The most significant advantage of WordPress is that you can host it on your server, which gives you complete control on your website. But it is complex to manage the WP site for the beginners because the beginner has to buy a domain name and the hosting space for the website.
At wordpress.com, you can set up a new blog with the name of your choice and no need to buy hosting space for your wp website. WordPress.com will take care of the hosting for you, all for free.
You will get all the features of the wordpress, and you can select your desired theme from the themes library, You can customize the site to match your requirement. Creating a site on wordpresss.com is the best way for beginners and less technical people to make their presence online. In this tutorial, I will tell you How you can create your blog on wordpress.com.
Step 1 : Go to the Website “https://wordpress.com/.”
Although the main website is WordPress.org, where you can download wordpress CMS to host it on your server, but the site you need to visit to set up your own hosted blog is at wordpress.com
Click on “Start your website”.
Step 2 : Choose your Blog / Site name.
The next step is to choose your Blog Name. The name should be uniqe and easy to spell. The blog name is combined with the .wordpress.com extension to complete the address. The name is your website address that visitors will type in browser URL to open your site. If the blog name is not available, you can try for another title. WordPress will add a few numbers to the end of it to make it unique if that name is not available. I am adding “TechnoBlog”. You have the option to change it later.
Step 3 : Choose homepage layout
Once you finalize your blog name, the next step is to choose the theme you want to install on your blog. You can change this at any time, but just select the one that gives your website a fancy look.
Step 4 : Pick a Font Pairing.
At this step, you can customize your font pairing. WordPress will provide you a few font pairing options. You can select one out of the given options. Choose the font option and select the “Continue” button.
Step 5 : Choose right plan for you
Now choose a plan that is right for you. Switch plans as your needs change. There’s no risk; you can cancel for a full refund within 30 days.
With the free plan, you will get your website with “wordpress.com” extension. You can compare the features wordpress.com is providing in “Personal, Premium, Business, and e-Commerce Plan.”
Step 6 : Create account
Create your account and save the settings.
Add your e-mail address and password. If you already have an account, click on the Login button and enter your login details.
First, add an e-mail address to the E-mail Address box, make sure that this is a valid and current account. If you do not have an e-mail account, or you would like to set up a new account, do this immediately.
Step 7 : See your blog in the browser
Once you add your E-mail Id and Password, wordpress.com will start making your website.Now the last step to see your blog website on the browser. Click on the “Complete Setup” button given on the top right side. Once you press the “Complete Setup” button, wordpress will give you the option to edit the options like the blog name and the plan you choose earlier.
Continue with the Free option and click on “launch your site”.Wordpress will show you, “Hooray! your site will be ready shortly.”Click on the visit site button to see your site in the browser.
