Setting up your own WordPress is easy! Follow these steps:
- Get webhosting – best webhosting for wordpress
- Set up WordPress – easy cPanel method (automatic), or the 5-minute method (manual)
- Choose a WordPress theme – best WP themes, how to choose WP themes
- Install WordPress plugins – best WordPress plugins, or search the repository
- Put up content – check out my blogging guides
Ready for the next step? (more guides coming soon)
- Customize your themes
- Choose a backup plugin
- Speed up your website using Swift cache plugin
- monetizing your site (ads, affiliates, info products, tangible products, memberships, classes, sell your site)
- building traffic (SEO, social media, ads)
Popular WordPress Guides
Get Started
(New to WordPress? Basic guides below.):
Themes
(Theme reviews, web-design principles, UI/UX, typography and more.):
- Best WordPress Themes 2024
- BEST theme (for non-coders) – GeneratePress
- BEST theme (for coders) – Genesis
- How to choose a good WordPress theme
- Astra vs OceanWP vs Generatepress – best FREE theme review
- Fastest lightweight WordPress themes
- Why I HATE Pagebuilders
- BEST WordPress pagebuilders review
- Why to NEVER use Lazy Load
- Standing out among other web designers
- Web Design Workflow Tips – avoid endless revisions
- Avoid Dropdown/Hamburger menus (bad design UI)
Blogging
(Content creation, copywriting, and monetization.):
- How to ESTABLISH your own voice
- How to write an INTERESTING story
- Find writing Consistency and Motivation
- What’s a Good Word Count for blog posts?
- Time Management Rule — do important shit first
- MAKE MONEY with a blog
- Stop trying to monetize off Google Ads
- How to hire REMOTE employees
- BAD IDEA – translating content for increased traffic
- BUSINESS BENEFITS of Blogging
- How to Create a Successful Blog
- Know if BLOGGING is Your Destiny
Hosting
(Service reviews, server optimization and performance guides.):
- Best WordPress Hosting Review 2021
- Why Shared Hosting Sucks
- Why are MANAGED VPS servers so slow?
- Best CDN providers for WordPress
- Move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS
- 301 HTTPS redirects
- How to HARDEN a Linux web server
- WordPress security tips WITHOUT slowing performance
- Recovering from HACKED server
- Clean wp_options table (autoload data)
- Access WordPress admin via database
- Linux Server Commands CHEATSHEET
- Ultimate WordPress Speed Optimization Guide
- Why PageSpeed, Pingdom, GTmetrix scores don't matter
Plugins
(Plugin reviews, comparisons, and tips.):
Marketing
(WordPress marketing tips. SEO, content marketing, social media, PPC.):
- How to CRUSH Your SEO Competition
- Difference between Marketing, Advertising, and Branding
- Never Promote Discounts! (pricing strategy)
- Pricing Psychology – $95 vs $97 vs $99 vs $100
- Good CONVERSION RATE for online sales?
- Expected conversion rate for membership sign-ups?
- Do you REALLY need an email list?
- Is EMAILING still the best marketing?
- AUTOMATE your Social Media Posting