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Do you want your visitors to easily calculate the cost of shipping on your website?Using a shipping calculator, customers can accurately estimate the total cost of a product they’ll have to pay with delivery. It helps keep your business transparent and builds trust with potential customers.In this article, we will show you how to add a shipping calculator to your WordPress site. What is a Shipping Calculator & Why Use It?A shipping calculator helps estimate the total cost of shipping automatically. It shows delivery charges and other relevant fees to customers, so they don’t have to manually figure out shipping rates and expenses. There are different factors that come into play when calculating shipping costs. Some of these include the price of the product, destination, origin of a shipment, weight, dimensions, type of shipping service, and other variables during the calculation. Manually calculating shipping costs can be time-consuming if there are multiple orders on your online store. Plus, the manual calculation would also lead to mistakes, which can impact customer satisfaction. You’ll save a lot of time and simply automate the process by using a shipping calculator plugin for your WordPress site or WooCommerce site. Customers can simply select their location and see what the product will actually cost after delivery. This helps strengthen your relationship with your customers and builds trust. That said, let’s see how you can easily add a shipping calculator to your WordPress site. We’ll also show a way of adding it to your WooCommerce store. You can click the links below to jump ahead to your preferred section:Adding a Shipping Calculator to WooCommerceAdding a Shipping Calculator to WordPress SiteAdding a Shipping Calculator to WooCommerce The best way to add a shipping calculator in WooCommerce is by using the Product page shipping calculator for WooCommerce plugin. It is a free plugin that allows customers to calculate the cost of shipping before adding a product to the cart. First, you’ll need to download and install the Product page shipping calculator for the WooCommerce plugin. If you need help, then please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.Upon activation, you can go to WooCommerce » Shipping Calculator to configure the plugin. The plugin works out of the box, and you can use default settings to get started. However, there are options to edit them and customize your shipping calculator. It’s important to note that the plugin will use the information from the shipping zone settings in WooCommerce when calculating shipping fees.Setting Up Shipping Zones in WooCommerceIf you haven’t set up shipping zones, then you will need to go to WooCommerce » Settings from your WordPress dashboard and switch to the ‘Shipping’ tab. Under the Shipping zones section, simply click the ‘Add shipping zone’ button.Next, you’ll need to enter a zone name and select regions from the dropdown menu. You can add multiple countries or cities under a single zone. After that, you can click the ‘Add shipping method’ button. A popup window will now open. WooCommerce offers 3 shipping methods to choose from. You can select a ‘Flat rate’ and then enter an amount that will be charged for shipping. Or you can choose ‘Free shipping’ and ‘Local pickup’ options.When you’re done, simply click the ‘Add shipping method’ button. You can add multiple shipping methods for the zone and set up conditions when they’ll apply. Next, you’ll need to click the ‘Edit’ option under your shipping methods.After that, a small window will open where you can change the title of the method, select whether you’d like the shipping method to be taxable or not, and enter a cost. For costs, you can enter a flat rate that will be charged when a customer adds a product to a cart. There is also an option to multiply the shipping cost by the quantity. Once you’re done, click the ‘Save changes’ button. You can now head back to the shipping zone section to view your zones, regions, and shipping methods. Edit Shipping Calculator SettingsAfter setting up shipping zones, you can head back to WooCommerce » Shipping Calculator to change the settings of the Product page shipping calculator for the WooCommerce plugin. In the Basic setting tab, you can edit the position of the calculator on the product page and the position of the calculator results. If you scroll down, you’ll see more settings. For instance, the plugin lets you edit the messages used in the plugin, auto-load the shipping method, and more. When you’re done, simply click the ‘Save Changes’ button on the side or at the bottom of the page. Next, you can switch to the ‘Remove fields’ tab. Here, you’ll see options to remove any field from the shipping calculator. For instance, the plugin will show country, state, town/city, and postcode/zip fields by default. You can disable any of the fields that don’t match your shipping zones. After that, head to the ‘Design’ tab. The plugin gives you multiple options to edit the appearance of the shipping calculator. For example, you can change the background color and text color to show shipping methods. Or you can choose colors for the buttons that appear in the calculator. Don’t forget to click the ‘Save Change’ button to store your settings.Next, you can visit your WooCommerce store to see the shipping calculator in action. In the