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In this article, you will learn to setup wordpress website, web hosting, purchase of domain name, configuring your web hosting server to get best performance. Understanding the concept of monetization with Google Adsense and Affiliate Marketing. Start by learning how to build wordpress website or blog page.

Purchasing Domain Name

Domain Name is an essential part to successful website. To get started, navigate to godaddy.com and search for domain name with your idea to industry related.

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news

How to build wordpress website

Setting up your own hosting & mail server

Next step is to setup VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting with Vultr (use this link to get $100 credit). In this process, we will setup Cloud Compute Server with Cloudron free application to host our own web server and mail server.

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Web Hosting Instructions By NexHut

A. Start by Deploying High Performance Server

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Selecting best vps container

B. Select Server Location

Server location
Selecting server location deployment

C. Deploying Cloudron Application to the Web Server

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Selecting cloudron application at vultr. Com

D. Selecting Server Size

I would recommend keeping the cost down initially while building your website and generating traffic to the website. You can start with a minimal package and as needed alway expand the disk space and specs to your VPS container.

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Selecting server size at vultr. Com

Picking the right server size is critical and to start the project while you trying to build traffic using different methods, I would pick 50 GB NVMe as the disk size, 1 virtual CPU / 2 GB RAM.

Let’s do a cost analysis of annual expense

Domain Name$20 / Year
Virtual Private Server$240 / Year
Total$260 / Year
Annual Expense To Run A Successful WordPress Website

Setting up your Cloudron server

Cloudron is a single-click, turn-key application platform for the cloud. Their are 60+ applications which have been tested and approved to run trouble-free. It automates all the tasks from configuring databases and setting up DNS records to install and managing certificates.

Configure your nameserver to point to Vultr

Nameservers are your primary DNS controller, and changing your nameservers changes where you manage your DNS settings. Correct nameserver settings are critical to making sure your email and website work correctly. Your domain must be registered with GoDaddy in your account to change nameservers. Click Here for step by step instructions.

Nameserver 1ns1.vultr.com
Nameserver 2ns2.vultr.com
Name Server of Vultr.com

Add Domain to Vultr Account

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Adding domain name to vultr

Add Domain to your Cloudron Application

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Adding domain name to cloudron application
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news

Getting Vultr Token

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news

Copy the Api Key, and add your VPS ip address under Access Control

Configure your private mail server with portal like Gmail

  • Login to your cloudron application by going to my.yourdomain.com.
  • Navigate to App Store from top menu
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
  • Choose SOGo as your webmail Application and Install.
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news

Configure your e-mail mailboxes and outgoing server

  • From the top menu, Click on your profile name -> Email
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
  • Find your domain name and click edit option
  • Under Mailboxes, you can add unlimited email address example: wdossani@cloudandvps.com

Setting up WordPress website with one click

  • Go to App Store in your Cloudron Application
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Finding wordpress application
  • Select WordPress and Install
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Installing wordpress application
  • Optional – If you would like to launch your website as a subdomain, fill the location name. For example if you would like your wordpress website to be accessed at blog.yourdomain.com
Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news
Pointing your website to subdomain

Accessing your installed WordPress Admin Panel

  • You can access your new installed by going to yourdomain.com/admin or if you have setup to have your website hosted on a subdomain Example blog.yourdomain.com/admin
Usernameadmin
Passwordchangeme
Default username and password to access wordpress admin panel

Conclusion

We hope this tutorial of setting up your virtual private container with mail server and wordpress website. You may want to check out our step by step tutorial to setup a News Media Website using WordPress.

Complete guide to start wordpress website with monetization achievement - step 1 - open platform for learning, blogging, and news

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Wassim Dossani

I am Wassim Dossani, a full stack developer, marketing expert, and content writer. I have a passion for growing businesses and helping entrepreneurs reach their goals. I have worked as a CTO & Innovator at NexHut and developed high-quality content for the company's website and social media platforms.

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