How to make a WordPress website? [Update on 1st Jan 2021]
Did you know, how to make a WordPress website from scratch is one of the most essential skills for a small business owner or website developer in 2020.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a developer, blogger, or a business owner, you should know how to make a WordPress website if you want to create a website for yourself WordPress is the most popular platform in the world.
WordPress powers more than 35% of the websites in the world. It means one-third of the websites in the world built using WordPress. 
In this blog, I am going to teach you How to make a WordPress website within one hour step by step.
So let’s dive into it.
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Step-1: Choosing the WordPress Platform
In the internet market, there are numerous Content Management Systems (CMS). So it is important to choose the right one which is suitable for your business. And I am sure that there is no choice better than WordPress.
In WordPress, there are two platforms available for everyone.
If you want to create a simple website or blog, without any cost, then WordPress.com is suitable for you. Because it will provide you wordpress.com’s subdomain and hosting. You can simply log in through your email with wordpress.com and choose your domain name like yourname.wordpress.com and create it within a minute.
If you want to run a professional website, blog or ecommerce, then this platform is suitable for you. Because more than 35% of websites in the world are built using wordpress.org.
Step-2: Buy a Domain Name
Picking the best domain name is a very important thing. I’ll share with you the 4 rules that I usually follow when choosing a perfect domain name.
Easy to remember
Easy to type
Easy to Pronounce
Easy to Brandable
Suits with your niche
Choose a catchy domain name like www.geekkeek.com.
And one more thing, always choose the .com extension first if your extension is not available with your domain name then you can choose another extension as well but I prefer .com domain extension because maximum people are searching with this domain extension.
There are many domain seller companies available in the market like Godaddy, Namecheap, etc. You can search on the internet and choose the best one.
Step-3: Buy a Hosting
Web hosting is where you can store your data, blog, media, etc. They give you the platform where you can install WordPress and design your website template.
Once you buy hosting for your domain and hosting with them, then they will give you the Cpanel access where you can control all of our data and files.
Simply log in to domain Cpanel and install WordPress from softaculous and start customization.
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Step-4: Familiar With the WordPress User Interface
Once you successfully installed WordPress, then you should log on to your user panel of the WordPress dashboard. For that, you need to browse your domain name with /wp-admin (yourdomain.com/wp-admin) and enter your username and password. Once you have logged in, you can see the welcome page of the WordPress dashboard.
First of all you should visit all the settings and make sure all the settings are good. For that, you need to click the setting which is available on the left side of your WordPress dashboard and.
For website name and and tagline:
Go to setting-> General Setting-> and change the site title, tagline, time zone, time format, email address, etc.
For website permalink:
Go to Setting-> Permalinks-> and you can set your permalink using an optimized structure. For best-optimized structure is post name. You can simply click on it and save it.
Now let’s move on to the next step.
Step-5:Choose a Theme
One of the most important and interesting parts that people particularly like about WordPress is WordPress themes. There are thousands of free WordPress themes available on the internet. However, there are numerous premium themes that are also available on the internet.
In that case, you can simply choose the best theme which suits your brand/niche, for that you can simply go to appearance and click on the theme option on the WordPress dashboard. Once you find the best theme and click on the install button, activate it, and start customization according to your requirements.
If you want to use premium themes, then you can search premium themes on the internet and choose the best theme and buy it. After that, you can upload the zip file of your downloaded theme and start customization.
Step-6: install Plugins
WordPress Plugins are an easy way out to enhance the functionality of your website. There are thousands of free and premium plugins available on the internet.
If you want some function that does not exist on the theme, then you can use the plugins.
For that, you need to go to the Plugins option which is available on the left side of your WordPress dashboard. Then you should search, preview, install and activate it.
Step-7: Create a Pages and Post
Creating a page and post is most important for a newly created website.
You should add some essential pages such as about, contact, privacy policy, etc. For that, go to the WordPress dashboard then go to pages and add a new page. After that, you will find a space to enter your page title, text body, features images, etc.
If you want to create some blog posts, then you should go to posts, add new posts, then you will find a space to enter your post title, post body, category, featured image, etc.
You can also create a post category from the category section.
Step-8: Website Navigation
The website’s menus are the primary vehicle through which visitors navigate your site. So improved navigation means better user experience.
Navigation menus allow users to browse different pages on your website. For that, you need to go to appearance then click menus, and create a menu name. After that, you can create a custom link, add pages, categories on this menu, and save it.
Step-9: Site Widgets
Widgets are the most useful feature in WordPress. Especially, a widget is a small block of content that can be displayed in different places around your website.
If you want to add some blocks, Facebook page, Twitter timeline, social media pages, latest blogs, etc, on your website’s sidebar and footer, then the WordPress widgets are the best option for you.
For that you should go to Appearance → Widgets in your WordPress dashboard then you’ll get the required section where you can customize your widgets.
Final Words:
Kudos! You’ve just learned how to make a WordPress website basic steps.
Now you can explore more and more with these steps. It takes time to get a complete grip over these steps. And of course, you’ll do better and better when you regularly upgrade yourself.
If you have any queries about this post, feel free to ask away in the comments below!
