Getting started with Wordpress

Whether it’s recipes on a budget, an obsession with flowers, or filter-free photography, the Internet has created a space for anyone to share their skill or passion with the masses. While creating a website historically required sufficient knowledge of languages such as HTML and CSS, services now exist that allow you to build a website without a piece of code in sight. Launching in 2005, WordPress.com is one such platform that’s packed with everything you need to create a website using nothing more than a web browser. While we’ll admit that there’s a bit of a learning curve when first getting started, WordPress is one of the easiest platforms to master. So without further ado, let us walk you through the steps to setting up your very own blog.

The basics

One of the first things to decide is what plan is right for you. WordPress offers both free and paid-for subscription options. Starting at the lowest tier, the no-cost version of WordPress has all the basics covered for building and running a blog