# Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting > Use GHL Customer Care’s WordPress Hosting Setup Guide to create your site, import content, connect a domain with SSL, enable logs, manage users, and view analytics. - Source: https://docs.ghlcustomercare.com/docs/sites/wordpress/setup-guide-for-wordpress-hosting - Section: Sites / Wordpress - Reading time: 3 min - Images: 7, each explained below --- This article explains how GHL Customer Care's WordPress Hosting Setup Guide helps you create a site, import content, connect your domain with SSL, enable security logs, manage users, and view reports. Use this guided checklist to complete the essentials faster and with confidence. It is perfect for new accounts or anyone standardizing onboarding across locations. ## ? TABLE OF CONTENTS - [What is the Setup Guide?](https://gemini.google.com/app/4f09834f8a201cc1#what-is-the-setup-guide) - [Key Benefits](https://gemini.google.com/app/4f09834f8a201cc1#key-benefits) - [Setup Guide Flow](https://gemini.google.com/app/4f09834f8a201cc1#setup-guide-flow) - [How To Use the Setup Guide](https://gemini.google.com/app/4f09834f8a201cc1#how-to-use-the-setup-guide) - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://gemini.google.com/app/4f09834f8a201cc1#frequently-asked-questions) ## ? What is the Setup Guide? The Setup Guide is a built-in checklist that appears after you subscribe to WordPress Hosting. It provides step-by-step tasks, clear CTAs, helpful tooltips, and a progress indicator so you always know what is done and what to do next. Optional tasks can be skipped. Once all tasks are finished, the guide automatically hides itself to keep your dashboard clean. ## ✨ Key Benefits - Consistency: Helps teams adopt consistent workflows and achieve faster time-to-value. - Clarity: Track progress easily and reduce guesswork for users. - Faster Starts: Get publishing and measuring sooner. - Custom Experience: Build trust with a firm, guided experience. - Safe Migrations: Move an existing site smoothly and securely. ## ?️ Setup Guide Flow The guide walks you through seven essential steps to get your site fully operational: ### Step 1: Create Site Whether you choose to start from a template, clone an existing setup, or do a blank install, this first decision sets your foundation and structure. ![Step 1: Create Site (image 1 of 7)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155075588013/original/AvmDthDVEGm7UGYLICHj9LCKYy-jwQA6Sw.png) **Step 1: Create Site (image 1 of 7)** This screenshot appears in the "Step 1: Create Site" section of "Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting". The text alongside this image reads: Whether you choose to start from a template, clone an existing setup, or do a blank install, this first decision sets your foundation and structure. Immediately after, the guide continues: If you already have a WordPress site, you can import your existing content, media, and plugins. - What to choose: Whether you choose to start from a template, clone an existing setup, or do a blank install, this first decision sets your foundation and structure. - Next: If you already have a WordPress site, you can import your existing content, media, and plugins. ### Step 2: Import Content (Site Migration) If you already have a WordPress site, you can import your existing content, media, and plugins. ![Step 2: Import Content (Site Migration) (image 2 of 7)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155075588014/original/ABwbswa9DgdcAeEIWPyqlnOxkAA4SrYwLA.png) **Step 2: Import Content (Site Migration) (image 2 of 7)** This screenshot appears in the "Step 2: Import Content (Site Migration)" section of "Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting". The text alongside this image reads: If you already have a WordPress site, you can import your existing content, media, and plugins. Immediately after, the guide continues: Log in to your WordPress backend directly from the GHL Customer Care dashboard. This streamlines your entry point and speeds up management without needing separate credentials. - What this covers: If you already have a WordPress site, you can import your existing content, media, and plugins. - Next: Log in to your WordPress backend directly from the GHL Customer Care dashboard. This streamlines your entry point and speeds up management without needing separate credentials. ### Step 3: One-Click WP Admin Access Log in to your WordPress backend directly from the GHL Customer Care dashboard. This streamlines your entry point and speeds up management without needing separate credentials. ![Step 3: One-Click WP Admin Access (image 3 of 7)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155075588012/original/82QBrI3fafrfxmOmXGHjb4cmo6PXgcXZyA.png) **Step 3: One-Click WP Admin Access (image 3 of 7)** This screenshot appears in the "Step 3: One-Click WP Admin Access" section of "Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting". The text alongside this image reads: Log in to your WordPress backend directly from the GHL Customer Care dashboard. This streamlines your entry point and speeds up management without needing separate credentials. Immediately after, the guide continues: Establish your primary domain. This step ensures enterprise-grade encryption and security for your visitors via Cloudflare. - What this covers: Log in to your WordPress backend directly from the GHL Customer Care dashboard. This streamlines your entry point and speeds up management without needing separate credentials. - Next: Establish your primary domain. This step ensures enterprise-grade encryption and security for your visitors via Cloudflare. ### Step 4: Connect Domain & SSL Establish your primary domain. This step ensures enterprise-grade encryption and security for your visitors via Cloudflare. ![Step 4: Connect Domain & SSL (image 4 of 7)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155075588008/original/DsJ2UrcvtpYG9-DPPb9632DJwZZtrMGjkA.png) **Step 4: Connect Domain & SSL (image 4 of 7)** This screenshot appears