This document provides a guide for new WordPress website owners on the steps to take after installing WordPress, including setting up general settings, creating basic pages, setting up the website menu, configuring reading settings, and installing and activating a theme. The guide covers each step in detail over 12 sections.

1. AFTER
WORDPRESS WEBSITE
INSTALLATION,
NOW WHAT?
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2. AFTER
WORDPRESS WEBSITE
INSTALLATION,
NOW WHAT?
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an inexperienced newcomer to a particular activity

3. Are you stuck
on where to start?
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4. Let me help you get
unstuck
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5. By this time you already
finished the following
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6. 1. Bought your domain
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7. 2. Installed your wordpress
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8. NOW, WE’RE GOING TO
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1. Set up your GENERAL SETTINGS
2. Set up your basic PAGES
3. Set up your MENU
4. Set up your READING SETTINGS
5. Install and Activate your Theme

9. SET UP YOUR
GENERAL
SETTINGS
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10. On your dashboard
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11. Click
“Settings”
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12. General settings appears
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13. GENERAL SETTINGS
is where you can
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• Change your Site Title and Tag line
• Change your blog time zone
• Change date format
• Change time format
• Site Language
• Change Email administrator

14. Change your site title here
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youremail@here.com

15. Change your tagline here
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youremail@here.com

16. Administrator email here
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youremail@here.com

17. Change time zone
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youremail@here.com

18. Change date format
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19. Change time format
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20. Click “Save Changes”
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21. Checklist
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1. Set up your GENERAL SETTINGS
2. Set up your basic PAGES
3. Set up your MENU
4. Set up your READING SETTINGS
5. Install and Activate your Theme
✔

22. LET’S NOW
CREATE
PAGES
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23. LET’S NOW
CREATE
PAGES
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• Front page
• Blog page
• About page
• Contact page

24. LET’S NOW
CREATE
PAGES
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• Front page
• Blog page
• About page
• Contact page
These are the basic

25. On your dashboard
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26. Click “New”
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27. Click “Page”
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28. Enter Title Here
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29. Type Content Here
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30. Click “Publish”
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31. Click “View Page”
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32. To See Your Page In Action
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33. YOU CAN
ADD MORE
CONTENT
LATER
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34. FINISH
PUBLISHING
THE PAGES
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• Front page
• Blog page
• About page
• Contact page

35. To view the list of
PAGES you made
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36. Go To Dashboard
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37. Click “Pages”
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38. List Of Your Pages Will Appear
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39. SET UP YOUR
WEBSITE MENU
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40. Go To Dashboard
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41. Click “Appearance”
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42. Click “Menus”
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43. Click “Create a New Menu”
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44. Type Menu Label Here
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45. Click “Create Menu”
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46. Click Pages To Include
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47. Click “Add to Menu”
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48. Arrange your pages
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49. Check on Primary Menu
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50. Click “Save Menu”
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51. Your Primary Menu Is Now Set
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52. VISIT YOUR SITE
TO CHECK
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53. Checklist
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1. Set up your GENERAL SETTINGS
2. Set up your basic PAGES
3. Set up your MENU
4. Set up your READING SETTINGS
5. Install and Activate your Theme
✔
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54. SET UP YOUR
READING SETTINGS
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55. READING SETTINGS
control how your blog is displayed to visitors
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56. READING SETTINGS
control how your blog is displayed to visitors
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Here you set your

57. READING SETTINGS
control how your blog is displayed to visitors
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• Front Page
Here you set your

58. READING SETTINGS
control how your blog is displayed to visitors
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• Front Page
• Blog Page
Here you set your

59. READING SETTINGS
control how your blog is displayed to visitors
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• Front Page
• Blog Page
• How many post to show on your feeds
Here you set your

60. READING SETTINGS
control how your blog is displayed to visitors
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• Front Page
• Blog Page
• How many post to show on your feeds
a stream of posts or
comments that is
updated when new
content is published.
Here you set your

61. Go To Dashboard
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62. Click “Settings”
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63. Click “Reading”
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64. Reading Setting Appears
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65. To Set Up A Front Page
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66. Click on “A Static Page”
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67. Set Front Page Home
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68. Post Page Blog
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69. Click “Save Changes”
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70. REMEMBER
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71. REMEMBER
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This is optional.

72. REMEMBER
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This is optional.
The default is,
your blog is your front page

73. REMEMBER
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This is optional.
The default is,
your blog is your front page
It’s the first one the
audience see.

74. Checklist
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1. Set up your GENERAL SETTINGS
2. Set up your basic PAGES
3. Set up your MENU
4. Set up your READING SETTINGS
5. Install and Activate your Theme
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75. INSTALL AND
ACTIVATE YOUR
WORDPRESS
THEME
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76. Go To Dashboard
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77. Click “Appearance”
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78. Click “Themes”
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79. Click “Add New”
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80. Wordpress Themes Will Appear
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81. These are Free or Sponsored
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82. Filter Your Search Here
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83. Select Your Choices
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84. Click “Apply Filters”
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85. And Your choices will appear
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86. Select Your Theme
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87. Click “Install”
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88. And you just installed your theme
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89. Click “Activate”
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90. And your theme is now activated
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91. See This?
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92. SOME THEMES NEED
PLUGINS TO WORK
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93. What’s a Plugin?
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94. Install Them Too
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95. Click “Begin Installing…”
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96. Click “Install”
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97. Plug In Installed!
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98. To Activate, Click on “Plugins”
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99. Look for your plugin
and Click “Activate”
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100. And your plugin is now active
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101. Checklist
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1. Set up your GENERAL SETTINGS
2. Set up your basic PAGES
3. Set up your MENU
4. Set up your READING SETTINGS
5. Install and Activate your Theme
✔
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102. NEXT STEP
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103. NEXT STEP
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Start
Adding Content

104. Hope I got you
unstuck
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105. Thank you
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106. DID YOU LIKE THIS
TUTORIAL?
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108. Summary
• Introduction p.3
• Set up your general settings p.9
• Create your pages p. 22
• Set up your website menu p.39
• Set up your reading settings p.54
• Install and activate your wordpress
theme p.75
• Thank you p. 105
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