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04 — WordPress Setup

Initial Configuration

Open https://yourdomain.com and complete the 5-minute setup wizard:

  1. Language: English (you'll add more languages later with Polylang)
  2. Site Title: Your Company Name
  3. Username: Choose a non-obvious admin username (not "admin")
  4. Password: Use a strong password
  5. Email: Your business email

Essential Settings

Settings → General

  • Site Title: Your Company Name
  • Tagline: One-line description (e.g., "Leading Semi-Trailer Manufacturer in China")
  • WordPress Address / Site Address: https://yourdomain.com
  • Timezone: Your target market timezone

Settings → Permalinks

Select Post name: /%postname%/

This gives you clean, SEO-friendly URLs like yourdomain.com/product-name/.

Settings → Reading

  • Homepage displays: A static page
  • Create a "Home" page and a "Blog" page first, then set them here

Settings → Discussion

  • Uncheck "Allow people to submit comments on new posts" (unless you need blog comments)
  • This reduces spam and improves security

wp-config.php Additions

Add the snippets from wp-config-extra.php to your wp-config.php:

docker compose exec wordpress bash
nano /var/www/html/wp-config.php

Or set them via WORDPRESS_CONFIG_EXTRA in docker-compose.yml (already included in our template).

Key settings:

  • WP_MEMORY_LIMIT = 256M
  • DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT = true (security)
  • FORCE_SSL_ADMIN = true
  • WP_POST_REVISIONS = 5

Create Core Pages

For a trade/manufacturing site, create these pages:

  1. Home — Hero banner, key products, company highlights
  2. About — Company story, factory photos, certifications
  3. Products — Product catalog
  4. Cases / Projects — Customer success stories
  5. Blog / News — Industry articles for SEO
  6. Contact — Contact form, office address, map
  7. FAQ — Common buyer questions
  8. Privacy Policy / Terms of Service — Legal pages

Next Step

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