Siteground WordPress Tutorial Hey guys, Bryan with WP Cupid Blog and in
this video I'm going to be going over a complete Siteground WordPress Tutorial.
In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how to set up, install and start and create a
WordPress site with Siteground.
WordPress and Siteground work great together.
Starting a WordPress site with Siteground is now easier than ever.
By the end of this video, you will have a complete understanding of Siteground and WordPress.
This is an easy to follow Siteground WordPress Tutorial.
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Let's get started with the steps on how to set up, install, and start a WordPress site
with Siteground.
I'll be going over 4 different steps.
Step 1 is how to sign up for an account with Siteground.
Step 2 is choosing a hosting plan where you get up to 60% off Siteground hosting, step
3 is registering a domain name, step 4 is installing and setting up WordPress on Siteground,
and then I'll be going over WordPress so you can get familiar with the basics.
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A little about Siteground.
Siteground currently powers over 1,000,000 domains worldwide, they provide 24/7 technical
support, they provide a 30-day money back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee, free daily
backups of your site, and they provide free SSL Certificates with all their hosting plans.
Setting up WordPress on Siteground only takes a few clicks of a button.
If you haven't already, feel free to click the Siteground link in the description to
walk through the steps with me to start and create a site on Siteground.
Let's get started.
After you click the link you will be at the Siteground web hosting page.
This is where you can select your hosting plan.
You will see three different plans.
A startup plan, grow big plan, and a go geek plan.
The most popular plan is the grow big plan.
This plan is good if you plan on having more than one website.
This plan also comes with premium features which consists of a free site transfer, priority
technical support, super cacher for faster site speed, and free backup restores.
The startup plan is a great choice to if you plan on just having one website.
You can always scale up to another plan anytime.
If you hover over all essential features you can see everything the plan includes.
For the grow big plan or go geek plan hover over the premium features and you can see
what that includes.
If you scroll down a bit you can get more information on each plan as you can see here.
Once you know the plan that you want.
Click the orange get started button at the top of the page or the green or blue get this
plan button.
You will now be on the choose a domain page.
If you need to register a new domain name just enter the domain that you would like
to have.
Once you type in your domain it'll let you know if it is available or not.
If you already own a domain name select you already own a domain name option and enter
in your domain name.
Once you are done click the proceed button.
The next step is to put in your account information.
Put in the best email address for you and the password you want to have for your Siteground
account.
Next put in your information for the client information.
Put in your country, first and last name, company name is optional, state/providence,
city, street address, zip code, and phone number.
Next, put in your payment information.
Next, you will see purchase information.
If for any reason you need to change the plan click the square box to change your plan.
You will see data center by default it will choose the data center closes to you click
the gray box with arrows to see the other data centers and change if you need to.
Next, you will see period.
Click this to choose how long you want to purchase your Siteground hosting plan for.
I recommend going with at least the 12 month option so you can avoid the setup fee and
save some money by doing so.
Next, extra services.
If you already own your domain name two of the options regarding the domain name will
not show up.
If you registered your domain name with Siteground you will see the domain registration fee.
Domain Privacy I highly recommend as this will keep your personal contact information
safe so that your personal information is not out for everyone to get access too.
By choosing this your information will show Sitegrounds information instead of yours.
Without domain privacy more than likely you will get a good bit of telemarketers and marketers
bugging you trying to sell all their services to you.
Next, SG Site Scanner.
This plugin will scan your site daily to see if there is any malware on your site or if
you've been hacked.
It'll let you know if this happens.
All of these extra services options are completely optional and you can always get one at a later
date if you decide too.
Next, agree to the terms and conditions.
Select if you want Sitreground news and special offers sent to your email address and click
the pay now button.
You have successfully purchased Siteground hosting.
Siteground will email you a copy of your receipt.
If you did register your domain name with Siteground you will get a confirmation email
that you'll need to confirm for the new domain your registered.
Now we need to install and setup WordPress on Siteground.
Now, just log in to your Siteground dashboard.
You can do so by clicking login at the top on the Siteground website.
