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Here is the step-by-step process on creating WordPress Website.
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WordPress Website Design A complete guide to design a WordPress website.
WordPress stands as a popular and powerful platform to create a website with the simple steps to follow. Till 2016, WordPress is used by about 27% of the websites around the world.
First Step: Choose a suitable Domain Name and Host for your website Domain Name is an identity for your website. It's structure is: YourCompanyName.com / YourCompanyName.org
Second Step: Install WordPress Next step is to install WordPress on your computer. For installation, your computer system requires: web server: xamp/mamp/wamp database: mysql, Microsoft sql server php compatibility browser support
Download WordPress You have to download zip file of WordPress and extract the downloaded WordPress folder.
Create Database Create a new database with database_name:”wordpress” , username:“root” and password:“” on a server. Upload WordPress folder into your web server/localhost.
Navigate the URL Open your browser and navigate to your WordPress path. As: localhost/<wordpress_folder>and Choose your language and click on “Continue”.
Fill the database information Click on “Let’s go”. Then, you’ll see this page Fill the fields with your database information: Database Name – wordpress User Name – as in database Password - as in database Now, click on “Submit”.
Run the Install Once your database confirms your provided information, you’ll see the next page. Click on “Run the install”.
Fill the Welcome page Fill the appeared welcome page with the required information. Site Title: Enter title of your website. Username: Enter a username to login to WordPress Password, twice: Enter password two times Your E-mail: Enter your validate e-mail for password recovery or any update Privacy: Tick checkbox if you want to be indexed by search engine. Now, click on ”install WordPress” after you’re done.
Log In After successful installation of WordPress, you’ll see the next page. Enter “Log In” to enter your dashboard.
Log In Admin panel Then, you’ll see the Admin Panel to log in. username and password as you set and click on “Log In”. You are now ready to create your WordPress website.
Update personal information After successful login, you have to perform different settings. Change the default Admin Login Change the Title, Tagline, and Time Zone Change your Permalink Structure Create and upload your Favicon Delete the default content of WordPress
Third Step: Select the best theme Now, you can have easy access to all the free themes and paid themes. Use them to create your website. Choose a theme you like or suitable for you. You can easily download any theme of your choice. But, if you download paid one, then you can access more functionality and customized your web site uniquely. To use a theme of your choice , you have to click on “Install” followed by “Activate”.
Fourth Step: Add your Content Content is a basic factor of any website. So, go quick with adding your content.
Adding new page Adding a new page Look for “Pages” in a sidebar Click “Add New” Click “Update” to save your changes
Add New Page on the Menu Adding a new page on the menu Look for “Appearance” in a sidebar Click “Menus” Add this menu to your page by clicking the checkbox next to it and then “Add to Menu”
Adding New Post Adding a new post Look for “Posts” in a sidebar Click “Add New” Once you have finished with your blog, you must assign it to a category that you had created.
Fifth Step: Installation of Recommended Plugins The plug-in is simply a software to extend the functionality of the existing system. So, in WordPress we can find 1000+ plug-in to support its functionality. Among them, we have to choose plug-ins that meet our site’s purpose. Some of the essential WordPress plug-ins are: WordPress Cache Plug-in WordPress Security Plug-in WordPress Database Plug-in WordPress Social Media Plug-in WordPress SEO Plug-in