The Definitive Guide to Optimizing WordPress from Scratch

by Steven Mautone Grace Themes

If you check some recent data you will find that more and more owners of the websites are switching their website from another platform to WordPress.

Learning WordPress is a small task but it will benefit you with a longer period of time. Operating with WordPress and the process of installation is a click but it is required to have the basic technical knowledge to get started with it.

Especially, from scratch, if you are installing WordPress then you need to have technical expertise.

So, to help you in the installation and optimizing the process of WordPress we have created a small guide that helps you to set your site up and running in no time.

Guide for optimizing the WordPress website

From scratch install the WordPress:

When beginning with WordPress, the very first question that you should ask to yourself is that whether you will be just running CMS on your domain or you want to use WordPress' native platform.

For your requirements free version will go best but only if you are just looking to run your blog or a website. On an external platform, this will host your blog. This will allow you to access the best online blogging community of WordPress.

But if you are looking to establish a website or a business then it is better to host WordPress on your domain.

Some of the advantages of hosting WordPress on your domain:

The cost of hosting your own website is not so expensive

Full access to your domain name

All assets of your blog will be yours

On your domain when installing WordPress, it is good to have some of the technical knowledge or bit of a learning curve. Follow the given step to get your website up.

The process of installing WordPress will be different for every different host. We will try to guide you by focusing on the FTP server as it is available for free.

Install WordPress

You will have to download WordPress's latest version first. Now you need to use your FTP server by decompressing the files so that you can upload files in the directory of the web host.

On your own domain, if you are hosting WordPress, then in your root directory of WordPress you will need to put files.

You can find this at www.mysite.com/public_html/. Also, you must try it at www.mysite.com/public_html/blog if you are trying to upload it into the subdirectory folder.

Build your database:

Once you are done with the WordPress installation then it is time for database installation. Now you need to go to the control panel of web hosts and find out space to build a new database.

Now add an easy name of your database so that you can remember easily such as 'wpblog'.

Now add a username. You need to scroll down the section to MySQL if you are making use of MySQL. Now you will be asked to set a password and username. With the help of this password and username, you will be able to access a database of WordPress easily.

Now set up the WordPress:

The place where you have installed WordPress, go to the web address. With a language selection window you will be promoted. To run WordPress you will need to choose language and then click on 'continue'.

Final Technicalities:

You will be asked some technical questions once you have completed the installation process. here you can set search engine visibility and title so that your WordPress website could get indexed by search engines.

From scratch optimize the WordPress:

As your WordPress is started running now you need to perform great on your website. Most of the users will expect to get your website loaded within 4 seconds. However, you will start losing your visitors if your website is unable to load faster.

Select the correct theme:

On the market, you will find a lot of website WordPress themes. So it is important to recognize all the features first that you will need. useless widgets and plugins can slow down your website's page speed.

To optimize your website you can also add cache plugins such as W3 Total Cache.

Consider A Content Delivery Network:

static resources such as CSS files, images, and scripts burden your primary server. to outsource some tasks you can use CDN.

Activate Gzip Compression:

To optimize WordPress providing a website's compressed version is the best option. From the control panel of your service, you should be enabled GZip compression.

Make the right choice for plugins:

Every WordPress plugin is not created equally. At some period of time, the plugins can be outdated that means your plugin might be using WordPress's old version.

There while choosing a plugin check whether it is updated or not. Plus check the plugin is working with the website WordPress themes you are using.

Conclusion:

At start, it might seem like an irritating task but once you start spending more time on it you will get used to this blogging platform and you will find WordPress as the most user-friendly platform.

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Created on Oct 5th 2021 11:48. Viewed 264 times.

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