ow" href="https://theme-fusion.com/the-9-best-wordpress-crm-plugins-for-2020/">The 9 Best WordPress CRM Plugins for 2020</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://theme-fusion.com">ThemeFusion | Avada Website Builder</a>.</p>\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:7:"Michael";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:50165:"<div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-13 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling"  style=''background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;''><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row "><div  class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-12 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1"  style=''margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;''><div class="fusion-column-wrapper" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;"   data-bg-url=""><div class="fusion-text"><p>Customers are at the core of all successful companies. The proper use of customer relationship management (CRM) software gives insights into your customers&#8217; behaviors and engagement throughout their buying lifecycle, which can have a significant impact on your business. Particularly, when paired with your marketing and brand strategy</p>\n<p>Powerful CRMs collect and analyze massive amounts of data to help you adjust your strategies in a way that increases <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2017/10/24/why-is-customer-relationship-management-so-important/#403c646f7dac" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">customer loyalty and retention</a>. When used correctly, the programs allow you to discover hidden opportunities, as well as problem areas in your marketing and sales. There is a reason that CRM is the fastest growing software market, anticipated to go up from a $14 billion industry in 2010 to <a href="https://www.agilecrm.com/blog/statistics-that-prove-the-need-for-a-crm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$80 billion by 2025</a>.</p>\n<p>Of course, to tap into the vast potential of a CRM, you need to choose the best one for your team and company. Ideally, the CRM tool you select will be a WordPress plugin option, so it works seamlessly with your <a href="http://bit.ly/2l3jd8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avada</a> driven WordPress website. Here are the 10 best WordPress CRM Plugins for 2020.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-38 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Top 9 WordPress CRM Plugins</h2></div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-22" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#hubspot">HubSpot</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#presspoint">Presspoint CRM</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#zerobs">Zero BS CRM</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#brilliant">Brilliant Web-to-Lead for Salesforce</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#wp">WP-CRM</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#upi">UpiCRM</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#wpsystem">WP-CRM System</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#ukuupeople">Ukuupeople</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-angle-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#wperp">WP ERP</a></div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:50px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-39 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="hubspot"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/wordpress" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">HubSpot</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-40"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/wordpress" target="_blank" aria-label="HubSpot Live Chat" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor.jpg" width="1760" height="570" alt="HubSpot Live Chat" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-709967" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271760%27%20height%3D%27570%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201760%20570%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271760%27%20height%3D%273570%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor-200x65.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor-400x130.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor-600x194.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor-800x259.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor-1200x389.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-live-chat-plugins-1-hubspot-compressor.jpg 1760w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/wordpress" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HubSpot</a> is the best CRM for small businesses and companies adopting a CRM system for the first time. The platform is flexible, with a full suite of features and an intuitive interface. It is a standout product for businesses integrating their marketing and sales funnels. Plus, <a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/wordpress" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HubSpot&#8217;s WordPress plugin</a> is free and works seamlessly within the backend of your WordPress site.</p>\n<p>Besides the fact that it&#8217;s offered by an inbound marketing leader, the best thing about the HubSpot CRM is that the most critical features are free to use.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-23" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Assign and schedule tasks, send emails, as well as make and record calls.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Free CRM</a> offers automated systems updates and log sales activities, and deals delivered to customers.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Follow up on cold leads by automatically publishing sales notes to a contact&#8217;s record, as well as emails and records of all calls made.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Create customizable sales pipelines and dashboards for your team members.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Real-time email marketing metrics, including click-through rates and opening rates.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Fully-integrated activity stream that provides notifications when leads open emails, download attachments, and click on links.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Easily integrated with Outlook, Windows Office 365, and Gmail.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-40 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="presspoint"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://presspointcrm.com/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Presspoint CRM</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-41"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://presspointcrm.com/" target="_blank" aria-label="Presspoint CRM" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor.jpg" width="1285" height="410" alt="Presspoint CRM" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728721" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%27410%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201285%20410%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%273410%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor-200x64.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor-400x128.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor-600x191.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor-800x255.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor-1200x383.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/presspoint-compressor.jpg 1285w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://presspointcrm.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Presspoint CRM</a> is a helpful solution for tech-savvy business owners who want a self-contained system. This tool provides advanced reporting, email automation features, powerful eCommerce tools, and contact management.</p>\n<p>Though Presspoint CRM helps create powerful, insightful reports, the robust system is relatively difficult to navigate when compared to other WordPress CRMs on this list.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-24" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Comprehensive e-commerce tools allow you to make coupons, give credits, track orders, manage inventory, and keep on top of taxes.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Customize <a href="https://theme-fusion.com/8-best-wordpress-email-plugins-compared-in-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">email campaigns</a> and make use of autoresponders.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Build complex queries with dynamic, real-time Smart Lists.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-41 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="zerobs"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/zero-bs-crm/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zero BS CRM</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-42"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/zero-bs-crm/" target="_blank" aria-label="Zero BS CRM" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor.jpg" width="1285" height="410" alt="Zero BS CRM" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728734" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%27410%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201285%20410%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%273410%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor-200x64.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor-400x128.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor-600x191.