How to Start a WORDPRESS BLOG 2019 | Step by Step, using the BLUEHOST WordPress tutorial!

Hey moms, today I’m going to be showing you step by step how to start a wordpress blog on bluehost quick and easy.

I decided to start my business online and for that the first step is to create a blog.

The point is this:

I know what it’s like to start an online business or blog when you’re broke.

It’s hard to decide what to invest in.

But let me tell ya…


Investing your money in a custom domain/hosting and a good CMS (WordPress) is 100% necessary if you want to be taken seriously as a blogger or business owner.

For your domain and website hosting, I recommend Bluehost because that’s the best for those who are starting and do not want to pay too expensive for this.

Click here to get started creating your blog and get a free domain! (This is a special discounted rate you only get when you sign up using my link.)

How to Start a New Self-Hosted Blog on Bluehost (a Step-by-Step Guided)

In this video I’m going to be going over 4 different steps to get a WordPress blog started with Bluehost. Step 1 is how to sign up for an account with Bluehost, step 2 is choosing a hosting package, step 3 is registering a domain name, and then step 4 is installing wordpress on Bluehost.

Let’s get started. First thing you want to do is head on over to bluehost.

I’ve provided the link HERE so that you can get your free domain name discount.

You’ll see the get started now button on the page. Click the button. This is where you can select your hosting plan. You’ll see three different options. You’ll see a Basic plan, Plus plan, and a Prime plan. I recommend going with the basic plan and then you can always scale up whenever you’d like.

If you have more than one website then you’d want to choose either the plus plan or prime plan. I’m going to choose the basic plan for this tutorial as this is most common.

Go ahead and hit the select button on whichever plan you would like to use. We are now brought to a domain page where we can choose the domain name that we want completely free. Or if you already have a domain name you’d enter it in over on the right. For the new domain you can select if you want it to be a .com, .net, .org, etc… .com is the most popular domain extension so I’d recommend going with a .com if you can.

I’m going to type in a domain here and click the next button. You are now brought to a create your account page. This is where you will input your information. We have first name, last name. Business name is optional. Put your country address information. Put a phone number and lastly the best email for you as you’ll get emailed a receipt of payment and a copy of your login credentials, etc.


Below that you will see package information. You’ll see account plan. This is where you can select the term for your hosting package.

You have 12 months, 24 months, and 36 months, and 60 months. As you can see you’ll save money the longer you purchase your hosting for. I’m going to select the 12 months package. Setup fee is free. Domain is free. You’ll see site back up pro.

You can unselect this as there are free backup plugins you can use for your WordPress website. Search Engine jumpstart you can keep unselected. This isn’t necessary to have. Sitelock security find is security for your WordPress website and protects it from hackers.

I’d unselect this as there are really good free alternatives. As you can see your saving a lot for this hosting package. Below that you will input your payment information. I’m not going to fill this out for protection of personal information.

Once your information you want to select the I have read and agreed to Bluehost’s privacy policy and terms of service. Now click the submit button. You are now brought to a confirmation page. Bluehost is also going to at this time email your dashboard login information. You might need to pause the video while you wait for the email to come in.

Now we need to login to the bluehost dashboard. You can click the link they gave you or just go to bluehost’s website and up at the top you will see login.



Click login. Enter your account credentials and click submit. Once you do that you’ll be in the bluehost hosting home dashboard as you can see here. Scroll down a bit till you see website and then under that section you will see install WordPress. Click install wordpress. You should now see do it yourself free and on the right hand side you will see the install button. Go ahead and click install.

Once you do that you will see a select which domain you would like to install to. So select the domain you want to use for this and where you see the directory part next to it just leave that blank and click the check domain button. It’s now going to check your domain name. This could take a few minutes so just be patient.

Once that is done you will see the last step. You want to select show advanced options. You will see where you can change the site name or title. You want to put the name of your site here. You will see admin username.

 If you need to change that you can. Under that you will see your password listed. Feel free to change it to a password that you would like too. Select the box that says automatically create a new database for this installation. Make sure you select I have read the terms and conditions.

Click the install button now. Now you’ll see a page or a popup saying we’re setting up WordPress for you. Just be patient. You’ll see a progress bar at the top showing the progress of the WordPress installation. Once it is done it will say your install is complete. Click on the view credentials link. It will now give you the url of your website, the login url for WordPress to make edits to your site along with your username and password. Go ahead and click on the admin url link. Put the username and password in.

And click the login button. And you will now be in the WordPress dashboard where you can start creating your WordPress website by adding pages, blog posts, etc… Up at the top you will see your site title. Click that or hover over it to where it says view site and click on it and you can view your site as you can see here.

What you see here is the demo default theme for WordPress. If you go to the site themeforest. They have hundreds of premium pre-made themes for every industry. So if you don’t have a lot of knowledge in design you can easily find a cheap theme put together really well here.


And that is how to start a WordPress blog on Bluehost.

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