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How to Install WordPress on HostGator (2021)
In this tutorial, we’ll be covering how to Install WordPress on HostGator Web Hosting using the built-in cPanel.
Installing WordPress on HostGator is SUPER EASY and will only take us a few minutes to complete.
Link to HostGator:
https://letsbuildwp.com/hostgator-2021
Discount Coupon: WORDPRESS1HOST
Full WordPress Website Tutorial:
https://letsbuildwp.com/website-tutorial-45
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If you’re wanting to build a website or start a blog using WordPress. The first thing you’ll need to do is install WordPress onto a domain name and web hosting.
There are a bunch of different hosting companies out there. Some of them are good, and some of them are terrible…
Personally, I’d recommend using Hostgator.com, which is the hosting company I’ve been using for over 8 years now without any issues (for letsbuildwp.com).
So in this tutorial, I will cover everything from registering a domain name and hosting with Hostgator, to actually installing WordPress (using the built-in cPanel) and logging in to our new WordPress site.
And I’ll also show you how to get your first month’s hosting with HostGator for only 1 penny!
Please Note: This tutorial is using WordPress.org NOT WordPress.com.
Link to HostGator:
https://letsbuildwp.com/hostgator-2021
Timestamps / Steps:
00:00 Introduction
01:02 Choosing a Hosting Plan
02:04 Registering Web Hosting & Domain Name
06:58 Logging into HostGator
08:14 Installing WordPress on HostGator (cPanel)
09:58 Logging into WordPress
11:21 Outro
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I really hope you enjoyed the video. But more importantly, I hope you managed to get WordPress installed without any problems.
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Until Next Time,
@MartieDread
Disclosure: I recommend using Hostgator web hosting. If you click through one of my links (or use my coupon) to make a purchase, I will receive a commission, which helps me keep my website up and running, and my YouTube channel in action. Thank you in advance for the support!r
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Video Title: How to Install WordPress on HostGator Hosting (2021) – Beginners Tutorial
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Hi guys, it’s Martie here from letsbuildwp.com and in this video, I’m going to show you how to install WordPress on HostGator web hosting. I’m going to cover the entire process from start to finish and in a way that anyone should be able to follow along with… and I’ll even show you how to get your first month hosting for only one penny! Now I did already post a video covering how to do this a while back, but since
then a few things have changed. So if you’re ready to get started this is how to install WordPress on HostGator web hosting step by step in 2021. Okay so the first thing we need to do is sign up for a hostgator account by going to hostgator.com or alternatively you can click the link in the video description below and that’s going to open it up in a new tab but either way once we get here we’re just going to hover over
hosting at the top and then click shared hosting that’s going to show us the three different hosting plans that hostgator offer now to be totally honest with you the business plan comes with a whole load of added extras you’re probably not going to need when just getting started so it really just leaves it between the hatchling plan and the bb plan and the only real difference between these two plans is the amount of
websites we can have with each one so with the hatchling plan we can have one single domain so one website and then with the bb plan we can have as many websites as we’d like now because i’m only doing this for the tutorial and i only need one website i’m going to go for the hatchling plan but if you want more than one website go for the bb plan then once we’ve decided on which plan we’re going to go for we can click the
buy now button underneath that’s going to bring us to this page and this is where we can register the domain name for our new wordpress site so we just need to type the domain name we’re wanting to register into this box and for my example i’m going to type ni web designs then once we’re done here we can choose our domain extension using this drop down menu on the right and i’m going to choose dot com so the domain
name i’m registering is going to be ni niwebdesigns.com then as long as it’s available it’s going to say primary domain but if it comes up and says it’s not available unfortunately we’re going to need to choose something else then once we’ve chose our domain name we also have an option to buy other domain extensions as well so we could purchase things like dot org or dot net but we can always come back and purchase these
later if we like then underneath we’ll see it says domain privacy protection and this is an optional add-on to be honest i normally just uncheck this box and haven’t had any problems to do it but if you want to keep your site totally anonymous just leave this box checked and it’ll be added to your bill then underneath it says choose a hosting plan and here we just want to check that our package type is correct and
choose a billing cycle so in this example i went for the hatchling plan so this is correct and then here on the right we can choose how often we’d like to pay for our hosting and we can pay for it once a month once every three months or we can even pay for it every three years if we like now we do save quite a bit of money the longer we buy at one time so that might be something to think about but as i’m just doing this
for the example i’m going to set mine to monthly then once we’re done here we can scroll down and here we’re just going to enter our email address and choose a password and security pin for our hostgator account then under this we can enter our personal billing information so things like our name and our address and then on the right we can choose how we’d like to pay for our order and we can choose either credit or