Once you are logged in this is what the Siteground dashboard looks like.
Click my account.
You'll see a go to Cpanel button.
Click this.
Click proceed.
This is what the Siteground Cpanel looks like.
You will see autoinstallers.
You'll see WordPress.
This is where we will be installing WordPress.
First, let's install the free SSL Certificate to make your site secure.
Scroll down to the security section and click on Let's Encrypt.
Click this.
You will see it says you have no Let's Encrypt certificates installed on your account.
Select your domain and click install.
Once you install the free SSL Certificate you don't need to do anything else.
It will automatically renew.
Now go back to the Siteground Cpanel like you see here.
You will see autoinstallers.
You'll see WordPress.
Click WordPress.
Next, find the install now link.
Click this.
You'll see http.
Click this and change to https.
Now choose the domain name that you selected for your website.
The directory keep blank.
You don't want anything put in here.
Now put in your site name.
Put in a site description.
My blog is dedicated to WordPress.
So my description is WordPress Tutorial & Resource Site.
Next, ignore the enable multisite.
Unless you are implementing that.
Now put in your admin username, password, and the admin email address.
This is the information to log into WordPress.
Select your language.
Next, select if you want limit login attemps.
This will limit the amount of time a wrong password or username is entered in to protect
you from hackers.
Next, you can select contact forms by WP-Forms.
This makes it easy for you to add contact forms to your site.
Next, choose a Theme.
I'd just keep this to none.
I'll be going over this here shortly.
I wouldn't mess with advanced options unless you are experienced with the things listed
under that.
Click install.
WordPress will now begin installing on your Siteground account.
Give it just a few minutes.
Once it is done installing.
It will list out your WordPress admin URL.
Click this to go to your WordPress login page.
I would bookmark this link so you can easily access it making logging in a quick process
for you.
To log in to WordPress the easiest way for the future is type in your domain name with
a slash wp-admin just like you see here.
This brings up the WordPress login URL.
Now enter the WordPress username and password you picked out.
You'll now be in the WordPress dashboard.
On the far left, you will see tabs.
Hover over them and get to learn them.
Posts is where you can add new posts.
Pages is where you can add new pages.
The media tab is where your images will show that you upload to your blog.
Comments is where you can view comments people leave on your blog.
Plugins is where you can install plugins for your blog.
Almost any customization or feature that you would want more than likely there is a plugin
already made for it.
Appearance is where you can pick out a Theme or change the look of your theme or change
your theme to another one or a Premium theme.
Select Themes when you hover over appearance.
It will showcase free WordPress themes that you can choose from.
If you select most popular, it will show you the most popular free WordPress themes.
Hover over a Theme and click install and then click activate to make the Theme your WordPress
theme.
You should also see add new theme on this page.
This is where you can add a new theme if you got it from another site or it is a Premium
Theme.
A great resource I have used for several years and recommend for professional WordPress themes
that look like an award-winning design agency did your blog is Mojo Marketplace.
This is the Mojo Marketplace home page.
You can easily browse WordPress premium themes.
You can easily search for your industry with WordPress after it to search Premium WordPress
themes.
You can click a theme and you can preview the theme to see what the theme would look
like live on the web.
Here's a few examples of Premium WordPress themes that are already pre-made for you to
input your information or change however you'd like.
You'll see they look really good.
Click the link in the description below to check out Mojo Marketplace.
In the top left of your WordPress dashboard, you will see welcome here or your site title
towards the top of the page.
Click this to view your site.
Another great resource that is helpful and used by over 500,000 users is the drag and
drop editor called Elementor page builder.
Elementor page builder makes starting and creating your WordPress site easy.
You can make edits by dragging and dropping.
Search elementor page builder on the plugins page and install and activate it if you'd
like to try it out.
Elementor has a free and paid version.
I've provided a link in the description so you can checkout and compare the features
of the free and paid versions.
Fiverr is another great resource that you can use to get tasks done for just $5.
Fiverr is a great place to go to for almost any task and is popular for logo's when first
starting out.
I've provided a link in the description.
And that is our Siteground WordPress Tutorial.
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