Speed & performanceSchools & colleges
School: faster on phones
Our school site feels slow on phones. Test the homepage and the Admissions page, tell me the 3 biggest problems in plain words, and fix what you safely can.
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Plays for schools & colleges
Plays written for school websites: education from first steps to final exams, for parents and students. 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.
38 plays. Tap “Copy prompt”, fill in the [highlighted] parts, and send it to PressHelm.
Schedules & monitoringSchools & colleges
School: Monday morning report
Every Monday at 9:00, send me a short report for our school site: new comments and messages, updates waiting, anything broken, and how fast the homepage is.
Fix problemsSchools & colleges
School: same opening hours everywhere
Our opening hours and contact details are: [paste them]. Make sure they are the same on every page and in the footer, and fix any old ones, with a preview first.
Get to know your siteSchools & colleges
School: five-minute site check
Give our school site a quick check: is the Admissions page fast on phones, does the admissions enquiry form send, are there errors or updates waiting? Five lines at most.
Email & formsSchools & colleges
School: admissions enquiry form
Add a admissions enquiry form to the [page name] page with these fields: parent name, email, phone, student age, year group. Send submissions to [your email] and show a friendly thank-you message.
Email & formsSchools & colleges
School: admissions enquiry emails not arriving
People say our admissions enquiry emails don’t arrive. Check how the site sends email and our domain’s setup, and tell me exactly what to fix.
SEO & content qualitySchools & colleges
School: SEO titles for “school in [city]”
Write SEO titles and meta descriptions for our main pages so we show up for “school in [city]”. Natural wording, no keyword stuffing. Show them to me before saving.
SEO & content qualitySchools & colleges
School: local landing page
Write a page “education from first steps to final exams in [city]” for our school, with real local details: [area, parking, landmarks, opening hours]. Helpful for people searching “school in [city]”. Save it as a draft.
Marketing & campaignsSchools & colleges
School: campaign for the admissions season
Plan our campaign for the admissions season: a short landing page about our education from first steps to final exams, a banner on the homepage until [end date], a matching image, and a blog post. Show me the plan first.
Marketing & campaignsSchools & colleges
School: newsletter sign-up
Add a newsletter sign-up section to the homepage for parents and students, with one line about what they’ll get from our school and a form for name and email.
Marketing & campaignsSchools & colleges
School: announcement bar
Add a slim announcement bar at the top of every page: “[your message, e.g. now taking bookings for the admissions season]”, linking to the Admissions page.
Pages & layoutSchools & colleges
School: rewrite the homepage hero
Rewrite the homepage hero for our school: a clear headline about our education from first steps to final exams, one sentence for parents and students, and a button to [our booking or contact page]. Keep the current layout.
Pages & layoutSchools & colleges
School: build the Admissions page
Create a “Admissions” page that presents our education from first steps to final exams with short descriptions and prices: [paste your list]. Easy to scan on phones, with a button to [booking/contact] at the end.
Pages & layoutSchools & colleges
School: testimonials section
Add a testimonials section to the homepage with these reviews from our parents and students: [paste 3 reviews with first names]. Match the page style.
Pages & layoutSchools & colleges
School: photo gallery page
Create a Gallery page for our school with the photos I’m about to send, in a tidy grid with a short caption under each one and good alt text.
Images & mediaSchools & colleges
School: AI hero image
Make a wide hero image for our school website: a sunny school campus with students walking. Natural, real-looking, no text. Show me the model and cost first, then put it at the top of the homepage.
Images & mediaSchools & colleges
School: image of an open day visit
Make a square image showing an open day visit for our Admissions page, clean and inviting, matching the rest of the site.
Images & mediaSchools & colleges
School: lighter photos on Admissions
Convert the photos on our Admissions page to WebP and shrink any that are wider than 2000 px, so the page loads faster.
Images & mediaSchools & colleges
School: 3 social media images
Make 3 square images for social posts about our education from first steps to final exams, in our brand colours [colours], each with room for a short text.
Images & mediaSchools & colleges
School: alt text for every photo
Find all images on our school site without alt text and write short, descriptive alt text for each one.
Content & bloggingSchools & colleges
School: write the About page
Write an About page for our school: how we started, what makes our education from first steps to final exams different, and a short team section. Warm and honest, no clichés. Save it as a draft.
Content & bloggingSchools & colleges
School: FAQ for parents and students
Write the 10 questions parents and students ask a school most, with short, honest answers, and add them as an FAQ section at the end of the [page name] page.
Content & bloggingSchools & colleges
School: blog ideas that bring visitors
Suggest 12 blog post ideas for a school that parents and students would search for on Google, grouped by topic. Then write the best one as a draft.
Content & bloggingSchools & colleges
School: write “How to choose the right school”
Write a practical 800-word article “How to choose the right school” 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 & bloggingSchools & colleges
School: update prices on Admissions
Raise the prices on our Admissions page by [5]% and round them nicely. Show me the before and after first.
Content & bloggingSchools & colleges
School: organise the blog
Organise our blog into clear categories for a school (for example: News, Events, Admissions), 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.