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To add new plugins to your WordPress backend (without having to install it manually), on the left-hand panel under Plugins tab, click Add New and type in the name of the plugin or the function that you want, and click Search Plugins. Find plugin you want and select Install Now, and then click Activate Plugin to begin using it.
 

 

Let the World Know That You're There -You'll want to email your friends, and let them know that you've published your first post, and to have them come and check it out. You'll also want to develop relationships with other blogs in your niche that you read on a regular basis, and leave comments about your new blog, and invite people to click through and start reading. You'll also want to put some effort into optimizing your site for search engine optimization, so you can start to get traffic flowing in from the search engines for the keywords you targeted back in step 2.

Now before you rush off to signup for an account with WordPress, if you are planning on making money out of your blog or if it's for a business, you would want to look professional.

It can be foolhardy to hand cPanel control over to an unknown webmaster. It is possible to do great damage from the cPanel screen. The list of problems you can have when you give out uncontrolled access includes; shutting down your websites (through incompetence or click here malice), shutting down your entire account at Bluehost (through the webmaster breaking the Terms of Service), to having your account hijacked and held hostage.

 

 

WordPress blogs on their own are pretty okay for blogging but your site will be pretty bare and simple in function. Unless you are a programmer who can code everything you need, you're going to want some plugins. Best of all, these plugins are free.

Now that you have your site up and running, you need to start driving traffic to your site with things like search engine optimization (SEO). Go to forums on your topic and answer questions. Do research on the keywords that will help Google give you a higher page listing.