While talking about WordPress, do you think of developing a website without coding? Yes, you’re right. WordPress is a free and open-source platform to frame great ideas on the internet with zero coding knowledge. Making it easier, we call it a content management system i.e. a platform where you can edit and create content on the provided theme.
Are you a beginner? If you are willing to start your own WordPress website, then this blog is for you.
Here’s how we begin,
Before beginning the basic use of WordPress, this blog will clarify your doubts about the themes, plugins, and their uses in WordPress.
Installation is the first step that you should know.
WordPress Installation:
Start with installing Bitnami WordPress from the browser. For that
1. Go to the browser
2. Type Bitnami WordPress on the search bar
3. Open the first link
4. Click on download
After downloading the software, you need to install it on your device. Follow the given steps for that,
1. Open the downloaded Bitnami file
2. Choose language(preferably English) and click ok
3. Click next until you reach Create an Admin page
4. Edit login details(remember the details for future use)
5. Keep clicking next until the WordPress is installed.
6. Click Finish.
This will take you to a page where you should click on ACCESS WordPress to run a WordPress site on your PC.
The simple and easy way to get access to your website is to type localhost/WordPress because this is a local installation.
We shall learn about types of installation in further blogs.
Dashboard Essentials
Dashboard knowledge will help you in customizing your website the way you want it. It is simply a managerial page of the website to which admins get access.
Before getting to the dashboard you must enter your username and password in the localhost for the local server.
For example, localhost/mybeginning/wp-login where mybeginning is your domain name.
The leftmost horizontal bar shows essential tools to manage your website.
Home: Home is the front view of the dashboard from where you can reach other icons. It is the actual dashboard that you reach on logging in with an admin username and password.
Updates: Updates let you know the recently updated versions of plugins and other notifications.
Posts: In the posts section you can create new posts along with the categories and tags. You can also view your posts from the posts section.
Media: The media section has two options where you can add new media or view the library of your old media. You can add videos, audio, images, file, etc. to use them on your web pages.
Pages: Pages represents the pages that you can add to the header or menu section of your website. Pages are dynamic in nature. It means you can decide the number of pages on your website by adding pages through the Add New option. You can also view your pages and modify them.
Comments: Comments allow you to view the comments on your page or post. You also get an option to remove comments.
Appearance: Appearance allows you to activate a new theme, customize it; work on the menus, widgets, and so on. You are able to manage how your website should appear in the appearance section.
Plugins: Plugins allow you to add extra features such as SEO, slider, etc. to the website. You can view your plugins, and add new or edit the existing ones in this section.
Users: Users are the people that have access to the website dashboard. In this section, you can add, remove or edit the roles of users.
Tools: Tools allow the user to extract data from the website and import data from another location.
Settings: Settings regarding media, blogs, website URL, and other features are available here and can be modified as per the need.
Themes on WordPress
Themes in WordPress are the designs and layouts that will be visible to visitors.
In order to install the theme on your website, you need to
1. Go to the Appearance section on the left-hand side and click on Themes.
2. Choose to Add New option to navigate themes.
3. Either choose from old themes or install a new one.
4. After installation, click on activate.
5. Click on Customize to edit the theme.
You can also buy themes at affordable prices.
Plugins Installation
You would want to put on functionalities to your WordPress site after its creation. Plugins help you set every small to big feature in your website.
WordPress provides more than 55 thousand plugins for free.
For the installation, you need to follow the following steps:
1. Click on plugins on the left side of the dashboard
2. Click on Add new
3. Click Install Now and then Activate
Begin now to create your first project.
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