Where do I log in to my new self-hosted WordPress.org? A tutorial.

August 29, 2011 By Lisa B

You went through the one-click install of WordPress through your host.

Now what?

Once the one-click install is finished, you should be able to go to your domain name http://yourdomainname.com. You will see a Welcome screen that asks you for some information needed to finish the setup of your site.

Site Title: You can change this later if you want, but this is what you call your site. For example, here our site title is DIY Ministry.

Username: Put in your desired username. It can be anything and do not make it admin. Admin used to be the default user and that’s what most hackers (mean people) will target.

Password, twice: You know the drill. Put in what you want your password to be. Please consider making it a secure password by using a phrase and replacing vowels with numbers. Also throwing in some capital letters here and there, for example 8myR0cksD3s1gn is Amy rocks design with eights for a’s; zeros for letter o’s; ones for i’s; and threes for e’s. These passwords make it harder for those mean people to run their special programs and guess your password — especially if it’s in the dictionary.

Your E-mail: This is where your email will be stored in WordPress and if you ever forget your password, you can reset it using this email.

Leave the box checked to “Allow my site to appear in search engines like Google and Technorati.” After all, we do want people to find you

Then click the Install WordPress button.

The next screen should be a “Success!” screen and give you a Log In button to click. This button will take you to the log in screen and then direct you to the Administration area of your blog. You’ll want to bookmark or remember this url (http://yourdomainname.com/wp-admin/) because it is where you will go to change settings and do things like post.