🛠️ How to Make a WordPress Website (Step-by-Step Tutorial) ​

Optimize your website development workflow with our comprehensive WordPress tutorial guide—covering environment setup, theme customization, plugin integration, and deployment automation. Leverage tools like WP-CLI, Git, and staging environments to build scalable, secure, and maintainable WordPress solutions aligned with modern development standards.

✅ Step 1: Choose a Hosting Provider & Domain Name

  • Buy a domain (e.g., from GoDaddy, Namecheap).
  • Choose hosting (Shared or Cloud Hosting):
  • Shared: Bluehost, SiteGround (easier for beginners)
  • Cloud: DigitalOcean, AWS, or GCP (better for performance)

If you’re using cloud hosting, you’ll set up a VPS and install WordPress manually.

✅ Step 2: Point Domain to Hosting

  • In your domain registrar (e.g., GoDaddy), go to DNS settings.
  • Update nameservers (e.g., to ns1.bluehost.com, etc.) or A Record to your VPS IP.
  • Wait for DNS propagation (can take up to 24 hours).

✅Step 3: Set Up a Server (Cloud Hosting Only)

For DigitalOcean or similar:

  • Create a Droplet (Ubuntu 22.04 preferred)
  • SSH into the server:

ssh root@your_server_ip

  • Install LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP):

apt update
apt install apache2
apt install mysql-server
apt install php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php php-cli php-curl php-gd php-xml php-mbstring unzip

  • Restart Apache:

systemctl restart apache2

✅Step 4: Create a MySQL Database

  • Access MySQL:

mysql -u root -p

  • Run the following:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER ‘wpuser’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘your_password’;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO ‘wpuser’@’localhost’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

✅Step 5: Download and Configure WordPress

  • Go to your web directory:

cd /var/www/html

  • Remove default page:

rm index.html

  • Remove default page:

STEP 1: Download from https://wordpress.org/latest.zip
STEP 2: Unzip the file
STEP 3: Move contents of ‘wordpress/’ to your main folder
STEP 4: Delete ‘wordpress’ folder and latest.zip

  • Set permissions:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html

  • Rename config:

cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

  • Edit wp-config.php:

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’);
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘wpuser’);
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘your_password’);
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

✅Step 6: Complete Installation in Browser

  • Visit: http://yourdomain.com
  • Follow the on-screen wizard:
  • Site Title
  • Username & Password
  • Email
  • Click “Install WordPress”

You’ll be redirected to the WordPress Dashboard.

✅ Step 7: Choose & Customize a Theme

  • Go to Appearance > Themes
  • Click Add New, search for a theme (e.g., Astra, OceanWP)
  • Click Install > Activate
  • Customize via Appearance > Customize

✅Step 8: Install Essential Plugins

  • Go to Plugins > Add New
  • Recommended plugins:
  • Elementor – drag & drop page builder
  • Yoast SEO – optimize for search engines
  • UpdraftPlus – backup your site
  • WPForms – contact forms

✅ Step 9: Create Pages & Posts

  • Pages: Home, About, Contact, Services
  • Posts: For blogging
  • Go to:
  • Pages > Add New
  • Posts > Add New

Use block editor or Elementor to design.

✅Step 10: Set Homepage & Navigation

  • Go to Settings > Reading
  • Set a static homepage
  • Go to Appearance > Menus
  • Create a menu and add pages
  • Assign it to “Primary” location

✅ Step 11: Secure & Optimize

  • Install SSL (Let’s Encrypt or via your host)
  • Enable caching (via plugin like WP Super Cache)
  • Security plugins: Wordfence, iThemes Security

✅ Step 12: Go Live!

  • Double-check content
  • Test on desktop and mobile
  • Submit sitemap to Google Search Console

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