How To Start a WordPress Blog On BlueHost

WordPress blog with BlueHost:
Are you interested in learning how to start a WordPress blog? If so, you can start a WordPress blog using BlueHost. Generally, to start a self-hosted blog or website, you need a domain name and web hosting. BlueHost is one of the best choices for WordPress blogs/websites, offering a free domain name along with their hosting. Many people use BlueHost for their WordPress blogs.

How to Install WordPress on BlueHost

WordPress Installation:

WordPress is a widely recognized and popular blogging platform. Many individuals utilize the WordPress platform to create their blogs and websites. When it comes to WordPress hosting, BlueHost is highly recommended. BlueHost offers a convenient one-click WordPress installation feature, making it effortless to install WordPress on your BlueHost hosting account. Starting a WordPress blog with BlueHost becomes a seamless process.

In the previous post, we discussed how to add add-on a domain to your BlueHost hosting account. Now, let's talk about installing WordPress on your BlueHost hosting account.

How to Install WordPress on BlueHost Hosting Account:

It's simple to install WordPress on BlueHost. BlueHost offers a WordPress site builder tool that makes WordPress installation easy. Login to your BlueHost cPanel.In the cPanel, locate the "WordPress" option under Site Builders.Click on "WordPress" to start the WordPress installation process.This is the easiest method to install WordPress on BlueHost. Below, I will guide you on how to properly install WordPress on BlueHost.

Follow below steps to install WordPress on your BlueHost hosting account:

Step 1 : Login to your BlueHost hosting account

Step 2 : Click on cPanel and again click on WordPress under Site Builders 

Step 3 : Click on Start button and select domain and then set domain name without www

Step 4 : Click on Check Domain and the click on Show advanced options

Step 5 : Now enter Site title, User name, Password and email id and check "I have read the terms and conditions", finally click on Install

That's it! You have successfully installed WordPress. Now, login to your WordPress dashboard and start creating and posting content on your website or blog.

How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress

Google Analytics to WordPress : 

There are two main ways are there to track your WordPress blog/website statistics. The two main ways are using WordPress plugins or using Google Analytics tool. Using Google Analytics tool is best method to track your blog/website statistics. Adding Google Analytics is not as simple as in Blogger . It is not hard , the process is same as in Blogger , but some what difficult if you don't know about Google Analytics. Like adding Google Analytics to Blogger blog we can add Google Analytics to WordPress blogs.

How to backup your WordPress blog

WordPress Blog Backup : 

Backing up your blog is very important. Also important to backup your blog regularly. Not only WordPress blog, for any blog backup is more important. We already discussed how to backup your Blogger blog, now we are going to explain how to backup your WordPress blog. It is easy to backup Blogger blog when compared to WordPress, because WordPress is PHP and MySQL based web application so we need to backup all its files and database.

How to backup your WordPress blog in five minutes:

There are many ways to backup your WordPress blog. One simple method is to use the import option in your WordPress dashboard. Through this option, you can download all blog content including posts, pages, comments, custom fields, terms, navigation menus, and custom posts. You can then save all of this blog content in an XML file on your computer.

Today, there are many plugins available to backup your WordPress blog. With the backWPup plugin, you can set up automatic backups as needed and have the backup file sent to your email. Here, I will show you how to configure the backWPup plugin on your WordPress site.

Follow below steps to backup your WordPress blog with backWPup plugin :

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Plugins and search for backWPup

Step 3 : Add backWPup plugin and install .

Step 4 : Go to backWPup and Add New settings

Step 5 : Configure the settings as shown below.

Automatic backups : backup site automatically.

Frequency of backups : select any one from automatic backup will occur Drop down menu.

Want to backups :  select database and files.

no of backups :  give number .

Email backups :  enter mail id to which backup files will be mailed .

And then click on Save Changes.

Like this you can set up automatic backup for your WordPress blog. This is one of the simple methods.

Change Default Post Category in WordPress

Default WordPress post category :

After creating a WordPress blog and publishing a post, it will go to the default category. However, you can change the default post category in your WordPress. We have already discussed how to create categories in WordPress, but now I will explain how to change the default post category of your WordPress blog.