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor-800x255.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor-1200x383.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zerobs-compressor.jpg 1285w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Mike Stott and Woody Hayday designed <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/zero-bs-crm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zero BS CRM</a> because they needed a &#8220;no-nonsense&#8221; WordPress extension without overly complicated features to bog them down. The WordPress world took note, and <a href="https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-zero-bs-crm-considers-rebranding-it-as-jetpack-crm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zero BS CRM was recently acquired</a> by the company behind WordPress.com: Automattic.</p>\n<p>Though the system is free, the company offers additional bundle features at a reasonable price point. This way, you can get access to the features you need without paying for those you can live without.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-25" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Extraordinarily simple, user-friendly interface designed to minimize the chance of your team abandoning the CRM platform.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">It can be installed on your WordPress dashboard, which means you retain indefinite access to all the generated data and records.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">\n<p>Quick to install and set up — about 10 minutes.</p>\n</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Popular extensions include Invoicing PRO, Mail Campaigns, Sales Dashboard, PayPal Sync, WooCommerce Sync, Stripe Sync, Gravity Forms, and CSV Importer PRO.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-42 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="brilliant"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/salesforce-wordpress-to-lead/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brilliant Web-to-Lead for Salesforce</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-43"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/salesforce-wordpress-to-lead/" target="_blank" aria-label="Brilliant CRM" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="Brilliant CRM" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728826" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/brilliantcrm-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/salesforce-wordpress-to-lead/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brilliant Web-to-Lead for Salesforce</a> is an ideal choice for small to medium businesses operating WordPress websites that already use Salesforce as their CRM. The simple plugin provides a vital integration between your website and Salesforce. Finally &#8211; there&#8217;s no need to move data from online forms into your CRM manually.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-26" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Synchronize all your calendars, emails, and contacts with Salesforce for Outlook.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Access to essential automated marketing tools.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Customizable and easily adjusted to the growing needs of your company.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Easy to set up and use.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-43 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="wp"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crm/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">WP-CRM</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-44"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crm/" target="_blank" aria-label="WP CRM" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor.jpg" width="1544" height="500" alt="WP CRM" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728835" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor-200x65.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor-400x130.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor-600x194.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor-800x259.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor-1200x389.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrm-compressor.jpg 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WP-CRM</a> expands on the primary customer management functionality already built into WordPress. Though it does not offer the same level of features as many other WordPress CRM plugins on this list, it&#8217;s easy to organize clients and track correspondence.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-27" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Easily integrates with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-invoice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WP-Invoices</a>.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Create useful contact forms for front-end operations.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">User CSV exporting.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Track user activity and take notes with ease.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-44 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="upi"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/upi-crm-universal-crm-solution/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">UpiCRM</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-45"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/upi-crm-universal-crm-solution/" target="_blank" aria-label="UPI CRM" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="UPI CRM" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728840" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/upicrm-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>With its ability to capture client information directly from forms (such as Ninja Forms, Gravity Forms, and Caldera Forms), <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/upi-crm-universal-crm-solution/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UpiCRM</a> is a useful standalone tool. Using UpiCRM makes it easy to manage, track, collect and protect your sales leads.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-28" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Aggregate your leads from multiple sites.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Assign leads to specific sales representatives with ease.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">The automated lead management process is easy to configure to your needs.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Advanced analytics, monitoring, and tracking to help measure the effectiveness of your marketing and sales efforts.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Straightforward, interactive dashboards that offer the ability to track key performance indicators.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-45 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="wpsystem"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://www.wp-crm.com/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">WP-CRM System</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-46"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crm-system/" target="_blank" aria-label="WP-CRM Systen" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="WP-CRM System" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728851" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wpcrmsystem-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Not to be confused with the WP-CRM mentioned above, <a href="https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crm-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WP-CRM System</a> is a lightweight CRM that integrates directly with your WordPress dashboard. Developers love it as it&#8217;s easy to customize for your individual needs.</p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-29" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Manage detailed client information with custom fields.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Integration with popular third-party tools like Zendesk, Mailchimp, Slack, and Gravity Forms.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">The plugin includes a built-in invoicing system that integrates with Stripe.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-46 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="ukuupeople"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://ukuupeople.com/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ukuupeople</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-47"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ukuupeople-the-simple-crm/" target="_blank" aria-label="UkuuPeople CRM" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="UkuuPeople CRM" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728856" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukuupeople-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ukuupeople-the-simple-crm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ukuupeople</a> offers a super simple CRM for organizing your contacts. It provides an easy way to combine all of the WordPress tools you are already using, including Gravity Forms and Google products, into a streamlined database for your contacts. With a simplified interface within WordPress, you can easily store your contacts&#8217; information and track your team members&#8217; interactions with all of your contacts.</p>\n<p><strong>Key features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-30" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Track touchpoints, aka interactions, with contacts.