debit card or paypal and for this example i’m going to use paypal then once we’re done here we can scroll down and here we’ll see it says add additional services these are just some added extras that hostgator offer and i normally just uncheck these boxes myself but you can have a read through them and if you want any of them just check the box and they’ll be added to your bill then once we’re done here if we
scroll down we’ll see it says enter a coupon code now there might already be a coupon entered in here for 20 or 25 percent off depending on the offer they’re running but if we delete this coupon and instead enter wordpress one host when we click validate we’ll see that we’re now getting our first month hosting for only one penny and once we’re done here if we scroll down we can just double check our orders correct and
see what we’re getting but before that i’d just like to quickly mention that i’ll be paid a small commission from hostgator if you make a purchase through my link or using one of my coupon codes this won’t cost you anything extra and any money made will be used towards making more free wordpress tutorials but i’m not just promoting hostgator for the sake of making money for my channel i’ve personally been using them for
over eight years now and have never had any issues so even if you don’t use my coupon or click through my link i’d still highly recommend using them for your wordpress site but anyway let’s get back to the tutorial so here we just want to double check that our order’s correct and also note the free 24 7 phone live chat and email support and they also offer a 45 day money back guarantee then once we’re happy with
everything here we just need to check the box to agree to their terms and then click checkout now so i’m just going to pause this video while i fill out my personal information above and then i’ll come back and restart it so if you’re following along at home just pause the video while you’re paying for your order and then come back and press play when you’re done and we can carry on installing wordpress together okay so
that’s me now back and when i finished paying for my order i was brought to a page saying thank you and then redirected to the homepage so if you’re following along at home at this point we can actually close out of hostgator and instead we want to open up our email inbox where we should find a few new emails from hostgator these emails contain some pretty important information so we should keep them safe but for now we
just want to click into the email that says your account info in this email we’ll see we have a link to our control panel which is also known as our cpanel our username and password for logging in and some other information about our account but for now we just want to click the link to our control panel which will open up the cPanel login screen in a new tab now we’re just going to copy and paste our username and
password from this email into the cPanel login screen then when we click login this is us going to be logging into the HostGator cPanel which is where we’re going to be installing WordPress now this might seem a little overwhelming at first but it’s actually pretty easy all we need to do is scroll down to where it says software and then click quick install then we’re going to select WordPress in the middle or if we don’t see
this we can click one-click installs on the left and then select WordPress here either way, it’s going to bring us to this page and here we just need to select our new domain name from this drop-down list and then click next and now we’re going to enter some basic information for our WordPress site so for blog title this is going to be the name of our WordPress site and for me, I’m going to type NI Web Design. Although
don’t worry too much about this for now as we can always change it again later then admin user is going to be the username we want for logging into our site And then we just need to enter our first name… our last name… and our email address. then once we’re done we need to check this box to agree to the terms of service and then click install hostgator is then going to install wordpress for us automatically and it’s only
going to take a few seconds and then once it’s finished we’ll be given a link to our site our username and a randomly generated password at this point we just want to right click this login button and click open link in new tab which will open up the wordpress login screen in a new tab and now we’re just going to copy and paste our username and password from this screen into the login screen then when we click login this
is us going to be logging in to what’s known as the wordpress dashboard which is where we can add any content or make any changes to our new site which by the way is now live online all we need to do to visit our new site is click our site title in the top left and that’s going to show us the default wordpress installation now sometimes they change the default theme so yours might look a little different than mine but
either way it’s just going to be some demo content and not much else but it’s ready for us to start customizing and adding content to and then to get back to the wordpress dashboard we just need to click our site title again in the top left so that’s us now finished and that was how to install wordpress on hostgator in 2021 i really hope you found this video helpful and managed to follow along without any problems if you
did please be sure to give the video a like to show your support and consider subscribing to the channel for more wordpress tutorials in future that’ll help you build and improve your new wordpress site and then finally just before you go if you want me to show you how to build a professional wordpress website from start to finish check out the video that should be on screen now and there’ll also be a link to it in the
description below this video which is just over 45 minutes long will show you everything you’ll need to know to turn your fresh wordpress installation into a fully functional and professional looking website you can be pride of once again my name is marty from let’s build wp.com and thank you very much for watching my video