{"id":11443,"date":"2019-05-14T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webhosting.uk.com\/blog\/?p=11443"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:49:33","slug":"a-step-by-step-guide-to-create-a-website-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webhosting.uk.com\/blog\/a-step-by-step-guide-to-create-a-website-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Your Website: Easy Step-by-Step WordPress Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

If you want to create a website for business or professional reasons, chances are that you have definitely heard of the \u201cthing\u201d called WordPress. WordPress is a Content Management System that is highly easy to use and intuitive. Simply put, WordPress makes it easy for anyone, be it experienced people or newbies, to construct web pages. Content on these web pages can be static or refreshed periodically.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

WordPress has become almost a household name for anyone interested in setting up a business and it is no wonder that today 27% of the websites on the internet are powered by WordPress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The DIY nature of WordPress makes setting up a website a breeze. From choosing themes for the websites to changing colours on the website, everything can be accomplished easily on WordPress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here are 9 easy steps in which you can set up your own WordPress website today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. Choose and Buy Your Domain Name<\/strong>
    Your domain name is going to be your permanent address on the web for some time to come and although, technically you can change the name, it is going to lead to lots of unnecessary headache.\u00a0 TO avoid all this, it is better that you spend time thinking about the name that you would like to give.

    Go for a name that is a good mix of brand and context. When choosing your domain name, ideally, go for a .com name for a business as these are the most common and recognisable names. Don\u2019t use hyphens in between names as websites with hyphens are not easy to remember and are confusing. Similarly, don\u2019t go for longer domain names as shorter names are easier to remember.<\/li>\r\n
  2. Sign Up for Web Hosting<\/strong>
    Your domain name and consequently your domain or website needs to be hosted somewhere. This is where a web hosting company comes in. A web hosting company will also help you register your domain name and manage your domain.

    Most Web hosting service providers will offer you a free domain name in order to give you an incentive to take their service. You\u2019ll install WordPress on this host and use it to store all your content. Since you will be installing WordPress, make sure that the host offers WordPress hosting<\/a>. Many web hosting companies offer 1-click WordPress installs as well. You can easily get professional web hosting for anywhere between 3 -6 dollars per month. Quick tip: Choose a web hosting service that offers 1 click WordPress install or ask for one that has Cpanel. We will explain this in a later step.<\/li>\r\n
  3. Connect Your Domain and Web Host Services<\/strong>
    Once you\u2019re done choosing your hosting partner, you\u2019ll receive instructions on how to log in to your account and the address of your host\u2019s name servers (two series of numbers). You can copy the nameserver information, go to your web hosting company and add this nameserver information to your domain name. This is basically like giving directions to the web hosting company telling it where the domain name should point to.<\/li>\r\n
  4. Install WordPress<\/strong>
    As discussed above, most web hosts today give you the option of quickly installing WordPress through their own one-click button auto-installers.\u00a0 You fill in details such as URL to which website should be installed, language in which you want WordPress to be installed, Administrator username, Administrator Password, Website title and the installation of WordPress on to the host happens automatically.

    The second option is installing WordPress using cPanel. You will need to find the icon named cPanel and click on it. This will open the cPanel dashboard. In this you\u2018ll find an \u2018Auto installers\u2019 section. Here among other options you should see \u201cWordPress\u201d. This will lead you to a new screen where you will see a \u2018Install Now\u201d option. Click on it and follow the instructions. It is as simple as this.

    When the installation is complete, you\u2019ll get a link to the new website and a password. You should change the password once you receive it.

    Ready to build? Find out     Why WordPress is the Best Choice<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\r\n
  5. Browse the WordPress Dashboard<\/strong>
    The best part about WordPress is that interface remains the same even after it is upgraded which means that there is no guesswork involved in looking around for different functions on the dashboard.

    Once you log in with your username and password, you will be taken to the WordPress dashboard. You\u2019ll\u00a0\u00a0 see a menu on the left with all the standard options.

    The menu will consist of the following options:\r\n