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Track potential, in progress, and won opportunities to help drive more sales.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">The option of many add-on features, including syncing with Google Calendar and Gravity Forms.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-47 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="wperp"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wperp.com/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">WP ERP</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-48"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/erp/" target="_blank" aria-label="WP ERP" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="WP ERP" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-728858" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/weberp-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/erp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WP ERP</a> is an open-source WordPress CRM that gives you the ability to track your leads, follow up with contacts, and develop valuable relationships for your company. There is also a dashboard where you can view your calendar for the day and an overview of contacts in your database.</p>\n<p><strong>Key features:</strong></p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-31" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Add notes to your contact records to track essential details from your interactions.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Schedule meetings and follow-up tasks.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">A built-in email system, so you don&#8217;t have to switch tools to email your contacts.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-48 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Final Thoughts: Choosing the Best WordPress CRM Plugin for You</h2></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>With the growing importance of CRMs for small and medium-sized businesses, dozens of new solutions are popping up to fill niche demands. Many of these solutions were created by people frustrated with the larger, clunkier systems they were using in their businesses.<br />\nChoosing the right CRM system for your team is crucial.</p>\n<p>According to <a href="https://hbr.org/2002/02/avoid-the-four-perils-of-crm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gartner Group</a>, 55% of all CRM projects don&#8217;t produce results. However, it&#8217;s not a failure of the systems. Harvard Business Review has suggested these projects crash and burn because most executives don&#8217;t completely understand what they are implementing.</p>\n<p>The key is to find a CRM WordPress add-on that is easy to use so that your team won&#8217;t fall into old habits. After all, your CRM&#8217;s reports are only as good as the data provided. You also need a system that is powerful enough to give you new insights into your business&#8217;s performance. This will give you the freedom to adjust your sales and marketing tactics to meet your customers&#8217; needs better.</p>\n<p>Before you implement any WordPress CRM system (even a free one), make sure you have a clear idea of how it will align with your business&#8217;s process to increase customer loyalty and profits — this is what CRMs are all about.</p>\n<p>Tell us why you&#8217;re ready to start using a WordPress CRM plugin in the comments!</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div></div></div></div></div><style type="text/css">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-13 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-13 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:before, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-13 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:after {color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-13 .pagination a.inactive:hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-13 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a {border-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-13 .pagination .current {border-color: ; 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You&#8217;ll be able to:</p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-33" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Send one-off emails to specific groups of subscribers</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Set up email automation sequences to nurture leads automatically</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Send emails to individual contacts as needed</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>One of the most notable features that you get is <strong>email personalization</strong>. Personalizing your emails <a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/data-personalize-marketing-li" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">has been shown</a> to help you boost your open and click-through rates by double-digit margins, which is why you&#8217;ll love that HubSpot lets you customize your emails by lifecycle stage, contact information, and list membership.</p>\n<p>You can also test different email variations with A/B testing and view statistics to analyze how your subscribers interact with your emails. While HubSpot does let you build email opt-in forms and popups using a drag-and-drop editor, it also offers out-of-the-box integrations with most popular WordPress form plugins, including Gravity Forms, WPForms, and more. Both the HubSpot plugin and CRM are free to use.</p>\n<p><a href="https://theme-fusion.com/turn-your-avada-website-into-a-marketing-powerhouse-with-hubspot/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Learn how to use HubSpot with the Avada theme.</a></p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-51 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="mailpoet"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailpoet/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">MailPoet</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-50"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailpoet/" target="_blank" aria-label="MailPoet Email Plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="MailPoet Email Plugin" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-723549" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-2-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailpoet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MailPoet</a> is a freemium plugin that helps you collect subscribers and send them emails right from your WordPress dashboard. That&#8217;s the unique differentiator of MailPoet versus a lot of other email marketing services &#8211; you never need to leave your WordPress dashboard.</p>\n<p>You can grow your email list using built-in opt-in forms or integrations with other WordPress form plugins like Gravity Forms. Then, you can send one-off email blasts to your subscribers or set up automated emails, like a series of welcome emails.</p>\n<p>One nice feature is that MailPoet lets you automatically send out a digest of your most recent blog posts on a schedule that you set. For example, you can tell MailPoet to send a weekly digest, and it will automatically populate the email with all the blog posts that you published in the previous week. To design your emails, you&#8217;ll get a drag-and-drop builder. If you&#8217;re running an eCommerce store with WooCommerce, you can also use the builder to design your WooCommerce emails.</p>\n<p>Things get a little complicated when it comes to sending emails. You have two options:</p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-34" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">You can send emails using your host (unreliable) or a third-party sending service like SendGrid or Mailgun (more reliable &#8211; more on these when we talk about the next plugin).</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">You can have the MailPoet sending service handle delivering emails for you, which also improves reliability.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><i class="fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-comment-dollar fas circle-no fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-text-flow" style="font-size:28px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"></i><style>i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-1{ color: #65bc7b;}i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-1:hover { color: #65bc7b;}</style> The MailPoet sending service is free for the first 1,000 subscribers and starts at €15 per month after that. Or, if you&#8217;d rather handle sending emails yourself, you can purchase a one-off license for MailPoet Pro for $149.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-52 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="postsmtp"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-smtp/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-51"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-smtp/" target="_blank" aria-label="Post SMTP Email Plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor.jpg" width="1285" height="410" alt="Post SMTP Email Plugin" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-723550" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%27410%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201285%20410%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%273410%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor-200x64.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor-400x128.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor-600x191.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor-800x255.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor-1200x383.