You can set a specific category as the default category for blog posts in WordPress. With the "Default Post Category" option, any newly published post will automatically go to the category that is set as the default post category..

How to Change Default Post Category in WordPress :

Setting a default post category in WordPress is a straightforward process. However, before setting a default category for your WordPress blog posts, you need to create categories in WordPress first. Once you have created the categories, select the one you want to set as the default category for your blog posts. You can change the default post category of your WordPress blog at any time.

By default, the Uncategorized category is set as the default category for your blog posts in WordPress. Therefore, it is recommended to create categories for your blog and then change the default category.

Follow below steps to set/change default posts category in WordPress blog.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Settings

Step 3 : Click on Writing under Settings

Step 4 : Now you can see the Default posts category under Writing Settings. Select any category from the drop-down menu to set it as the default category.

Step 5 : Click on Save Changes.

Set New User Default Role in WordPress

User role on WordPress :

User roles are very important for WordPress blogs with multiple authors. With the roles option in WordPress, we can control blog/site users by assigning specific permissions to each user. It is better to set a default role for all users on WordPress. By setting a default role, after creating a new user on your WordPress blog, the default role will be assigned to the new user. This will help you to assign the same role to new users automatically.

Generally, bloggers use the Author role as the default role in WordPress blogs. In this post, I'm going to show you how to set the default role for new users on your WordPress blog. You can also change the default role at any time easily.

How to Set New User Default Role in WordPress :

It is simple to set a default role for new users on your WordPress blog. Go to the WordPress admin area or dashboard and click on "Settings", where you can find "User Roles". Just choose the one you want to set as the default for all new users.

Follow below steps to set default role to new user in WordPress.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Settings

Step 3 : Click on General under Settings.

Step 4 : On New User Default Role : Select any role to set as default.

Step 5 : Click on Save Changes.

Like this you can easily add default role to your WordPress users.

Adding New Users to Your WordPress Blog

Adding Users to WordPress:

We can add multiple users to a WordPress blog. Today, many blogs and sites allow users to create an account. If someone needs more authors to post content on their blog, it is better to add multiple authors to the blog. WordPress allows adding new users to blogs. After adding a user to WordPress, you can provide them with roles like administrator, editor, author, contributor, and subscriber.

Before allowing or adding new users to your WordPress blog, it is important to understand user roles in WordPress and learn how to add a default role to users on WordPress.

How to Add/Create New Users to Your WordPress Blog : 

Adding new users to your WordPress blog/site is a simple process. There are two methods to add/create new users: allowing user registration on your WordPress or adding users manually. The first method is useful to allow multiple users to add to your WordPress, while the second method is useful to add specific users to your WordPress blog/site. In this post, I will explain how to add/create users to your WordPress using the manual method.

 

Follow below steps to add/create new users to your WordPress blogs.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Users

Step 3 : Click on Add New

Step 4 : Now enter the following details.

Username : enter username

E-mail       : enter user email id

Password  : enter password 2 times

Tick the "Send this password to the new user by email" box.

Role          :  select any role

Step 5 : Finally click on Add New User

That's it! You have successfully created a new user on your WordPress blog. Assigning roles to users is important, so be careful when assigning roles to new users. Avoid giving editor or administrator roles to users without a proper understanding of their purpose. First, familiarize yourself with the different user roles in WordPress, and then assign them to your WordPress users accordingly.

Uninstall a WordPress Plugin

How to Uninstall WordPress Plugins on Your WordPress Blog :

You can uninstall any installed plugin on your WordPress if you don't need them. If you want to delete an installed plugin, first you have to deactivate it and then delete it.

Follow below steps to uninstall WordPress plugins on your blog.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click on Installed plugins

Step 4 : Click on Deactivate button below plugin name.

Step 5 : Click on Delete button and click on Yes, delete these files, to remove plugin.

how to install a WordPress Plugin

WordPress plugin installation:

WordPress has a lot of plugins available to improve the functionality of your website/blog. Yoast is one of the most useful plugins for all WordPress blogs/websites. Similarly, many other useful plugins are also available.

