In this tutorial, am going to show you how to make a WordPress website for free from start to finish and take your website online.

In fact, am going to show you every step from getting a domain name, hosting your website, installing WordPress, installing a theme, creating pages, menus and a lot more.

I’ll also show you how to use the amazing Elementor Page Builder to create and design your pages or sections. Including how to add a coming soon mode, mobile optimize your site, make your website fast, track and monitor your website visitors, backup and restore your WordPress website and finally launch your website all for free through this tutorial.

Only thing you have to buy is a domain name and hosting since they’re both needed to get your website online. The rest of the tools we will be using in this tutorial are free.

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This tutorial is for total beginners who have never built a website before or anyone who doesn’t want to spend a lot of money building their first website.

It is for you who wants to learn everything in one tab or one who wants to have complete control of their website.

The tutorial is split into 6 sections.

The 1st section is to get a domain name and hosting so as to get your website on the internet. This is the only thing you’ll have to pay for in this tutorial.

I have provided my affiliate link in the description with a coupon code and through it, you’ll get a 60.5% off your first purchase. So make sure to use the link and coupon to spend less as your get started.

In the 2nd section, we will install WordPress on the server/host

In the 3rd section, we will install a theme (Astra) and Page builder (Elementor) which will actually be part of our demo site import to get started.

In the 4th section, we will instate a coming soon / maintenance mode for our website as we get things ready.

5th section we will customize our website pages, sections, menus, headers, footers etc.

Lastly we will do final touches before and after launch of our website like site speed optimization, registering site with google search console, optimizing our website for the search engine, registering and integrating our website with google analytics to monitor your website visitors and traffic.
And finally, we will see how to easily backup and restore our already built website.

Enjoy

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TIMESTAMPS

Getting Started
Intro: 00:00:04
Getting a Domain Name and Hosting: 00:05:49
Installing WordPress: 00:13:10
Creating Emails Accounts: 00:18:00
General Site Sittings: 00:30:00

Customise Site
Installing Astra Theme: 00:31:50
Installing Astra Starter Sites: 00:32:40
Importing Demo Site: 00:33:55
Enabling Coming Soon Mode: 00:37:35
Customising Astra Theme: 00:49:10
Global Theme Settings: 00:49:24
Getting a Logo: 00:55:00
Theme Header Settings: 01:01:40
Menu Settings: 01:09:10
Permalink Settings: 01:11:32
Blog Settings: 01:17:38
Sidebar Settings: 01:20:21
Footer Settings: 01:22:30
Changing Footer Credits: 01:25:25
Creating Menus: 01:28:35
Creating Footer Widgets: 01:33:20
Integrate with social media: 01:37:05
Homepage Settings: 01:40:00
WordPress Settings: 01:43:05
Create, Publish, Delete Pages: 01:48:48
Editing with Elementor Page Builder: 01:59:30
Home page, About page (creating sections, adding elements, templates, Motion Effects, colors, backgrounds etc.)
Mobile Responsiveness: 03:06:02
FAQ Page Setup: 03:08:00
Contact Page Setup: 03:15:25
Creating a Contact Form: 03:23:28

Blog Posts
Creating and Publishing Blog Posts: 03:26:50
Setting Featured image: 03:32:25
Adding a Video: 03:33:03
Adding Users and Authors: 03:38:47
Creating Posts Archive: 03:41:21

Speed, SEO and Analytics
Test Website Responsiveness: 03:49:35
Site Speed Optimization: 03:50:05
Integrate site with Google Search Console: 03:56:52
Install and Configure Yoast SEO: 03:57:42
Integrate Site with Google Analytics: 04:04:48

Launch Site
Backup / Restore Website: 04:08:25
Launch website: 04:10:40


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