WordPress Post-Install Checklist

If you have set up more than a few WordPress blogs in your day, you have probably noticed that there is a lot of stuff to do to get your blog ready for the world once you’ve gotten your WordPress software installed. I’ve found that the easiest thing to do is to keep a checklist handy to guide yourself through the post-install process.

It looks like Download Squad has actually taken this process to a new level when they published an actual WordPress post-install checklist for any WordPress users to use in these situations. Here are the 23 steps included in the post:

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

You can click over to Download Squad’s post to see detailed descriptions for each step. Enjoy!