You CAN'T start a WordPress blog in 10 minutes. And you can’t start a blog in 10 hours either. You know why? Because it takes countless hours to customize WordPress and make things look the way you want (unless you are a WordPress geek). And hey, I didn’t even count the actual time required to actually create content. That’s the real purpose of a blog, right?
I have noticed several times that whenever I start a WordPress blog, I end up doing the same things over and over and over. So below are the steps that I personally follow when I start a new WordPress site. And no, it’s NOT another start a WordPress blog in 5 minutes kind of guide or video. Yes, I (and probably you) have seen a gazillion "How To Start A WordPress Blog In 5 Minutes" videos and tutorials.
But the reality is that it doesn't work that way. Why? Because they’re all basically about how to buy a domain name (that is, a .com), web hosting plan (that is, your own server space where you can upload files), and install blogging software (that is, WordPress). Yes, that's all you can do in 5 minutes or even 10 minutes and it's far away from a perfect blog as there are a lot of other things that you must know and do.
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Now that you have configured your food blog with all the essential WordPress plugins and have customized it as well, there's one last thing. You need blogging tools.
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Plugins extend the functionality of your WordPress site (just like we add new features and functions to a web browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox) with custom features. WordPress Plugins are independently developed by third-party developers across the world.
There are over 40,000 plugins in the official WordPress Plugin Directory and you can install any of them using the plugin browser or the installer available in your WordPress dashboard.
If you know what you want then you can use the Search to find it. Or, you can browse the Featured, Popular, Recommended, or Favorites (favorite plugins of a particular WordPress.org user) to get an idea of what’s possible.
Now let's get to know the various settings and configuration of WordPress. The good thing is, most of them are set and forget kind of settings.
I'm pretty sure that you buy a WordPress theme only because you loved its demo site. In other words, when you buy a WordPress theme you expect your website to look like its demo site, right?
Well, it's not that easy. When you install a WordPress theme for the first time, it looks ugly because it doesn't have any content or images or menus or anything else.
For instance, here is a preview of my food blog --- mKitchenette (that I have created to write this tutorial) --- before importing the demo content.
When you browse a WordPress theme, you need to visualize your future website. That's why picking a theme/template is the toughest part of setting up any WordPress site. Seriously. There are a large number of free and paid WordPress themes out there so selecting one from so many themes can be extremely difficult.
The problem with