{"id":3294,"date":"2020-07-09T08:23:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T08:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verodate.com\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2020-07-09T08:23:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T08:23:43","slug":"how-to-create-a-dating-website-with-wordpress-6-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verodate.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-dating-website-with-wordpress-6-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a dating website with WordPress: 6 steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Online dating business is very\nsuccessful worldwide with high return on investment. Most of the individuals or\norganizations are directing their interests towards online dating due to the\nsuccess of most of the current websites and apps on the market. Creating a dating\nwebsite with WordPress is the easiest and the fastest method to get into the\nonline dating market. WordPress is a very versatile and an easy to use tool. Anyone\nwith basic website building knowledge can use and create their websites in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In this article we are\ndiscussing how a dating website with WordPress can be developed with 6 easy\nsteps anyone can follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start putting the pieces together<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before actually creating a dating\nwebsite with WordPress, you have to come up with a bulletproof plan to execute\nyour business as any startup would do. During the initial stage, you may have\nan idea of how your dating website would look like. But it is important that\nall the specifics are decided and developed before actually developing the website.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, identify the target\naudience you will be creating this website for. Popular dating sites such as\nOkCupid and Match.com cater to a wider audience. Anyone who wishes to find a\nman or a woman for dating can enroll themselves and find a match. However,\nunless you are willing to invest a large capital for your new dating site and\ncompete against these big names, it is always advisable if you create your\ndating website to cater to a specific niche. Such niches can be to date\nindividuals of the same gender, same professions (such as doctors, teachers,\npoets, etc.), individuals who support the same sports team, those who live in\nthe same area code, etc. The possibilities of finding a niche in this space are\nendless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the niche is decided,\nlist down what type of services you will provide from your dating website. Also\ncreate mockups of the screens and how you want them to look like when the dating\nwebsite with WordPress is developed. These screens may change when they are\nactually getting developed. But you will have an idea of what options to insert\nto your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy a domain name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once the business is structured, the next step is to actually start the steps in creating the dating website with WordPress. Firstly, you have to purchase a domain name. When purchasing a domain name, it is very important that you select a name that is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. relevant to your\ndating site;<\/li>
  2. easy for the users\nto remember;<\/li>
  3. available as a\ndomain.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Above are three rules to\nfollow before you set your heart setup on a name for the dating website. You\ncould host the domain using .com or any other relevant top-level domain. If you\nare going to use a top-level domain that is country specific, then make sure\nthat you target audience is from this specific country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Setup hosting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The next step in creating a dating\nwebsite with WordPress is to select a trusted hosting partner. You can choose\nfrom a range of hosting services such as GoDaddy, SiteGround or BlueHost and\nselect the domain that better cater to your requirement. All these hosting\nservices have different packages in different price ranges. You can select the\nmost suitable package as per your requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In the cPanel of your site,\ninstall WordPress to your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Add a dating related theme and required plugins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Once the steps 2 and 3 are\ncomplete, you are now in the step of actually developing you dating website\nwith WordPress. Once the WordPress is installed in your website, you have the\noption of either opting for a free theme or a paid theme. The benefits of\nopting for a paid theme is that you can get customized options suitable for a\ndating website. In free themes you do not have the option of doing a lot of\nchanges as they only have basic functionality as is suitable for websites such\nas a blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You may be spending a lot of\ntime in this step to perfect the look and feel of the website and to develop a\ndating website that is user friendly and is attractive to your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Market your website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Now that the dating website\nwith WordPress is developed, you have to get visitors into your website. Only\ndeveloping a website is not enough and there\u2019s less chance that users will come\ninto your site if it just idles on the internet. You have to market it. Use\nsocial media, other related and effective methods of marketing to reach your\ntarget audience and make your website visible on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mobile app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    When developing a dating website,\nit also has the advantage of developing your site to suit for different screen\nsizes such as for a mobile phone and a tablet. However, when you realize that\nyour dating website is getting good reception and the traffic is building up\ndaily, you can opt to create a mobile application based on your WordPress page.\nThis will increase your traffic more. The statistics show that the users access\nthe internet mostly using their mobile devices rather than a desktop or a\nlaptop PC. This is the reason why apps such as Tinder and OkCupid are doing so\nmuch better in the dating arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The above steps discussed are\nthe main steps you have to follow to create a dating website with WordPress.\nFurther researching on each and every step above and using them as a guideline\nwill help you create a great dating website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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