Setup Wordpress Step by Step
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Last updated! April 07th 2009 – I will regularly update this page with new developments of Wordpress.
To Setup a WordPress Blog isn’t anything you need to study Internet Technology for.
With the upcoming of Web 2.0 and semantic search, blogs have become a most valuable tool for Internet Marketing. The new WordPress 2.7.1 with it’s great deal of plugins is fully equipped to achieve almost any Internet marketing goal, once it is setup correctly. You can even create member sites and start your own social network.
Nowadays not even a great deal of html knowledge is required and WordPress 2.7+ is built so that anybody can have an own website, which complies to all needs of Web 2.0, up and running within only a few hours.
So why am I writing a step by step guide to setup a WordPress blog if it is that easy? Because my actual job is Internet Marketing and Consulting but unfortunately I spend a great deal of time repairing Word Press blogs, what clearly is not my favored way of spending valuable time.
While the actual process of setting up your new wordpress blog will be a walk in the park; the Order of how to set up your blog is what makes the difference! Nothing should be accidentally skipped in the process. I originally wrote these step by step instructions on how to install a WordPress Blog for myself for exactly these two reasons. I’ve been following my own instructions for many blogs now and added and changed some points until it was perfect.
After I typed all my notes, I thought I might as well publish it and maybe help somebody else to setup a WordPress blog quick and easy. For myself and my co-workers it has become a most comprehensive check list, just like the one used by pilots on their preflight check.
How To Setup WordPress Tutorial
Following this Tutorial step by step will not only make your WordPress Blog work perfectly well, but it will also help to gain a head start with a good search engine position right from the beginning of your setup. The difference between success and failure of a website and/or blog can is often found right at the beginning – in the site’s setup. My Step by Step Guide to Setup WordPress works best at Blue Host because they are the only ones to offer Simple Scripts on their web hosting accounts.
If you host your blog on another server the installation process might slightly defer and might not be all that easy. In this case still read through step 1 – 13 on how to install Wordpress, you might find some interesting points covered. In step 14 we actually start setting up WordPress.
50 51 Steps to Setup WordPress
- Login to your Blue Host Account (or proceed with step 14)
- On the Dashboard click on Simple Scripts
- Click Simple Scripts again in the New Window
- Select WordPress
- Click the “Install Now” Button
- Enter your blog title ( make it Meaningful – Catchy – Keyword Loaded)
- Open a New Tab and go to the Google Keyword Tool
- Copy/paste the Title into the box and fill in the Captcha Image
- Use the results to create a meaningful description of your blog, add it. Read more on this…
- Check the “Create Admin Password” box
- Check if your Folder Path is pointing to where you want to install your Blog
- Confirm the Installation
- Click on “Visit Your WordPress Blog” – Installation Completed
- Login to your Administration Area using http://yourblogurl/wp-login/
- Download the Plugins for WordPress – Most Important WordPress Plugins
- Go to “wp-content” – “Plugins” on your web server and upload all Plugins
- Unzip each of the Plugins in the Plugins folder
- Delete all Plugin .zip Files after unzipping them
- Delete the “Hello Dolly” Plugin
- Back to WordPress go to Plugins and activate all Plugins
- Upgrade your Plugins where it is necessary
- Go to WordPress.com and get your API Key
- Go to “Comments” – “Akismet Spam” and enter your API Key
- Double Check your Plugin List
- Go back to “Settings” – “MBP Ping Optimizer” and register the Plugin
- Setup the ‘Ping Update Services’ (select the ones you want to ping your posts to)
- Click “Settings” – “Permalinks” and choose “Custom” – Enter: /%postname%
- Click “Settings” – “General” and enter a valid e-mail address ( create one )
- Change the Time Zone for your Blog
- Check if the URL Settings are correct
- Change the “Hello World” text of your Blogs First Post, use keywords
- Change the Permalink in the post from /hello-world to your likening
- Delete the Comment on the First Post from Mr. Wordpress
- Click “Manage” – “Links” and delete the links in the Blogroll
- Click “Manage” – “Link Categories” and create a Link Category
- Click “Manage” – “Categories” and create a Post Category
- Click ”Settings” – “Writing” and select the Default Link Category
- Select the Default Post Category (check the lower part of the page for options)
- Go to WP-Super Cache, activate it, then update the re-write rules, deactivate it again for now.
- Go to “Settings” – “XML Sitemap” and check “Modify or create robots.txt file”
- Down at “Post Priority” check “Do not use automatic priority calculation” (for now)
- Further down on “Sitemap Content” check Include Tag Pages & Categories
- At the bottom set “Priorities” to 1, 08, 07, 08, 03, 03, 03, 03 and click update
- Go to http://themes.wordpress.net/ or http://themes.wordpress-deutschland.org/
- Download a theme you like and upload it to “wp-content” – “themes” on your server
- Unzip the theme and delete the zip folder
- Go to “Design” – “Themes” and click your new Theme
- Check if your theme is ‘Widgetized’ and if it doesn’t contain an Encrypted Footer
- Click on BackUpWordPress and setup the backup path
- Click “Continue” an activate your “Daily” and “Weekly” Backups
- Finally click “Backup Now” and you are done.
Remember – besides of the first 14 steps – this works on every web hosting account the same way, even on free web hosting accounts; but I assure you, http://www.bluehost.com/ offers the best service with Simple Scripts. It even beats Fantastico by length! And if you happened to have signed up with Blue Host, don’t forget to cash in the 100 Dollars extra bonus money to advertise on Google and Yahoo! Be assured this will get your new website started with a boost!
If you run into troubles or you get stuck somewhere on the way, leave a comment below and I’ll get back to you a.s.a.p. I specialize in Internet Marketing & Consulting for many years now, so you can be sure your questions will be professionally answered.

















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Great post. I’ve bookmarked this article. It really helps to keep track of all the stuff you have to do the right way when installing a new wordpress blog. Keep this updated please.
Great post i am new to blogging and really learned a lot from your article i will check back often
Great stuff, I can refer some of my clients to this article if they are having problems with setting up Wordpress so it is search engine friendly. I gave it a buzz up.
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Most ppl mess up the correct order of uploading folders and files, but good thing you posted this
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Thanx Maneet, glad if i could be of assistance. Beware of updating Wordpress to version 2.8 though. Some things don’t really work well. Updated two blogs and both don’t have tinymce editor anymore. So no visual editing etc. In one theme there is now white letters on white background in the post section. – not so cool! I recommend to wait a bit until the bugs die… I’ll write an article about what i found a.s.a.p.
excellent post guys.. thanks for taking the time putting such a deatiled guide together.. this will save me loads of time with new clients who want to start a wordpress blog
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