How to build a website with WordPress? An easy and simple guide to building a website.

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system with features that include a plugin architecture and a template system referred to as themes that can be used to create sites and blogs.

WordPress has everything you need to set up a basic website the core system includes posts and pages, media files, and links. WordPress includes a link directory, often referred to as the blogroll.

Know Step by step how to build a professional-looking website.

The great thing about it is that you don’t have to be a web developer or someone who knows coding to build a website.

the first step is choosing a domain name and hosting plan you can register a domain name on namecheap.com or GoDaddy.com, After choosing a hosting plan and submitting essential information log in to wordpres.com. WordPress is open-source so you don’t have to worry about paying.

After logging into WordPress set your logo, title, and tag line. Your WordPress dashboard will show the coming soon page.

The next step is to set up your website’s appearance. Click on appearance and then click on themes, we are going to add a new theme. There are a lot of free themes available on WordPress you can choose anyone. But Astra is the most popular WordPress theme so search for one that people use often which is Astra. Click on install, once it installs click on activate.

Also read: Steps to create WordPress Websites

Once it gets activated go back to your site, refresh the page and see how it looks. It will look a little better than before for sure.

Now it’s time to touch up the website. First, add different pages like blogs, contact us, about, services, etc.

The next step is to add plugins. Plugins are used to extend functionality or to add new functionality to your website. Click on a plugin, add a new plugin then search for Elementor page builder. Install and activate it. Click on customize to change the layout of your website.

Wpforms, Yoast SEO, Jetpack, and HubSpot are some popular plugins.

After setting up your website you can see three different options desktop, mobile, and tablet. If you click on mobile you will see how your website looks on mobile. This is one way to check if your website is dynamic.

Building a website with WordPress is easy but if you want to build a high-profile website with a lot of the latest functionality you can check out our crash courses on WordPress. Talk to our experts to know more.

About Author: Shivali Herkar is a content writer and social media marketing executive in 99webdesign & Ritesh Academy.