In this article, I’m going to show you How to Build a WordPress Website with Bluehost. Now after reading this article, you will be able to make any kind of website just like this, by using drag & drop. So, keep reading this article until the end, to learn how to do it.

How to build a WordPress Website with Bluehost

Are you tired of hiring web developers to build your website?

Are you paying $$$ to your web designers but not finding expected results?

Don’t worry this article will help you in all ways on how to start a website with WordPress step by step on your own.

So you don’t need to hire any web developer for building basic websites and highly looking professional website.

Excited to hear right? Without making any delay Let’s start making this website!

How to create a website with WordPress Step by Step

Step 1: Select a Domain Name

To get started with you need to pick a name for your website. A domain name is the identity of your website. Mostly prefer .com extension. If you want to target only your country then you can go for the .uk extension if you are from the United States, .au for Australia, .in for India and any country you are in.

Now use the below widget and search for the domain availability of your choice. Then click “check availability”.  Once you get the name and availability you can go to the next step because in the next step we will be availing the FREE Domain which usually costs 10-12$.

Step 2: Get Hosting & Domain

Now we have decided the domain name. We need to take hosting for our website. Hosting & domain are the two things we need for launching our website.

Domain: A domain is the name of your website
Hosting: Hosting is the place where your website’s files will be stored.

So both domain and hosting are essential to get started for building a website.

I would recommend Bluehost Hosting.

Why Bluehost?
Bluehost is one of the reputable hosting companies in the World and it is widely used by internet users.
I am personally using Bluehost for more than 5 years for my personal projects as well as for my clients. They have many premium offers for FREE which other hosting providers provide for premium prices. Some offers are FREE SSL, FREE Domain, FREE Backups, Google Credits and many more. You can read the detailed Bluehost review here

So I would highly recommend Bluehost.
If you have any other hosting you can proceed with it also. The remaining guide will be the same.

To get hosting & domain, let’s scroll down… and click get hosting.

This will take you to bluehost.com, where we’re going to buy the hosting.

Step 1: So let’s, click ‘get started’.

Step 2: In this page select the plan you want to opt for.
If you want only 1 website to host go for Basic plan
If you want to host more than 1 website go for Plus plan.

Select any plan and click on “select” button

Step 3: Here is the step where we will avail the domain name for FREE.

Now enter the same name which you chose earlier and click on new domain search field. 

Now click next and continue. 

Step 4: Now comes the billing part.
We need to enter the personal details as well as hosting details to complete the purchase.
You can uncheck checkboxes which are not needed as you can see in the below screenshot I unchecked all unnecessary items which are not needed.

So let’s click create an account and fill in these details.

After entering all mandatory details, Click on submit button.

So quickly complete the payment! Okay! So now we’ve completed the payment & we have got our Domain & Hosting.

Now let’s go to STEP 3,

Step 3: Install WordPress

In this step, we need to Install WordPress.

Why WordPress?
Now we’re going to use WordPress because it makes it very easy to build a website without knowing any programming or coding.

So let’s install WordPress.

Login to your Bluehost Cpanel using the username and password you saved at the time of purchase.
Assuming you have logged in Click on Domains

Now select the site you want to install WordPress

Enter the website Name and Tagline

Within seconds your website will be installed on WordPress.

Okay!

So WordPress is installed! Now, let’s click ‘get started’. and then click no thanks.

Okay, so this is our WordPress Dashboard!

Now from here, you’ll be able to control your website. Now if you want to access the (WordPress) dashboard anytime again, you just simply go to your website address and type login. So, once you reach your WordPress dashboard, This means your website is LIVE. So to check that let’s go to our website address And press enter Now, our website is LIVE!

So this is how, the default site, looks like.

Step 4: Install Astra Theme

So next, In order to easily edit our website, we’re going to install a new theme. So the new theme is called “Astra“.
So to install the theme, assuming you are already logged into WordPress.

Step 1: In the left pane there is Appearance and click Themes.

