“Build Your First WordPress Website in Just 20 Minutes (Step-by-Step 2025)”

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Ever dreamed of creating your own website but thought it was too hard or time-consuming? Don’t worry — this step-by-step WordPress tutorial is made just for beginners! 🙌  In this video, I’ll walk you through the whole process of building your very first WordPress website in just 20 minutes. No coding, no stress — just simple steps anyone can follow. By the end, you’ll have a fully working site that looks professional and is ready to share with the world. 🌍  Here’s what we’ll cover together:  How to set up WordPress quickly  Picking the right theme and customizing it to your style  Adding pages, posts, and menus that make sense  Installing plugins to make your site more powerful  Easy settings that save you time and hassle   If you’ve been waiting to start your online journey, this is the perfect place to begin. Let’s build your website today! 🚀   ---  Hashtags: #WordPress #WordPressTutorial #WordPressForBeginners #BuildWebsite #WebsiteDesign #StepByStep #WebDevelopment #WordPress2025 #CreateWebsite #NoCoding

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00:00Okay, we got 20 minutes, and in that time, I'm going to show you how to master WordPress,

00:03something people normally take weeks or months struggling with. I'll show you how to install

00:07the correct version of WordPress, how to design your website with a drag and drop builder and

00:10make it look really professional. I'll also explain what WordPress themes do and why WordPress

00:15plugins actually matter. I mean, they can literally turn your website into anything,

00:19a membership website, an e-commerce store, or a directory online websites.

00:23So let's get started. But before we jump into this, I first need to explain the difference

00:27between WordPress.com and WordPress. This confuses everybody. And I'm not going to lie. It doesn't

00:32make a lot of sense. So I'll do my best to explain it. One of the first beginner's mistake is not

00:36understanding the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress. At first glance, it looked the same.

00:41They share the same name, the same branding, and even the same logo. But these are completely

00:45different building platforms. You've probably heard WordPress is free, but when you go to

00:48WordPress.com, well, they want money right away. WordPress.com is a hosted service run by a company

00:54called Automatic. WordPress.com is honestly a cluttered mess. The dashboard is filled with

00:58random menus. Half the settings are locked behind a paywall. And every time you try to do something

01:03simple, they're constantly trying to upsell you. So when we say WordPress, we're not really referring

01:07to WordPress.com. And the reviews kind of speak for themselves on Trustpilot. WordPress.com is just

01:12a really weird platform. Now compare that to WordPress, the ones you actually watch on YouTube.

01:17So this is WordPress. This is where the dashboard is clean. You have full control over your websites,

01:21and you can install whatever you want without someone trying to nickel and dime you every step

01:25of the way. All the WordPress plugins and themes are free with WordPress without any limitation.

01:30To keep it simple, if you want a professional looking website, use this version of WordPress.

01:34It's also referred to most people by WordPress.org. So the next question is how do we install WordPress?

01:39How do we use this version of WordPress that everyone's using on YouTube? Well, let me show you.

01:44WordPress recommends you install their CMS3 hosting company. In fact, if you go to WordPress.org,

01:48they actually recommend doing it by this method. Almost all web hosting companies offer WordPress

01:53for their customers. So you shouldn't have any issues installing it with your hosting provider.

01:56Today, most hosting companies give you a one-click install for WordPress. They make it really simple

02:01to install WordPress. The cheapest hosting provider I recommend is definitely Hostinger hands down.

02:06They make it literally idiot-proof to install WordPress. You first start by picking a hosting plan.

02:11I recommend the business plan with Hostinger. It'll be about 50 bucks a year.

02:14You then check out and purchase the plan. Next, it'll then prompt you to install WordPress

02:18automatically. It then brings you back to your WordPress dashboard and now you've got WordPress

02:23installed and you're all ready to go. The best part is you can make up to 50 websites on your plan

02:27and even 100 on the cloud startup. I'll leave a link to Hostinger in the video description and

02:32a coupon code. If you use our coupon code DURAL10, you'll save an additional 10% off any of the hosting

02:37plans that Hostinger offers. So that's the correct way to install WordPress. I get subscribers commenting

02:42all the time in my comment section saying, hey, Dural, my WordPress doesn't look like yours. What's going on?

02:47This video sucks, right? And I'm like, well, you skipped the part about hosting and I totally get it, right?

02:52They don't want to buy something right away. I totally understand where they're coming from, but this is the

02:56actual right way to install WordPress when building a website. So now that we talked about how to install WordPress,

03:01let's talk more about the important aspects like what is a WordPress theme? When you first install WordPress

03:05through a hosting company, you'll start with a clean dashboard that might feel a little empty at first.

