How To Install Wordpress Site On Bluehost Within 5 Minutes!

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1 How To Install Wordpress Site On Bluehost Within 5 Minutes! Introduction This Wordpress guide teaches you how to install a Wordpress site on your own domain name hosted on Bluehost within 5 minutes. This guide assumes that you already have a Bluehost Hosting Account so that you can install Wordpress very easily. If you do not have one, click on the Bluehost banner below to get one. You get unlimited disk space to host unlimited domains on Bluehost. If you purchase the 1 year plan, you also get a free domain of your choice from Bluehost. If you bought your hosting account from Bluehost and they had registered your domain for you, they will setup everything for you so that you can start installing Wordpress on your own domain without doing additional steps. However, if you have registered your own domain name on another domain registrar, you need to do these steps: 1. Log into your Domain Name control panel with your domain registrar to change the DNS settings for your domain name to point to Bluehost. Bluehost will give you the DNS settings for your servers when you have signed up so that you can point them from your domain registrar. (If you need help on this, refer to your domain registrar online help.) 2. Add your new domain name inside Bluehost cpanel so that your Bluehost account can host the web pages and s for your new domain. You can do this under the Add On Domain link inside your Bluehost cpanel. If you are unsure about this, contact Bluehost support for assistance. They can help you via online chat, , online help documentation etc. It is their duty to offer your technical support. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 1 of 14

2 How to Install Wordpress on Bluehost Step by Step 1. Open your browser and go to 2. Click on the Control Panel Login to log onto your Bluehost Control Panel, also known as cpanel. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 2 of 14

3 3. To log into Bluehost cpanel, enter your Bluehost username or primary domain name hosted on Bluehost. And, click on the Login button to log onto Bluehost. (If you have not purchased your Bluehost hosting yet, click here to buy.) This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 3 of 14

4 4. Once you logged onto Bluehost cpanel using the correct login credentials, look for the icon Simple Scripts and Click on it. Note: The icon may be located anywhere on the page, that is, it can be at the top, middle or bottom of the page. So, look out for it on the page once you logged on. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 4 of 14

5 5. After you have clicked on the icon Simple Script, scroll the page to look for the link Wordpress and click on it. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 5 of 14

6 6. After you have clicked on the Wordpress link as shown above, scroll the page to look for the Install button as shown in the screenshot below. Click on the button Install to start the Wordpress installation process. 7. Now, you will need to follow the simple steps below to install Wordpress. Follow the instructions on the screen shot below. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 6 of 14

7 8. After you clicked on the Complete button as shown above, Wordpress will start the installation process. It will take several seconds and once Wordpress installation is successfully completed, you will see the screen shot below. Remember to write down your Wordpress Dashboard login somewhere because you need them to manage your Wordpress site. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 7 of 14

8 9. That s all. Your new Wordpress site has just been installed on Bluehost. Very easy, isn t it? If you want to look at your new Wordpress site, go to your domain name and you will see the default look and feel of your site. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 8 of 14

9 How to log into Wordpress To manage your Wordpress site such as adding text, images, videos etc, you need to log onto the Wordpress Dashboard. To do so, you need your Wordpress username and password which you have specified during the Wordpress installation steps as above. Follow steps in the screen shot below to log onto your Wordpress Dashboard. This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 9 of 14

10 How to add new Post on Wordpress This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 10 of 14

11 How to add new Page on Wordpress This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 11 of 14

12 How to manage/install new Theme on Wordpress This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 12 of 14

13 How to install new Plugins on Wordpress How to manage Comments on Wordpress This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 13 of 14

14 How to change/optimise Settings on Wordpress How to import/export Contents on Wordpress This Wordpress guide was created by DonaldLim.com for Wordpresspreneur.com Page 14 of 14