In this post, we are going to discuss how to install WordPress plugins on your WordPress blog.

How to Install a WordPress Plugin on Your WordPress Blog:

You can install plugins on WordPress using two methods. The first method is installing plugins from your Dashboard manually, and the second method is downloading plugins from the WordPress plugin directory and uploading it to your WordPress site.

Follow below steps to install plugins on your WordPress blog.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Plugins

Step 3 : Click on Add New

Step 4 : Enter the plugin name in the search plugins box to find the plugin.

Step 5 : Click on "Install Now" and then click on "Activate" to add the plugin to your WordPress.

Like this, you can add plugins to your WordPress blog. If you have a custom plugin and want to install it, click on the 'Upload Plugin' button on the Plugins page and install it on your WordPress.

Another method to install a plugin on your WordPress: 

Before going to install plugin, first download plugin from WordPress plugin directory.

 

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Plugins

Step 3 : Click on Add New

Step 4 : Click on Upload, Browse file and upload it.

Step 5 : After installing plugin, click on Activate Plugin to add to your WordPress.

Using these two methods, you can easily install plugins on your WordPress. You can also install plugins through FTP, but compared to that, the above two methods are safer and easier.

Edit WordPress Blog Theme

Editing WordPress Theme:

You can customize your WordPress blog themes, like customizing a Blogger template. By editing the CSS code, you can customize your WordPress theme. It is easier to customize a Blogger template, but WordPress theme customization is not as easy. You need some basic CSS knowledge to customize a WordPress theme.

We already discussed how to add and install a WordPress theme to your WordPress. Now, I'm going to explain how to edit your WordPress theme.

How to Edit Your WordPress Blog Theme :

Before starting to edit your WordPress blog theme, it is important to backup your WordPress site. Go to the WordPress admin area and click on "Appearance" and then "Themes". From there, click on "Editor" option to edit your WordPress theme.

Follow below steps to edit your WordPress blog theme :

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click on Editor under Appearance.

Step 4 : On right side, you can see Templates files

Step 5 : Click on style.css and make the necessary changes. After completing the changes, click on the "Update File" button.

Like this you can edit your WordPress theme.

Add Header Image to WordPress Blog

Adding image to your WordPress blog header:

We can add a custom header image to WordPress blogs. You can only add a header image to WordPress blogs if the header option is available under appearance in your WordPress dashboard. If you can't see this header option under appearance, it means that your theme does not support a header image. So to add a custom header image to your blog header, you have to install a theme that supports a custom image header.

How to Add  Header Image to Your WordPress Blog :

Two ways are available to add a custom header image to your blog header. The first method is adding the image to the header option on your WordPress blog, and the second method is adding the image to the blog code. In this post, I'm going to show you how to add a header image to your blog using the first method.

Follow below steps to add a header image to WordPress blog:

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click Header option under Appearance

Step 4 : Click on "choose image file" and then click on "upload".

Step 5 : If the image is too large, you may need to crop it before uploading it. Once you have done so, click on "Publish". Finally, click on "Save Changes".

Install a Custom WordPress Themes

How to Install a Custom WordPress Themes :

We can install a custom theme on your WordPress blog. Before starting to install a custom WordPress theme, first, you have to download and save the custom theme on your PC. You can install a custom theme in WordPress in three different ways: via the administration panel, FTP, and cPanel.

Follow below steps to install a custom themes in WordPress.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click on Themes and then click on Install theme

Step 4 : Click on Upload, browse, and then upload the theme zip file.

Step 5 : After uploading the theme, click on the "Install" button below the custom theme's name.

 Like this, we can easily install our own custom themes on our WordPress blog.

Setup A Custom Menu in WordPress

Setting a Custom Menu is WordPress:

After creating custom menus in WordPress, the next step is to set them up properly on your WordPress site. You can add pages, categories, or custom links to the menus. At any time, you can easily change the order and placement of menu items by simply dragging and dropping them. You can also create submenus by dragging menu items to the right side of their parent menu item. 

