How To Start A WordPress Blog Step By Step With SiteGround

Congratulations on deciding to start a blog! Blogging is the ultimate way to make money online. Starting a blog is not hard, in fact, within just 10 minutes you will have a professional, self-hosted blog of your own.

This post is a newbie-friendly beginners guide showing you how to start a WordPress blog step by step with SiteGround. Let’s do it!

Blog StartUp Kit

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Free Blogging Course

If you’d prefer to learn how to start a blog by taking my course, you can enroll for free here.

How To Get Cheap Web Hosting: SiteGround Coupon

You need to purchase web hosting in order for your website to appear on the Internet.

I have been building websites for clients and myself over 15 years, and in that time I’ve worked with 30+ web hosting companies.

You have many web hosting options to choose from, but of all the web hosts I have used, SiteGround and Bluehost top the list.

This ‘How To Start A WordPress Blog’ guide covers how to start a blog with SiteGround.

To start you blog with Bluehost, read this guide instead.

Normally, you’d have to spend over $10 per month to get a web hosting plan with a premium host but today you can get started for only $3.95/month with this exclusive SiteGround coupon!

With my special SiteGround web hosting discount, it is less than $4 per month to self-host your blog, including WordPress.org, a free SSL security certificate, and more.

Now, you can actually get even cheaper hosting at just $2.95 per month if you choose Bluehost instead. To learn more about why Bluehost may be the perfect web hosting company for you, read this Bluehost review.

Set Up Hosting & Register Domain Name

Head on over to SiteGround and choose your hosting plan.

I recommend the ‘Grow Big’ plan as for only $2 more you get much more web space and the ability to host multiple websites under the one account.

Next, select either:

Register a New Domain: If you want to register your domain with SiteGround, or

I Already Have A Domain: If you purchased your domain elsewhere

Then choose how long you want to lock in the discount rate for, and proceed to payment.

Once you’ve paid, a pop up window may ask if you want to install WordPress. If it does, click yes and follow the prompts.

If no window pops up, simply go to My Account » CPanel » Install WordPress

Once WordPress is finished installing, you will be able to log in. The login page looks like this:

You can always access this login page at any time by typing www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin into your address bar.

Once logged in to WordPress, you will be on your WordPress dashboard.

How To Start A Blog: What To Do Now That WordPress Is Installed

You have successfully learned how to start a blog with SiteGround, congrats!

Now it’s time to get to work.

Read these essential guides which cover everything you need to successfully run and monetize your new WordPress blog.

1. Set Permalink Structure & Install WordPress Theme
2. 30+ Things To Do After Installing WordPress
3. Tips For New Bloggers, From 21 Pro Bloggers
4. Learn SEO in my free SEO course
5. 10 Ways To Monetize 10 Niches
6. Enroll in Be Your Own Blog Boss which covers blog monetization in detail, as well as email & social media marketing.