in the "Step 4: Connect Domain & SSL" section of "Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting". The text alongside this image reads: Establish your primary domain. This step ensures enterprise-grade encryption and security for your visitors via Cloudflare. Immediately after, the guide continues: Turn on and view logs to get a reliable audit of your site's history of changes. This helps you troubleshoot issues early and keep your site safe. - What this covers: Establish your primary domain. This step ensures enterprise-grade encryption and security for your visitors via Cloudflare. - Next: Turn on and view logs to get a reliable audit of your site's history of changes. This helps you troubleshoot issues early and keep your site safe. ### Step 5: Enable Security Logs Turn on and view logs to get a reliable audit of your site's history of changes. This helps you troubleshoot issues early and keep your site safe. ![Step 5: Enable Security Logs (image 5 of 7)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155075588011/original/2Su9gilRX3kW4JktdLROlITLJ_z6fpAd3Q.png) **Step 5: Enable Security Logs (image 5 of 7)** This screenshot appears in the "Step 5: Enable Security Logs" section of "Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting". The text alongside this image reads: Turn on and view logs to get a reliable audit of your site's history of changes. This helps you troubleshoot issues early and keep your site safe. Immediately after, the guide continues: Maintain security based on roles and responsibilities. Reserve full admin access only for those who truly need full control over the site. - What this covers: Turn on and view logs to get a reliable audit of your site's history of changes. This helps you troubleshoot issues early and keep your site safe. - Next: Maintain security based on roles and responsibilities. Reserve full admin access only for those who truly need full control over the site. ### Step 6: Manage User Permissions Maintain security based on roles and responsibilities. Reserve full admin access only for those who truly need full control over the site. ![Step 6: Manage User Permissions (image 6 of 7)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155075588010/original/eCBUtM1i2cCD4OTOOAB96gT9yebh3urpSQ.png) **Step 6: Manage User Permissions (image 6 of 7)** This screenshot appears in the "Step 6: Manage User Permissions" section of "Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting". The text alongside this image reads: Maintain security based on roles and responsibilities. Reserve full admin access only for those who truly need full control over the site. Immediately after, the guide continues: Once you launch, view traffic and engagement analytics by enabling the Uptime Monitoring under Analytics > Visitors Report. This surfaces priority data so you can see clear paths to optimizing your site. - What this covers: Maintain security based on roles and responsibilities. Reserve full admin access only for those who truly need full control over the site. - Next: Once you launch, view traffic and engagement analytics by enabling the Uptime Monitoring under Analytics > Visitors Report. This surfaces priority data so you can see clear paths to optimizing your site. ### Step 7: View Analytics Once you launch, view traffic and engagement analytics by enabling the Uptime Monitoring under Analytics > Visitors Report. This surfaces priority data so you can see clear paths to optimizing your site. ![Step 7: View Analytics (image 7 of 7)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.freshdesk.com/data/helpdesk/attachments/production/155075588009/original/S0OJTSUKvEdjndGv_RDcWpz1d47uMIiQQA.png) **Step 7: View Analytics (image 7 of 7)** This screenshot appears in the "Step 7: View Analytics" section of "Setup Guide for WordPress Hosting". The text alongside this image reads: Once you launch, view traffic and engagement analytics by enabling the Uptime Monitoring under Analytics > Visitors Report. This surfaces priority data so you can see clear paths to optimizing your site. The navigation path used here is Analytics > Visitors Report. Immediately after, the guide continues: Go to your newly provisioned WordPress site dashboard. The guide will automatically surface priority tasks in the proper order. Click Continue on the active prompt to proceed through the remaining steps until completion. - Path: Analytics > Visitors Report - What this covers: Once you launch, view traffic and engagement analytics by enabling the Uptime Monitoring under Analytics > Visitors Report. This surfaces priority data so you can see clear paths to optimizing your site. - Next: Go to your newly provisioned WordPress site dashboard. The guide will automatically surface priority tasks in the proper order. Click Continue on the active prompt to proceed through the remaining steps until completion. ## ?️ How To Use the Setup Guide 1. Go to your newly provisioned WordPress site dashboard. 2. The guide will automatically surface priority tasks in the proper order. 3. Click Continue on the active prompt to proceed through the remaining steps until completion. ## ❓ Frequently Asked Questions Q: Who can see the setup guide? A: Agency admins and authorized users with WordPress management permissions can view and interact with the guide. Q: Can I bring the setup guide back once it's finished or skipped? A: Yes! You can easily toggle or re-open the guide from your dashboard if you need to review the steps again. Q: What should I do during DNS propagation? A: DNS changes can take a few hours to propagate globally. Simply wait for the propagation to complete before attempting to verify your SSL and domain connection. Q: Does the migration process use my plan's resources (storage, bandwidth, etc.)? A: Yes, the imported content will count toward your plan's allocated storage limits. However, unmetered bandwidth ensures your site stays fast and available once live. --- Documentation for GHL Customer Care. Support: support@ghlcustomercare.com