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2025 Guide to How to start a WordPress blog in 8 easy steps
Over 450 million websites use WordPress, all around the world. If you are thinking about building a website for your product or brand currently, we can bet you’re considering a WordPress blog. Here’s a quick guide to starting a WordPress blog, including 8 easy, digestible steps. If you need help or advice, then contact us… we’re always happy to help!
Your 8 steps to a WordPress blog
#1: Choose from the array of WordPress blog themes
This is the fun part! In case you don’t know, a WordPress theme is a predefined template that determines a WordPress blog’s overall appearance, layout, and functionality. Chances are, you’ve already got a theme in mind for your brand. If you haven’t, take a look at 2025’s most popular themes here. If you need help installing the theme, contact us and we’ll give you a step-by-step.
#2: Choose hosting for your blog
Next, there’s a technical job to do: choosing hosting for your blog. To do this, Google `WordPress hosting providers` and juggle up the results. Here’s a great blog to help you choose the best WordPress provider for you[5].
#3: Install WordPress on your device
To install WordPress, simply go to WordPress’s download page and follow the instructions. Be sure to select the free WordPress blog.
#4: Come up with a domain name for your WordPress website
Whether you’re called hot lolly or doggy-doo supplies, pick your WordPress domain. Keep it short, sweet, and something easy to remember.
#5: Find some cool plugins and install them
From All in One SEO to WooCommerce, there are tonnes of cool plugins out there to make your blogging quicker, easier, and better performing. Here’s a guide to the best WordPress plugins for your site in 2025[7]
#6: Work on and publish your blog
How to create a WordPress blog post
Write your blogs in keeping with your niche (area of interest) and your brand. Top tip: you’ll want to build a brand `tone of voice` which you use every time you write. When you’re good and ready, publish your blogs by clicking at the top of the screen. Many brands use an agency or a freelancer to help write the blogs.
#7: Put time into your blog’s SEO and get seen
If you’re not clued up on SEO, there are some great plugins you can get and WordPress has a tool called Yoast. As general rules:
⦁ Keep your sentences short and concise
⦁ Use keywords, but don’t stuff your article with them
⦁ Aim to write articles over 1,000 words. This is called long-form.
#8: Make money from your WordPress website
Can a WordPress blog make money?
In short, yes! We’d always recommend using an agency to monetise your blog.
