How can I start a blog, How to create a blog site are very relevant question and this post shows the answer and explains the step by step process on how to create a blog of good plugins available free and paid in WordPress to increase the functionality of the blog. blog site. Here I recommend Bluehost web hosting for any blogger because it provides free lifetime SSL for WordPress websites and good support as well.
Here is a step-by-step process for the Bluehost WordPress blog:
#1.Hosting and Domain
Bluehost might be the best WordPress blog hosting provider at the same time as there are many other hosting providers. I bought a 3-year shared hosting plan along with a one-year free domain that will renew after one year.
You can buy accommodation that you think is right for you by selecting the desired plan, you can make a purchase when registering / logging in. The domain can be purchased from Bluehost or from any other provider. Now you can log in to Bluehost with the credentials they send you. A screen will appear once you are logged in and you will be able to login to your WordPress to manage your blog.
#2.Issue
There are many free WordPress themes available, I have been using Ocean WP theme for my WordPress blog. The theme is completely free and you can install all the necessary plugins on it.
Go to your domain name/wp-admin and login for eg domain/wp-admin. Once you are logged in there will be a dashboard and go to appearance and themes.
Once you navigated to this area, type the name of the theme in the search box, then install and activate it.
#3.SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
SSL enables the secure encrypted link between the web server and the browser. Bluehost implements a free SSL for the entire site with WordPress. Either you can activate SSL for your WordPress blog by going to the billing login or you can contact Bluehost support and ask for SSL for activation.
Login to Bluehost and Home>My Site>Manage Site
Go to security and enable SSL.
#4.Mail setup and contact form
After completing all the steps above, you can create a webmail for your domain. Use, for example, if the domain is tekengine.org, the email could be [email protected]
Go to Email in Bluehost Account > Email > Add Email Account. You can add any email you want and provide the quota and then create an account.
Once you have created the email, go to webmail and log in with the created email address and password (which is used to log into the Bluehost account)
#5.Add-ons
These are some of the useful plugins I use for my Bluehost WordPress blog.
Advanced Comment Validation: Comment Validation Plugin
Contact Form 7 – It is a simple and flexible contact form.
Google XML Sitemap for Images – This plugin will generate an XML image sitemap for your WordPress blog
Google XML Sitemap for Videos – This plugin will generate an XML video sitemap for your WordPress blog
myStickymenu: Simple sticky (sticky on top) menu implementation for the navigation menu.
Sassy Social Share: Niftier, simpler and more streamlined share buttons. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest.
Smush – Reduce Image File Sizes, Improve Performance, and Boost Your SEO
Responsive Post Carousel – Slider Plugin for WordPress
Yoast SEO – All-in-one SEO solution for WordPress, including on-page content analysis
Go to the admin panel of the website mentioned in step 2, then navigate to Plugins > Add New and install the plugins or you can download all those plugins and upload them one by one.
#6.Blogging development
Header
Create all required pages for blog pages > add new ones, provide appropriate name for all pages and then go to appearance > menu, you can see all created page names in pages, now create a new menu and assign it a name then check the boxes for the page names you want and click add to menu then save this you can see on your WordPress blog.
Carousel
Dashboard>carousel and create a carousel. You can manage which post will be displayed on the carousel.
widget
Panel>appearance>widget Simply drag the available widget and drop it onto the sliders and footers.
Footer
Go to appearance > customize, find the bottom of the page footer and customize.
Publications
Dashboard > Posts > add new, provide post name and start writing post and post, you can manage carousel which post will appear on homepage slider.
Pages
Dashboard>Pages>add new, give the name of the page and in the title write the content you want and publish. This page can also be added in the menu.
#7. Earn money with your blog
Bloggers place their Google Ads on their blog to earn money. Blogging income makes bloggers earn money online; Also, it is a passive income for which you need to create a Google AdSense account and submit your website for approval. Once your website is approved, you can login to it and create ad units and place the code on your blog, within a few hours it will start appearing on the blog. If someone clicks on the ad placed on your blog, you will get a few cents for it, which will be visible in your AdSense account.