How to Setup A Custom Menu in WordPress :

In WordPress, the Menu option allows you to create and set custom menus for your website. To access the menu customization page, click on Menu in your WordPress dashboard. From there, you can add pages or categories to your custom menus.

Follow below steps to setup a custom menu in WordPress .

Step 1 : Go to WordPress dashboard. Click on Appearance and  then click on Menus

Step 2 : To add pages to the menu:

• Click on "Pages" on the left side of the menu customization page
• Check the boxes next to the pages you want to add
• Click on the "Add to Menu" button

Step 3 : To add categories to menu:

• Click on Categories on the left side
• Check the category boxes that you want to add
• Click on the "Add to Menu" button.

Step 4 : To add a custom link to the menu:

• Click on "Links" on the left side of the Menu page.
• Enter the URL and link text in the provided fields.
• Click on the "Add to Menu" button.

Step 5 : Finally Save Changes.

Like this, you can customize menus on your WordPress blog.

Configure Widgets in WordPress Blog

How to Configure Widgets in WordPress Blog :

After adding a widget, we can configure it by accessing its basic configuration options. Each widget in WordPress has its own set of configuration options. For instance, when we add the Archive widget, we can click on the widget dropdown link to display two options, such as "display as dropdown" and "show post counts." We can also configure the visibility options to make the widget appear only on specific pages or hide it altogether on our WordPress blog.

Follow below steps to configure widgets in WordPress blog

Step 1 : Go to WordPress dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click on Widgets

Step 4 : Click on the down arrow mark on the widget dropdown menu.

Step 5 : Now you can see all the options. Set them as you like and then click on "Save" to save the changes.

To delete a widget, click on the "Delete" button at the bottom of the widget configuration window.

Add a Background Image to WordPress Blog

How to Add Background Image to WordPress Blog :

WordPress blog themes often offer a custom background option. If your theme supports a background image, then you can add an image to your blog's background. Therefore, it is recommended to install a custom background image supported theme on your blog.

Follow below steps to add a background image to your WordPress blog.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress dashboard

Step 2 : Click on appearance

Step 3 : Click on Background under Appearance.

Step 4 : Click on the browse button if you want to select an image from your computer.

             OR

         Click on "Choose Image" to select an image that is already available in your WordPress media library.

Step 5 : Click on Save Changes.

Customize the Header Image in WordPress Blog

Header image customization on WordPress:

We can add a custom header image to a WordPress blog. After adding the header image, we can change or remove it whenever we want. We can also adjust the position of the header image on the blog. Every WordPress theme has header customization options, but these options may vary depending on the theme.

How to Customize the Header Image in Your WordPress Blog:

Go to the WordPress admin area, and under the "Appearance" menu, select "Header" to customize your header image. While you can make changes to your header image using CSS code, it requires knowledge of CSS and may not be easy for everyone. Therefore, I will show you some basic header image customizations.

Follow below steps to customize the header image in WordPress blog:

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click on Header and add an image to your blog. Choose the size and crop the image.

Step 4 : To show the header text on your header image, select the "show header text with your image" option. If you want to hide it, uncheck the above option.

Step 5 : Click on Save Changes.

Install a WordPress Theme

WordPress theme installation:

WordPress provides a wide range of themes for their blogs. When you create a blog on WordPress, a default theme will be assigned to the blog. However, you can change the theme on WordPress by installing and activating a new theme. It is advisable to choose the best theme for your blog before starting to blog. WordPress provides more stylish and featured themes compared to Blogger.

In this post, I will explain how to install a WordPress theme on your blog. In a previous post, I showed you how to install a theme on your Blogger blog. Now we will see how to install a theme on WordPress.

How to Install a Theme on Your WordPress Blog:

It is easy to install a theme in WordPress. There are two methods to install themes on your WordPress: the first method is installing a theme via WordPress, and the second method is installing a theme via FTP. Installing a theme via WordPress is easier compared to FTP. After installing the theme, the next step is to activate the theme on WordPress to apply it to your blog.