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-3-compressor.jpg 1285w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-smtp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log</a> approaches email in a different way than the previous two plugins. While HubSpot and MailPoet help you grow an email list and connect with your subscribers, Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log is focused on a different type of email called <strong>transactional emails</strong>.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with this term, transactional emails are day-to-day emails like:</p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-35" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Password reset emails</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Automatic order confirmations</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Form submission confirmations</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Think of them kind of like practical emails for helping people use your site, rather than the marketing-type emails you&#8217;d send with HubSpot or another tool. While you might not pay much attention to your site&#8217;s transactional emails, these types of emails are incredibly important. After all, if your users can&#8217;t get their password reset emails, they&#8217;re certainly going to feel some frustration, right?</p>\n<p>However, despite how vital transactional emails are, the default way that WordPress sends these emails (via the PHP mail function) is usually unreliable. Some hosts just plain won&#8217;t send emails this way and, even if your host does support PHP mail, emails sent via PHP mail often end up in spam folders because they lack the proper authentication information that spam filters want to see.</p>\n<p>Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log fixes that problem by letting you send your transactional emails using a technique called SMTP. Without getting into the details, all you need to know is that SMTP is a much more reliable way of sending WordPress transactional emails.</p>\n<p>Your web host might already support SMTP. Or, you can use dedicated sending services like Mailgun, SendGrid, or even the Gmail API. Once you set things up, Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log also keeps an email log to help you track your transactional emails and catch any errors.</p>\n<p><i class="fb-icon-element-2 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-comment-dollar fas circle-no fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-text-flow" style="font-size:28px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"></i><style>i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-2{ color: #65bc7b;}i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-2:hover { color: #65bc7b;}</style> Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log is 100% free and has an impressive 4.9-star rating (out of 5) on over 180 reviews at WordPress.org.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-53 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="sendinblue"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailin/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sendinblue</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-52"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailin/" target="_blank" aria-label="Sendin Email Plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor.jpg" width="1285" height="410" alt="Sendin Email Plugin" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-723551" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%27410%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201285%20410%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271285%27%20height%3D%273410%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor-200x64.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor-400x128.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor-600x191.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor-800x255.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor-1200x383.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-4-compressor.jpg 1285w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sendinblue</a> is technically a standalone email marketing service, and it offers its own dedicated WordPress plugin that lets you manage everything from inside your WordPress dashboard.</p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be able to:</p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-36" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Create email opt-in forms to grow your lists.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Segment your subscribers into as many separate lists as needed.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Send emails using a drag-and-drop email builder.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Create email automation sequences, including built-in templates for popular WordPress use cases (like WooCommerce stores).</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>If you use the plugin, Sendinblue will also automatically handle sending your WordPress site&#8217;s transactional emails for you, which improves their reliability and eliminates the need to use a separate plugin like Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log.</p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also be able to optimize your emails using analytics and A/B testing, as well as include basic email personalization.</p>\n<p><i class="fb-icon-element-3 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-comment-dollar fas circle-no fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-text-flow" style="font-size:28px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"></i><style>i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-3{ color: #65bc7b;}i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-3:hover { color: #65bc7b;}</style> The Sendinblue plugin is free, but you&#8217;ll need a Sendinblue account to use it. Sendinblue lets you send up to 300 emails per day for free. If you want to exceed those limits and get access to some premium features (like A/B testing), the paid plans start at $25 per month.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-54 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="newsletter"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Newsletter</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-53"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/" target="_blank" aria-label="Newsletter Email Plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="Newsletter Email Plugin" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-723552" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-5-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Like MailPoet, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Newsletter</a> is a WordPress email plugin that lets you grow your email list and send newsletters without leaving your WordPress dashboard. You can place email opt-in forms in your content or sidebar. Then, you can use a drag-and-drop builder to design emails to send to your subscribers.</p>\n<p>With premium add-ons, you can also:</p>\n</div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-37" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Set up an automatic digest of your latest posts or WooCommerce products.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Create autoresponder sequences.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Integrate your subscriber lists with the most popular form plugins.</div></li><li class="fusion-li-item"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-arrow-alt-circle-right far" style="color:#65bc7b;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;">Automatically segment subscribers by geolocation.</div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Unlike MailPoet, though, Newsletter does not offer a sending service. If you want to ensure that your emails don&#8217;t end up in users&#8217; spam inboxes, you should integrate Newsletter with an SMTP sending service.</p>\n<p>The Newsletter plugin is fully compatible with the Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log plugin from above, so you can use that plugin to connect to an external SMTP service, and Newsletter will automatically send its emails utilizing that service.</p>\n<p><i class="fb-icon-element-4 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-comment-dollar fas circle-no fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-text-flow" style="font-size:28px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"></i><style>i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-4{ color: #65bc7b;}i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-4:hover { color: #65bc7b;}</style> The core Newsletter plugin is free. To get access to automated emails, integrations, and reports, you&#8217;ll need to use some of the premium add-ons. You can get a bundle of all 20+ premium extensions for $65.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-55 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="jackmail"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jackmail-newsletters/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jackmail</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-54"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jackmail-newsletters/" target="_blank" aria-label="Jackmail Email Plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor.png" width="1544" height="500" alt="Jackmail Email Plugin" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-723553" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201544%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271544%27%20height%3D%273500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor-200x65.