Website development is a never ending process but taking the first steps is always seems harder than the rest of the way. This simple checklist helps us making sure we have a sound foundations to build upon.

• Register domain
• Add domain to hosting
• Create redirects on hosting if neccessary
• Set up email in cPanel and forwarders if applies
• Install wordpress
• If installed through softaculus then set updates and upgrades automatically and backup times and frequency.
• Select theme
• Install plugins
  • Contact form
  • Image optimizer
  • Cache
  • Backup
  • GDPR
  • Yoast
• Download some stock images
• Create pages
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
  • Home page
• Wordpress settings
  • Copyright for footer
  • Change Home to site name
  • Add search box and important links to sidebar
  • Set permalink structure in Settings > Permalinks to post name
  • Set commenting according to needs in Setting > Discussion
• Register on Cloudflare and change DNS to cloudflare dns in case of "Full zone type"