WordPress Tutorial: 5 Easy Steps Even Non-Geeks Can Follow

If you’ve ever given website creation a second thought, you’ve likely come across the claim that WordPress is the most excellent and most accessible website software. It must be pretty pricy if it’s so good, right? That is incorrect; there is no cost at all. By the time you finish reading this post, you’ll know how to install WordPress, create a blog, and begin using all the beautiful tools that come with it.

Let’s start with the basics: why and how WordPress became popular.

The short answer is that it’s a high-quality open-source platform that requires almost no technical knowledge from its users. There will be zero coding, CSS, HTML, and nerdy matters. Anyone with basic mouse skills can set up and manage a WordPress site.

WordPress also boasts several other essential qualities, including functionality, adaptability, and automation. A project typically takes days to complete using static HTML design and may be completed in minutes. Thanks to the automated tools, you’ll save a ton of time and have a better search engine-friendly site.

Forgot to mention WordPress has a high regard from Google. Web crawlers adore the software due to the simplicity and ease with which it operates. Permalinks are a big deal for it. It likes how the meta tags on each page make it simple to pick out specific keywords. When Google wants your site, it will index it quickly and give it a high keyword ranking.

How simple is it to install one of these, exactly? Following our five simple instructions, you can have your blog up and operate within two hours. There isn’t enough room to go into detail about all you could do, but perhaps this helps.

You’ll need to invest in both a domain name (which will cost you around $10.00) and a hosting service (which will cost you around $10.00 per month) if you want to make good use of WordPress and have complete control over the domain. You’ll need to take time with the following two steps since they deserve careful consideration.

Choosing a domain name is the first step. For example, if your company serves the Kansas City area under Smith and Son Plumbing, you may consider registering the domain name plumberskansascity.com instead.

Consider that for a second. What would you type into a search engine to locate a plumber in Kansas City if your bathtub overflowed? Kansas City Plumbers, I assume. Remember that your website’s name does not need to be the domain name. PlumbersKansasCity.com forwards them to a website whose name can be anything you like, such as Smith and Son.

You have successfully secured both a domain name and web hosting. To activate Fantastico, locate the app’s red icon in the C Panel of your hosting service and click it. When the drop-down menu appears, select WordPress from the options. Website addresses, site names, user names, passwords, and active email addresses will all be required. Just hit the install button.

Boom. There’s your blog. The default blue stuff is a bit bumpy, but that can be altered. However, the first thing we want to do is fix the default. Many subheadings will not apply to your topic, so we go into the dashboard and remove them one by one and replace them with the ones we need.

It’s time to ditch the factory look, er, theme. As an additional source of distraction, you can pick from among more than a thousand available skins for nothing. Switching to another piece is simple once you find a bit you like. And if you don’t like it, you can always exchange it for something else.

The only thing now lacking is content, so a post or article must be added. You can easily copy and paste an existing piece into this tool or write your own from scratch. What’s neat is that you can optimize this page for search engines by adding meta tags. Your blog will be live after you click the publish button.

This is the tip of the iceberg of what may be accomplished with add-ons and other functionalities. A professional website can be made quickly and easily using WordPress, even if you lack experience with web design. If you need a website, WordPress is the way to go.

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