{"id":380,"date":"2021-10-12T22:13:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T11:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wphowto.club\/?p=380"},"modified":"2021-10-12T22:13:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T11:13:25","slug":"how-to-launch-a-woocommerce-store-with-cloudways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wphowto.club\/es\/how-to-launch-a-woocommerce-store-with-cloudways\/","title":{"rendered":"How to launch a WooCommerce store with Cloudways"},"content":{"rendered":"

WooCommerce is arguably one of the most extensive, powerful e-commerce platforms around, however, all this power under the hood also makes it more complex to set up and maintain. I’ve talked about this in length in detail over in this article<\/a>, so I won’t go into that here, but one thing you can do to simplify your WooCommerce store management is to use a solid, WordPress optimised web host like Cloudways. Cloudways<\/a> simplifies the hosting side of things and lets you launch a WooCommerce store that is optimised right from the get-go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m a big fan of Cloudways<\/a> as they give you the ability to choose from a number of cloud providers in locations all over the world, like Digital Ocean, Vultr, Google Cloud and AWS. They then manage the whole underlying server infrastructure so you don’t have to. Cloudways deploys a managed WordPress instance on top of the cloud server that is performance optimised and security hardened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign Up For A Free Cloudways Trial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First up, you need to sign up for a Cloudways account<\/a> which comes with a free trial in the form of an account credit worth three days of hosting on a basic server. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

>> Go to Cloudways and sign up for a free trial here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Cloudways home page, click one of the “Start Free” or “Get Started Free” buttons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next, fill out the initial signup form. There are no billing details required at this stage, just a First Name, Last Name, Email, Password and a few general information questions about you that help Cloudways<\/a> send you the most helpful introductory email sequences for your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you are done, agree to the Cloudways terms and privacy policy and click “Sign Up Free & Spin Up My First Server<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deploy A Server For Your WooCommerce Website With Cloudways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once you have an account, Cloudways will guide you through the process of setting up your first server and a managed WooCommerce application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This screen may be a little daunting the first time you see it but it is an extremely simplified way of launching a WooCommerce website on a cloud server. Everything you need to choose from is right here on this one screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the first box titled “WordPress”, select the latest version of WooCommerce and WordPress that is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The other fields along the top of this screen are all about identifying your server and application. Give them both a name. I personally like to name my applications with the domain name of the website that is running on the server. So for this website, I’d call the application wphowto.club as an example. For the Managed Server name, I usually base it on the name of the website that will be hosted on it, for example, WP How To Club. However, you can name them anything that makes sense to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last option along the top is the name of the project. This is an internal tool that is helpful if you host multiple websites for different projects as you can grant access permissions to other users based on the project. Give your project a name that makes sense to you. You can always edit your application name, server name and project name later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next row is where you choose what cloud provider you want to use. Each one has pros and cons. It’s easy to move your website between providers later on if you need to, but the simplest comparison is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n