How to Create a WordPress Blog for Beginners

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In this post, I’ll show you How to Create a WordPress Blog for Beginners – Step by Step.

We’ll cover the basics to the advanced and I’ll walk you through;

  • Searching for a domain name
  • Buying a Domain Name
  • Buying Hosting
  • Installing WordPress on Cpanel
  • Customizing WordPress
  • Writing your first Blog Post
  • Creating Pages, and so much more.

How to Create a WordPress Blog for Beginners -Introduction

In this video, I’ll walk you through an introduction on How to Create a WordPress Blog for Beginners.

What we’ll discuss;

  • Why you need a WordPress Blog.
  • What you will blog about.
  • What you need to create a WordPress Blog
  • How much it costs to buy a Domain Name and Hosting, etc

This will be a series of WordPress tutorials and I’m hoping by the end of the tutorials you’ll be able to create a WordPress blog by yourself.

How to Register a Domain Name and Buy Web Hosting

In this WordPress tutorial, I’ll show you how to Register a Domain Name and Buy Web Hosting for our WordPress blog.

Your domain name is the name of your blog and web hosting is where your blog lives.
You can search for a domain name via instantdomainsearch.com to find if it’s available or not.

How to Install WordPress in CPanel for Beginners

In this WordPress Tutorial, I’ll show you how to Install WordPress in CPanel for Beginners.

Now that we’ve purchased a domain name and hosting, we’ll use the login details provided for our CPanel to log in and Install WordPress.

How to Configure Your WordPress Blog – Basic Configurations

In this WordPress tutorial, We’ll configure our WordPress Blog from the Admin Dashboard by performing some basic configurations.

We’ll fix the post name type, check the date format and the timezone.

How to Upgrade your PHP Version via Cpanel

In this video, I’ll show you how to Upgrade your PHP version Via Cpanel.

Caution: Ensure you back up your website in case your website crashes you can always recover it.

How to Create an Email Account in Cpanel

In this video, I’ll show you how to Create an Email Account in Cpanel for your WordPress Blog.
An email account will help you send and receive emails that are related to your blog and have your blog name.

How to Change your WordPress Theme

In this WordPress Tutorial, I’ll show you how to change your WordPress Theme step by step. Try GeneratePress – https://freelancerinsights.com/GeneratePress

I’ll begin by installing the Free GeneratePress theme from the WordPress repository and then install the GeneratePress premium plugin to extend the functionalities in the GeneratePress theme.

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