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor-400x130.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor-600x194.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor-800x259.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor-1200x389.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-6-compressor.png 1544w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jackmail-newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jackmail</a> is another WordPress-specific plugin that lets you build an email list and send newsletters right from your WordPress dashboard.</p>\n<p>Unlike the Newsletter plugin, it includes a built-in SMTP service to ensure stable email deliverability. You don&#8217;t have the option to use your sending service like MailPoet offers, though. You can grow your email lists using built-in forms and widgets or integrations with popular WordPress form plugins. Then, you can use the drag-and-drop email builder to design your emails, including an option to start from 40+ pre-made templates.</p>\n<p>You can send manual emails or create automatic triggers, like sending a newsletter whenever you publish a new post or sending a digest of your latest content on a set schedule.</p>\n<p>Once you send some emails, you&#8217;ll be able to analyze their effectiveness using built-in analytics for opens, clicks, read time, and more.</p>\n<p><i class="fb-icon-element-5 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-comment-dollar fas circle-no fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-text-flow" style="font-size:28px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"></i><style>i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-5{ color: #65bc7b;}i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-5:hover { color: #65bc7b;}</style> Jackmail lets you send up to 3,000 emails per month using the sending service. To access some premium features and expand the sending limit, Jackmails paid plans start at $69 per month.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-56 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="emailoctopus"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/emailoctopus/" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">EmailOctopus</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-55"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/emailoctopus/" target="_blank" aria-label="EmailOctopus Email Plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor.jpg" width="1290" height="416" alt="EmailOctopus Email Plugin" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-723554" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271290%27%20height%3D%27416%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201290%20416%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271290%27%20height%3D%273416%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor-200x64.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor-400x129.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor-600x193.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor-800x258.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor-1200x387.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-7-compressor.jpg 1290w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/emailoctopus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EmailOctopus</a> brands itself as the &#8220;cheapest way to send your email marketing campaigns.&#8221;</p>\n<p>How does it keep costs down? By using Amazon&#8217;s SES service to send emails, rather than trying to build its own sending service. EmailOctopus is technically a standalone email marketing service. Still, it offers its own dedicated WordPress plugin that helps you connect it with WordPress.</p>\n<p>The WordPress plugin includes a built-in form builder to help you create opt-in forms. The forms are barebones, though, so you might want to use a separate WordPress form plugin that integrates with EmailOctopus. For example, Gravity Forms offers its an add-on.</p>\n<p>Once you grow your email list, you can use the separate EmailOctopus interface to send emails using a WYSIWYG interface. You can also set up autoresponder sequences and basic email marketing automation rules from that interface. You&#8217;ll then be able to analyze the performance of your emails from a dedicated analytics dashboard.</p>\n<p>The EmailOctopus plugin is free, and you can send up to 10,000 emails per month to 2,500 subscribers for free. The free version includes EmailOctopus branding in those emails, though.</p>\n<p><i class="fb-icon-element-6 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-comment-dollar fas circle-no fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-text-flow" style="font-size:28px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"></i><style>i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-6{ color: #65bc7b;}i.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-6:hover { color: #65bc7b;}</style> To remove the EmailOctopus branding and increase the sending limits, you can subscribe to the Pro plan starting at $20 per month for up to 50,000 emails.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-57 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three" style="font-size:32px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="mailster"><h3 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;font-size:1em;"><a style="color: #292a2c; hover: #65bc7b;" href="https://codecanyon.net/item/mailster-email-newsletter-plugin-for-wordpress/3078294" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mailster</a></h3></div><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-56"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://codecanyon.net/item/mailster-email-newsletter-plugin-for-wordpress/3078294" target="_blank" aria-label="Mailster Email Plugin" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor.jpg" width="1292" height="496" alt="Mailster Email Plugin" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-723555" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271292%27%20height%3D%27496%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201292%20496%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271292%27%20height%3D%273496%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor-200x77.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor-400x154.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor-600x230.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor-800x307.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor-1200x461.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/wordpress-email-plugins-8-compressor.jpg 1292w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:;margin-bottom:20px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>With over 22,000 sales, <a href="https://codecanyon.net/item/mailster-email-newsletter-plugin-for-wordpress/3078294" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mailster</a> is one of the most popular WordPress email plugins at the Envato marketplace <em>(which is also <a href="http://bit.ly/2l3jd8A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">where you&#8217;ll find the Avada theme</a>)</em>.</p>\n<p>Mailster lets you manage <em>almost</em> everything about your WordPress email marketing efforts without leaving your dashboard. The only thing that you need to add is your SMTP sending service like Mailgun, SendGrid, or Amazon SES. Or, if your web host supports it, you can also use your own host&#8217;s SMTP server.</p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be able to create your email opt-in forms and segment subscribers into unlimited lists. You can then design emails using a drag-and-drop editor and have them delivered via your SMTP service of choice.</p>\n<p>In addition to one-off campaigns, you can also set up automation rules, like automatically sending a digest of your latest posts on a particular day of the week. 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However, you are impacted by this all, our love and thoughts go out to everyone concerned.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Our team is a family, our community is the same. From each person here at ThemeFusion, we wish everyone the fortitude and resolve to rise above the challenges ahead.</p>\n<p>With love and grace,<br />\nTeam ThemeFusion</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-59 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Resources</h2></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Avada Support -&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/2njyfVo">http://bit.ly/2njyfVo </a></p>\n<p>Avada Quick Start Guide -&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/1N505Om">http://bit.ly/1N505Om </a></p>\n<p>Online Documentation -&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/2v46jXn">http://bit.ly/2v46jXn </a></p>\n<p>Training Videos -&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/2gPmYXo">http://bit.ly/2gPmYXo </a></p>\n<p>Community Forum -&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/2L4MWJ9">http://bit.ly/2L4MWJ9 </a></p>\n<p>Facebook Community Group -&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/2PJcg7k">http://bit.ly/2PJcg7k </a></p>\n<p>Contact Us -&gt; <a href="http://bit.ly/2NJoU51">http://bit.ly/2NJoU51 </a></p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-60 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Keep In The Know</h2></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Information begets knowledge! 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For more details, please see our <a class="privacy-policy-link" href="https://theme-fusion.com/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a>.