screenshot below, customers will first need to select a delivery location and click the ‘Update Address’ button.Once that’s done, the plugin will automatically calculate the shipping cost that you set up in the shipping zone section and will add it to the total cost.This way, customers will know the shipping charges they’ll have to pay in addition to the cost of the product. Adding a Shipping Calculator to WordPress SiteIf you don’t have a WooCommerce store and want to add a generic shipping calculator to your WordPress site, then you can use Formidable Forms. It is a popular contact form plugin for WordPress that lets you create advanced and complex forms. For instance, you can add a contact form, calculators, surveys, directories, and web applications using the plugin. For this tutorial, we will use the Formidable Forms Pro plan because it includes pricing fields and more customization options. First, you’ll need to install and activate the Formidable Forms Lite and Formidable Forms Pro plugins. The Lite plugin is free to use, and the premium plugin adds more advanced features to it. If you need help, then please see our guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.Upon activation, you’ll need to go to Formidable » Global Settings from the WordPress dashboard. From here, you can click the ‘Click to enter a license key manually’ link.Next, you’ll need to enter the license key and click the ‘Save License’ button.You can find the license key in your Formidable Forms account area. After that, you must go to Formidable » Forms to add a new form. Simply click the ‘+ Add New’ button at the top. Next, Formidable Forms will show different templates to choose from. You can choose from multiple categories, like business operations, calculator, conversational forms, and more.Formidable Forms doesn’t offer a pre-built template for a shipping calculator. However, you can create one using a blank form template. Go ahead and select the ‘Blank Form’ template.On the next screen, you’ll need to enter a name for your form. There is also an option to insert the template into an application. However, you can leave this to the default setting for this tutorial. After entering the form name, click the ‘Create’ button. Next, you’ll see the drag-and-drop form builder. You can simply drag any form field from the menu on the left and drop it on the template. For instance, you can add form fields like name, email, phone number, and more to the template. To create a shipping calculator, you can scroll down to the Pricing Fields section on the left and add a ‘Product’ form field. Next, you can select the product form field and further customize it.For instance, we changed the label of the field and product type. Formidable Forms also lets you show products as checkboxes, dropdowns, radio buttons, single products, or user-defined. Besides that, you can add your products and their prices under the Product Options on the menu on the left. Now that you’ve added your products, the next step is to add your shipping regions and charges. To do that, you can again add a Product form field under the Pricing Fields section in the menu on the left. After that, you’ll need to edit its label and product type, and then enter each region individually and its shipping cost. In the screenshot above, we changed the label to Shipping Regions and changed the Product Types to Checkboxes. From here, we added different shipping zones and their cost under the Product Options section. Once this is done, you’ll need to show a total for your shipping calculator. To do that, simply add the Total form field under the Pricing Fields section to the template. Next, you can select the Total form field and edit its label, add a description, and more.Formidable Forms also lets you add conditional logic to the form fields and show them based on user responses. After that, you can switch to the ‘Style’ tab from the top.Formidable Forms offers pre-built styles for your form. Simply select one or create a new style. For this tutorial, we will use the default Formidable Style. Next, you can also change form settings in Formidable Forms. Simply switch to the ‘Settings’ tab at the top. Here, you’ll find general settings for changing the form title, adding a description, and more. There are also options for actions and notifications, form permissions, and scheduling your shipping calculator form. After you’ve configured the settings, save your changes. You’re now ready to embed your calculator anywhere on your site. To start, you can click the ‘Embed’ button in the form builder at the top. This will give you multiple options, like add the form to an existing page, create a new page, or insert manually. For the sake of this tutorial, we will choose the ‘Create new page’ option. Next, you can enter a name for your new page and click the ‘Create page’ button. From here, you’ll see a preview of the shipping calculator form in the WordPress content editor. Go ahead and publish your page and visit your site to see the shipping calculator in action.We hope this article helped you learn how to add a shipping calculator to your WordPress site. You may also want to see our guide on how to set up form tracking in Google Analytics and the best WooCommerce plugins. If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook. The post How to Add a Shipping Calculator to Your WordPress Site first appeared on WPBeginner.

