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DigitalOcean WordPress Setup (In 12 Minutes)

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Get started ➡️ https://ideaspot.com.au/digitalocean Cloudpanel document used during install here: https://www.cloudpanel.io/docs/v2/getting-started/other/ Other good cloud VM hosting: Cloudways: http://ideaspot.com.au/cloudways Racknerd: https://ideaspot.com.au/racknerd Vultr: http://ideaspot.com.au/vultr Other videos referenced: How to get a domain name (Namecheap) https://youtu.be/uY0QSD8NbPY?si=05yh6ROi0fn_C61g Cloudflare super page cache: https://youtu.be/c-U5Nw2xTj8?si=iO4ny1TQAXPB9lqt WordPress optimization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ycfEhPfnBM All in one backup and migration (free method) https://youtu.be/Fgq5X2DVsmY WPvivid https://youtu.be/_6w2u7iEkD0 0:00 Introduction - DigitalOcean for WordPress 1:14 Setting up your droplet 9:41 Installing Wordpress 12:39 Securing and Optimizing Performance More tips and tutorials at: https://ideaspot.com.au At IdeaSpot, we support the free and open exchange of knowledge and information. Please support us by using these description links included here. Besides the great discounts you can get from these links, they help us grow too by providing us a small commission on referral. Thank you for supporting IdeaSpot so we can continue to provide you with free content each week!

About This Video

In this video I walk you through setting up WordPress on a DigitalOcean droplet from scratch, and I keep it tight—three parts: creating the droplet, installing CloudPanel to manage it, then installing WordPress in just a couple of clicks. I’m using DigitalOcean here mainly because the 60‑day free trial is one of the longest I’ve seen, and it’s a really cost-effective way to test whether cloud VM hosting is actually a good fit for your WordPress sites. I also show the exact Ubuntu version I used (24.04 LTS) because CloudPanel support matters. Once the server is up, I show my preferred SSH-key setup (especially if you’re on Windows—PuTTY + PuTTYgen is still my favorite), run the update commands, and install CloudPanel with MariaDB (I generally like it for WordPress performance). Then we wire up a real domain with Cloudflare DNS, add the A/CNAME records, and set up SSL properly—including Cloudflare Origin Certificates and making sure Cloudflare is set to Full (strict), so you don’t get weird SSL issues. Finally, I go through practical security and speed wins: restricting traffic to Cloudflare only, enabling Varnish in CloudPanel, and the WordPress-side plugin to control it. I also share optional extras I use a lot—Cloudflare Super Page Cache, image compression, and basic optimization/security plugins—plus the big one: keep backups and keep everything updated.

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