{"id":659,"date":"2020-06-04T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T05:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=659"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:09:39","slug":"7-steps-to-kick-start-your-wordpress-journey","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/7-steps-to-kick-start-your-wordpress-journey","title":{"rendered":"7 Steps to Kick Start Your WordPress Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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7 Steps to Kick Start Your WordPress Journey<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Step 1 : Update Your WordPress Setting<\/h2>\n

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Change The Title, Tagline and reading Setting.<\/h3>\n

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The title and tagline will reflect how your website showing to your visitors on their browser. It\u2019s good to change this to reflect the actual goal of your website to help the SEO<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To change these, go to your\u00a0Settings<\/em>\u00a0in your dashboard and choose\u00a0General<\/em>. Change both your site title and tagline to something that relates to your site.<\/p>\n

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Change the Premalink Structure<\/h3>\n

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Unfortunately, the default permalink structure \u2014 the URL structure that tacked on the end of your site name \u2014 of WordPress is not very Google friendly. As that is the case, you should be sure to alter this to something else.<\/p>\n

Go back to\u00a0Settings<\/em>\u00a0and then select\u00a0Permalink<\/em>\u00a0from the menu. There you will find a few different choices for setting a new structure. The best ones to use are either the\u00a0Day and Name<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0Post Name<\/em>\u00a0(good for SEO) options.<\/p>\n

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Configure the Reading Settings<\/h3>\n

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While in the Settings area of your dashboard, you should also configure the Reading settings. Here you can set what your front page display will be.<\/p>\n

This part is great if you want to have a custom homepage to display your services and have a separate page to display all your blog posts.<\/p>\n

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Navigate over to the Reading option in the menu and decide if you want your front page to show your latest posts or if you want to use a static page. Make your choice and then save your changes. You can always change this one later, so don\u2019t feel too pressured.<\/p>\n

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Step 2 : Secure Your WordPress Installation<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

The default installation of WordPress leaves a couple of security setting that potentially would make your WordPress website vulnerable to attack. It\u2019s highly recommended to get these items secured for your on-going WordPress usage.<\/p>\n

With the WordPress Toolkit built into your WordPress control panel, you can easily get this done with just a few simple mouse click.<\/p>\n

Find the tiny \u201cCheck Security\u201d button just right beside the \u201cLogin in\u201d button in your WordPress control panel.<\/p>\n

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A small window popup will show. Carefully go through each of the options and make a tick on the checkbox and hit the Save once you are ready to go.<\/p>\n

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Step 3 : Activate Your FREE SSL (HTTPS) For Your WordPress Website<\/h2>\n

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With the latest Chrome browser marking HTTP websites as \u201cNot Secure\u201d, HTTPS has become one of the important criteria for each of the websites running on the Internet.<\/p>\n

Each of the WordPress Hosting plans provide Unlimited FREE SSL Certificate bundle with our WordPress hosting powered by Let\u2019s Encrypt.\u00a0Enable SSL for your WordPress hosting\u00a0would simply just a few clicks away.<\/p>\n

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Step 4 : Activate Jetpack For Your WordPress Website<\/h2>\n

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There\u2019s total of\u00a055,000+ of WordPress plugins\u00a0available from WordPress plugin repository (growing each day as WordPress community continue to contribute new plugins each day) and Jetpack gives you the 44 most important plugins that you would need for your WordPress website.<\/p>\n

With the WordPress subscription you have subscribed with WPWebHost, Jetpack comes pre-built into your WordPress installation and there are\u00a0few steps needed\u00a0to be done completed to enjoy the full fledge of Jetpack that can help you build a better WordPress website (depending on which plan you have subscribed).<\/p>\n

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Step 5 : Setup Your Email Account<\/h2>\n

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Your WordPress hosting subscription provides you a standard email access that allows you to send\/receive emails using your blog\u2019s domain. Sending email with your own domain gives you a better personal branding vs when you use other free email services.<\/p>\n

Setting up your email account will just require few simple easy steps to login to your control panel dashboard.<\/p>\n

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Step 6 : Turn on Search Engine Index and Caching<\/h2>\n

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Enabling indexing will allow search engine such as Google to crawl your website for content you have generated. The default WordPress installation does not have this turn on. You can easily get this done with just a few mouse clicks.<\/p>\n

Enabling additional caching for your website will further speed up the loading of your WordPress website. With a better loading speed, your website loads faster and provide a better browsing experience for your readers.<\/p>\n

To enable search engine indexing for your WordPress website, click on the \u201cMy CMS\u201d link (as \u201cStep 2\u201d above). On the next page that shows up, toggle the button on \u201cSearch engine indexing\u201d and \u201cCaching (nginx)\u201d to have it turn on for your WordPress website.<\/p>\n

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Step 7 : Turn on Automatic Updates For Your WordPress<\/h2>\n

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The automatic updates of WordPress are recommended to turn on for your website. Enabling automatic update will allow auto-patching your WordPress installation including the core, plugins, and themes to the latest release. You can easily get this\u00a0configured\u00a0for your WordPress installation without the need to login to check this manually every day.<\/p>\n

This 7 simple step covers the basic you will be needed to begin your WordPress journey. We also have other\u00a0extensive tips and guides\u00a0available for you to explore on your WordPress hosting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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