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When we first started WPBeginner, we quickly realized that readers wanted to connect with the real people behind the tutorials. It felt impersonal to publish content without giving our audience an easy way to reach out on social media. Displaying social links on profile pages… Read More »
When we first started managing WordPress sites for clients, dealing with comment spam was a daily headache. By default, WordPress lets users include certain HTML tags in their comments, like <a>, <em>, and <strong>. While these tags can be helpful, spammers often misuse them to… Read More »
Adding today’s date to your WordPress site is one of those small touches that can make your website look more professional and current. Just look at major news sites – they all display the current date prominently because it helps establish content freshness and relevance.… Read More »
At WPBeginner, we’re always searching for smarter ways to improve navigation so our readers can easily find exactly what they are looking for. A smooth browsing experience keeps users engaged and coming back for more. Luckily, WordPress offers a straightforward solution by allowing you to… Read More »
Comments aren’t just feedback — they’re powerful signals of an active, engaged community. Plus, a high comment count on your blog posts can act as social proof. It encourages new visitors to read, participate, and stay longer. But when the number next to your posts… Read More »
Here’s something we’ve learned after running WordPress blogs for over a decade: showing old comments at the top of your posts can make your site look dusty. Think about it. A new visitor lands on your blog and sees comments from 10 years ago. Not… Read More »
Do you want to display a list of all authors on your WordPress blog? It’s a feature that a lot of our readers with multi-author blogs ask us about. An author list will show at-a-glance who is writing for your blog and allow your visitors… Read More »
Most people don’t think about securing their WordPress admin area until it’s too late. We’ve helped users recover from attacks where the WordPress admin area was left wide open. That’s why we recommend restricting admin area access by IP. It’s a technique we’ve used on… Read More »
Most themes ignore this feature which might be a single most important feature that you should have in your themes. In this tutorial, we will show you how you can setup auto discovery for your WordPress RSS Feeds.
We can see the number of comments made in our dashboard, but our advertisers cannot see that. If you have a page for advertisers, you want to add this number to give them one more reason to buy advertisement on your site. Specially when you are selling ads towards the comment area.
Used to store interaction and conversion data for campaigns in conjunction with Revenue Attribution.
1 year
_gat_omTracker*
Set, controlled and used by Google Analytics to collect and store data and then send that data to Google Analytics. OptinMonster provides the name if there is no existing tracker found on that page.
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omCountdown-{id}-{elementId}
Used for countdown elements {elementId} in campaigns {id} to determine when it should complete.
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om-{id}-closed / omSlideClosed-{id}
Used specifically with slide-in campaigns {id} to determine if it has been closed or not by a visitor.
30 days
om-success-cookie / omSuccessCookie
Used to determine if a visitor has successfully opted in to any campaign on your site to unlock content when using our Content Locking feature.
365 days
om-success-{id} / omSuccess-{id}
Used to determine if a visitor has successfully opted in to a campaign with the ID of {id} on your site.
365 days
omSeen-{id}
Used to determine if a visitor has been shown a campaign by the slug.
30 days
om-{id}
Used to determine if a visitor has interacted with a campaign ID of {id} on your site.
30 days
_omappvs
Used to determine when a new visitor becomes a returning visitor.