how to start a food blog WordPress food blog tutorial hey guys Bryan with WP
Cupid blog in this video I'm gonna be showing you how to start a food blog
step by step whether you be a technology have no experience at blog starting or
even if you are pro this how to start a food blog WordPress food blog tutorial
for beginners will be perfect for you the great thing about this tutorial is
extremely easy to follow along with even if you have no experience in starting a
food blog by following this tutorial video you will have your WordPress food
blog set up in as little as 10 minutes at the end of this video you will have
your food WordPress blog successfully started I'm gonna be providing you with
a bunch of helpful resources that will help you in your food blogging journey
towards the end of the video so stay tuned the first step I'm gonna cover is
how to choose and register your own domain name for free tap a food blog you
have to have a domain name step two I'll be going over how to choose a hosting
provider to have a blog you have to have hosting step three is getting your food
blog setup for free with the most popular blogging software today the
blogging platform is WordPress if you want your blog to rank reach success etc
WordPress is the way to go if you don't have time to start your food blog right
this second be sure to bookmark this video so you
can come back to it later let's get started the first thing you
want to do is head on over to Bluehost via the link I provided in the
description if you already have it Bluehost is we will be giving a free
domain name and up to 63 percent off web hosting to have a successful blog you
have to have a domain name for people to find your blog and web hosting that
powers your food blog a little about Bluehost blew those powers over two
million websites worldwide and over 850 thousand blogs around the world they are
also recommended by WordPress themselves since 2005 they instantly install
WordPress for you which makes starting a food blog of that much easier
they provide 24/7 support via chat email and phone and they have a 30-day
money-back guarantee if for any reason you're unhappy you can cancel and get a
refund no questions asked within the first 30 days I do want to mention that
the link is an affiliate link and I'll receive a commission which helps support
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once you clicked a link you'll be at the Bluehost home page you'll see the get
started now button on the page click the button this is where you can select your
hosting plan you'll see three different options you'll see a basic plan + plan
and a prime plan I recommend going with the basic plan and then you can always
scale up whenever you'd like if you have more than one website then
you want to choose either the plus plan or prime plan I'm gonna choose the basic
plan for this tutorial as this is most common go ahead and hit the select
button on whichever plan you would like to use we are now brought to a domain
page where we can choose a domain name that we want completely free or if you
already have a domain name you'd enter it in over on the right for the new
domain you can select if you want to be a.com dotnet dot org etc dot-com is the
most popular domain extension so I'd recommend going with a.com if you can
I'm gonna type in a domain here and click the next button
you are now brought to a create your account page this is where you will
input your information we have first name last name the business name is
optional put your country address information in put a phone number and
lastly the best email for you as you'll get emailed a receipt of payment and a
copy of your login credentials etc below that you will see package information
you'll see account plan this is where you can select the term for your hosting
package you have 12 months 24 months 36 months and 60 months as you can see
you'll save money the longer you purchase your hosting for I'm gonna
select the 12 months package a setup fee is free the main registration is free
let's encrypt SSL is free this SSL feature is a free SSL certificate which
makes your site secure with the green bar and with the HTTPS domain privacy is
an add-on that I highly recommend it will prevent telemarketers and marketers
getting a hold of your personal contact information in bugging you with their
services the domain privacy will show Bluehost information for the site and
not yours site lock security find is security for your WordPress website and
protects it from hackers I don't select this as our really good
free alternatives you'll see code guard guard creates daily backups and allows
you to restore your site with a click of a button in case something happens there
are free alternatives that work just the same SEO tools start you can keep
unselected this add-on will submit your site to search engines and provide a
report on your site ranking in keyword rankings submitting your site to search
engines you can do for free this isn't necessary to have all these atoms are
completely optional and up to you to get as you can see you're saving a lot for
this hosting package blow that you'll input your payment information I'm not
going to fill this out for protection of personal information once your
information is filled in you want to select the I of read and agree to blue
OHS privacy policy in terms of service now click the submit button you are now
brought to a page where you will choose a password for your Bluehost account
click the create your password button and put the password you would like
click the I have read and agree to Bluehost privacy policy in terms and
conditions and click the next button you will now be directed to a
congratulations page click the blue login button to log in the Bluehost
Bluehost is also going to at this time email your dashboard login information
so the email address you provided you will now see pick your theme
Bluehost has a bunch of awesome free wordpress themes you can choose from you
can select the theme now if you want to or below the themes you can click skip
this step if you choose a theme now you can always change a theme you pick
without any problem at a later date I'll be going over this in more detail later
in the video once you choose your free theme or click skip this step you'll be
at the page here stating all done click the button that says start building to
start building your food blog on WordPress once you click that log in you
will be at the WordPress dashboard this is what the WordPress dashboard looks
like it'll ask you a few questions as you can see if you don't need help just
click that you don't need help option once you do that you will see this page
you will see blog post where you can add new blog post you will see where you can
add new pages to your blog if you want to change your navigation menus you can
do so easily and if you going to sell products on your site you
can install WooCommerce to do so on the far left you will see tabs hover over
them and get to learn them post is where you can add new post 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 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 the 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 and you see did your blog is themed for us this is the
theme forest homepage you can easily search for food blog wordpress via the
search bar it'll pull up a ton of food wordpress blog themes you can click
preview theme to see what they would look like live on the web here's a few
examples of food blog 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 theme forests 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 to log in to your
WordPress dashboard you can do so via the Bluehost cPanel or by typing in your
domain name with a slash WP dash admin here's an example it'll bring up this
page here just input your login credentials to be logged into WordPress
another great resource that is helpful and used by over 500,000 users is to
drag and drop editor called element or page builder element or page builder
makes starting and creating your WordPress food blog easy you can make
edits by dragging and dropping search element or 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 provide a link in the
description so you can check out and compare the features of the free and
paid versions another great resource to check out is fiber fiber is a great
place to get tasks done for just $5 it is helpful if you need a logo or
something done I provide the link in the description below and that is how to
start a food blog WordPress food blog tutorial for beginners if you have any
questions get in touch as I'm here to help you with anything you need
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