03:09The very first step you should do after installing WordPress is to install a WordPress theme.

03:14Every website requires a WordPress theme. A WordPress theme acts as the outer shell of your

03:18websites, controlling the overall design, like the layouts, the structure, things like headers and

03:23footers, fonts, and templates. But to be honest, in today's WordPress ecosystem in 2025, WordPress themes

03:29have become more like template factories. I recommend the Solace WordPress theme. It offers the most

03:34templates in the WordPress industry and they look amazing. Instead of just one flat looking design,

03:39most modern themes come bundled with hundreds of pre-built templates for different industries.

03:43But here's the real reality. WordPress themes are slowly being phased out. With the rise of full

03:47site editing and intuitive page builders like Elementor, the need for themes is shrinking.

03:52I remember back in 2020, themes used to be the backbone of customization, but today they're more of a

03:57starting point, a container for your templates. In 2025, the future of WordPress themes are slowly

04:02moving away and people are more focused on intuitive page builders like Elementor.

04:06So after you got WordPress set up, let's install a theme. The first thing you'll do is click on

04:10themes. Then in the box, you'll search for Solace. Once you find Solace, you'll then click on install.

04:16Then you'll click on activate. Once you install the Solace theme, it then brings you to the Solace

04:20dashboard. Here you'll click on next and install a few templates. Now the Solace theme comes with a

04:24huge variety of templates. They have a little bit more than a hundred to go from, so they have a lot of

04:28options. I'll find a template called Pixel Flow. Next, I'll click on Pixel Flow. And here's the

04:34templates. Here you can choose a different font and a color scheme for your websites.

04:38Let's install the templates. So let's click these checkboxes and then click on import the websites.

04:44Next, I'll click on import. And after waiting about two minutes, boom, we now have a beautiful WordPress

04:49website you can fully edit and customize. Now let's actually talk about how to design the websites.

04:54Now remember, the WordPress theme acts more of an outer shell for your website and the page builder

04:59is what creates the content. Elementor, on the other hand, has become the leading and most popular

05:04page builder for WordPress. It offers a free version that already has a strong set of features.

05:08And the pro version unlocks more advanced options like theme building, WooCommerce product

05:12customization, and a little bit more. And for the average person building a website, the free

05:17version will do just fine. About every theme in the WordPress ecosystem offers templates based on

05:22the Elementor page builder, which means you'll have to use this builder in order to use any of those

05:26templates. Elementor has 15 plus million active installs, a huge community, and tons of third-party

05:31add-ons. Now there is one thing I want to address that might confuse first-time users is some WordPress

05:36themes offer their own native page builder. WordPress themes like the Avada theme, Flatsam,

05:42the B theme, and Divi offer their own native page builder when you install their WordPress theme.

05:47This means these WordPress theme page builders come included with the WordPress theme, and you'll

05:51have to use this builder in order to use those specific themes. So when looking for a WordPress theme

05:55for WordPress, just make sure you look at what page builder it uses because that's going to be the

05:59most essential and important part of how you design your website. I've had so many comments where

06:04people went to ThemeForest, and they bought a beautiful template they found on ThemeForest, and then they

06:08bought the theme, they installed it on their website, and then they're like, wait a minute, I don't like

06:11this builder. So now they're kind of stuck with a builder they don't like, but they saw a beautiful

06:15template. So that's why you always got to look at which page builder the theme uses. So next up, let's talk

06:20about how to actually design the website using the drag-and-drop page builder. So we installed our demo.

06:25Let's talk about the experience of designing the websites. With Elementor, you can drag and drop

06:29elements directly onto your page. You want to add text? Just drag in a heading block, then type in

06:34your content, and you'll see it update instantly on your websites. Need a button, an image, or a video?

06:39Just simply drag them in. Place it where you want. You can adjust the size, color, and spacing however

06:45you would like. It's all visual, so there's no coding. What you see while editing is exactly what your

06:49visitors will see when your page goes live. All right, and here is our beautiful WordPress website. So here we

06:55can actually design the website. But before we do that, let's hop on on the back end and I'll show

06:58you the WordPress dashboard. So to access your WordPress dashboard, here at the top, I'll click

07:03on dashboard. Now this is the WordPress dashboard. So anytime you log into WordPress, you'll be brought

07:08to this specific page. Now, how do you log into WordPress? Well, let me show you. So here at the

07:13top, I'll click on log out. Okay, and here's my website. So now I'm logged out. Now you see at the top,

07:19I cannot log in. So in order to log into my websites, I'll type in dash wp-admin, press enter,

07:25and then here I'll be brought to a login screen, and then I'll enter my WordPress credentials.