Follow below steps to install a theme in WordPress.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click on Themes under Appearance

Step 4 : Browse Themes and click on Install. Alternatively, you can upload a new theme from your computer by clicking on the Upload button.

Step 5 : Click on Activate to apply the theme to your WordPress blog.

This is how you can install any theme on your WordPress blog, and all the installed themes will be displayed under the "Themes" section.

How to install a WordPress theme via FTP :

You can also upload themes via FTP. First, log in to your site via FTP and then navigate to the path Wp-content -->Themes. Now choose and upload the theme from your computer to your server.

Step 1 :  Log in to your site via FTP

Step 2 : Choose path (Wp-content -->Themes) and upload theme

Step 3 : Now go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 4 :  Click on Themes under Appearance

Step 5 : There, you can see the theme you uploaded via FTP. Click on Activate to apply the theme.

Create a Custom Menu in WordPress

Creating custom menu in WordPress:

WordPress provides a custom menu feature to create a menu for your WordPress blog. With custom menus in WordPress, you can create a new menu and add pages and categories to it. You can also arrange them in order and create drop-down menus.

How to Create Custom Menus in WordPress Blog :

In Blogger, we can add pages to a Blogger blog with the Pagelist widget, while in WordPress, pages appear on your WordPress blog with the help of menus. To create a custom menu, go to the WordPress dashboard and click on Menus under Appearance.

Follow below steps to a create custom menu in your WordPress blog.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance

Step 3 : Click on Menus

Step 4 : Click on Create new menu link

Step 5 : Type Menu name and click on Create menu button.

After creating the first menu in WordPress, we can see two options like below:

• Theme locations
• Auto add pages

Select these options as you like.

Like this, you can create a custom menu on your WordPress blog. After creating a menu, the next step is to configure the menu as per your preference. To add pages to the menu, select Pages, and to add categories to the menu, select Categories from the menu configuration window.

Add a Widget to WordPress Blog

WordPress widgets:

Generally widgets are used to arrange the content on your blog sidebars. WordPress providing many widgets to customize your blog content. Some of the useful widgets are Categories, Popular Posts and Search box. Widgets are more important to blogs to optimize them properly.

We already discussed about how to add widget to your Blogger blog, Now I'm going to explain how to add a widget to your WordPress blog.

How to Add a Widget to Your WordPress Blog :

We can easily add widgets to a WordPress blog. Just go to the WordPress admin area and click on "Widgets" under "Appearance." There, you can see all WordPress widgets. Simply drag a widget from "Available Widgets" and drop it on the right-side widget box. If you want to add a third-party widget, simply add an HTML widget, copy the third-party code into the gadget box, and click on "Save".

Follow below steps to add a widget to your WordPress blog.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Appearance tab

Step 3 : Click on Widgets link under Appearance

Step 4 : Drag the required widget from Available Widgets and drop it on right side widgets box

Step 5 : If you want to change the widget options click on down arrow button on widget and then select any option then finally click on Save.

Like this, you can add widgets to your WordPress blog.

Disable Comments on Specific WordPress Page

Turn Off Comments On a Static Page in WordPress:

We can enable or disable comments on individual static pages on your WordPress blog. This post will help you disable comments on static pages like About me and Contact us. We can also turn off comments on specific blog posts.

How to Disable Comments on Specific Page of WordPress Blog:

The process is the same as turning off the comments on a specific blog post on your WordPress site. Go to the Pages section on your WordPress menu and enable the comments settings on pages by selecting the Discussion option from the Screen options. Then, open any page and turn off the comments.

Follow below steps to disable comments on a page in your WordPress blog.

Step 1 : Go to WordPress Dashboard

Step 2 : Click on Pages

Step 3 : Click on Edit page

Step 4 : Click on "Screen options" and check the "Discussion" box. Now you will be able to see the "Discussion" module under your post editor box.

Step 5 : Uncheck the "Allow comments" box under Discussion and then click on the "Update" button.