Static HTML websites are no more effective in the age of dynamic satisfied and rich interactive interfaces. That’s the reason why there is a need for Comprehensive Guide HTML to WordPress Conversion. Let’s discuss the steps involved in the process of Comprehensive Guide HTML to word-press conversion.

Choose your Hosting Plan

There are two hosting plans that you can choose between the one is the managed WordPress.com and another is the self-hosted WordPress.org. For conversion to WordPress you have to appoint a hosting plan that can be dedicated, VP, shared etc. and it will be established by your site traffic and WordPress requirements. Select a server that supports PHP 5.6 or above and MySQL 5.6 or above.

Go to WordPress Download  and Install WordPress

Download the zip package of WordPress by visiting WordPress download page. Now install and log into WP admin.

Select HTML  code that you want to transfer

You can code a custom theme for yourself if you are a code editor and have knowledge of HTML, CSS, and PHP. you can keep your HTML site design by doing so. You can also skip it if you don’t want to keep HTML site’s design.

Create a new Theme folder

Create a folder on the desktop with the theme name. You can also rename it. Create files names such as Style. css, Index.php, header. php, sidebar.php, footer. php and so on by opening the code editor. These files are the theme’s templates.

Copy Existing CSS into Style.css file

Usually CSS is used by HTML websites to style page elements. To direct the arrival of selected components crosswise the entire site and all its pages, copy CSS and paste it into Style. css file.

Cut up your current HTML

To cut up your current HTML, go to the theme folder that one you created earlier. Open index.html file in the code editor. Then copy  all the data from the top, right up to the tag div class=“main”. Go to the theme folder, open header. php and paste it there. Save it and close. Also copy the tag and everything inside the class= “sidebar”. Go to the theme folder, open sidebar.php, and paste it there. Save it and close. Carry on until finalizing your Index.php File.

Install your New Theme

Once your HTML themes files are finished just saved them neatly in the folder that you created on desktop earlier with name of HTML theme. The next step is to place this theme folder inside WordPress installation directory to make it available. Open the WordPress install folder. Copy-paste the HTML theme folder inside /wp-content/themes/. Launch WordPress now. Go to  WP Admin >> Appearance >> Themes. All themes you create/download and install will appear here. You can see your custom theme by name there. Now activate it to install your new theme.

Importing HTML Content

The last thing that you will need to do to import your previous HTML website’s content. There are many tools available to do so. Go through the user guide carefully before installing the plugin and import a directory of your content. That’s all. Welcome to WordPress.