How to Make Your Web Pages Look Professional in 7 Steps Using the Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin

In this article, I’ll teach you how to make your WordPress.org website look even more professional by adding simple features to pages (or posts) using a little plugin called “Shortcodes Ultimate”.

Clever? Here are the steps:

1. Login to your WordPress.org website
2. Download and install the plugin
3. Activate the Plugin
4. Go to a current webpage or post
5. Decide the style of the shortcode
6. Add your content to the shortcode
7. Publish the page/publication on the Internet

Step one:

In this step, you need to make sure that your computer is connected to the internet, and then you need to log in to your website. If you haven’t done so before, you should have received your login and password information when the WordPress.org website was set up. Be sure to keep this information in a safe place, so it’s easier to log in next time.

Second step:

The name of the plugin is “Shortcodes Ultimate”, so make sure you are in the Control Panel of your website. Locate the button/link called ADD-ONS and click once to go to the Add-ons page. Click the ADD NEW button and then type or copy/paste the name: Shortcodes Ultimate, and it is created by Vladimir Anokhin.

When you can see the correct one, click to install the software.

Step three:

Your next step is to click to ACTIVATE the plugin, after which you may receive a message saying it has been successfully activated.

You will be able to find the plugin now installed on your Dashboard, under the SETTINGS button. Click the Settings button, scroll down and select SHORT CODES.

You will now see a screen with the name of the plugin at the top, then 5 “tabs” with different options. Excellent! So far so good.

Step four:

Our next step is to use one of the shortcodes on a web page or post to your website.

Choose a page or post, by selecting PAGES or POSTS in the Dashboard’s left sidebar, and open it.

Once your page or post is open, you will be able to see the text that has already been created for this page or post.

Above the text is the little menu bar where you can select paragraph styles, font color, etc.

A new tiny icon should appear. It will look like a left and a right bracket like this:

• the left bracket looks like this: [
• the left square brack looks like this — ]

Click inside the text, on a new line, where you want your new shortcode element to appear.

Step five:

Now comes the good part. You can choose the type of shortcode you are going to insert!

Let’s start with the BOX feature: it’s a box with a colored title or subtitle, very easy to make and will look great if you’re introducing a concept, product or service on your website page.

So now you’ve CLICKED on a new line within the text, great.

Now click on the SHORTCODE ICON I mentioned: the two brackets (which may appear to the right of the “Add Media” button).

From the dropdown button you will see a list of options; scroll down to the word BOX.

At this point, you have 2 options: write your information in THIS dialog box or write your information AFTER inserting the box on your page; the choice is yours.

Step Six:

The 3 options available to you are: Box Title (Subtitle), Box Color, Content. Fill in the information or simply choose a color for the box. When you’re ready, click the INSERT button.

Now you can add your content (title and other text) inside the shortcode and make it look how you want. You can create paragraphs within the code and also add hyperlinks to other pages.

step seven:

Your final step is to publish the page/post to the internet, by clicking the PUBLISH button (if it’s a new page or post), or click the REFRESH button if you’ve previously saved it.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this article, “How to Make Your Web Pages Look Professional in 7 Steps Using the Shortcodes Ultimate Plugin.”

When I first started using this plugin, I was very pleased with how good my clients’ web pages looked, and I hope it helps their site look great too.