How to quickly build WordPress?Buy SiteGround Install SSL Tutorial

After purchasing SiteGround hosting, how can I quickly build a WordPress website on SiteGround?

If you haven't purchased a SiteGround host, please read this SiteGround official website registration tutorial ▼

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If you have never built a website before, please follow the steps below to build a WordPress website on SiteGround hosting.

How does SiteGround install WordPress quickly?

Step 1: Log in to the SiteGround backend ▼

• After purchasing SiteGround successfully, click "Login" in the upper right corner of the website to log in.
• Enter your account password and log in to the background.

When you log in to the background, you will see important tips:

"You have a new hosting account that you haven't set up yet"

• You have a new hosting account that has not been set up.

Step 2: Please click "View " ▼

Step 3: Install WordPress website builder

After clicking "View ", you will be redirected to the WordPress installation page. ▼

• Select "Start a new site".
• Select "WordPress".
• Set your WordPress site username, email and password in the boxes and click "Confirm".
• (The account password should not be too simple, then you will use this information to log in to your website)

Step 4: Set up Enhance Your Account

In "Enhance Your Account" below ▼

• Select "You have requested no enhancements to your account.".
• Check "I confirm" to confirm.
• Then click "Complete Setup" to complete the setup.

Step 5: Access the Customer Area backend

After about 1 minute, you will be prompted to enable it successfully ▼

• Click "Proceed to Customer Area" to enter the Cpanel background ▲

• In the upper left corner, you can clearly see the IP address of the web space ▼

Step 6: Add an A record to the domain name's IP address

At this point, you need to log in toNameSiloIn the background, add an A record to this IP address for your domain name.

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• After about an hour, enter your domain name in the browser, you can see your website ▼

Step 7: Remove 2 malfunctioning WordPress plugins ▼

• Enter the WordPress website background, remember to delete the 2 WordPress plugins.
• Especially Jetpack, otherwise it might cause trouble.
• The deletion method is to Deactivate (disable) first, and then delete (delete).

How does SiteGround install an SSL security certificate?

To improve the security of e-commerce websites, it is essential to install an SSL security certificate.

Step 1: Enter cPanel

• Click "Go to cPanel" in the SiteGround background to enter cPanel ▼

Step 2: Click “Let's Encrypt”

• In the "SECURITY" section, find "Let's Encrypt" and click ▼

Step 3: Select the domain for which you want to install the certificate ▼

• The default option is "Let's Encrypt SSL".
• Click "Install" and wait about 2 minutes for the installation to complete.

Step 4: Select HTTPS Settings

In "Action", select "HTTPS Settings"▼

Step 5: Force HTTPS enabled

Select "on" for both "HTTPS Enforce" and "External Links Rewrite"▼

• Click OK to force https links.

Step 6: Add HTTPS to the URL in the WordPress admin panel.

• into the background of your website,Settings → General ▼

• These 2 URLs are added with https ▲
• Then, click Save Changes.

Step 7: Open the website front end to check the HTTPS effect ▼

• After installing the SSL security certificate, open the front desk of the website and find that the URL has been prefixed with https.