After a few minutes, you’ll be led to a page with a “tell us about yourself” box, which you should ignore (you can answer it if you want, but it won’t help you install WordPress).
After that, go to the Marketplace tab.
Simply scroll down until you see the big blue “one-click installs” icon, and then click it!
Then simply select “WordPress,” which is conveniently positioned at the top of the page.
Then just select your domain and click that next button.
This will take you to a little settings form where you can fill out all of the information, agree to the terms of service by checking the box, and then click the install button.
Once WordPress is installed, make a copy of your installation information and put it somewhere secure because you’ll need that information/ridiculous password to log into WordPress (and change that password to something much more reasonable).
Now, if you open a new tab and navigate to your domain name, you should see something like this:
Why? Because your domain name must “promote” – that is, HostGator must inform the world about your new domain name so that anyone (including you) can access it via the internet.
According to HG, the process can take up to 24 hours, which is technically correct…
However, in our experience, it never takes more than 20-30 minutes, so go ahead and take a break, then return in a few minutes to finish step 3.
Table of Contents
- The first step is to obtain a domain name and web hosting.
- Step 2: Installing WordPress
- Step 3: Using WordPress to Login
- Step 4: How to Use the WordPress Admin Panel
- Step 5: Putting WordPress Themes Into Place
- Step 6: How to Install WordPress Plugins
- Step 7: How to Change the Look and Feel of Your WordPress Theme
- Step 8: Adding Pages to WordPress
- Step 9: How to make a WordPress blog post
- Step 10: Creating WordPress Menus
- Step 11: Putting Your WordPress Site Online
- Step 12: How to speed up WordPress
- Step 13: Enable gzip compression for WordPress
- Step 14: How to Make Your WordPress Site More Secure
- Step 15: How to update your WordPress site
- Step 16: How do you backup your WordPress site
- Website tips and tricks for WordPress
- Now that you can build your own personal website
