how to build a WordPress website with SiteGround. SiteGround
tutorial hey guys bryan with WP Cupid Blog and in this video i'm going to be
showing you how to build a wordpress website on siteground building a
wordpress website on SiteGround is now easier than ever by the end of this
video you will know how to build and create a WordPress website on siteground
this is an easy-to-follow SiteGround tutorial I'll be providing you with a
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started with the steps on how to build a WordPress website on SiteGround I'll be
going over 4 different steps step one is how to sign up for an account with
SiteGround step 2 is choosing a hosting plan where you can get up to 60% off
site ground hosting step 3 is registering a domain name
step 4 is installing and setting up WordPress on site ground and then I'll
be going over WordPress so you can get familiar with the basics to get your
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which helps support this channel and helps us put out WordPress tutorial
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 build and create a web site
on site ground let's get started after you click the link you'll be at the site
ground web hosting page this is where you can select your hosting plan you
will 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
consists of a free site transfer priority technical support super cash or
for faster site speed and free backup/restore x' the startup plan is a
great choice too 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 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 plant 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 give
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 it in the best email
address for you and the password you want to have for your site crown account
next put in your information for the client information put in your country
first and last name company name is optional state or providence city street
address zip code and phone number next put in your payment information next
you'll 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 strike 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 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 the main 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 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 this 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 ground 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 setup 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're 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'll 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 certs if it gets 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 to find the Install Now link click this you'll see HTTP
click this and change to HTTPS now choose a 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 and resource site next ignore
the enable multi-site unless you are implementing that now put in your admin
username 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 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 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 Brown 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 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's 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 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 site is theme forest this is a 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 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 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
element or page builder element or 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 has a free in paid version I provided 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 build a WordPress website on SiteGround
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