How to Build a Website on WordPress Without Coding (Perfect for Beginners)

Creating a WordPress site is simpler than ever before. WordPress is the go-to website builder for millions who want to create a blog, a portfolio, an eCommerce site, or even a business website. The most compelling reason? You don’t have to be a coder to be able to begin. In this article, we show you how to create a WordPress site, without writing a single line of code. This tutorial is for everybody – even if you are a total novice or have some experience, building a high-quality website will not be a problem.

Why Choose WordPress?

Before we launch into the nuts and bolts of constructing a WordPress site, it is essential to note the reasons that support WordPress as a great website building platform for amateurs:

1. Intuitive: WordPress has a reputation of being easy to navigate and use. Even without experience, one is able to administrate and modify a given site with ease.
2. Extensible: You don’t have to code to change your website’s design and functionality with the use of the available two-thousands theme and forty thousand plugins.
3. Open-source and Free: It is no doubt that WordPress is open source which means that one can use it for free, save for a few expensed incurred with registration of a domain name and purchase of web hosting.
4. SEO-Friendly: WordPress has a number of SEO extension tools, which enable website owners to bring more visitors into their sites.
5. Especially that Most WordPress Users are Supportive: People, designers, and developers are willing to share, help, teach, and provide WordPress users, aspirants, and the other interested parties with resources for free.

Now as we have seen the reasons that make WordPress an excellent site builder for most people, let us proceed with creating your website!

Step 1: Choose a Domain Name and Web Hosting

In order to start building your WordPress website, there are two essential components: a domain name and a web hosting plan.

1. Domain Name: This serves as the address of your website which could be in the format of www.yoursite.com. It is important to select the unique phrase that will be easy to remember, represents your business appropriately, and can be typed easily without helping aids. Also, confirm that the name is free by running a search from a domain name checker.
2. Web Hosting: This is the service that allows one to store the files that comprise the website and makes it possible for users to access the website over the internet. For a beginner, my advice would be to start with a managed WordPress host such as Bluehost, SiteGround, WP Engine, or WPX Hosting. These web hosts provide a WordPress support line, one-click installation of WordPress, and free SSL certificates among other features.

Most of the time, domain name registration comes bundled with the hosting packages so they can be conveniently acquired together.

Step 2: Install WordPress on Your Hosting Account

Having set up and registered your web hosting account together with a domain, the next logical step is to proceed with WordPress installation. Most hosting services provide a one click install for WordPress and therefore this should not be a cause for concern. Here is how to do it:

1. Access the hosting PA.
2. From the hosting PA, navigate to the section with the title “One Click Install” or “WordPress Installer” or some other similar wording.
3. Next click on the WordPress image and follow the remaining installation process. It will request you to create admin user ID and password for the WordPress site.

Upon completion of the installation process, one can navigate to www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin. At this point input the recently created username with password, in order to access the WordPress administrative screen.

Step 3: Choose a WordPress Theme

The visual structure of your website is determined entirely by the WordPress theme you have chosen. WordPress has many themes available for free and for a fee and it’s not a hard task to select a design suitable to your preference and use it without being a designer.

How to Install a New Theme in WordPress

1. From your WordPress dashboard, go to the Appearance tab and click on the Themes option.
2. To view the available themes, click on the ‘Add New’ button.
3. The themes can be displayed for example in categories such as a blog, business, portfolio etc. And you can choose also to filter them depending on features like responsive and ecommerce ones.
4. Once you have located a theme that you fancy, click on, Install and then Activate it.

Beginner-friendly free WordPress plugins include Astra, OceanWP, and twenty twenty-three. These are well-adjusted to various aspects and devices, therefore the site reached out will look amazing on any tablet or phone.

