The most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) in WordPress

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The most frequently asked questions (FAQ) by wp beginners are listed in this post. WordPress is an open source. Most websites are built with it now-a-days. From the beginning, beginners face many problems. Based on the problems, I have made parts of frequent questions and answers. So the newbies should read the following.

Basic FAQ and Solutions

How to start a free WordPress blog?

Are you using the self-hosted platform? Ensure this by using WordPress.org. Without any limitations, grow your blog. Follow the process below:

Sign up for a WordPress hosting account
Users need to reach your site through Domain Name
You can use Bluehost as a hosting partner
Step forward to install WordPress

How much cost to have a WordPress website?

Well, WordPress is free. To open an account and for a live website will cost money. By a shared hosting account, will cost $100 per year. Then you will get some free plugins and themes with prime features.

Will need more features and tools for much growth of the site. These will cost much more. Your goal should be to decrease your cost to build up a WP website.

How to make money from WordPress site?

Some of the countless ways to make money-

Create advertisements
Sell products
Sell paid contents
Teach courses
Paid tutorials
Recommend affiliate products

The list goes on after opening a website on WordPress.

How to install plugins and themes?

Plugins and themes are the most important tools for WordPress. These are like apps for WP sites. These offer some extra features to your site.

Plugins and themes for installing are so easy.

Where is my plugins menu?

If you are using WordPress.com, there will face such problems. WordPress.com is a blog hosting service but has some limitations.

Switch to WordPress.org and skip over the margins.

Intermediate FAQ and Solutions

How to add blog posts?

WordPress has two types of default contents by default. In brief, posts and pages.

Posts are like part of a blog and
Pages are not the part of a blog and much static

At first, head over to Posts > Add New Page. Then create a blog post.

For generating a page, click Pages > Add New. Now you got a page on your site.

How to embed videos?

There is an option for direct upload videos on site. Instead, you can use Youtube or Vimeo. Upload video on one of them and copy. Paste the video URL in the post editor. WordPress will embed code display the video.

But I recommend not to upload direct videos on the post.

How to use tags and categories in WordPress?

Tags and categories help to sort your contents. This makes users find contents and make it much organized.

Tags always use to specify topics. This is like an index of words which describe in an article.
Categories are for making topics clear. In an article, there are more topics and subtopics. Categories represent a clear vision of an article.

Here, for sorting out contents and make best practice of SEO.

How to add navigation menu?

How can users find sections of your site? Through the navigation menu. It appears on top of your website.

Navigation menu management system offers-

To form menus
Add links and display on locations identified by your themes

Beginners should follow this link to navigate the menu.

How to add an FAQ section?

After launching a product, should add an FAQ section.

At first, install Quick and Easy FAQs plugin and activate
Head over plugin menu > FAQs > Add New

Add a query in the title box and reply in the upright

There is also a FAQs Group box. Sort questions into sections and publish.

How do I speed up my site?

Want to reduce TTFB (Time to the first byte)? If your server response time is over 600 ms, the server has a misconfiguration. This TTFB is measurable by Pingdom, webpage test and so on.

To reduce TTFB, dive into the following processes.

Apply a fast WordPress host

Install a CDN

WordPress caching

Use a premium DNS provider

Advanced FAQ with How to and Solutions

Add contact form?

Users can contact you through the contact form. WordPress does not have a built-in contact form. But the contact form plugins will provide the services. Contact form plugins will create and add forms on a WordPress site.

Rank SEO in the site?

What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? In short, more traffic creator on site.

The ways to rank up your SEO practice-

Proper use of categories and tags
Increase add up internal links
Optimize WordPress comments and performance
Optimize images and videos
Start using HTTPS/SSL

Add email subscribe option?

A new website to find out is hard. But notifying users and convince them is very hard. MailChimp RSS and Aweber provide such service to the website owner.

Signed up for MailChimp
Create first of your email list
Set RSS to an email campaign

Press Campaign > Create Campaign

Campaign settings page > WordPress site RSS feed link

Now choose time and frequency of email

Install Google analytics?

This one is a free website analytics tool.

Go to Google analytics page > sign up with Gmail > create an account
Enter an account name, website’s URL and other information
Google Analytics will provide tracking code. Copy it for further use
Install MonsterInsights plugin
Go to MonsterInsights Settings > Authenticate Google Account
Give access to your Google Analytics Account
Set up a profile and continue

This will keep you updated with user movements.

Create own images on site?

Images style your site. Also, it gives amazing looks to attract users to your site. There is thousands of photos are free to use. The others are not free and will cost trouble.

With modern technologies, create own images on site. So no need of being a photographer or graphic designer. Here are some best tools to create own image .

Fix up common errors?

As WordPress is an open source, most people use it. Besides, they face some common errors.

The compilation of common issues in WordPress is here.

Unlock from WordPress admin area?

By accident, you could have locked out of WP-Admin area. The main reasons are-

Click on the topics and get solutions.

Protect site from hackers?

Since WordPress site is the compilation of 28% websites. The spammers and hackers always target to attack. But WordPress has some security guide. Step forward to the following methods-