Sometimes it suits restrict some content in WordPress. Block an entry or part of a Article on your blog. Learn how to do it here at CourseWpress.com.
A good complement to a good content strategysometimes it consists of restricting part of it.
Yes, as you read it.
If you offer free content and quality on your blog (no matter what the subject is). Blocking part of it, can be a good way to get some advantage.
Advantage that can be monetary or not, if you decide.
You can offer your readers the possibility of access blocked content in exchange for a social action.
Or in exchange for a subscription in you mailing list or the payment of a fee.
In this article we will learn to to restrict part of the content in WordPress. But if what you want is to create a membership site, we prepare two tutorials that will help you a lot:
Why restrict some content in WordPress?
As we mentioned in the previous one. Restricting some of the content can make you improve conversions. That means more subscribers, more prospects.
But at the same time block content is a way to turn your material into very specific actions. Which may remind you of call to actions.
And is that every time you browse a page or blog you find a sign that says restricted content. In turn, you find a button or ad where you are asked to do something for unlock it.
Yes, content blockers have a call to action explicit.
What does it take to block some of the content on a WordPress blog?
To restrict or block part of the content, all you need is to have a material that readers want.
Yes, quality content.
But calm down. You don't need to be Mark manson or a super blogger billionaire in visits to apply this strategy.
And it is simple. Yes, we know that you already intend to apply it, that is why we share this tutorial with you:
Learn how to restrict part of the content in WordPress
To restrict content in WordPress there are several options. We share with you a couple of methods so you can choose from.
Block a page from the WordPress dashboard
This is a method that does not require the installation of plugins.
Although the result may not be as sophisticated as that achieved with a specialized tool. It is always worth knowing how to do it.
We assume that you have already created the page that you intend to restrict.
- On your WordPress dashboard follow the following path:
Pages> All Pages
- We place the cursor over page that we want to restrict. The options for that page will appear. We select the option: Quick edit.
- We add the password that we want for that page.
- We click on the button: To update.
- Clever.
Now. We have a page password restricted. At the same time we can add different passwords for each of the pages that we need to restrict.
Another way of to restrict content in WordPress with a higher level of control is through plugins.
In this section there are a few available in the repository plugins WordPress.
They all have their advantages. Some very powerful ones are those that make it possible to unlock content by means of social actions (shared in the social networks).
The most used of this branch is the plugin: OnePress Social Locker.
Restrict some content with OnePress Social Locker
OnePress Social Locker is a plugin well known to bloggers and webmasters. Is gratuitous. But in case you need more power, you have the payment option: Premium Social Locker.
Installing OnePress Social Locker
If you know how to install plugins, it will be easy for you to activate OPSL. If you still don't know how to install it, we have prepared a very complete tutorial for you:
Plugins in WordPress: what they are and how to install them
As of the date of publication of this article, the OPSL has more than 10,000 active installations.
Setting up the OnePress Social Locker
On your WordPress dashboard follow the following path:
Social Locker> All Lockers>
In "Social Locker”We select the option: Edit.
Now in: Locker header we will write a message to warn that the content is blocked.
And in Locker message We write a text indicating to our visitors how they can access the blocked content.
An example would be:
You can access this content if you give us a shared one on a social network.
Now you configure the social network where you want your audience to share the content.
We have configured it to Twitter.
We give you update and that's it.
How to restrict some content in WordPress with OnePress Social Locker
Easy. Once you have configured the OPSL you must go to content section what you want to restrict. In our case we will restrict a text portion from a post on our blog.
It is enough to put the portion of content that we want to restrict between these shortcodes:
Anyway in our text editor a button of the OnePress Social Locker with which you can block the content without typing code.
Now you know how to block and restrict content in WordPress.
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