The Fairphone 5 with its repairable guts on show for all to see. | Image: Fairphone The Fairphone 5 is the latest sustainably produced and repairable handset from Dutch smartphone company Fairphone. Like its previous devices, the Fairphone 5 is made with ethically sourced materials by workers who are given a living wage bonus and is designed to be easy to repair with a lengthy software support period. But this year’s model is specced-out much more like a modern midrange smartphone, with an OLED display, fast 30W charging, and dual 50-megapixel cameras at the rear.Fairphone is taking preorders for the Fairphone 5 starting today, and the smartphone ships on September 14th in Europe. Prices start at €699 in the eurozone or £619 in the UK. That translates to roughly $758, though Fairphone has no plans for a US release for... Continue reading…

Do you want to add extra profile fields for users to fill in when they register on your WordPress website?Maybe you want to allow users to submit their social media profiles. Or you might want them to submit their business phone number when registering. This can all be done by adding additional profile fields.In this article, we will show how to easily add additional user profile fields in WordPress registration forms.Why Add Additional User Profile Fields in WordPress Registration?By adding more user profile fields to your WordPress website’s registration form, you can collect extra information from users to improve your marketing campaigns, personalize content, or simply learn more about your audience.For example, you can ask your users to provide their phone numbers or social media profiles when registering on your WordPress site.This way, you will be able to send targeted SMS messages to your users or can ask them to promote your WordPress blog on their social media accounts.All of these extra fields can be handy if you run a membership website or allow users to sign up as subscribers to your blog. They can also be helpful if you want to store extra contact information for the other writers on your multi-author blog.That being said, let’s see how to easily add additional user profile fields in WordPress. For this tutorial, we will be discussing two methods, and you can use the links below to jump to the method of your choice:Method 1: Add Custom User Profile Fields Using Advanced Custom Fields (Recommended)Method 2: Add Additional User Profile Fields With Profile Extra Fields (Easy & Simple)Bonus: Make a Custom User Registration Form in WordPressMethod 1: Add Custom User Profile Fields Using Advanced Custom Fields (Recommended)The best way to add extra user profile fields in WordPress is to use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. It lets you choose from multiple fields and customize them to fit your needs.First, you need to install and activate the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.Upon activation, you need to head to the ACF » Field Groups page from the WordPress admin sidebar and click the ‘+ Add Field Group’ button.This will take you to a new page where you can start by typing a name for the field group.Keep in mind that this will be the name of the entire field group and not the individual user’s field.After that, scroll down to the ‘Fields’ section and choose a field type from the dropdown menu.For example, if you want users to provide their phone number upon registration, then you can choose the ‘Number’ option. Alternatively, if you want users to provide their social media profiles, then you can pick the ‘Text’ option.Once you have done that, just type the name of your field into the ‘Field Label’ option. For instance, if you want users to provide their Twitter handle before registering, then you can enter that into the field.The plugin will then automatically generate a field name according to your label name.Next, you must switch to the ‘Validation’ tab from the top. From here, you can make the field required by toggling on the switch. This way, users won’t be able to register on your WordPress site without filling in the additional field.After that, you can even set a character limit for your custom field.Now, switch to the ‘Presentation’ tab from the top.Once you are there, you can add placeholder text, instructions, and wrapper attributes for your additional user profile field.Next, scroll down to the ‘Settings’ section and make sure that the ‘Location Rules’ tab is selected. From here, you must set up conditional logic for your custom field so that it will only be displayed for your WordPress site registration.To do this, select the ‘User Form’ option from the dropdown menu in the left corner of the screen. After that, choose the ‘Register’ option from the dropdown menu in the right corner.Finally, click the ‘Save Changes’ button at the top of the screen to store your settings.If you want to add another additional field, then you can also click the ‘+ Add Field’ button.Now visit your user registration page to view the additional user profile field in action. This is how it looked on our demo website.Method 2: Add Additional User Profile Fields With Profile Extra Fields (Easy & Simple)This method allows you to quickly and easily add extra fields to user profiles and user registration forms in WordPress. It is a little less flexible, but it gets the job done.First, you need to install and activate the Profile Extra Fields plugin. If you are not sure how to do this, then you can check out our full guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.Once the plugin is activated, it’s time to create some additional user profile fields to use on your registration forms.We are going to create a phone number field as an example, but you can add as many of these fields as you want.First, visit the Profile Extra Fields » Add New page from the WordPress admin sidebar. From here, type the name of the field next to the ‘Name’ option.For example, if you are creating a field for users to submit their phone number, then you can type ‘Phone Number’ as the field name.After that, select a field type from the dropdown menu. If you are adding a social media profile field, then you can use the ‘Text Field’ option. However, if you want a field for phone numbers, then you need to select that option from the dropdown menu.After that, you can also type a pattern for your phone number field or add a description for it.Next, scroll down to the ‘Field Properties’ section and check the boxes for the user roles that you want this field to be displayed for.For instance, if you want this field to be displayed for all the authors registering on your WordPress site, then you can check the box next to this user role.You can choose as many user roles as you want.Next, you can also check the ‘Required’ box if you don’t want users to register without filling in this field in the form. Make sure that the ‘Always Show in User Registration Form’ box is checked so that your user field will be displayed in the form.Finally, click the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.Now, you will need to go into your WordPress dashboard to change some settings for new registrations.Head to the Settings » General page in your WordPress admin area and then check the membership box so that anyone can register on your website.Next, you need to make sure that the default role is set to the role which you have added extra fields for. After that, click the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.This way, you can control the level of access new users have, and this will force the registration form to show the fields you selected earlier in this tutorial.Here’s what the default registration form looked like on our demo website.Bonus: Make a Custom User Registration Form in WordPressThe methods in this tutorial have shown you how to add extra user profile fields to the default WordPress registration form. However, if you would like to create a custom user registration form in WordPress, then you can also easily do that by using the WPForms plugin. It is the best WordPress form plugin that allows you to design your own user registration form using drag and drop. It also integrates seamlessly with plugins like Advanced Custom Fields, so you can easily insert additional user profile fields.For detailed instructions, please follow our tutorial on how to create a custom user registration form in WordPress.We hope this tutorial helped you learn how to add additional user profile fields in WordPress registration. You may also want to see our beginner’s guide on how to create a custom WordPress login page and our comparison of the best WordPress membership plugins to create and sell courses.If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.The post How to Add Additional User Profile Fields in WordPress Registration first appeared on WPBeginner.