07:30Once you enter in your credentials, you'll click on login. And bam, back to square one. Now this is

07:35the dashboard right here, but you can always move these things around. These are essentially widgets,

07:40and these are actually created when you install specific plugins. On the screen options here,

07:45you can actually decide if you want like a welcome message. So you can go ahead and take out specific

07:50screen elements if you want to disable them or enable them on the screen options. Now let's start

07:55here from the bottom, and we'll work our way up to the top. Now the first option is the Solace option.

08:00This essentially will allow you to re-import demos on your websites. We also will be introducing a site

08:06builder. This essentially will allow you to customize every part of your website, like the header,

08:10footer, shop page, and all parts of your websites. Now if you want to re-import a demo,

08:15all you got to do is click on start now under starter templates, and then click on start now.

08:20And this will take you right back to the area where you can re-import a demo on your WordPress websites.

08:25But let's go ahead and hop back to the WordPress dashboard by clicking on back.

08:30The next option right here is settings. So let's click on general.

08:34Now here you can actually give your website a title. So here I put a dude, you're getting Adele.

08:39If you are over the age of 30, you get the joke. If you're not, you won't have any idea what I'm

08:43talking about. The site icon, this is the actual icon that appears at the top of your browser when

08:49you log in. So right here, you can go ahead and choose a site icon. Below that, we have the default

08:55role. So this is actually, you don't have to worry about this. This is essentially if you have a

08:59membership websites. Here you can adjust the site language on your websites. Here you can adjust

09:04the date format and also the time formats. Once you make those changes, you'll just click on save

09:09changes and all the changes you made will be saved in your WordPress dashboard. Now one that's very

09:14important right here is actually permalinks. So let's click on permalinks here. Now for every WordPress

09:19website you create, the permalink structure should always be under post name. This essentially will

09:24show your website, like your website dash about us, right? Or dash contact us, not all these like

09:30random numbers and crap that they just throw in there. So a post is optimal for SEO. So always make sure

09:35when you create websites, the post is always selected. So here I'll scroll to the bottom and

09:40click on save changes. Another important option is discussion. Now with WordPress, you're going to

09:45get a lot of spam and I personally disable comments on my website. So over here, what we're going to do

09:50is we're going to disable anyone posts the comments because I just do not want comments on your website.

09:55You're going to get comments for like Viagra pills and all this crazy stuff. So I personally think

10:00in order to prevent spam to always disable comments on your websites. So here I'll scroll to

10:05the bottom and click on save changes. Okay. Now the next important option is users. So right here

10:11we have users. Let's click on all users. Now when you start WordPress, it's going to give you a

10:16specific admin user that you can use to log in and log out of your websites. Now you can always create

10:21new administrators here and you can create specific roles. For example, let's say you want to let

10:26someone design your website for you. You can create a user right here and give them admin privileges.

10:31And here is a password. Now WordPress will go ahead and send them an email with their credentials,

10:36but right here under role, you just want to select administrator. This will essentially give them

10:41complete control over the website. So if you are giving this to someone like a web designer,

10:46they'll probably want your administrative role. And then we can create a password for them. So I'll

10:50just put like paddywhack, you know, one, two, three. And once I do that, I'll click on add user.

10:56Now this user can go ahead now and log in and log out of your website and work on it from any location.

11:01So that's how you can create users. Next, let me show you all how to modify your account and update

11:05your details as your admin. So right here, I'll click on edits. So the first thing I can do is I

11:11can update the backend color of my WordPress website. So they have a few to choose from.

11:15I think the one that I use in most of my videos is midnight, just because I think this is easier on

11:20the eye, right? When teaching a tutorial below that we have the first and last name. So you can enter

11:26in all your information right here. If you ever want to update your email, you're going to do it right

11:30here by just putting in your specific email. Now here we have the password. If you ever want to

11:36change your password here, I'll click on set new password, and then you can update your password

11:40here. And this will be your new admin login password. This is important because if you ever

11:45like want to change your password or something, you can do everything from right here. Once you

11:49update all your information, you'll then click on update profile. Let's go ahead and take a look at

11:53visit site here at the top. And now I'll design the website. Now in order to design the website,

11:58here at the top, you'll see edit with Elementor. This will allow you to turn on the page builder

12:02and start designing your specific page. So let me give you all a five minute crash course

12:06and show you how to use the Elementor page builder. Now instead of actually editing this

12:10page, we're going to create a brand new page and show you how to do this from scratch.

