WordPress is one of the top blogging platforms for a lot of different reasons. WordPress provides an easy and simple CMS development option particularly for people with moderate knowledge of computers,novices and people who are inclined towards CMS development. The best feature of WordPress CMS is that it can easily be used and implemented by any one who has basic knowledge of computers. CMS or content management system manages the creation and modification of digital content.

Now we talk about how to start blogging by using WordPress.

For the purposes of this post I’m assuming you already have a WordPress site set up .A step by step process to writing a post for a WordPress blog; that’s what I’ve put together here

Step 1: Determine a Topic

The first thing you need to do for any blog post, regardless of platform, is determine a topic. A lot goes into this, more than you might think if you’re a novice blogger.

Once you have a topic, you can start with the writing. I’m not going to tell you how to write, that’s a skill you develop on your own, but I do believe that writing at least a basic outline first is always a good idea.

Step 2: Write an Outline

At this point, I wouldn’t have even logged in to my blog. I like to write outlines locally, where I don’t have to shuffle around browser tabs or windows. You can also get benefit from tools as simple as Google Docs or Microsoft Word. Take this post for example; a simple outline is nothing more than each step written out.

Step 3: Find Sources and References

At this point I like to run some Google searches to find other posts that have been written on the same topic I’m covering.
It’s better in general to find sources from sites you recognize as high quality, which means you have to have some level of awareness of your industry. Newcomers will take some time to get the sense of things, to learn the lay of the land, but that’s okay. There’s nothing wrong with linking to sites other than the top end.

Step 4: Pick the Visual or Text Editor

Now you get to log into your WordPress installation and click to create a new post. The visual editor is like your standard word processor. It has formatting options and everything built in. Highlight a section and click bold to bold it, etc. The text editor, meanwhile, is more like notepad or coding directly. If you want to bold a section, you will need to type in the appropriate HTML.

Step 5: Write the Post

Now you have an outline and a text editor; write your post! You’ll see a word count in the bottom corner keeping you up to speed on how many words you’ve written. Generally, a good blog post is going to be between 1,500 and 3,000 words.Some blogs get away with much longer posts, and some with shorter, but if you’re under 1,000, you’re probably getting too short for comfort.
This is because Google doesn’t like short content, and since you’re asking for a tutorial using WordPress you’re probably a relatively new blogger.

Step 6: Add Media for Images

There’s a button called “add media” up in the corner. If you were wondering how to insert images into your blog posts, this is how you do it. With WordPress, you have to upload images to the media library.

Step 7: Add and Check Formatting

Once you have a post written, it’s time to do an editing pass. This is where I like to add formatting, the bolds and the italics you see throughout a post, the heading code, and so forth.
WordPress saves your post automatically as a draft every so often, depending on your settings. However, I recommend saving an official draft and clicking the preview button now. This allows you to make sure everything looks good, everything is in place, and it looks like a post you would want to read on the internet.

Step 8: Fill Out Meta Data and Category

Technically, the title can fall under the meta data category, but I’m putting it in its own place just for the added emphasis.

Now let’s look at the other forms of meta data surrounding your post composition box.

The permalink will fit in one of a few different formats. Ideally, it should be human readable, probably with hyphens in it. If not, feel free to make it so.

The category will typically just be a basic checkbox for “uncategorized.” However, you can add new categories, which creates sortable pages for all posts in that category. I recommend establishing a couple now, and expanding as you find need for them.

Tags help search engines find you and help users read all the posts on your site using specific tags, if they want.

The description may or may not be available to customize depending on your plugins. If it is, write a short one or two sentence summary of your post in a way that entices people to read. This is what shows up in Google’s search results.

Step 9: Publish or Schedule the Post

Now you decide; do you publish now or schedule for later? I like scheduling even if you could publish immediately, simply because that allows you to publish at a more opportune time.