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Build Your First Website in 2025: Step-by-Step

Ready to build a website — without writing a single line of code?

Today, creating a website is easier than ever. There are plenty of beginner-friendly tools that let you launch a site quickly, even on a small budget.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to build a WordPress website from zero, step by step, without ads or interruptions.

Let’s get started!

How to Build a Website in 3 Simple Steps

Whether you want a simple blog or a fully featured business website, your setup always follows three steps:

  1. Choose a website platform
  2. Get a domain name + web hosting
  3. Set up and design your website

To make your website accessible online, you need:

  • A domain name (example: yoursite.com)
  • A web hosting service (stores your files and keeps your site online)

When you have both, you’re ready to create a self-hosted WordPress website.

Step 1: Choose a Platform

WordPress powers 43% of all websites — the most popular platform in the world. It’s flexible, fast, easy to use, and perfect for beginners.

In this guide, we’ll use:

✔ WordPress
✔ A custom domain name
✔ Affordable hosting

By the end, you’ll have a working WordPress site online.

Step 2: Buy a Domain Name and Web Hosting

Web hosting stores your website on a server that’s always connected to the internet.

The easiest beginner solution is Bluehost, which offers:

  • Free domain for 1 year
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Automatic WordPress installation
  • 30-day money-back guarantee

👉 Go to Bluehost → “Plans and Pricing”

Choose the Basic/Starter plan — perfect for beginners.
If you plan to build multiple sites, you can upgrade later.

Choosing your domain

Type the domain name you want. If it isn’t available, you can:

  • Pick another name
    or
  • Select “Choose domain later” and continue your setup

Bluehost also provides a free SSL certificate — that’s the little padlock icon in the browser’s address bar. It protects your visitors’ data.

Optional: Domain Privacy

Domain privacy hides your personal information from public records, but it costs extra. You can remove it now and add it later if needed.

Payment Plans

Bluehost offers 1-month, 12-month, or 36-month plans.

  • Monthly: most flexible
  • 12 months: best first-year value
  • 36 months: lowest monthly cost

After selecting your plan, enter your details, submit the payment, and wait for confirmation. WordPress will begin installing automatically.

You’ll then receive an email with your login details.

Once WordPress finishes installing, log into your Bluehost dashboard, go to My Sites, and open your new site.

Step 3: Set Up & Design Your Website

Now the fun part begins — designing your website.

Log into WordPress through:

➡️ yoursite.com/wp-admin
or
➡️ Bluehost → My Sites

Inside the dashboard, you’ll manage posts, pages, plugins, and your site’s appearance.

Choose a Theme

Go to:

Appearance → Themes → Add New

Search for Hello (a lightweight starter theme), then install and activate it.

Install Elementor (Drag-and-Drop Builder)

Go to:

Plugins → Add New → Search “Elementor”

Install and activate.

Elementor makes it extremely easy to design pages visually — no coding required.

You can follow Elementor’s free YouTube course to learn the basics.

Build Essential Pages

Create pages like:

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

You can design each one using Elementor.

Set Your Homepage

Go to:

Settings → Reading → Your homepage displays

Select the page you built as your homepage and save.

Add a Logo

Use free logo-making platforms like Looka to create a simple brand identity for your website.

Finally, enter your domain into your browser and admire your newly built WordPress site.

What’s Next? Grow and Improve

🎉 Congratulations — you just built your own website!

WordPress allows you to create:

  • Portfolios
  • Blogs
  • Online stores
  • Booking websites
  • Forums
  • Job boards
    … and more.

As your site grows, you can upgrade your Bluehost plan and install additional plugins for more features.

Helpful Tools:

  • Looka — AI logo and branding generator
  • Envato Elements — templates, graphics, videos
  • Constant Contact — email marketing
  • Google Analytics — track your traffic
  • Google Search Console — get visible on Google

Keep learning, keep creating, and explore more guides to take your website to the next level.

Happy website building!