How to start WordPress blog?

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Do you want to begin your own blog on WordPress? If yes, this is the perfect place where you will find easy steps to start wordpress blog and no technical knowledge is required in the process. Anyone could start a wordpress blog with these easy steps. So let’s go!

First blog on wordpress…what it requires?

To begin with the blog on wordpress, three things are required primarily:

  • Idea of domain name
  • An account of web hosting
  • 30 minutes of uninterrupted attention

That’s all!!! Just 30 minutes and you can start your very own wordpress blog. Go through the steps and you will find the way to go.

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Setup:

WordPress is the most reliable platform for starting a blog. So do not make the mistake of selecting wrong platform for blogging. This is the platform that could be used free and you can customize the site, install plugins etc. without any cost.

First of all, web hosting and domain name will be required. Domain name is the address on internet of your site. The platform where the site lives is known as web hosting. On internet, it is the house of the site. So you need to purchase the hosting and domain name of your choice from the reliable sources. This will provide you with the details that could be used to login to the cPanel of web hosting. This is the place where wordpress is installed and all the other things are managed.

Install wordpress:

This serves as the next step of the process. You need to install wordpress to get started. You can find guide to install wordpress here.

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WordPress theme selection:

Themes are the section by which blog’s visual appearance is controlled. For the purpose of customizing the look of site, this section is used in wordpress. It solely depends on your choice as how you want your blog to appear. For the purpose, you can select any of the desired themes from the option of thousands of available themes. Some themes are free while some are paid as well. After selecting a particular theme, it could also be changed from the section of Appearance->Themes->Add New.

This will take you to the screen where thousands of free themes will appear. You can select the desired theme, just install it. Once installed, you need to Activate the theme. After installation, visit the Appearance section, go to customize and start customizing your theme.

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Start the first blog on wordpress:

Now you can start with your first blog. Just visit the dashboard and click Posts->Add New.

You will get the place where the blog could be written. Once done, you can click on Publish and your blog will be published!!!

Just like themes, you can also make use of plugins for customizing the blog in the way you want. Both free and paid plugins are available.

So this is how you can start your very own wordpress blog without any hassle. Just follow the steps and without getting into technical hassle, start your blog on wordpress.