Speed & performanceAssociations & member groups
Association: faster on phones
Our association site feels slow on phones. Test the homepage and the Membership page, tell me the 3 biggest problems in plain words, and fix what you safely can.
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Plays for associations & member groups
Plays written for association websites: membership, events and resources, for members and supporters. Copy one, fill in your details, and PressHelm does the work on your WordPress site.
Also useful: get to know your site, maintenance and seasonal campaigns.
36 plays. Tap “Copy prompt”, fill in the [highlighted] parts, and send it to PressHelm.
Schedules & monitoringAssociations & member groups
Association: Monday morning report
Every Monday at 9:00, send me a short report for our association site: new comments and messages, updates waiting, anything broken, and how fast the homepage is.
Get to know your siteAssociations & member groups
Association: five-minute site check
Give our association site a quick check: is the Membership page fast on phones, does the membership application form send, are there errors or updates waiting? Five lines at most.
SEO & content qualityAssociations & member groups
Association: SEO titles for “[field] association”
Write SEO titles and meta descriptions for our main pages so we show up for “[field] association”. Natural wording, no keyword stuffing. Show them to me before saving.
Email & formsAssociations & member groups
Association: membership application form
Add a membership application form to the [page name] page with these fields: name, email, organisation, membership type. Send submissions to [your email] and show a friendly thank-you message.
Email & formsAssociations & member groups
Association: membership application emails not arriving
People say our membership application emails don’t arrive. Check how the site sends email and our domain’s setup, and tell me exactly what to fix.
Marketing & campaignsAssociations & member groups
Association: campaign for the annual conference
Plan our campaign for the annual conference: a short landing page about our membership, events and resources, a banner on the homepage until [end date], a matching image, and a blog post. Show me the plan first.
Marketing & campaignsAssociations & member groups
Association: newsletter sign-up
Add a newsletter sign-up section to the homepage for members and supporters, with one line about what they’ll get from our association and a form for name and email.
Marketing & campaignsAssociations & member groups
Association: announcement bar
Add a slim announcement bar at the top of every page: “[your message, e.g. now taking bookings for the annual conference]”, linking to the Membership page.
Pages & layoutAssociations & member groups
Association: rewrite the homepage hero
Rewrite the homepage hero for our association: a clear headline about our membership, events and resources, one sentence for members and supporters, and a button to [our booking or contact page]. Keep the current layout.
Pages & layoutAssociations & member groups
Association: build the Membership page
Create a “Membership” page that presents our membership, events and resources with short descriptions and prices: [paste your list]. Easy to scan on phones, with a button to [booking/contact] at the end.
Pages & layoutAssociations & member groups
Association: testimonials section
Add a testimonials section to the homepage with these reviews from our members and supporters: [paste 3 reviews with first names]. Match the page style.
Pages & layoutAssociations & member groups
Association: photo gallery page
Create a Gallery page for our association with the photos I’m about to send, in a tidy grid with a short caption under each one and good alt text.
Images & mediaAssociations & member groups
Association: AI hero image
Make a wide hero image for our association website: members networking at a bright conference venue. Natural, real-looking, no text. Show me the model and cost first, then put it at the top of the homepage.
Images & mediaAssociations & member groups
Association: image of an annual membership
Make a square image showing an annual membership for our Membership page, clean and inviting, matching the rest of the site.
Images & mediaAssociations & member groups
Association: lighter photos on Membership
Convert the photos on our Membership page to WebP and shrink any that are wider than 2000 px, so the page loads faster.
Images & mediaAssociations & member groups
Association: 3 social media images
Make 3 square images for social posts about our membership, events and resources, in our brand colours [colours], each with room for a short text.
Images & mediaAssociations & member groups
Association: alt text for every photo
Find all images on our association site without alt text and write short, descriptive alt text for each one.
Content & bloggingAssociations & member groups
Association: write the About page
Write an About page for our association: how we started, what makes our membership, events and resources different, and a short team section. Warm and honest, no clichés. Save it as a draft.
Content & bloggingAssociations & member groups
Association: FAQ for members and supporters
Write the 10 questions members and supporters ask a association most, with short, honest answers, and add them as an FAQ section at the end of the [page name] page.
Content & bloggingAssociations & member groups
Association: blog ideas that bring visitors
Suggest 12 blog post ideas for a association that members and supporters would search for on Google, grouped by topic. Then write the best one as a draft.
Content & bloggingAssociations & member groups
Association: write “What membership gives you this year”
Write a practical 800-word article “What membership gives you this year” for our blog: useful tips, 3 subheadings, and a friendly call to action to [our booking or contact page] at the end. Save as draft.
Content & bloggingAssociations & member groups
Association: update prices on Membership
Raise the prices on our Membership page by [5]% and round them nicely. Show me the before and after first.
Content & bloggingAssociations & member groups
Association: organise the blog
Organise our blog into clear categories for a association (for example: News, Events, Resources), and move existing posts into the right ones. Show me the plan first.
Get to know your site
Give me a tour of my site
What do you see on my site? Give me a short tour: theme, page builder, main plugins, how many pages and posts, and anything that looks off.
Maintenance & updates
Update plugins one by one
Update all plugins with updates waiting, one at a time, checking the site after each. Stop and tell me if anything breaks.
Fix problems
Why is there a white screen?
The [page name] page shows a white screen. Find out why from the error log and tell me the safest fix.
Get to know your site
List plugins with updates
Which plugins, themes or WordPress itself have updates waiting? List them with the version change.
Maintenance & updates
Remove an unused plugin
Deactivate and delete the plugin [name]. Make sure nothing on the site uses it first.
Fix problems
Undo a bad plugin update
Since updating [plugin], the site has errors. Put the previous version back.
Get to know your site
Find plugins I don’t need
Which plugins are inactive or look unused? Explain what each one does and whether it is safe to remove. Don’t change anything yet.
Maintenance & updates
Install a plugin
Find a well-rated plugin for [need], tell me why you chose it, and install it (inactive until I say activate).
Fix problems
Undo the last change
Undo the last change you made.
Get to know your site
Explain why my homepage is slow
Run a speed test on my homepage (mobile) and explain the three biggest problems in plain words. Don’t fix anything yet.
Maintenance & updates
Compare plugins for a job
Compare the 3 best plugins on WordPress.org for [need] by rating, installs and last update.
Fix problems
Put the old homepage back
Put the homepage back to how it was yesterday.