WordPress is utilized ubiquitously throughout the internet. For these tips and tricks, we will focus on WordPress.org, which is the free open source website building platform and foundation. You might want to consider WordPress.com (paid, but includes hosting) for its ease of usability, security, and other notable features. However, most of its features are achievable through WordPress.org even when installing it yourself.
The first two things anyone should consider when making a WordPress website — or any website for that matter — are domain names and website hosting. A Domain Name is the name people will use to get to your site (essentially the .com for your business). Hosting is the process of storing all your files, pages and/or databases so they can be accessed online.
TLDR* (In Summary): You need somewhere to store your files online, and you need a name to send people to them.
One of my personal favorite places to purchase Domain Names from is NameSilo.com. NameSilo offers not only .com, .org, and .net Top Level Domain names (TLD’s), but goes far and beyond to provide other country and keywords such as “.stream”, “.wtf”, “.at”, “.tv”, and so many more.
What’s great about using NameSilo for your small business WordPress website is that a .com costs only $8.99 per year (as of the time of writing). Competitors typically charge $12-30+ per year for the same thing.
To see a full list of domain name types that NameSilo offers, you can find that by clicking here.
Additionally, NameSilo charges $0.00 for WHOIS privacy services and email forwarding. I find that for free, NameSilo provides customers with a much larger set of tools to configure and manage their domain name for free. With WHOIS privacy, basically your information will not be revealed to people looking up who owns the website (which is a great way to block spam calls and spam letters.
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* – TDLR means “Too Long, Didn’t Read.” Many bloggers tend to use this term to summarize what has previously been said so readers can focus on the main portion of a message.
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