How to create a WordPress website

Tabitha Matole
2 min readApr 25, 2022
Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash

You might have put off a decision to set up a website for your small business because you assume it will be complicated or time consuming,you don’t need to worry.

creating a personal website or an eCommerce site is remarkably easy to set up on a wordpress content management platform(cms). It can take very few minutes,without any advanced technique skills or special training.

wordpress is the perfect drag-and-drop website builder

you can get your website started using the following steps

Pick a domain

In order for your audience to find you and and identify with your brand you will need to choose your domain name,as it is one of the most important part.Pick a domain that represent your brand and makes it easy for people to find.

Choose a hosting provider and package

After you pick your name you will need to buy your name and pick a hosting Fcompany that suits the needs of your website.since you are building a website on wordpress choose a hosting provider that offers hosting specifically for a wordpress site ,as it is very important.

Luckily bluehost offers both and is recommended by wordpress(this is an affiliate link).

Install wordpress and choose your theme

If you’ve chosen Bluehost as your web host ,wordpress will be automatically installed for you.All you need to do is to log in and choose your theme.

Learn wordpress Dashboard and pick your wordpress plugins

this is the area that allows you to control what your website visitors will see when they land on your page. spend time learning the wordpress admin dashboard by reviewing features that you will use most often.

Customize website

here is where you customize your site with colour choices ,font styles and special elements that will help you express your companies personality. make use of the colours,customize with headers and social media buttons,also upload photos.

Finally you are ready for your first blog post and main page content.

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Tabitha Matole

content writer,previously worked in health institution and love sharing information.