SiteGround wordpress install tutorial how to install wordpress on siteground
hey guys bryan with WP cupid blog and in this video i'm going to be showing you how
to install wordpress on siteground installing wordpress on siteground is
now easier than ever by the end of this video you will know how to install
wordpress on site ground this is an easy to follow siteground wordpress install
tutorial I'll be providing you with a siteground hosting discount of up to
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new WordPress tutorial videos let's get started with the steps on how to install
WordPress on siteground I'll be going over four different steps step one is
how to sign up for an account with siteground
step two 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 to get your
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videos on a regular basis a little about siteground siteground currently powers
over 1 million 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 setup WordPress on site
ground let's get started after you click the link you'll be at the siteground
web hosting page this is where you can select your hosting plan you'll see
three different plans a startup plan grow big plan in a go geek plan the most
popular plan is to grow big plan this plan is good if you plan on having more
than one website this plan also comes with premium features which consist of a
free site transfer priority technical support super capture for faster site
speed and free backup restore the startup plan is a great choice to you 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 plant or go geek plant 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 only
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 in the password you want
to have for your site brown account next put in your information for the client
information put in your country first and last name the company name is
optional state or 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 closest 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 site ground hosting plan for I recommend going with at least a
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 own domain name two of the
options regarding the domain name will not show up if you registered your
domain name with sight ground 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 to
by choosing this your information will show site grounds 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
a 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 happens all these extra services options
are completely optional and you can always get one at a later date if you
decide to next agree to the terms and conditions select if you want SiteGround
news and special offers sent to your email address and click the Pay Now
button you've successfully purchased SiteGround hosting site brown 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 you registered now we need to
install and set up WordPress on SiteGround now just log in to your site
ground dashboard you can do so by clicking login at the top on the site
ground website once you are logged in this is what the site ground dashboard
looks like click my account you'll see a go to cPanel button click this click
proceed this is what the site ground cPanel looks like you will see auto
installers 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 site ground
cPanel like you see here you will see auto installers you'll see WordPress
click WordPress next find the install WordPress link click this you'll see
HTTP click this and change to HTTPS now choose anime 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 for example is WordPress tutorial in resource site
next ignore the enable multi-site unless you are implementing that now put in
your admin username a password in the admin email address this is the
information to log into WordPress select your language
next select if you want limit login attempts this will limit the amount of
time a wrong password or username 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 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 site ground 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 links you can
easily access it by making logging in a quick process for you to log into
WordPress the easiest way for the future is typing your domain name with a slash
WP dash 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 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 plug-ins for your blog almost any
customization or feature that you would want more than likely there is a plug-in
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 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 is a premium theme a great resource I abused for several
years and recommend for professional WordPress themes that look like an award
winning design agency did your blog is themed forest this is the theme forest
homepage in the drop down where it says WordPress you can click on popular items
to check out the most popular premium WordPress 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 click preview theme to see what the theme
would look like 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 theme forest 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
elementary page builder elementary page builder makes starting and creating your
wordpress site 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 as 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 and that is how to install wordpress on SiteGround I hope you
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