WordPress Post-Install Checklist

Although WordPress is easy to install and it runs out of the box, you should update some settings before starting to blog. Downloadsquad published the complete post-install checklist. A great list with detail instructions.

1. Create blog title, add email address
2. Change your password
3. Disable visual rich editor
4. Add users
5. Change the tagline
6. Edit Membership permissions
7. Set a date and time format
8. Modify Reading and Writing settings
9. Edit Discussion settings
10. Modify Permalinks structure
11. Pick a theme
12. Customize your theme
13. Write down CSS info
14. Change title format
15. Edit blogroll
16. Edit the About page
17. Add some categories
18. Edit the example post for testing
19. Install plugins
20. Check blog and test plugins
21. Create a favicon.ico
22. Create a shortcut to the Dashboard / setup WordPress client
23. Start posting

My own post-install checklist is similar but a simpler version. :)

Since mine is a single author blog, I do not need to add users and change membership permissions. If you have a multiple authors blog, I highly recommend you to install the Role Manager plugin. It powers up WordPress user management.

I am using a great blogging client, therefore I don’t bother to disable the visual rich editor. I will change the time different because server in US but I blog in Malaysia. I leave the date and time format as default.

For Discussion Options, I untick both two boxes under “E-mail me whenever:”. I don’t want to be flooded by emails. ;)

For Permalinks, I will use the custom structure: /%postname%/ That’s it. Short and sweet!

“Write down CSS info” is a great tip! I should learn this earlier!

How about yours? Please share your own WordPress post-install checklist.

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P.S. Have you notice it? Downloadsquad recommends my modified wordpress plugin — Intouch with Subject. :)