WordPress is the best and most popular blogging software. Due its easy seo and other customization options it is on a different level from the rest of it competitors. So here are some most important and initial things to be done after wordpress installation.
Install WordPress theme
Install a theme of your choice. There a re loads of wordpress themes out there well suited for everyone’s need. Try experimenting with the themes you like and choose the best for your blog.
Edit permalink
Edit the permalink, make it so friendly. By default the URLs of your blog post pages will be have some number and text generated by the software automatically which is not at all SEO friendly. So setup seo friendly permalink structure
Migrating from BlogSpot to WordPress (optional)
If you are migrating from BlogSpot so you should migrate properly in order to retain your traffic and google page rank.
Install Google XML Sitemaps
Use Google XML Sitemaps plugin to generates a XML-Sitemap for your site, making the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, Ask, MSN) to easily index your site. Every time you edit or add a post, the sitemap will modify itself.
Add Google Analytics tracking code
This is a important code to be added in your blog in order to track your websites performance. You can also use other tracking services such as sitemeter, compete, statcounter.
Set RSS
Sign-up for Feedburner. RSS is the most popular way to make your readers aware of the updates on your website.
WWW or non-WWW
Select the URL of your website that is if you want the WWW prefix before the domain name or not. For example:-techhim.com or www.techhim.com. It is your personal choice to choose the above setting. But remember to stick with it and use the same URL everywhere you need to. It is an important seo tip.
W3 Total Cache Plugin
W3 Total Cache is a very important plugin in order to decrease the loading time of your website. Search engines don’t like slow websites.
Backup Plugin
WP-DBManager- This plugin will create a backup of your blog and you can get it via e-mail on daily, weekly or monthly basis or can download directly from the plugin settings page.
These steps should be taken as soon as you start with your wordpress blog.
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Blogging software such as WordPress or Movable Type helps you update a blog easily.
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Great article, thankyou!
yes i have not still installed permalink plugin and sitemap plugin, and the most important plugin Backup plugin……..thanks for the great list bro……
Backup plugin is the most important kbharath. Its like a life saver.
Honestly that’s what i did too when i installed WordPress for the first time.
But then i realise i should cleaned up my file first before installing theme, such as wp-config-sample.php (depends how we install it)
and also check the generated key in wp-config.php.
Thanks for the useful lists!
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Installing Database Plugin and Cache Plugin is must after installing Wordpress. Nicely Explianed.
Really nice post!! I just installed my new wordpress blog and followed these tips after that!! Found it really useful!!
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