Step 2: Click ‘Add New’ and search for “Astra”.

Step 3: Search for “Astra” as shown below in the screenshot. So we’re going to install this theme. Just click install. and click activate.

So the theme is activated.

Next, we’re going to install a plugin which comes with this theme. So by installing the plugin, we’ll be able to easily customize our theme and create our professional looking website.

So to install that plugin, let’s go to plugins. 

Step 1:  Click on Plugins and click ‘add new‘.

Step 2: Now search for a Plugin called ‘Astra Starter Sites’ like in below screenshots and then click on “Install Now“.

So click install and then click Activate. So the Astra Sites plugin is now installed!

In the next step Click on Astra Sites option as seen below in the screenshot. 

Select Elementor as the option in the right section
Select Free menu tab as the option

Now, This plugin has a set of Designs for your website, which you can choose and then apply it to your site. So to see those designs let’s click see the library. So these are the designs.

So, I’m going to choose template called “Co-working Space” And you can see how the site looks like! If you want to apply this design to your site. Just click Install Plugins. and then click Import this site. Now the design and the demo content will be imported into your site.
Once its done! We can now see the site So let’s click “view site“.

Okay! So as you can see, the demo has been imported into our website. and this is how it looks. And you can also see these other pages which also has the demo content…

Step 5: Import Demo Content

So, Once you’ve got the design into your site You can now go to the final step which is to Edit the content. So, to edit any page of your site. You just have to go to the page and click Edit with Elementor. So let’s say you want to edit the homepage, You just simply click home… And then click “edit with elementor”. And now you will go into this editing section. Here in this step, we will be completing our guide on How to create a website with WordPress step by step.

So let’s say you want to change the text here. you just select the text And then start typing anything you want So I’m going to type ( Welcome to CoWorking Space) And now if you want to change the text on this button. You just click here… 

So in the same way, you can edit any text you want on this page Just select the text and then start typing. So this works throughout the website. Now if you want to change the image, You just click it. Select the image and drag & drop your image. So once you’re done with the changes, you can simply save the page, by clicking “save”. And all your changes will be saved.

Okay, so now you know how you can edit any page of your site!

Next, we’re going to see how you can change the Header or the Footer area of your website. Now by using elementor, you will not be able to change this part of your website. For changing Header and Footer elements you need to use customize option.

So let’s go to customize. Now you can see that there are some “Blue icons”. Now if you want to change this logo, just click this “Blue Icon” and you can change the Logo here. Now the same way you can change the menu section by clicking these icons. So everything can be edited by using these blue icons.

This will be same in footer area also. So let’s say if you want to change the text. You just click this blue icon and start typing anything you want. Once you are done with the changes, just click “publish” and they will be published on the site. Now lets’ close this and go back to our site.

Okay! So we saw how to edit the header & footer area in Elementor.

Now, what if you want to add a new page?

It’s very simple. All you need is to create a page by using templates. Now templates are ready-made pages which you can import into your site. So let’s click “add template” and you will find a lot of designs here. Now if you want to use any designs, simply click it. See how its look like. And if you like it, just click insert to get it into your page. And now you can see that we’ve got the design into our page. Now again like we did before you can change anything on this page, Just by selecting it and typing anything you want. This is how it works. Once you are done with the changes, click save and view page.

FAQ’S

If I have purchased a domain name, how do I now create the website?
No worries. You can add your nameservers to Bluehost hosting and follow this guide to set up your website.

Can one person create a good website?
Yes, definitely you can. You don’t need any technical skills for this. Just follow this awesome guide and you are done in creating a professional website on your own.

Final Conclusion:

That’s it, guys! This how you can add new pages to your site. So now you know, How you can launch your site, By getting domain & hosting. Import the demo content. and then edit it to make your own website So if you’re ready to start making your own website… Just click here. It will take you to the page which we say in the first step which was choosing your domain. So just pick a domain and build your website.

So this was the complete step by step guide on How to build a WordPress website with Bluehost.
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