So you had sent the required fees to @vornix and we had created an account for you. What should you do next?

1. Get your credentials

Login to steemit.com with your owner keys and check your wallet. You will see the following sent by @vornix

• Your wordpress URL
• Your username
• Your password
  Now you can login to your vornix wordpress with the credentials
  

  2. Change your email and password

  
  Immediately after logging in, you should change your email. This will ensure you will receive all emails from wordpress regarding your account.

Click on All Users. Hover to your username and click edit. Update your email and generate a new password for yourself.

3. Install the steempress plugin

Many steemians had helped to create posts on the installation steps for steempress plugin, and we shall not repeat here. Remember to use your posting key at the steempress settings.

4. Explore Wordpress

You now have access to the most popular blogging software on the Internet. Spend some time to explore the different features of Wordpress.

• Appearance -> Themes. There are hundreds of freely available themes available. Explore them and download and use the one that suits your blogging style.
• Plugins. Besides the steempress plugin, there are others that helps your wordpress blogging experience. For example, a markdown editor.
• Posts, categories, tags. Learn about how each of these work and try them out.

Once you are ready and created your first posts, you can now use the steempress plugin to publish to your steemit account. Enjoy!

The contents in this post can be freely translated into other langugages to help fellow steemians. Do source/linkback to this post if you do so.

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Posted from my blog with SteemPress : https://vornix.blog/2018/07/25/wordpress-tips-and-seo-1-what-to-do-after-your-account-is-created/

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