{"id":24288,"date":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-do-i-add-the-covid-19-banner-to-my-site\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T10:53:47","slug":"wordpress-how-do-i-add-the-covid-19-banner-to-my-site","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-do-i-add-the-covid-19-banner-to-my-site\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress: How do I add the Covid-19 banner to my site?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article provides you with information on how to add the required covid19 link to your live website.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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South African Government regulations require all domains that end in \u201c.za\u201d are to have a link to the\u00a0Department of Health<\/a>\u2019s COVID-19 portal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

WordPress is a popular website development platform used worldwide. If you have a WordPress website, this can be done by installing the COVID-19 Plugin.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When clicking on the installed banner the user will be directed to the COVID-19 Corona Virus South African Resource Portal<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1 –<\/strong> Log into your WordPress admin dashboard. (ie: yourdomain.co.za\/wp-admin)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You would have created your own WordPress Admin logins when you first created your WordPress site or contact your website administrator.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2 –<\/strong> Select \u2018Plugins\u2019 on the left of the dashboard.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 3 –\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Click Add New<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Step 4 –\u00a0<\/strong>Search for COVID-19<\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Select the \u2018South African COVID-19 Banner\u2019,<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Select \u2018Install Now\u2019 to activate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • The banner notice will automatically popup on your WordPress website.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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