HOW TO BUILD A BLOG ON BLUEHOST; WITH WORDPRESS STEP BY STEP

 BUILD YOUR BLOG TODAY SPET BY STEP;

Are you looking at how to build a blog starting from Bluehost with WordPress? Then follow all the listed steps carefully and create the blog of your dream. 

And also congratulations to you who need to start a blog, it is a good start on online business and also for the future of online marketing that is because a successful running blog online can make you money through Google Adsense. 

To come up with an elegant blog you need to the following steps.

The first thing you need to know and consider is that your blog needs to live online just like all other businesses that have their live location and address then your blog needs a place to live, And simple that place is online and for it to be public on online networks you need a domain and hosting. 

Now that's where we come on Bluehost the best and most recommended hosting company for bloggers, e-commerce sites, and all legal small businesses running online. 

Now to get started visit the Bluehost homepage, and click on the start building your site button. Once you have clicked the button you will need to choose your hosting package, Bluehost has three hosting plans the basic package which is the most recommended plan and is perfect for blogs and personal websites, another one is the pro package which this plan is perfect for big online business websites and online stores, then the last one is the online store package where now this one works perfectly for online stores with product shipping.

Please note you might see a difference in the names of the hosting plans on this article and others this is because this is the latest article and Bluehost does regular updates for the convenience and good of its customers and users.

Now let's continue, after you have selected your best-hosting package, Bluehost will prompt you on to a panel to set up your domain. On Bluehost there are several domains that you can freely choose like .com, .net, .tech, .space, .club, .website, .online, .info, .org, .biz, .co, .site, & .us

In this step, you can create a new domain or you can use an existing domain and note that the domain name you will choose will be your blog site's address like (yourdomainname.com) so you need to choose your domain name wisely a short and precise domain name is always the best.

The next step after you have created your blogsite brand domain name you will be required to fill in your account information it's just simple personal details

After you have filled in all the required information correctly, scroll down below to the package extras on the same page. The package extras give you the option to tick on any extra services like domain privacy protection, Bluehost SEO tools, and others which all are very much important as far as running and ranking of your site are concerned though you can untick any extra service that you do not require at the current moment.

Then the next step after you have finished on the package extras, scroll down to make your payments and the good thing is that you can pay through credit card or through PayPal.

Now after you have filled in the payment information, scroll down to click on the submit button, now that you have submitted your information you can then install WordPress.

To install WordPress just requires one click of a button though it may seem to be complicated. You will need to go to the Bluehost cPanel and find a place called MOJO MARKET PLACE then select, One-Click Installs and then click on the WordPress Icon.

Now that you have selected WordPress click on the install button, then your installation alternatives will appear on the next page.

Choose a place to install your WordPress, Here you will be required to choose/select which domain you would like to use on WordPress in our case select the domain we have just purchased/selected on our previous steps above.

Advanced Options, This section allows you to create your login credentials on WordPress, here you will set up a username and password. Also under this section, you will need to ensure that the box for automatically creating a new database for this installation is selected, unless maybe you have another database that you will use.

Then indicate that you have read and understood the terms and conditions.

After all that click the install, then your WordPress will be installed successfully, now you will need to log into your WordPress and start building your blog.

To login to your WordPress click on a new browser and enter your domain name in this format so as to login (yourdomainname.net/wp-admin)

Put in your username and password to log in to WordPress. After login in go to your WordPress dashboard, and install several plugins and a theme to ensure that you create a well professional blog site.

Now here you are on the WordPress dashboard, and you can start by creating pages like home page, posts page, contact page. then you can hover over to posts and start creating your blog posts. 

Also here you can choose to build your blog from scratch or you can use ready website/blog site templates to build your site where you will just need to customize the template you have chosen. Under the template, you can add or content depending on your site needs.

Let me share with you some of the few plugins and themes you need to install onto your WordPress so that you build your site with ease.

You will need to install a plugin called Elementor, which this plugin is a page builder and will help you to drag and drop elements and enhance you to build your website fast and easily, another plugin that you will need is Yoast SEO, where this plugin helps you for search engine o[timization and your site will need this for ranking high on google search. 

Again there is a Plugin called Akismet Anti-Spam, and now this plugin will block all spam messages/comments sent on your blog site. There is also a plugin known as WP Super Cache, and this plugin helps with the loading speed of your blog site and this will create a convenient environment for your visitors because a slow loading page is boring to your site visitors. 

Then for communication and get in touch messages you will need to install a plugin by the name contact form 7, as the name suggests that plugin is to enable your readers to contact you. There are other plugins that you can still do research on and install on your WordPress blog, the ones I have given are the main but it's good to check on others. 

After you have installed your plugins, now you will need to install a theme that will give an elegant and professional look on your blog site. You can get the themes under the appearance section on your dashboard and there are so many themes that you can install but I will suggest you install the Astra theme. Under the theme, section click on add new then search for Astra theme on the search then click it and install. 

Astra theme is one of the best themes that are being used by most WordPress developers. Now for you to get the excellent templates where you will just need to customize and set up your blog site. Yow will need to install a plugin called Astra starter sites, to install go to plugins click and new and search for Astra starter site then click it to install. To start using it after installation choose to use it with Elementor page builder because it's the plugin we have installed to build our blog site. Now take your time a make an awesome blog site.

All the best if you have not yet started click here to start building your site on Bluehost on WordPress.