Quickly build a WordPress personal blog

Prerequisites

Step 1: Create a Simple Application Server instance

1. Go to the Servers page in the Simple Application Server console.

2. In the middle of the page, click Create Server.

3. On the Simple Application Server page, configure the core settings and leave the other parameters at their default values.

   Parameter	Example	Description
   Image	Application Images: WordPress Tag: 6.7.1	Click Application Images, and select the WordPress image and its version. Note Click Expand other images to view more images.
   Region	Singapore	Choose a region close to your customers to reduce network latency. Regions outside mainland China, such as China (Hong Kong) and Singapore, provide international bandwidth. Users in mainland China may experience high network latency. For more information, see Regions and network connectivity.
   Purchase Settings	Quantity: 1 Duration: 1 Month	Select the quantity and subscription duration based on your needs. Auto-renewal is enabled by default.

4. Click Buy Now and complete the payment as prompted.

   After the payment is complete, click Go to Console. On the Servers page, find the instance that you created. When the instance's status changes from Pending to Running, the instance has been created.

Step 2: Obtain the WordPress login credentials

1. On the instance card, click the instance ID.

2. Click the Application Details tab to obtain the WordPress login credentials.

   • In the WordPress information section on the Application Details tab, find the home page URL http://118.178.XX.XX and the administrator login URL http://118.178.XX.XX/wp-admin.

   • To the right of the WordPress information section, click View Credentials. In the View Credentials dialog box, obtain the administrator password.

Step 3: Log in to the WordPress dashboard

1. Click the Administrator Page Address link to open the administrator login page.

2. Enter the administrator username admin and password, and then click Log In.

3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Users > All Users.

4. In the Users list, hover over admin and click Edit.

5. Edit your user information and click Update Profile.

   For complete details on all parameters, see the official WordPress documentation.

   • In the Contact info section, configure the following parameters:

     • Email (required): Enter your email address.

     • Website: Enter your WordPress site's URL.

   • In the Account management section, click Set New Password to set a custom password.

6. (Optional) Create a mobile-friendly version of your blog.

   You can use the WPtouch plugin to create a mobile-friendly version of your blog.

   To do this:

   1. Install the WPtouch plugin.

      1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard. In the left-side navigation pane, click Plugins. On the Plugins page, click Add New Plugin.

      2. In the upper-right corner of the Add Plugins page, search for WPtouch.

      3. In the search results, find the WPtouch plugin and click Install Now.

         The plugin is listed in the search results as WPtouch – Make your WordPress Website Mobile-Friendly.

      4. After the installation is complete, return to the Plugins page, find the WPtouch plugin, and click Activate. The plugin is listed as WPtouch Mobile Plugin.

   2. Test the mobile site.

      On a mobile device, visit http://<public IP address of your Simple Application Server instance>. The page will display options for Mobile and Desktop views. The mobile page displays a list of blog posts in a card format.

Step 4: Verify that the website is live

Return to the Application Details tab for your instance in the Simple Application Server console. Click the Homepage Address URL. If the default WordPress welcome page appears, your website is live.

Related topics

• Register and resolve a domain name

  Accessing your website by its public IP address is less secure. We recommend using a domain name instead.

• Configure HTTPS

  If you have associated a domain name with your Simple Application Server instance, you can configure HTTPS for it to protect data with encryption and identity authentication.

• Deploy an environment, or build a website or application

  See Best practices to build an environment or a website. For more tutorials on manual setup, refer to the Elastic Compute Service (ECS) documentation: Build an environment, Build a website, and Build an application.

  Important

  When you follow an ECS tutorial for a Simple Application Server instance, select a tutorial for manual setup. Ensure that the OS version specified in the tutorial matches the OS image version of your instance. Otherwise, commands may fail due to version incompatibilities.