</div><a href="" data-privacy-type="youtube" class="fusion-button button-default fusion-button-default-size button fusion-privacy-consent">I Accept</a></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div></div></div></div></div><style type="text/css">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:before, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:after {color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .pagination a.inactive:hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a {border-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .pagination .current {border-color: ; background-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .fusion-date-and-formats .fusion-format-box, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .fusion-popover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .tooltip-shortcode {color: ;}#main .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-17 .post .blog-shortcode-post-title a:hover {color: ;}</style><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-18 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling"  style=''background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;''><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row "><div  class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-17 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1"  style=''margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;''><div class="fusion-column-wrapper" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;"   data-bg-url=""><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-61 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Overview</h2></div><ul class="fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-38 fusion-checklist-divider" style="font-size:16px;line-height:27.2px;"><li class="fusion-li-item" style="border-bottom-color:#e0dede"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-caret-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#generating">Generate Icon Packs via Icomoon</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item" style="border-bottom-color:#e0dede"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-caret-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#uploading">Uploading And Managing Your Icon Sets in Avada</a></div></li><li class="fusion-li-item" style="border-bottom-color:#e0dede"><span style="height:27.2px;width:27.2px;margin-right:11.2px;" class="icon-wrapper circle-no"><i class="fusion-li-icon fa-caret-right fas" style="color:#5e5e5e;"></i></span><div class="fusion-li-item-content" style="margin-left:38.4px;"><a class="fusion-one-page-text-link" style="font-size: 16px;" href="#readytouse">Your Custom Icons Are Ready To Use</a></div></li></ul><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div></div></div></div></div><style type="text/css">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:before, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:after {color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .pagination a.inactive:hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a {border-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .pagination .current {border-color: ; background-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .fusion-date-and-formats .fusion-format-box, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .fusion-popover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .tooltip-shortcode {color: ;}#main .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-18 .post .blog-shortcode-post-title a:hover {color: ;}</style><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-19 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling"  style=''background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;''><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row "><div  class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-18 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1"  style=''margin-top:50px;margin-bottom:0px;''><div class="fusion-column-wrapper" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;"   data-bg-url=""><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-62 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="generating"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Generate Icon Packs via Icomoon</h2></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>To generate your custom icon sets, we suggest using <a href="http://bit.ly/2V1VOUy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Icomoon</a>. it is a great resource, with a large <a href="http://bit.ly/390ExyA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">library</a> of free and premium icon setsset to choose from.</p>\n<p>With over 5,500+ free vector icons to choose from, the variety is seemingly endless. And, you also have the option to upload your own SVGs to make fonts, and you can convert icons to SVG, PDF, Polymer, XAML, CSH.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;"></div><div class="imageframe-align-center"><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-57"><a class="fusion-no-lightbox" href="https://icomoon.io/" target="_blank" aria-label="Icomoon" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor.png" width="2780" height="568" alt="Icomoon" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-713309" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272780%27%20height%3D%27568%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202780%20568%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272780%27%20height%3D%273568%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor-200x41.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor-400x82.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor-600x123.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor-800x163.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor-1200x245.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-image-compressor.png 2780w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Selecting icons for your icon set, as many as you may need, is straightforward in the Icomoon App.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;"></div><div class="fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video" style="max-width:100%;"><div class="video-wrapper"><video playsinline="true" width="100%" style="object-fit: cover;" autoplay="true" muted="true" loop="true" preload="auto" controls="1"><source src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/icomoon-selecting-icons-compressed.mp4" type="video/mp4">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.</video></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Once you have selected the desired icons, you must generate the icon set for import and use with <a href="http://bit.ly/2l3jd8A" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avada</a>. Each generated icon set must have a unique <strong>Font Name and CSS Class Prefix</strong>.</p>\n<p>Decide on the Icomoon defaults in the preferences section before downloading your custom icon set, as seen below. Clicking download will download the Custom Icon Set as a zip file to your computer.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;"></div><div class="imageframe-align-center"><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-58"><a href="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix.jpg" class="fusion-lightbox" data-rel="iLightbox[116f2b1a8f24af7ced6]" data-title="Chaning Icomoon Name and Class Prefix" title="Chaning Icomoon Name and Class Prefix"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix.jpg" width="1850" height="1046" alt="Chaning Icomoon Name and Class Prefix" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-700075" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271850%27%20height%3D%271046%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201850%201046%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271850%27%20height%3D%2731046%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix-200x113.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix-400x226.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix-600x339.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix-800x452.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix-1200x678.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/icomoon_changing_prefix.jpg 1850w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div></div></div></div></div><style type="text/css">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:before, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:after {color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .pagination a.inactive:hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a {border-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .pagination .current {border-color: ; background-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .fusion-date-and-formats .fusion-format-box, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .fusion-popover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .tooltip-shortcode {color: ;}#main .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-19 .post .blog-shortcode-post-title a:hover {color: ;}</style><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-20 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling"  style=''background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;''><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row "><div  class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-19 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1"  style=''margin-top:50px;margin-bottom:0px;''><div class="fusion-column-wrapper" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;"   data-bg-url=""><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-63 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="uploading"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Uploading And Managing Your Icon Sets in Avada</h2></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Uploading your newly generated icon sets for use in your <a href="http://bit.ly/2l3jd8A" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avada website</a> is straightforward and fast. All custom icons are uploaded, saved and managed via the <em>Fusion Builder &gt; Icons</em> section of the <a href="http://bit.ly/2l3jd8A" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer">Avada</a> WordPress Dashboard.