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Today there are numerous website platforms that you can use when it comes to building a new website. Whether it is a blogging site or business website creating a website on WordPress is easy to set-up platform. It is a perfect drag and drop builder which is less-complicated and time-efficient. You don’t need to have advance tech skills or special training to launch your website. According to stats, WordPress is used more than 35% of all the websites on the Internet.

Here are a few details that make WordPress powerful:

• It’s an open-source
• It is free
• It is secure
• It’s SEO friendly, that makes promotion easier
• Variety of plugins

So, you have decided to build your website and choose WordPress as your platform, now what?

Here is the first step to getting your website started:

1) Choose and buy a domain name

Getting a domain name is one of the important parts before you can begin building your website. Even if you hired a web design company, they will also tell you to buy a domain name. This is the name, how your audience will find you out this is what they type into their browser to get to your website. So, it is better to construct your website name around the name of your organization or a word that is associated with your niche.

2) Hosting Service Company

Once you are done with the domain name, book your hosting as without this you won’t be able to display your website on the Worldwide Web. If you are launching a new blog or portfolio website with minimal content text/ visual, you can opt for the basic hosting. However, if your website will contain a lot of content and going to attract visitors you will need a powerful hosting. Also, most of the hosting service provides support in case your website is down or develops a problem. Choose an option that fits your budget and needs, you can upgrade in later.

3) Installation of WordPress

Many hosting providers will provide support and get your WordPress installation without any cost. In case you are trying to do on your own her is the basic instruction:

• Download and Unzip the WordPress package,
• Create a database for your WordPress on your web server as well as a MySQL,
• Rename the wp-config.php and add your database information,
• Upload the files to the desired location on your web-browser,
• Run the WordPress script by accessing the URL on the browser.
  
  

Here are the complete detail instructions for installation and setup: How to install WordPress

4) Customize theme

Here comes the fun part, you are now ready to set your site with color choices, font styles and elements to make your website beautiful and unique. Head to Appearance > Themes section within your dashboard, you can see your currently active theme, here you can search and select other options. Also, you can choose hundreds of themes that are available for free on the Internet. Once you have selected the theme, download the files to your computer. This can be installed by using the upload theme link on the Appearance page with choosing the file from your folder. Changing your theme is not a one-step process to make sure of a few things before getting started,

• Make a backup of your site
• Ensure that you have noted the recent changes made
• Check whether all elements are working properly in the new theme

5) Optimize your website

Create a search-friendly URL for your web page. Install the plugin like Yoast SEO or similar, so that whenever you create a new page or post you can insert keywords in your meta title and description to make your page more visible in search engines. Install google analytics and it will allow you to track the traffic of your website.