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10 WordPress Tips Every Webmaster Needs to Know

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More than 500 websites are being built on WordPress every day. This platform powers 14.7% of the top 100 websites across the globe.

On average, 17 new posts get published on WordPress every second. In a month, WordPress is searched on Google more than 37 million times.

WordPress is a powerful CMS. More than 19.5 million sites across the world use the platform.

So for those of you who are new to the growing WordPress network, welcome to the club. Launching a new website can be intimidating if it’s your first time. But if you can quickly learn some tips and tricks on WordPress, it will make your life much easier.

Some of you may have been using WordPress for a while. Others might have had some failed sites and need some guidance moving forward.

Regardless of your situation, this guide will help you succeed.

While I definitely wrote the guide with WordPress beginners in mind, some of these tips are being overlooked by people who have been using WordPress for years.

1. Find the right web hosting plan

WordPress is an open-source CMS (content management system). Simply put, it’s a tool for creating and managing websites. You can use WordPress to build a personal blog, business website, ecommerce store, or anything in between.

But the platform itself does not host websites. This is a common misconception that I find with prospective website owners.

WordPress recommends three different web hosting options:

  • Bluehost

  • DreamHost

  • SiteGround

With that said, you can use any web hosting provider that meets the WordPress minimum hosting requirements. Basically, your host needs to have a PHP version of 7.3 or higher. It needs a MySQL version of 5.6 or higher or MariaDB version 10.1 or higher. Your host also needs HTTPS support.

When it comes to web hosting, there are lots of different options to choose from. After you find the best web hosting provider, you’ll also have to determine the type of hosting you need. Shared hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, and cloud hosting are the most popular options.

Choosing the right plan and host from the beginning is crucial. It’s important that you find a plan that gives you enough resources to meet your traffic needs.

Picking the wrong hosting plan can end up causing slow loading times, crashes, and downtimes. Plus, changing hosts down the road can be a pain.

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