Can’t wait to publish your own content? Go to Posts –> Add New to create your first blog post, Pages –> Add New to build a new page (e.g. a brief About page with a your mission statement) or Media –> Add New to upload Country Email List audio, video or image files. You can upload downloadable files too, so feel free to share your PDF eBook freely. Default upload file size is capped at 50 MB but you can change this easily by adding a few lines of code to some PHP file. Don’t worry about this at the moment though, you will learn all about it here in time.
to use, and even if you’re a beginner (greenhorn per se), you should have a great time creating with WordPress. Always remember to log out of your site every time. Above everything else, have as much fun as you can.
You should have a WordPress website running on your computer. To learn more about setting up your own localhost environment checkout our guides on how to install WordPress locally, or checkout Local by Flywheel.
2. Hosting Plan
You’ll also need an active hosting plan that offers PHP and MySQL support. Fortunately, most hosting providers support PHP and MySQL. Better yet, many providers offer one-click install scripts for WordPress so you don’t have to go through the manual setup.