Back in 2021, Google launched the Pixel Pass subscription service with the Pixel 6 series of handsets. This product served as a counterpart of the Apple One service, bundling the latest Pixel, YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium, device protection via Preferred Care, Google One, and Play Pass at $45/month for a period of two years. However, it seems like the model failed to gain enough traction as the company has now announced that it is shutting it down with immediate effect.

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Illustration: The Verge I thought I had malware on my main Windows 11 machine this weekend. There I was minding my own business in Chrome before tabbing back to a game and wham a pop-up appeared asking me to switch my default search engine to Microsoft Bing in Chrome. Stunningly, Microsoft now thinks it’s ok to shove a pop-up in my face above my apps and games just because I dare to use Chrome instead of Microsoft Edge.This isn’t a normal notification, either. It didn’t appear in the notification center in Windows 11, nor is it connected to the part of Windows 11 that suggests new features to you. It’s quite literally a rogue executable file that has somehow appeared in c:windowstempmubstemp and is digitally signed by Microsoft.“We are aware of these... Continue reading…

If you're disillusioned with Windows, Linux is probably the top alternative. While it has been around since the 90s, you might not have used any of its implementations or distributions (distros). Kali Linux is one such popular distro used primarily for cybersecurity. It might not be geared toward the average Linux user, but if you're a professional penetration tester or studying cybersecurity with an aim to get certified, Kali Linux is one of the best tools available.

Summer break is ending and chances are you’re starting work soon with renewed energy. But this time, you can make every work day easier, better, and more efficient. Especially the commute and official trips. All you need to do is get your car this nifty device from the Netherlands called AAWireless,

When the Google Pixel Watch was released last October, it attempted to give the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 a run for its money by joining the Wear sphere with Wear OS 3.5 and a user-friendly design. Well, Samsung's Galaxy Watch 6 has now arrived, and with it comes Wear OS 4, alongside a few other upgrades.