12:13So here at the top, I'll go to plus new and page. Notice how you can create pages on the front

12:19end and also the back end. So we're right back to where we started from here. I'll just delete

12:23this little notice. So this is going to be practice. All right, we're going to practice here.

12:27I'll click on publish and publish. Once the page is published, I'll then click on edit with

12:32Elementor and this will turn on the page builder. Okay. So this is the actual page. Now real quick,

12:37we have to change some settings. So I don't really want this banner right here. And to do that,

12:41we're going to make it Elementor full width. Here, I'll click on page settings. And for the page

12:46layout, I just want to select Elementor full width. Essentially what I'm saying here is I want to

12:51remove everything from the actual page and only have Elementor. And once we do that, you'll now see that

12:56we have this section right here where we can build a website without any interference. So let's break

13:00down how to use Elementor. Now on the left side, you'll see that we have rows and columns. We also

13:05have elements and you can simply drag and drop these elements onto the page. They have free elements

13:10right here. As you can tell the basic ones, they also have pro, but I don't want to use that. So

13:15I'll collapse that. And then we have general general are also free elements that you can drag and drop onto

13:20the page as well. And then they have some other ones that we're not going to go through because many

13:24people don't even use them. So let's get started. Let's create a two column row right here. I'll click on

13:29the plus. I'll select flex box. This is essentially just like a structure. Now I'm going to select a two

13:35column row. Now here, I'll click on the plus, which is add elements. And now we're just going to drag

13:40elements onto the page. For example, I'll take this heading text. We'll drop it right here. Okay. Now for every

13:47single element, you're going to have three different tabs. You have the content tab. This controls the actual

13:52content of the actual elements. Then you have the style tab. This controls things like the font and

13:57the color of the elements. And then we have advanced. This controls things like motion effects as

14:03animation, and also adds in space for your elements. But I don't really want to add space. So let's go

14:09ahead and go back to content. Now, Elementor also has these really annoying notices. I hate how they do

14:14this. So I'm going to go ahead and close that. But before I customize this, let's just add in more

14:18elements here under the add elements. So next, let's throw in a text editor right here. Okay.

14:25And lastly, let's throw in like a button. So I'll take a button and I'll just drag and drop it right

14:30there. Now on the right side, I kind of want to add an image, right? So I want to have this text and

14:34then an image on the right side, like most websites say. So I'll go ahead and just drag in an image.

14:40Okay. And I'll change this to something more professional, more corporates. We got this guy right

14:45here working hard. Okay. Pretty good. Now I'll go ahead and update this content here. So I'll put

14:50in like, learn how to make money online. And then below that, you can obviously add in some content

14:58to encourage people to buy something, right? Or just whatever. But let's say for example, we got

15:03this, but you want to center this now. Well, let's go ahead and click on this right here. And this is

15:08where the Flexbox comes into play. Now I have a whole nother video on Flexbox, but this is just a quick

15:12crash course. If I want to put this in the center, all I got to do is click on center right here and

15:18then we can center it. We can also go ahead and space this out, right? So if you want to space it

15:23out like that, we can go ahead and go that route. You can also put this in the start center and or

15:29stretch it out. But I think something like start works great. And I think that's obviously way too

15:35much space. So we're just going to put it just like that. And just like that, you have a really

15:39quick looking landing page that we made in just a few seconds. Now here under these six dots,

15:44we can also go to style and maybe add in a background here. So for example, under background

15:49type, we have classic. You can put like a classic color, right? If you want to go that route, we got

15:53a basic color. Or if you click on the image, you can throw in an image as well. I think I do actually

16:00have an image that goes well with this. I think this one right here, the grid scaled, go ahead and click

16:04that one. And then what I'm going to do here is get rid of the color, but I do like that gray.

16:09Actually. I think that looks pretty cool. I don't know. What do you, what do you guys like? Let me,

16:12let me know in the comments, right? But I'll just go ahead and leave it like that. And voila,

16:16we now have a really cool looking landing page that we made in just a few seconds. So that is a

16:20quick crash course on how to use the Elementor page builder. Now I have a full another video dedicated

16:25to this builder. That's about an hour and a half long. So if you want to learn more about

16:28Elementor and all his features, I will leave that tutorial in the video description for you to check out

16:32later. But I think most of you watching this can just get a general idea just by messing around

16:37with it for like 30 minutes. Now let's talk about one of the more important aspects and let's talk

16:41about WordPress plugins. Now WordPress plugins are essentially the life of WordPress. Without

16:46WordPress plugins, WordPress would not be where it's at today. So let's talk about what a WordPress

16:50plugin is and what does it do for your website? WordPress is the number one CMS in the world,

16:54mainly due to the plugin markets. There are more than 50,000 free plugins available to use for your

16:59websites. Without plugins, your WordPress website is just a blank website with no real functionality.