Step 4: Customize Your Website’s Design

Once you have activated your theme and you feel that there is a need for you to change something in your site, feel free since that is the easier part for WordPress. In this way:

1. Visit the Customizer: In the WordPress dashboard, visit Appearance > Customize. Thus, the WordPress Customizer opens whereby you can make changes on various aspects of your website’s design.
2. Site Identity: Under ‘Site Identity’ further down the page, you can include your site’s name, its tagline, as well as upload an image of a logo if you have one.
3. Colors and Fonts: Most of the themes allow customization of colors and fonts to fit the brand. The color picker may be used to reorder the main and background colors of the website.
4. Header and Footer: It is also possible to change the content arrangement of the header and footer sections which may include things like inserting the logo, navigation menus and contact details.
5. Widgets: A widget is a type of small content unit which can be put in a number of locations on the website including sidebars, footers, and even the main page. You can insert widgets displaying recent activity like posts, social media, or a search box.
6. Menus: Create a navigational menu that will suit your custom web design under Appearance > Menus. Include essential pages such as “Home”, “About”, “Contact”, and “Blog” in your menu.
7. Homepage Settings: You can either opt to show the most recent posts you have published or choose to have a permanent static home page by going to Settings > Reading.

Step 5: Add Essential Plugins

One of the main elements that contributes to the strength of WordPress, is plugins. These tools help to add new features to your site and you do not need to be a developer to do that. Some must-have plugins for a new WordPress site are as follows:

1. Yoast SEO: It assists you with the optimization process of a webpage and enhances the probability of the online users seeing you.
2. Elementor: A freemium WordPress page builder that allows users design their websites in a visual manner without necessarily coding. Elementor has ready made templates that help you get going in no time.
3. Contact Form 7: Provide a means to add contact forms on the site for user queries.
4. Akismet Anti-Spam: Block uninvited spam bot comments and message submissions on your pages.
5. WP Super Cache: Increase the overall performance of your site by serving already available static content and decreasing the stress on the hosting server.

In order to add a plugin, you have to go to Plugins > Add New on the WordPress. Find the desired plugin, click Install Now and Activate it.

Step 6: Add Content to Your Website

With your design now in place, it is time to populate your website with content. WordPress particularly enables the quick and easy creation of pages, as well as that of blog posts.

1. The first step involved in creating pages is to go to Pages > Add New. Examples of pages that are common to all websites include the following:

Home Page: This is the page that one welcomes their visitors.

About: Here goes a section telling people who you are and what your website is all about.

Contact: This can either be a contact information page or a contact us page that provides a form for visitors to fil      and reach you.

2. Writing Blog Posts: In case you are having a blog, then go to Posts > Add New. Blog posts are important as they facilitate the addition of New content as well as interaction with the audience.

Be careful to ensure that your content is appropriately written to the attentive audiences and is tuned to the modern SEO techniques. Incorporate the use of headings (H1, H2, H3), appropriate targeted keywords and pictures to enhance the beauty of your posts.

Step 7: Make Your Website Mobile-Friendly

With more people browsing the web on mobile devices, it’s essential that your website is mobile-responsive. Fortunately, most modern WordPress themes are designed to be mobile-friendly. However, you can double-check by using the WordPress Customizer to view your site on different screen sizes.

Step 8: Publish Your Website

When you have finalized the design and content of your naturally built website, it is time to formally publish it. All you have to do is click the publish button either on the site’s homepage or individual pages and the site will be live. Great! You have an active WordPress website now!

Step 9: Promote Your Website

Creating a website is merely the first step. In order to make your website a success and bring in an audience, you have to go ahead and market it. Here are some tips to help you get started:

1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO): Use SEO plugins like Yoast to polish and fine-tune your content for the search engines. Keyword research, meta descriptions and image optimization should be among the areas of interest.
2. Social Media: When you create positive content more people will be able to see it e.g. share it on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
3. Email Marketing: Opt-in for email marketing. Start building an email address in order to send newsletters.
4. Networking: Work with other bloggers and businesses so that you are able to acquire backlinks and authority to your website.

Final Thoughts

Developing a WordPress website from scratch with no code is definitely doable and achievable by any novice too. By completing these steps, you are able to create a working followed by an attractive website, thanks to the non-technical assistance. From selecting a domain and hosting to perfectly fitting the theme and installing some important plugins, WordPress has got the resources ready for you to launch the site you want within no time.

As you build that site more and more, remember to add fresh content consistently, improve SEO practices perform audience interaction and more. With WordPress, there is no limitation. Have fun creating your site!