OK! Do you want to start your own website or blog? First thing first, a website is the first essential of anything you have to do to make money online. The easiest way to build it in today’s world is to start with WordPress. In this quick tutorial, you will learn how to start your own beautiful WordPress website in 30 minutes using SiteGround hosting.
There are a few free options like Blogger, Tumblr, or WordPress.com. Those are great options just to play around. But if you want to start professionally, you will get the most control by using self-hosted WordPress. This is what most serious bloggers & startup folks use.
Fortunately process of setting up a hosting service and installing WordPress is neither complicated and nor time-consuming as people usually think. And also not expensive to start.
Step by Step Guide to Launch a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog.
You won’t need any technical expertise to setup your blog. If you know how to order on Amazon or Flipkart, you are ready to go. So, here are few important things you will need to set-up self-hosted blog.
Step 1: Get Ready to Go!
A Domain Name
Your website address that people will use to find you. Don’t worry if you don’t have, you will get it free with SiteGround hosting. If you have already registered your domain, no worry. You will simply need to add it in the next step.
A Credit Card (Don’t have one? Click Here)
30 Minutes.
Step 2: Set Up a Hosting Account
Select Web Host:
This is where you will rent space (server in the cloud) to install the WordPress software and manage your blog. There are perhaps thousands of services available. However, based on my experience and research, I recommend SiteGround. I believe it is the best option for most people to kick start the best service at a decent price, for the following reasons.
#1 Support: SiteGround has great 24–7 support via phone, e-mail, or chat. I have personally used it several times and found the support staff to be quick responsive, knowledgeable and WordPress experts.
#2 Reliable: When it comes to web hosting reliability, SiteGround comes first among all shared hosting players. It boasts an uptime average of 99.9%.
#3 Ease of Use: SiteGround hosting is optimized for WordPress, it has almost all features that you get usually with expensive managed WordPress hosting at a very high price. The reason it’s cheaper is only that SiteGround keeps in mind what may be the reasonable price for beginners.
#4 Affordability: SiteGround is inexpensive – Starts from $3.95 a month and so on depending on which plan you select. Also, the longer you are willing to commit, the cheaper it is.
Apart from those solid reasons, SiteGround offers a thirty-day, money-back guarantee, which is written into their Terms of Service. If you are not happy, they will refund your money without any a headache.
Now Setup Hosting
Now go ahead and select the most suitable plan as per your requirement. This time, you will need to add your domain if you already have or enter a new one to get it free with the hosting plan right away.
Please Note That: I am a SiteGround affiliate, which means the company pays me a commission every time someone signs up via one of my links. It doesn’t affect your price except you will get an additional discount using my links. I don’t recommend SiteGround because of its commission. As all hosting service have some service. I recommend SiteGround because I honestly believe they offer the best hosting available. Ready? Clik here to Start!
Keep in mind, you will be required to pay the annual rate in advance. That’s how SiteGround is able to offer these super low prices. Now After selecting your plan, register the free domain or use your own.
The process to the next step, fill account and billing information, now next SiteGround will ask you to “Select some extra service” please skip all of these and agree with SiteGround’s Terms of Service, and then click on the Pay Now button. After signing up you should now see the website wizard Like this.
Setup The Website/Blog.
Please note, there are some other options including manual install in SiteGround. But, let’s go with the easiest way. Now, select the type of website you want to create and WordPress as your CMS.
Now on the next screen create your login details and select a free theme (don’t worry you can change it later anytime)
You are done! Your account is ready to use. Now you only need to renew your plan before it will expire. You may now explore c-panel to create the free email account and to know some other features or services of SiteGround.
Now enter your username plus password, login to your brand new WordPress installation and start sharing the thing that people are waiting for!
You should now be looking at the WordPress “Dashboard.” That is the place from where you will access your website. Play with it!
Conclusion!
Now you have the complete WordPress website to rock and roll on a great web hosting provider SiteGround. Explore it, add some new posts and pages. Wait! Are you not happy with its design and need to customize it further like OpenThrive or other blog? Here is how you can do this (Coming Soon!).
Do you need any help? Don’t forget to add comment bellow, I would love to help you.
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