17:04Plugins are what turn your website into something powerful. You want an e-commerce website? You can

17:08install the WooCommerce plugin for that. Want to boost your SEO? Try the Rank Math plugin. Want to have

17:13a blazing fast website? I use this Seraphonite accelerator plugin. It can literally optimize your

17:18entire website with one simple click. And the best part is they're all completely free. But just remember

17:24this, too many plugins, especially poorly coded ones, can slow down your website or create conflicts.

17:29So just keep that in mind. So we all love WordPress plugins and WordPress themes, but now we've got to

17:34talk about updates. And most beginners tend to overlook updates, but let's talk about it. WordPress itself

17:40gets updated regularly. Your themes and plugins will also get updated too. These updates usually include

17:46security patches, performance improvements, and new features. The upside of updates is obvious. Your site

17:51stays secure, compatible, and modern. The downside with updates? Well, updates can sometimes break

17:57things sometimes. So this is why you need a safe update procedure. Always backup your website first.

18:03If you're using Hostinger, they have automatic daily backups, so you can always reach out to them and

18:07have them install a backup if anything goes wrong. And for the rest of you suckers, I mean people,

18:12install a security plugin like Updraft. Now updates are a blessing and also a curse. While most updates

18:18provide like security fixes and new features for your plugins or themes. At the same time,

18:23it can conflict with other plugins and cause parts of your website to break. This doesn't happen all

18:28the time to be honest, but it can happen. So just be on alert. Okay, so let's recap. In order to master

18:34WordPress, you need to remember these core aspects of WordPress. Understand the difference between

18:38WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Install WordPress on your web hosting with a one-click installer.

18:44Choose a theme as your outer shell, but don't rely on it for your contents. Use plugins to bring

18:48life to your websites. But just remember, don't add too many. Build your pages with Elementor being

18:53my top choice. Know that plugins like WooCommerce can convert your website into an e-commerce website.

18:59And finally, update regularly to keep your site secure. Once you grasp these fundamentals,

19:03you can build anything you want with your WordPress websites. Now, for those of you who want to expand

19:07your knowledge about WordPress, I do have a video right here that'll teach you how to learn Elementor in

19:12detail. This video is about one hour and I'll walk you through the fundamentals of WordPress and

19:16Elementor. So after watching this, you'll be good to go. Now, you don't have to watch those videos if

19:20you don't want to. You can kind of mess around with WordPress, mess around with the page builders,

19:23create some pages. Just experiment your website, explore it, and see where it takes you. I've

19:27known that many times. It's a lot of fun. So yeah, knock yourself out. And lastly, here's one quick tip.

19:33Make sure to install an SEO plugin. It basically tells Google your website is alive. So make sure to

19:37watch my Rank Math tutorial in the video description. Also, if you tried WordPress, you like it, but it's just not for

19:42you. No problem because we offer more than 500 available templates on my website, DarrellWilson.com.

19:47This here is an example of a beautiful templates and another one and another one. If you go to

19:53DarrellWilson.com and click over here under Elementor templates, we offer more than 520 available

19:58templates for the Elementor page builder. And guess what guys, they look really good. So if you do want

20:03to check this out, I will leave our website in the video description for you to check out later. Also,

20:08if you know about WordPress, but you're just too damn lazy to make your own website, no problem because my

20:12partners over here at D-theme.com can make you a custom website. Now, these are the same guys that

20:17made those templates that you saw earlier. They also make all the templates on my website,

20:21DarrellWilson.com. So, you know, they're really, really good designers. So if you want a custom

20:26website with unique features or cater to a specific audience, these guys can make anything. The prices on

20:32their website are quite fair. So if you're looking for something very unique or you want something

20:36catered to a specific type of audience, check out D-theme. I'll put a link to this website in the video

20:40description. If you found this video helpful, make sure to give me a like and leave me a comment in

20:44the comment section below and let me know what kind of website you're building. Also, if you want

20:48recommendations on page builders or plugins or WordPress themes, guys, I've been using WordPress for 10

20:53years. I know all about it. I know all the crap and all the good stuff. So if you want recommendations, just let

20:59me know in the comments below and I'll give you my personal recommendations for any specific theme or

21:04plugin that you want to use. With that said, good luck on your WordPress website and your

21:08WordPress journey. I'll see you all later. Knock yourself out. Bye. Take care.

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