Title: Nice idea, poor execution Last modified: September 2, 2016 --- # Nice idea, poor execution * [digigirl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digigirl/) * (@digigirl) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-idea-poor-execution/) * This is actually a good idea – tutorials on how to use WordPress that you can install for your clients. However, the execution is very poor. * Installing the plugin is quick and easy. However, a membership is required to fully activate, even if it’s the free one. The link you are sent to is not the link to register – it took me searching through 5 pages of his site before I found where I could sign up for the free account just to try the plugin out. I expect most people would have given up right there. * After I got signed up, the plugin activated – but all it is, is a long list of links to his tutorial pages. And those, sadly, are not very usable. Long pages of text with a few images with arrows on some topics. Other topics, no real instructions at all, just links to other pages. New WordPress users would quickly get frustrated and put off by these tutorials. * While this is a nice concept, the way it is currently set up would just create even more questions from your clients. Not reccommended. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * Plugin Author [wptrainingmanual](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wptrainme/) * (@wptrainme) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-idea-poor-execution/#post-7859376) * Hi digigirl, * Thank you for your comments and for trying out the plugin. * _“The link you are sent to is not the link to register”_ * I am not exactly sure what link you were sent and where this link originated from. I have added the plugin registration/activation link below to the “Installation” tab in the plugin page: * _[ Moderator note: Link fixed. **Please do not track usage along those lines again.** ]_ * [http://wptrain.me/members/](http://wptrain.me/members/) * I have also placed the same link in various pages on the `wptrainme.com` website including the Plugin User Guide here: * [http://wptrain.me/docs](http://wptrain.me/docs) * Additionally, I have added a video that explains how to install, activate and use the plugin to the above pages: * We have tried to make the process for activating the plugin simple: * 1 – Download the plugin from WordPress.org 2 – Sign up at [http://wptrain.me/members/](http://wptrain.me/members/) 3 – Use those same details to activate the plugin and access the tutorials * I am also puzzled by your comment that the tutorials are _“Long pages of text with a few images with arrows on some topics. Other topics, no real instructions at all, just links to other pages.”_ * The tutorials are long, as they break every step down of each process in great detail so that ‘non-technical’ users can follow the instructions step-by-step with no missing gaps or assumptions made. The tutorials, however, also contain thousands of detailed screenshots illustrating every step of the process. * I have posted previews of many of the tutorials on our website, so users can see exactly what to expect from the plugin. For example: - [http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-tutorial-how-to-use-the-wordpress-mobile-app](http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-tutorial-how-to-use-the-wordpress-mobile-app) - [http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-plugin-tutorial-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-plugin](http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-plugin-tutorial-wordpress-seo-by-yoast-plugin) - [http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-tutorial-how-to-customize-your-wordpress-404-error-page](http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-tutorial-how-to-customize-your-wordpress-404-error-page) - [http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/how-to-configure-your-wordpress-discussion-settings](http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/how-to-configure-your-wordpress-discussion-settings) - [http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/how-to-display-related-posts-on-your-wordpress-site](http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/how-to-display-related-posts-on-your-wordpress-site) - [http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-step-by-step-tutorial-how-to-delete-wordpress](http://wptrainme.com/wordpress-tutorial-preview/wordpress-step-by-step-tutorial-how-to-delete-wordpress) * You can see from the above that the tutorials contain many detailed screenshots interspersed between the text-based instructions. * _“all it is, is a long list of links to his tutorial pages.”_ * You have pointed out correctly that all the tutorials listed in the plugin link to our tutorial pages. Clicking on those links opens up the tutorials for users in a separate browser window, allowing them to access the information while they continue working inside their WordPress admin areas. This is no different than clicking on the links inside the “Help” tab in the WP admin which then open up relevant pages of the WordPress Codex in a separate window for users. * We store all of the tutorials in one central location, as this allows us to make changes to the content whenever changes and updates are required, making it easier to manage the hundreds of tutorials made available to users via the plugin. * _“Other topics, no real instructions at all, just links to other pages.”_ * The content in all the 40+ tutorials available in the FREE plugin edition have been fully developed and contain detailed step-by-step instructions. The tutorials link internally to other tutorials so that users can click on a link and continue learning about related topics. Some of the links point to tutorials that are available only to premium plugin edition users. Maybe this is what you are referring to? * I have personally spent the last 3+ years carefully documenting the exact steps I have used over and over again to successfully train our WordPress clients and putting these into the hundreds of detailed tutorials provided in the WPTrainMe plugin. * It’s my sincere hope, therefore, that these tutorials will provide new WordPress users with more answers than questions, and I always welcome any suggestions users have for improving the plugin. * Thank you for your feedback, it is much appreciated. * Martin Aranovitch Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) The topic ‘Nice idea, poor execution’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wptrainme_ababab.svg) * [WPTrainMe](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wptrainme/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wptrainme/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wptrainme/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wptrainme/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wptrainme/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wptrainme/reviews/) * 1 reply * 2 participants * Last reply from: [wptrainingmanual](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wptrainme/) * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-idea-poor-execution/#post-7859376)