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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨?

For many, when they think of WordPress, they think “blog.” And while WordPress is one of the world’s largest blogging platforms, WordPress is also a complete content management system and is a great way to build many different types of websites. This article will show you how easy it can be to get your blog, or website, up and running quickly

𝙎𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙖 𝙒𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙜

Whether you are wanting to learn how to create a blog or setting up a website for the first time, the first steps are always the same but before you can begin, you have to decide how you want to set it up. Most people choose to use either a website builder or content management system (CMS) like WordPress as those are the easiest if you have never started a website before. However, for the more advanced option, you could build a site from scratch, but that requires coding skills.

For the sake of simplicity, we breakdown how to set up a website or blog into easy to follow steps using WordPress. The rest is up to you!

𝟏.𝐁𝐮𝐲 𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞
𝟐.𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭.
𝟑.𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟷: 𝙱𝚞𝚢 𝚊 𝙳𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚎

If you don’t already have a domain name for your new website or blog then the hardest part is picking a domain name that best suits your business or blog. Once you have decided on a domain name and it’s available for purchase, the next step to buy it!

Already decided to use Bluehost as your hosting provider? We provide more detailed steps below on entering or purchasing your domain and setting up your hosting account all at once.

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝟸: 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚆𝚎𝚋 𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚝

There are many hosting companies out there, but for a WordPress site, Bluehost should definitely be at the top of anyone’s list. Bluehost is recommended by WordPress for website hosting and has been for more than 10 years.

To set up your hosting account with Bluehost, follow the steps below. It will speed up the process to think of a domain name you want to use and to have your credit card for payment ready to go before you get started.

𝖲𝖾𝗍 𝖴𝗉 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖧𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 :

To get started, go to 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸/𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝟮𝟯𝟵𝟰𝟴𝟱𝟵𝟮𝟯/ and click “Get Started.”

Next, you need to choose a domain name for your site. If you already own a domain name, you can enter it here, and you will just have to go through a few extra steps to make sure you get your DNS pointed to Bluehost. If you don’t already have a domain name, you can purchase one from right in the sign up process, and the best part is, it comes free with your new managed WordPress hosting account purchase.

Once you’ve entered a domain name, you’ll fill in your personal information.

Then, you’ll choose which hosting package you want. Normal, shared hosting is priced at 12, 24 and 36-month terms. To help save you money, the longer term you purchase, the lower the monthly rate will be. For example, by choosing a 36-month hosting term, you can get a great introductory rate of $3.95/month. And, because you’ve chosen to host with Bluehost, if you ever need more than a shared hosting account, Bluehost provides seamless upgrades to VPS or dedicated server hosting accounts from inside your control panel.

There are few other offers provided at sign up, which you can include at your discretion. One we recommend is Domain Privacy, a paid service that allows personal information to be kept private on WHOIS databases.

After you’ve filled in your information and chosen your hosting package, click the “Next” button to complete your purchase. You’ll then be asked to create a password for your account. You can use the Password Generator to create a strong and secure password or create one yourself. It is required to have both capital and lowercase letters, a number, and a special character (?! #, etc.) in order to have a strong enough password to protect your account.

Now that you are all signed up and are able to log into your account, you can get started installing WordPress!

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟑: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

This may seem like the most complicated step, but Bluehost has worked hard to make this one of the easiest things for you to do by using the new MOJO Marketplace for installing WordPress and other applications. In your cPanel, scroll to the section titled “MOJO Marketplace” and choose the “One-Click Installs” button. This will take you to a page inside MOJO Marketplace called Scripts and Platforms. The blog section is at the very top, so all you have to do here is click on the WordPress icon.
This will open the installation window. Click on the green “Start” button that will start the WordPress installation process, which has a few easy steps.

Step 1: Choose where you want to install WordPress. This can be any domain on your account, or a subdomain or a folder for one of your domains. Next, click on “Check Domain,” which will make sure the domain is assigned and pointing to your account. You may get a warning that you are overwriting files, but as long as you don’t have another website built yet, you can check the box and continue. This is mostly to make sure that you really want to install it in that location. If you do have other sites built, you will want to make sure you’re not overwriting something important.

Ｃｈｅｃｋ Ｙｏｕｒ Ｄｏｍａｉｎ

Step 2: Show Advanced Options. This section allows you to set up your own username and password for your WordPress install. IT is recommended to use a different username than “admin” and a very strong password. Make sure that the “Automatically create a new database for this installation” box is checked unless you have a database already set up that you want to use.

Step 3: After you’ve read the terms and conditions, check the box indicating that you’ve done so, then click “Install Now.”

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

Now you’ll see the progress page, which will show you how far along the installation is. Once WordPress is fully installed, it will provide you with your site URL, the admin login URL, your username, and password. You will get a copy of this information, except your password, in your email as well. Make sure to keep it in a safe place.

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐫

Now you can log into your WordPress site by going to the admin login URL. Enter your username and password, then click “Log In.” This will take you to your WordPress dashboard.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭?

Congratulations! You have successfully set up a website in less than 5 minutes. From here, you can design your site using templates and plugins. You can control everything to do with your WordPress site, such as creating pages, writing blog posts, and changing the appearance.

Don’t forget to consider the following plugins & tips to get more out of WordPress to set your website up for success!

1.𝖨𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗌 – 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝟥 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗌
.𝖲𝖤𝖮 (𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗓𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇) – 𝖸𝗈𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝖲𝖤𝖮
.𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝖥𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 – 𝖶𝖯 𝖥𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌
.𝖦𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝖠𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗒𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗌