16 Most Important Things You Need to Do After Installing WordPress

So today, I am going to talk with about, most important things you need to do after installing WordPress. And these all are going to cover the major part of your blogging journey. So don't be in a rush. Just read and understand all the things for your bright future in blogging. 

So now let's talk about the major things that are needed once you install WordPress first time. And this is also for beginners and will be easier to understand.  

16 important things after installing WordPress

Now we are going to share certain things that you should apply in your website other wise it can be harmful for you. So Everything about the same is mention below so chekc out below for more details.

1 - Contact Form

You need to add a contact form to your website first, so if any wants to contact you, they can quickly contact you, and a contact form is the best and easiest way to contact you. 

2 - SEO Plugin 

So you also need to install an SEO plugin that tells you and everything you are doing in your article. It will also help you rank higher on google the first page. Currently, there are many plugins that you can use in your website like Yoast SEO, All In One SEO, RankMath SEO, and many more. So you can choose any one of them. 

3- Pages

Most people never make pages on their website, so people or brands don't know anything about you. So for that, you need to make pages on your website. And you have to tell the people what these pages for, create the major pages like as- Contact US, About Us, Privacy Policy, etc...

4 - Cache Plugin

The cache plugin is also a must, and you should use that. You can use any of them, WP-Rocket, WP - Total Cache, etc. because it will help increase your website speed. And I use Wp-Rocket you can check out my Wp-Rocket Settings. 

5 - General Settings

So in this, you need to make some changes like Site Title, Tagline, WordPress URL, Site URL, Admin Email Address it should be updated. 

6 - Make Robots.txt

Robots.txt is one of the most important parts of any site, which helps the crawler crawl the particular part of the website, create proper robots.txt for WordPress. 

7 - Setup Google Console

So once you have done all this stuff, add your website to its search console and submit your sitemap. Because if you google found any error in your website, you will get notified in Google Search Console. And you can quickly fix the issue. 

8 - Setup Google Analytics

After all these, you need to set up Google Analytics to track where you are getting the traffic, the audience's retention time, behavior, and many more things. So you must set up Analytics. 

9 - WordPress Theme

So selecting a theme is critical because people upload a heavy theme a lot of time, which makes the website very slow. So I suggest using a lite theme like as GeneratePress, Astra, etc. We use Generatepress WordPress Theme. 

10 - Delete Unwanted Content

When you install WordPress in your domain, you will get some sample posts, pages, and comments. So remove them because they use less and not going to give you any benefit. 

11 - Remove Unwanted Plugin

So once you install, You will see unwanted plugins available on your website, so remove them because they are not beneficial for your website. 

12 - Discussion Settings

So you need to change some settings in the Discussion section, and one of the major thing you need to change is just tick on Comment must be approved manually. Because if you don't tick on that, then it will automatically be approved if someone comments on your website. So must select them manually approval.

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