Building A WordPress Website
CMS (Content Management System)
Installing WordPress
Updated: February 25, 2022
By: RSH Web Editorial Staff
Softaculous is a auto installer with in cPanel. It installs WordPress with a few clicks. Login to your cPanel and, look for WordPress under the "Softaculous App Installer" section. You will see the WordPress icon there, Click on the "Install Now" button
Choose a Domain Name
Select the Domain you want to install to your WordPress Website on from the drop-down menu
In Directory
The default directory for WordPress is usually /wp. Leave this as is to install there. If you are installing in a different sub-folder of your site you can type the folder name here. This will make the website address look like the following:
https://domain-name.com/foldername
Admin Username
Enter a username for your WordPress Dashboard Login
Admin Password
Enter a good password you want for your WordPress Login
Admin email
Enter a valid email here. Make sure to use your current email address, this is not the place to make a new email address
Once you finish the install process, you can access your new WordPress Dashboard by going to "https://YourDomain.com/wp-admin"
As soon as you create a WordPress blog, you already have a theme active. This is either the default WordPress theme or the theme that you have chosen during the Setup Wizard
To find free themes, the best place to search is the official WordPress.org theme directory
Another good option is Just Free Themes for a more curated approach
Or you can do a search on Google or Bing for free WordPress themes
Once you have found a theme WordPress makes it easy to add that theme to your site
Hover over Appearance Then select Themes Click the Add New button
If you want to use a free theme at WordPress.org, search for the theme by name and click Install
If you purchased a premium theme, click the Upload Theme button and upload the ZIP file you should have received when you purchased the theme. After installing your theme, make sure to click the Activate button to make it active on your site.
To further customize your theme, you can use something called the WordPress Customizer. This interface lets you make certain tweaks to your theme without needing to know code
You can access it by going to Appearance > Customize
Depending on the theme that you chose, you may have a different set of options in the left sidebar. But in general, you can:
Make changes by using the options on the left, See a real-time preview on the website preview on the right, Make your changes live by clicking Save > Publish
While themes are mostly about the layout and appearances. Plugins are more focused on helping you add functionality to your blog
When you first create a WordPress blog, you pretty much only have the ability to write blog posts and create pages
Plugins are what allow you to add more advanced functionality
There are over 50,000 free and paid plugins available on the Internet today. Choose your plugins on the basis of how important they are. Paid plugins are not necessarily the best
While there are plenty of niche plugins that are only good for specific uses, there are some that all sites, including blogs, can benefit from. Here are some of our suggestions:
• Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights
• WP Super Cache
• Yoast SEO
• Wordfence Security
• Jetpack by WordPress.com
• Social Media Share Buttons and Analytics
• WPForms
• Optimole
• Best Plugins
• Optimization Plugins
• Multilingual Plugins
Go to "Plugins" > "Add New"
If you chose a free plugin search for the plugin by name and click "Install Now". If you purchased a premium plugin, click the Upload Plugin button and upload the ZIP file you should have received when you purchased the plugin
Make sure to Activate the plugin after installing it
You can always manage your existing plugins by going to the "Plugins" tab
To add a new Page, hover your cursor over the Pages menu option in the left-hand navigation menu and in the fly-out menu, click the Add New link. Alternatively, click the Pages menu option and then click the Add New link underneath, or the Add New button at the top of the page
Below are the details of the fields on editor page of the Add New Page
"Title" It is used to write the title of the article, which is later displayed on the page
"Permalink" Shows the potential URL for the page below the title. The URL generates as per the given title
"WYSIWYG" Editor It is a WYSIWYG Editor, which is similar to a word processor interface where you can edit the contents of the article
"Bold Button" Used to bold your font
"Italic" Used to italicize the font
"Word Strike" Strikes through the content
"Bullet List" Adds bullets to content
"Number List" Adds numbers to the list of the content
"Blockquote" Quotes the text
"Horizontal Line" Creates a horizontal line between sentences
"Left Align" Sets the content on the left side of the page
"Right Align" Sets the content to the right side of the page
"Justify" Justifies the content of the page
"Add Link" Adds a link to your content. When you click on this button, the following page gets displayed
The following are the fields present in the Insert/edit link
"URL" Enter URL you want to link
"Link text" Insert text you want to enter into the link
"Open link in a new window/tab" Open your link page into the new tab or window. Check the box as required
"Link to existing account" Links to an existing content page by selecting the page from the given list. When you click on existing page then you get a link created in the URL section
"Remove Link" Deletes the particular link added for text or content
"Read more tag" Adds Read More tag to your page
"Toolbar toggle" Clicking on this you get another list of toolbar as shown in the following image
"Paragraph" Selects the headings as required for the text from the dropdown
"Underline" Underlines the sentences
"Justify" Justifies your content
"Text Color" Sets color for words or sentences
"Paste as Text" Pastes your text
"Clear Formatting" Deletes selected content
"Special character" Inserts special characters needed in your content
"Increase Indent" Increases the indent of the page
"Decrease Indent" Decreases the indent of the page
"Undo" Reverses the most recent editing command
"Redo" Opposite of undo, restores the most recent editing command
Hover over "Posts" Click "Add New"
This will launch the WordPress Editor, which lets you write your blog posts using a really intuitive block system.
To add text, you just click and type. For other content like an image or an embedded YouTube video, you can add new “blocks"
For a more complete online Tutural see WP Beginner
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Lilia Trauger
Thank you so much for sharing such an awesome blog
Robin Holt
Great article
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