post). Select required keyword (that you want to link) and click on “Insert Coupon” as shown below:

Step2: As soon as you click on “Insert Coupon” (step1), you see that coupon code inserted in that keyword (keyword that you select in step1).

Step3: Now click on “Preview” button on right hand side and see this plugin in action.

Step4: When you click on “Preview” button (in step3), it open a new window and you see CouponCode WordPress Plugin in action, which only show the coupon code (i.e., WEBGUIDE4U).

Step5: Now no one can steal your affiliate commission, create as much coupon as you like and generate unlimited amount of money by sharing coupon codes.

CouponCode WordPress plugin recommended for all WordPress users especially for those who are in affiliate marketing and unable to make money online. You may like to see this video which demonstrates how this plugin work.

Sign-Up Link for CouponCode WordPress Plugin

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[How-To Guide] Add Images In WordPress From WordPress Dashboard

WordPress – most widely used blogging platform and at WebGuide4U I’m trying my level best to make WordPress as much easy as I can. Already I have shared lost of tutorials from Installation to advanced level and still a lot have to come on WordPress. All these tutorials written in form of how-to guides which will help any WordPress user to get started with WordPress and if you need any personal help you can get in touch using Free WordPress Installation Service.

Images play an important part in any post and in this post I’m sharing how to add images in WordPress in simple easy to follow guide.

Step1: Log-in into wp-admin panel, go to “Media” and click on “Add New” as shown below:

Step2: When you click on “Add New” (step1), it open a new window (shown below). Now you can use any way to upload images on your blog, either “Flash Uploader” or “Browser UPloader”.

Step3: After selecting media uploader (i.e., image uploader) (I’m using “Browser Uploader”), you see a window (shown below). Now, click on “Browse” button to browse images locally stored in your PC.

Step4: When you click on “Browse” button, it open a pop-up screen (shown below – image1), where you have to select the images stored in your PC. Select required image and click on it.

Step5: After selecting an image, you will see something like this (shown below) and now click on “Upload” button to upload the image.

Step6: When you click on “Upload” button (step5), a new window open (shown below), which show that selected image has been successfully uploaded on WordPress blog.

That’s it isn’t it so easy to upload images on WordPress blog. If you have any query or question do let me know in comment section or you can get in touch using Free WordPress Installation Service also.

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Optimize WordPress Blog For iPhone: WpTouch WordPress Plugin

These days most users surf the internet on mobile and smartphones offer them lots of applications to browse the internet easily. Its time to wake-up and optimize a WordPress blog for mobile users also.

Yesterday, I was looking into Google Analytics and found that most users browsing WebGuide4U by using iPhone, so it becomes a need for me to install this plugin, not to lose those valuable readers. [Read more…] about Optimize WordPress Blog For iPhone: WpTouch WordPress Plugin

[WordPress News] WordPress 3.0.5 Released: Important Security Update

Already, in earlier article I talk about that WordPress team release WordPress 3.1 Release Candidate 4 and now WordPress fixes the important security updates by releasing WordPress 3.0.5.

According to official release,

WordPress 3.0.5 is now available for as a new update and it is a security hardening update to all earlier versions of WordPress.

This security release required for untrusted user accounts, especially for multi-author blogs. All WordPress users requested to update to this newer versions as soon as possible. In this security release, WordPress fixes:

Two moderate security issues – that could have allowed a Contributor- or Author-level user to gain further access to the site.

One information disclosure issue – was addressed that could have allowed an Author-level user to view contents of posts they should not be able to see, such as draft or private posts.

Two security enhancements

Improved the security of any plugins which were not properly leveraging our security API.
It offers additional defense in-depth against a vulnerability that was fixed in previous release.

So, it’s a request to update to latest version as soon as possible. If you are unable to update to latest version you can get in touch by using Free WordPress Installation Service

Download Link for WordPress 3.0.5

[WordPress News] WordPress 3.1 Release Candidate 4

WordPress team released 3.1 RC4 (Release Candidate), which means that the product is ready for last launch. I think that it’s the last release candidate before last release of WordPress 3.1. I have already shared in earlier posts that what are the changes been made in every release candidate. Here is a quick recap:

WordPress Release Candidate 3.1 RC1

WordPress Release Candidate 3.1 RC2

WordPress Release Candidate 3.1 RC3

All these will help you to distinguish about the changes taking place in WordPress release candidate.

According to Official release,

The release candidate 4 build includes the security fixes and enhancements included in 3.0.5 and address about two dozen additional bugs. This includes fixes for:

Deleting a user and reassigning their posts to another user.
Marking multiple users or sites as spam in multisite.
PHP4 compatibility.

If you want to try WordPress 3.1 Release Candidate 4, you can download it form here and if you find any issues or bug, then you can report about theme here:

Post it to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums
Report it to the wp-testers mailing list
Join the development IRC channel and tell us live at irc.freenode.net #wordpress-dev
File a bug ticket on the WordPress Trac

Download Link for WordPress 3.1 Release Candidate 4