</p>\n<p><strong>Step 1</strong>, click on on <strong>Create New Icon Set</strong>.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;"></div><div class="imageframe-align-center"><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-59"><a href="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor.png" class="fusion-lightbox" data-rel="iLightbox[b89783d9a6f2ad26795]" data-title="Create New Icon Set" title="Create New Icon Set"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor.png" width="2658" height="2002" alt="Create New Icon Set" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-713407" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272658%27%20height%3D%272002%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202658%202002%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272658%27%20height%3D%2732002%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor-200x151.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor-400x301.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor-600x452.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor-800x603.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor-1200x904.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/create-new-icon-set-compressor.png 2658w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>You will be presented with a screen which is where you can upload your newly generated <a href="http://bit.ly/2V1VOUy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Icomoon</a> icons sets.</p>\n<p><strong>Step 2</strong>, click on on <strong>Select File</strong>.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;"></div><div class="imageframe-align-center"><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-60"><a href="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set.jpg" class="fusion-lightbox" data-rel="iLightbox[0e76068742a9e009941]" data-title="Adding Custom Icon Sets" title="Adding Custom Icon Sets"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set.jpg" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set.jpg" width="1850" height="406" alt="Adding Custom Icon Sets" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-693682" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271850%27%20height%3D%27406%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201850%20406%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271850%27%20height%3D%273406%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set-200x44.jpg 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set-400x88.jpg 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set-600x132.jpg 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set-800x176.jpg 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set-1200x263.jpg 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/doc_6.2_add_new_icon_set.jpg 1850w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>The ZIP file is uploaded to WordPress Media Library, and all of the icons will load on the Edit Icon Set page. If you ever decide to update an existing icon set, you can reupload the set in this edit screen by selecting <strong>Update Custom Icon Set</strong>.</p>\n</div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;"></div><div class="imageframe-align-center"><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-61"><a href="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor.png" class="fusion-lightbox" data-rel="iLightbox[8f70fbeb5c30510cf83]" data-title="Uploaded Icons" title="Uploaded Icons"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor.png" width="4540" height="2848" alt="Uploaded Icons" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-713408" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%274540%27%20height%3D%272848%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%204540%202848%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%274540%27%20height%3D%2732848%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor-200x125.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor-400x251.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor-600x376.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor-800x502.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor-1200x753.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icons-displayed-compressor.png 4540w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-alert alert custom alert-custom fusion-alert-left " style="background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#7f7f7f;border-color:#7f7f7f;border-width:1px;"><div class="fusion-alert-content-wrapper"><span class="alert-icon"><i class="fa-lg fa-exclamation-circle fas"></i></span><span class="fusion-alert-content">IMPORTANT NOTE: When you create a custom icon set in the Fusion Builder, the set will be saved immediately and before the icons are uploaded. As soon as you upload, the set is auto-saved. If you add an Icon set through the Plus button in the Icon Picker or by clicking <strong>Add New</strong> when on the Edit Icon Set page, the set will be unpublished until you click Publish.</span></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-clearfix"></div></div></div></div></div><style type="text/css">.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:before, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 a:not(.fusion-button):not(.fusion-builder-module-control):not(.fusion-social-network-icon):not(.fb-icon-element):not(.fusion-countdown-link):not(.fusion-rollover-link):not(.fusion-rollover-gallery):not(.fusion-button-bar):not(.add_to_cart_button):not(.show_details_button):not(.product_type_external):not(.fusion-quick-view):not(.fusion-rollover-title-link):not(.fusion-breadcrumb-link):hover:after {color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .pagination a.inactive:hover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a {border-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .pagination .current {border-color: ; background-color: ;}.fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .fusion-filters .fusion-filter.fusion-active a, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .fusion-date-and-formats .fusion-format-box, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .fusion-popover, .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .tooltip-shortcode {color: ;}#main .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-20 .post .blog-shortcode-post-title a:hover {color: ;}</style><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-21 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling"  style=''background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;''><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row "><div  class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_1 fusion-builder-column-20 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last 1_1"  style=''margin-top:50px;margin-bottom:0px;''><div class="fusion-column-wrapper" style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;"   data-bg-url=""><style type="text/css"></style><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-64 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;" id="readytouse"><h2 class="title-heading-left" style="margin:0;">Your Custom Icons Are Ready To Use</h2></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>Uploaded and ready to go! You can now add custom icons to your content, anywhere, and often as you wish. Use any Design Element that has an icon picker, including the Icon Element. You will see any custom icon sets you have added in their own tab at the top of the icon picker, alongside the free Font Awesome icons.</p>\n</div><div class="imageframe-align-center"><div class="imageframe-liftup"><span style="border:1px solid #e0dede;" class="fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-62"><a href="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor.png" class="fusion-lightbox" data-rel="iLightbox[da44c7232e2920065b4]" data-title="Icon Element" title="Icon Element"><img src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor.png" data-orig-src="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor.png" width="2494" height="2912" alt="Icon Element" class="lazyload img-responsive wp-image-713432" srcset="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272494%27%20height%3D%272912%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202494%202912%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272494%27%20height%3D%2732912%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-srcset="https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor-200x234.png 200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor-400x467.png 400w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor-600x701.png 600w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor-800x934.png 800w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor-1200x1401.png 1200w, https://theme-fusion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/icon-element-icons-compressor.png 2494w" data-sizes="auto" data-orig-sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 800px" /></a></span></div></div><div class="fusion-sep-clear"></div><div class="fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none" style="margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;"></div><div class="fusion-text"><p>And that&#8217;s it. You can upload as many Custom Icon Sets as you need, and if you need to update them, edit the collection and reupload the icons. 