How to Make a WordPress Blog

Hi! Today I'll explain How to Make a WordPress Blog.
This post is part of WordPress series where I collect useful info about WorPress platform.


WordPress is the most popular and powerful blogging system. If you are serious about blogging this is the best tool for you. Here is the Step by Step guide about How to Make a WordPress Blog:

1. First thing you need to do is to pick a domain name for your blog. Your domain name should be simple, obvious and as short as possible. It's important to have domain name that is ease to remember. You should always try to get your domain name in .COM zone, .NET should be your second choice.

2. Choose your hosting provider. You should choose reliable hosting provider with 99% up time, good control panel and customer support. There are millions of hosting providers on the net, so to choose the right one is not an easy task. Fortunately on Wordpress.org there is a list of their trusted hosting providers, one of them is Bluehost. I always use Bluehost for my WordPress websites. They have WordPress Auto-Install feature and many others goodies, also their price is relatively low in comparison with other WordPress.org trusted hosting providers.



3. OK, now you can install WordPress on your site. In order to do this you need an access to your site through Shell or FTP, text editor (I use Notepad++), FTP client and web-browser. If you don't have technical background or you're just too lazy :) you can use Bluehost's cPanel for single-click WordPress installation:

4. If you choose another hosting provider then perform these steps:


a) Download the last version of WordPress and unzip it
b) Create MySQL Data base for WordPress engine on your web serve.

Usually you do it from your hosting provider's control panel (phpAdmin)
c) Rename wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php
d) Open wp-config.php in text editor (but not in Microsoft Word!),

use Notepad++, and fill following details for the data base you just created:

// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘dbnamehere’); // database name
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere’); // MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere’); // password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // usually you don't have to change this value
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); // database encoding, leave it as is
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ‘’);
// Change SECRET_KEY with some sentence in english, you don't need to remember it
define(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);

5. Put all WordPress files, including wp-config.php, in the correct folder on the server (to your root web folder)

6. Run the installation script http://YOUR_BLOG_NAME/wp-admin/install.php
Just write it in address bar of your browser and press "Enter"

That's it! You now have WordPress installed!
If you have any questions, please write them in the comments section.
Happy blogging!

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