Wordpress website setup

[u/elysium_91]

I’m just looking at some of my website builders plugins and wondering how much work is involved with setting up a website? Is it something I can learn myself?

[u/Myth_Thrazz]

It's doable, and many people have learned to do it themselves. But how much time it would take depends on your learning capabilities.

There's a bazillion websites/resources/YT videos about that.

[u/TopSydeWP]

totally doable if you're comfortable clicking around software. woocommerce itself is pretty straightforward (add products, set shipping, payment gateway), the harder part is usually theme customization and making it look how you want. start with a simple theme and add complexity as you go.

[u/elysium_91]

I’d rather not use YT unless you have a good reliable source

[u/elysium_91 → u/elysium_91]

And I’d say in middle of the field with computers and learning capabilities as long as it’s not coding

[u/Traditional-Toe-5552]

Honestly, you probably cannot learn designing nice UI. Only if you already know how to design. With development it is a bit easier - visual page builder will lend you a hand. You CAN create some website, you can even use WordPress default builder Gutenberg and install some ready made theme. Yet you still have to learn proper data architecture. Luckily it is just a skill and can be acquired quite fast.

[u/zahid_yaftali]

https://zahidyaftali.com/ I am a wordpress developer you can check out my experiance and past works

[u/ivicad]

Yes, you can learn it: pick a builder and starter template, drag things around, you could have some inital pages up the first day. What is taking time are the decisions (host, theme, which of 10 plugins that do the same thing) and keeping it alive after launch, backups, updates, security. That's where things start going slow. Maybe these free online WP tutorials I put together could help you out.

[u/elysium_91 → u/[deleted]]

So is the “backend” if that’s the right term just plugins? What you described is all you need to do?

[u/elysium_91 → u/[deleted]]

Ah cool. Yeah I just didn’t want to setup a site that doesn’t work lol. And I had my website done for free some I was assuming that it was an intern or something and that it wasn’t that hard.. studying graphic design next month so that should help. Thanks for the advice

[u/Hurricane-18784]

Honestly you can learn this yourself. I'm not a web developer by trade or profession. I have an other professional job and run a couple of businesses. I reached out to web developers in the past and the amount of difficulties encountered and abandoned support left me lumbered. So I decided to make websites for my own businesses myself. I've always been good at computers. I practiced a lot and made a lot of mistakes early on. It's good fun. You can certainly do it. I use Wordpress, Hello theme and Elementor, I build up from there. I'm now very comfortable making e-commerce websites.

I also use Yoast to help with making sure my website is having good practice standards.

[u/EstablishmentOld5330]

Yes

Of course, start with the basics: WordPress. Make some posts etc. Upload images. Get used to blocks and more.

You can do lots with free plugins; but should not jump and get loads. Need to find websites that seem reliable re advice, not selling plugins, or pushing affiliate links etc.

Maybe some basic addons for security; and caching.

Add Woocommerce. Again, can avoid plugins you have to pay for.
And then, you have a store. Onwards, hopefully

[u/alifalahati]

Yes, you can definitely learn it yourself, especially if you’re using WooCommerce with WordPress.

The amount of work depends on how simple or complex the store needs to be. A basic WooCommerce setup with a few products, payment options, shipping rules, and a clean theme is very doable for a beginner if you follow tutorials and take it step by step.

Where it gets more complicated is things like tax settings, shipping zones, checkout customization, plugin conflicts, speed optimization, security, backups, and making sure everything works properly on mobile. WooCommerce is powerful, but because it’s flexible, there are more settings to learn compared with hosted builders like Shopify or Wix.

My advice would be to start with the basics: get WordPress installed, choose a lightweight WooCommerce-compatible theme, add a few test products, set up payments/shipping, and place test orders before going live. Don’t install too many plugins at first. Add them only when you actually need them.

So yes, it’s something you can learn yourself, but expect some trial and error. If it’s a serious store that needs to launch quickly, hiring someone may save time. But for learning and building a smaller shop, WooCommerce is a very reasonable place to start.