Welcome to the April 2025 edition of WPBeginner Spotlight! The WordPress community has been buzzing this month with exciting updates, new tools, and important changes across the ecosystem. These include everything from the launch of WordPress 6.8 to major plugin releases like RewardsWP, product milestones,… Read More »
Since Threads launched in 2023, I’ve been experimenting with different ways to share my WordPress blog posts there automatically. Like many website owners, I initially posted manually, but that quickly became time-consuming as I managed multiple sites and social channels. Between summarizing content, researching the… Read More »
“How do I make this page private for members only?” That’s one of the most common questions I get asked by my friends who use WordPress. I remember asking the same question myself when we were building our video membership site at WPBeginner. Luckily, it’s… Read More »
When I first tried to add podcast episodes to my WordPress website, I quickly realized that embedding them from Apple Podcasts wasn’t as straightforward as I’d hoped. Like many of you, I wanted a simple solution that wouldn’t require coding knowledge. Through trial and error… Read More »
Feeling trapped by HubSpot is a familiar story. I’ve helped countless users who were worried about losing content or wrecking their SEO rankings during a move, and I understand those concerns completely. But I can tell you from experience that moving to WordPress is not… Read More »
WordPress 6.8 is finally here 🥳, and we’ve been testing it since the early beta. It’s the first major release of 2025 with several important changes. You’ll notice speed improvements after the update, thanks to the new speculative loading feature that makes pages feel like… Read More »
Today, I’m extremely excited to share that aThemes is joining the Awesome Motive network, and they’re now part of the WPBeginner family of products. aThemes is a popular WordPress theme company known for building beautiful website templates that are optimized for speed and performance. Over… Read More »
Remember when email and password were the only way to log into websites? Times have changed, and now many users expect the convenience of logging in with their phone numbers. After helping different people set up phone-based login systems on their WordPress sites, I’ve learned… Read More »
Do you remember when sharing music on a website meant uploading MP3 files and dealing with clunky audio players? Thankfully, many streaming services have made it easier to share music online, and Spotify is leading the way. As one of the world’s largest music platforms,… Read More »
Alt text (alternative text) is an important part of image SEO and accessibility. But adding alt text to every image on your WordPress site can be time-consuming, especially if you have hundreds of photos in your media library. The good news is that you can… Read More »
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.