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Just wanted to note that I also found one other thing that I needed to fix. I had excluded SOME fields and that caused SOME of the problems…but apparently there were OTHER fields that for some reason I had not actually activated in the settings or I had accidentally set to admin only. So for each field that was missing, I opened up the settings in custom fields and looked carefully at everything and I found out that all of them had something simple like that and now I have ALL the fields that I needed! YAY!!

Thanks again! Your solution also gave me the info I needed to look further and solve this other problem. THANKS!

Ohhhhhhh. Ok, I understand it now that I see it. See now, if THAT was actually EXPLAINED in the documentation…preferably with screenshots….would have saved me a lot of time and energy and frustration.

I had to take the little bit you said, which I didn’t understand…go look and see what you meant, then put it in a menu, see it in action, have a lightbulb moment, etc. All that could have been solved so much easier in better documentation or a complete tutorial video. I’m very visual so I NEED to actually SEE THINGS. I’m sure I’m not alone in this.

Everything is taking me oodles more time to sort out because you guys don’t explain how things work as well as you could. I suspect that will come over time as you improve your documentation. But take this as a recommendation to PLEASE put more step by step instructions and explanations. Especially of stuff that people are asking about in these forums. All this stuff should be very clearly written out AND, even better, also visually shown in tutorial videos. But if that’s too time consuming for you….screenshots will do. But it has to be really broken down and easy to follow. I am having a dickens of a time sorting through your existing documentation! It’s great on some stuff and just so lacking on so many others. The fact that I’m having to post SO MUCH for help is a telling sign.

Yeah, I know, but they had a link to different info. 🙂

I figured out why the email bounced, by the way…typo from the website link. I fixed it and tried again. No bounce.

Good to know! I sent them an email. I see their VPS is even more affordable! I could swing one of those packages, I think. I’d love to hear from others that use them and what their experience has been.

I’m a little concerned that their website has a whole lot of lorem ipsum on it…they haven’t bothered to complete the site? Or is it a recent revamp? Just kinda odd.

Ugh, I just read this: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/server-requirements/

So it looks like I do need to upgrade… I cannot currently afford $80/month. Nor do I want to leave Siteground. I just moved to them recently and REALLY like them.

Well, I guess that puts this project on hold for a while. At least until I can figure this out. Drat.

Ok, I just found this article: https://www.namehero.com/startup/where-to-put-custom-code-in-wordpress-hint-use-a-plugin/

That looks so straightforward and easy that even *I*, someone that is decidedly NOT a code geek, can do it… what do you think? Would this kind of plugin slow down my site any more? Because I am trying to avoid slowing my site down more…it’s already got an F for speed that I need to fix, therefore I do NOT want to add more unnecessary plugins, but this seems like maybe it could be a feasible alternative?

I don’t know enough about this kind of thing to know for sure, so I’m asking for those of you with this kind of knowledge to help me sort this out… Thanks in advance!