WordPress for Beginners: Building Your First Site

Learn how to set up and customize a WordPress site. We cover themes, plugins, and best practices for beginners.

WordPress is the world's most popular Content Management System (CMS), powering over 40% of all websites. Its flexibility and user-friendly interface make it an excellent choice for beginners. To start, you'll need a domain name and web hosting. Most hosts offer one-click WordPress installation. Once installed, you can log in to your dashboard. The first step is choosing a "Theme," which controls the design of your site. There are thousands of free and premium themes available. Next, you can install "Plugins" to add functionality, such as contact forms (WPForms), SEO (Yoast SEO), or e-commerce (WooCommerce). You can create content using "Posts" for blog articles and "Pages" for static content like your "About" or "Contact" page. WordPress uses a block editor (Gutenberg) that makes it easy to build custom layouts without touching a single line of code.

Sub-heading in the Blog Post

This is a paragraph under a sub-heading. You can continue to structure your content using markdown or rich text. Add more paragraphs, lists, images, and code blocks as needed to create a comprehensive and engaging article.

• This is a list item.
• Another item in the list.
• And a third one to show a list.

function greet() {
  console.log("Hello, World!");
}