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href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/linuxologos/">linuxologos</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/lisota/">lisota</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/lorenzof/">Lorenzo Fracassi</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/luisherranz/">luisherranz</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/luisrivera/">luisrivera</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/lukaswaudentio/">lukaswaudentio</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/ljasinskipl/">Lukasz Jasinski</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/lukecavanagh/">Luke Cavanagh</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/wodarekly/">Lydia Wodarek</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/vinoth06/">M A Vinoth Kumar</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/maciejmackowiak/">maciejmackowiak</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mahesh901122/">Mahesh Waghmare</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/manzoorwanijk/">Manzoor Wani</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcelo2605/">marcelo2605</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcio-zebedeu/">Marcio Zebedeu</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcoz/">MarcoZ</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mkaz/">Marcus Kazmierczak</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/marekdedic/">Marek Dědič</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/clorith/">Marius Jensen</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/marius84/">Marius84</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/">Mark Jaquith</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmarzeotti/">Mark Marzeotti</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mapk/">Mark Uraine</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/markrh/">MarkRH</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/hinjiriyo/">Martin Stehle</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/m-e-h/">Marty Helmick</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/">Mary Baum</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/matstars/">Mat Gargano</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mat-lipe/">Mat Lipe</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/imath/">Mathieu Viet</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/matveb/">Matias Ventura</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattkeys/">Matt Keys</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/veraxus/">Matt van Andel</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattchowning/">mattchowning</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattnyeus/">mattcursor</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/snapfractalpop/">Matthew Kevins</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattyrob/">mattyrob</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxme/">maxme</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mayanksonawat/">mayanksonawat</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mbrailer/">mbrailer</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mehidi258/">Mehidi Hassan</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/melchoyce/">Mel Choyce-Dwan</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mensmaximus/">mensmaximus</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/michael-arestad/">Michael Arestad</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelecklund/">Michael Ecklund</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/donmhico/">Michael Panaga</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/marktimemedia/">Michelle Schulp</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mickaelperrin/">mickaelperrin</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/miette49/">miette49</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mcsf/">Miguel Fonseca</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmtr86/">Miguel Torres</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mihdan/">mihdan</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/miinasikk/">Miina Sikk</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/simison/">Mikael Korpela</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mauteri/">Mike Auteri</a>, <a 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href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mppfeiffer/">mppfeiffer</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mryoga/">mryoga</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/musamamasood/">Muhammad Usama Masood</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mujuonly/">mujuonly</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukesh27/">Mukesh Panchal</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/assassinateur/">Nadir Seghir</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nagoke/">nagoke</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nfmohit/">Nahid Ferdous Mohit</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/finchps/">Nate Finch</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukto90/">Nazmul Ahsan</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nekomajin/">nekomajin</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nextscripts/">NextScripts</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/nickdaugherty/">Nick Daugherty</a>, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/celloexpressions/">Nick Halsey</a>, <a 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So, <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2015.317?error=cookies_not_supported&code=8c384729-1d47-488b-aa97-8908ba88d642">physicists or chemists work jointly</a> as professional communities contributing to overall science development. Farmers work closely with the agricultural industry in finding the solution to resolve the issue of hunger worldwide, etc.</p>\n<p>All those community members contribute in many different forms; either by revealing their discoveries to other members, or testing their new hypotheses. Sustainability and survival of communities depend on the contribution of their members.</p>\n<p>Thanks to Internet development and its ease of access, breakthroughs in human development are just a click away from us.</p>\n<p>As such, web designers and developers play an important role in numerous web data systematizations and content design of each website, enabling a wider global audience to find relevant information and apply those new discoveries in their activities.</p>\n<p>Sometimes one-click localization is required, or a plugin/theme code change. 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Timely published information or findings could change people’s lives.</p>\n<p>Deductive conclusion could be that efforts related to WordPress development are the direct assistance to human sustainable development.</p>\n<h3>Time of crisis</h3>\n<p>Nowadays more than ever, solidarity and compassion have become building blocks of humanity. One could say that hard times bring people together; or perhaps could bring out the best in them, consciously or subconsciously. The current world health crisis has surfaced many social and economic problems, but also has led us to understand new and, perhaps, some forgotten values.</p>\n<p><b><i>Joining forces, creating new values or adding to the existing ones are critical to community sustainability in general, similar to the concept of “</i></b><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/the-meaning-of-ubuntu-43307"><b>ubuntu</b></a><b><i>.” </i></b></p>\n<h3>What is the digital “ubuntu” of WordPress?</h3>\n<p>For all the tech geeks out there, the free, open-source Linux distribution is not the center of our pledge. The “ubuntu” concept, as said by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>, is the profound sense <a href="https://www.revolt.tv/2018/7/18/20822300/remembering-nelson-mandela-through-the-power-of-ubuntu-and-essential-quotes">“<b>that we are human only through the humanity of others</b></a>. If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others”.</p>\n<p>WordPress and the open-source community in general seem to reflect the “ubuntu” ethics.</p>\n<p>The number of WordPress contributors have been increasing over the time, surging in the past couple of weeks, aiming at providing ease for groups or individuals worldwide in the time of crisis. Companies and individuals are joining forces to support each other in crisis time proving the postulate that humanity can only exist if individuals join forces.</p>\n<h3>How can you contribute?</h3>\n<p>Choose your own way.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>You might want to share knowledge, expertise or perhaps come up with new tech solutions and there are plenty of opportunities out there. Each WordCamp hosts a number of tracks which you could join; Polyglots, WPTV, Marketing, Community, Core, etc. Your contribution might look insignificant to you from the perspective of what should be done in general, but combined efforts do make change. After all, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_wasn%27t_built_in_a_day">Rome was not built in a day</a>.</li>\n<li>You might be creative enough and propose a new business model within a certain industry. Challenging times bring out the leaders with unconventional visions. As Roy. 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