This article explains how HighLevel’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’s perfect for new accounts or anyone standardizing onboarding across locations. Keywords: WordPress hosting, HighLevel, setup guide, onboarding, domains and SSL, migration, analytics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- What is the WordPress Hosting Setup Guide?
- Key Benefits of the Setup Guide
- Setup Flow
- How To Set Up the WordPress Hosting Setup Guide
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Related Articles
What is the WordPress Hosting Setup Guide?
The WordPress Hosting Setup Guide is a built-in onboarding 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’s done and what’s next. Optional steps can be skipped, and once all tasks are finished, the guide automatically hides to keep your dashboard clean.
Key Benefits of the Setup Guide
Understanding the core advantages helps teams adopt the guide consistently and achieve time-to-value faster. The benefits below map directly to tasks you’ll complete during onboarding.
Onboarding clarity: A guided checklist with CTAs, tooltips, and progress tracking reduces guesswork for new users.
Faster time-to-value: Complete the essential steps in one flow so you can start building, publishing, and measuring sooner.
Guided domain & SSL: Connect a custom domain or confirm a subdomain, then enable SSL for a trusted, secure experience.
Safe migration: Import an existing WordPress site with purpose-built tooling designed to minimize friction.
One-click WP Admin access: Log into your WordPress Admin directly from HighLevel for faster configuration.
Built-in security logging: Enable activity logs to monitor key events and improve visibility.
Visibility & progress: Track completion at a glance; the guide auto-hides when all steps are done.
Setup Flow
The seven steps below provide the recommended onboarding flow for WordPress Hosting. Start by creating your site, optionally import an existing site, log in to WP Admin for configuration, connect your domain and enable SSL, turn on activity logs for security visibility, add users with the right roles, and monitor performance and traffic with analytics. Optional items can be skipped at any time, progress is tracked, and the guide auto‑hides after completion.
Step 1: Create Site
Start by creating your WordPress site. Whether you choose a template, a cloned site, or a blank install, this first decision sets your foundation for design, performance, and content structure.
Step 2: Import Your Existing Site (Optional)
If you already have a WordPress site, use the import step to bring your content, media, themes, and plugins into HighLevel-hosted WordPress. This step is optional—you can skip it and import later if you prefer.
Step 3: Log in to Your WP Admin Dashboard
Logging into WordPress Admin from HighLevel streamlines management through a single, secure entry point. This reduces the need to manage separate credentials and speeds up configuration.
Step 4: Customize Your Domain and SSL
Connecting a custom domain helps establish brand trust, and enabling SSL ensures encrypted traffic. You can also keep your subdomain if you’re not ready to connect a custom domain yet.
Step 5: Enable Activity Logs
Activity logs provide an auditable history of important events—useful for security, troubleshooting, and change management. Enabling logs early ensures you capture a complete record as your team works.
Step 6: Manage Users and Permissions
Adding the right users with the right roles helps maintain security and accountability. Assign roles based on responsibility—reserve Admin for those who truly need full access.
Step 7: Explore Site Analytics and Reports
After launching, monitor performance and engagement to inform your next optimizations. HighLevel surfaces core analytics and performance reporting so you can track progress and prioritize improvements.
How To Set Up the WordPress Hosting Setup Guide
There’s nothing to install—the guide appears contextually after a new WordPress subscription. Use the paths below to open it based on whether you’ve created a site yet. Proper use ensures you complete essentials in the intended order.
Access paths:
When no site is created yet (after subscription):
Go to Sites → WordPress Dashboard → Setup Guide.
Follow the checklist from Create Site onward.
For an existing site:
Go to Sites → WordPress Dashboard → Go to Site → Setup Guide.
Continue remaining steps until completion.
Behavior to note
The guide supports skipping optional steps.
The guide automatically hides after all steps are complete.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Who can access the Setup Guide?
Users with permission to manage WordPress Hosting for the location can open and complete the guide.
Q: Can I skip steps and come back later?
Yes. Optional steps can be skipped at any time; you can return to finish remaining steps as needed.
Q: SSL is stuck on “Pending.” What should I do?
Confirm your domain points correctly, remove conflicting DNS entries, and try again after DNS propagates.
Q: Does the Setup Guide affect billing or hosting resources?
No. The guide is an onboarding experience; it does not change your billing or plan resources.
Q: Can I complete these tasks outside the guide?
Yes. All tasks (domains, users, analytics, etc.) are available directly in the WordPress Dashboard—use the guide for convenience and tracking.
Q: Does the guide auto-hide? Can it be shown again?
The guide automatically hides after all steps are finished. You can still access each area (Domains, Users, Analytics) from the WordPress Dashboard.
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