Welcome to WordPress.com! Whether you want to start a blog, build a website for your small business, or something in between, this guide will help you learn the essentials for creating your site.
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The dashboard is the central hub for managing all aspects of your WordPress.com website. It provides access to various tools and features for creating, editing, and customizing your site.
You will spend most of your time in your dashboard, so take some time to become familiar with all the available options.
Learn more about the dashboard.
Hosting is included when you create a website on WordPress.com, and you can upgrade to a WordPress.com plan to add design features, domains, plugins, and a wide range of other features. Learn about our hosting plans and the domain services we offer.
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Choosing your website’s design is a crucial step. The design of a WordPress website is known as the theme. On WordPress.com, you can switch your theme anytime without rebuilding your entire website.
Typically, the theme you choose includes all the essentials for you to begin working on your website. However, you can customize your theme, templates, styles, colors, and more.
Find out more about choosing a design.
Now that you’ve chosen a design for your website, it’s time to create your site’s content. Themes and templates create the framework for how you want your content to appear. Using the WordPress Editor, you’ll create pages and posts that display your content.
Effective site navigation is essential for keeping visitors engaged, helping them find content, and ensuring ease of use. Your theme includes a site menu by default, and you can customize it to exclude specific pages, add buttons, or link to additional content.
Learn how to customize your site’s menu.
Visitors to your new website will encounter a “Coming Soon” page until you’re ready to launch it. Once you’re ready for your site to go live, you can launch it with a click of a button.
Learn how to launch your site.
Promote your new website to grow its audience and boost visibility, revenue, and engagement. Focus on quality content, SEO, and social media to broaden your reach and achieve your website’s goals.
Discover strategies to attract more visitors.
Search our support guides for tutorials ranging from making money to adding social media icons and anything else you may wish to do next.
