Hey guys, Bryan here with WP Cupid Blog and today I'm going to be showing you how to setup
WordPress on Bluehost step by step.
Whether you want to start a blog or a website this quick and easy step by step guide will
be perfect for you to follow along and should take you a little less than 10 minutes.
I provided the link to Bluehost below in the description.
Click the link to start to setup WordPress on Bluehost.
The link I provided you will get a discount on your hosting.
Along with the discount, you will get a free domain name.
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Let's get started.
Step number one is signing up for Bluehost.
If you haven't already click the link in the description to start setting up WordPress
on Bluehost.
Once you click the link you will be at this page that you see here.
You want to click the green get started now button.
Once you click the button you will now be on a page that looks like this.
This is where you will select your plan.
You will see three different plans.
A Basic, Plus, and Prime plan.
The basic plan is a great plan and is the cheapest plan that Bluehost currently offers.
With the Basic plan you can have one website, 5 email accounts, and are limited on email
storage.
If you need unlimited email accounts, unlimited email storage or have more than one website
I recommend you go with the Plus plan.
Once you decide on the plan you would like to go with click the green select button.
I'm going to select the basic plan for this tutorial.
You will now be on a page that looks like this.
This is where you will choose your domain name.
If you already have your domain name you would enter it in over on the right hand box.
The domain name is free by using our exclusive Bluehost link in the description.
Once you have your domain name entered click the blue next button.
You will now be on a page that looks like this.
You want to enter your account information like first name, last name, business name
is optional.
Put in your country address information in, your phone number, and lastly the email address
in which is where your login credentials and receipt will be emailed too.
Scroll down to the Package information.
Select how many months you want to purchase your hosting for.
As you can see it's cheaper the further out you purchase the hosting for.
Site backup pro, search engine jumpstart, and sitelock security you can unselect these
to save some money.
There are free alternatives and not neccessary to have.
Choice is up to you though.
Once you have it all filled out you will see how much money you are saving and the total
cost.
Next, you want to enter your payment information in.
Click the I have gread and agree to Bluehost's Terms of Service.
Click the green submit button.
Bluehost has a 30 day money back guarantee so within 30 days if you aren't happy with
your hosting you can cancel.
You will now be on a choose a password for your account.
Click the green create your password button.
You will now see this is where you will input your password credentials that you would like.
Make sure you click the I have read and agree to Bluehost's Privacy Policy and Terms of
Service.
Click the blue next button.
You will now see a congratulations page where you want to click the blue login button.
Next, you will see a page where you can pick a free theme to use for your WordPress website.
You can always change this later if you would like.
Next, you will see a page where you can start building your WordPress site or you can go
to your Bluehost account dashboard.
If you click the blue get started building your WordPress site you will now see a page
that looks like this.
Click the type of site or you can skip this altogether if you don't need help.
You are now in your WordPress dashboard.
It will look something like this.
You can access your site via WordPress by typing in your domain name in the top search
address bar with a slash wp-admin.
Like you see here.
You will now be on a login page that looks like this.
Enter your credentials to be logged into WordPress.
When you are in WordPress over on the left you will see a menu of things you can click
on.
Up at the top you will see the name of your site or welcome.
click that or hover over it to view your demo site.
If you click the Bluehost tab over in the left menu you will see a page like this.
You can launch your site, add new posts, pages, etc from this page.
If you need help building your site there are hundreds of Premium WordPress themes that
you can purchase that makes your site look professional and makes it easy to design and
get your site looking how you want it too.
You can visit Themeforest.
This is what the Themeforest site looks like here.
In the menu hover over WordPress and you will see different industries you can browse of
WordPress themes.
I highly recommend you check out this awesome site.
You might find a perfect theme that fits your needs.
I provided the link below in the description.
One last site that will help you build your WordPress site if you have trouble with something
even if it's one thing is the Freelancer site called Freelancer.
You can post your task or project for free and you will get freelancers all over bidding
on your project.
You can message, interview, and pick the freelancer you want.
I provided a link in the description below.
By using the link I provided you will get $20 for free to use towards hiring a freelancer.
I recommend you check the site out.
You might find it helpful.
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