Flux enables you to use the full potential of the blockchain by hosting your Wordpress site in a secure and completely decentralized network.

Foreword: I don't work for Flux. I'm simply an independent content creator who loves this project and wants to support it by offering free content for educational purposes.

⚠️ Requirements to use Flux Cloud: already have a Zelcore account and some FLUX to pay the subscription.

You can create an account at https://zelcore.io/. If you're new to the world of blockchain and crypto-currency, you can read the step-by-step guide by clicking on this link: https://www.bonzai.lol/fluxsensei/posts/37XD_4169/guide-how-to-download-and-use-zelcore-the-flux-wallet

Summary: 

• Login to Flux Cloud
• Subscribe to a plan and setup your Flux hosting
• Setup your Wordpress website

1. Login to Flux Cloud

Step 1: Go to Flux Drive, the Flux Cloud data storage service, by clicking on this link https://cloud.runonflux.io/#/flux-drive

Step 2: Click on "login" (framed in green on the image)

Step 3: Click on the ZelID picture with the fingerprint

Step 4: Click on "Open Zelcore"

Step 5: From your Zelcore account, onces you are connected click on "Sign and send" to approve the connection

You are now connected to your Flux Cloud, as you can see on the top right of the screen it no longer displays "login" but "Sign out"

2. Subscribe to a plan and setup your Flux hosting

Step 1: From your Flux Cloud account, click on "Wordpress" on the menu to access to the setup page as the image below

Step 2: Fill in all required fields. Here is the detail of each one.

Put your Wordpress website name on "Wordpress Dapp Name" and the email address where you want to receive the alerts on "Email for Renewal Alerts".

If you already have buy your domain name, you can put now on the "Domain Name". Otherwise, you can connect it later. Choose your payment length (the price will be the same even if you choose a long term contract).

Whitelist IP are optional.

Currently, Flux offer just the Standard performance but it is enough for a random website.

Finally, properly choose the "Deployment Location" depending where your website visitors will be.

And I recommend you to let "Nginx - WP:Latest" on WP version.

One you complet all the field, click on "I have read and agree to the Terms of Service" as the image show below.

Step 3: Scroll down and click on "I agree"

Step 4: Click on "Verify login"

Step 5: Click on "Validate and get costs"

Step 6: Here we see the price (11.4 FLUX ($6.45 USD)/month), it could be a little bit different for you, click on "Accept Cost & Sign" to accept the price and continue

Step 7: Click on "Open Zelcore"

Step 8: Go to your Zelcore account, click on "Sign and Send"

Step 9: Go back to Flux Cloud and click on "Register Wordpress"

Step 10: Click on "Open Zelcore to pay"

Step 11: Click on "Open Zelcore", go back to your Zelcore account and click on "Proceed to pay", then click on "Send" to approve the payment

Step 12: Go back to Flux Cloud, and wait a few moment (~3 minutes) while you are on this page, do not close the window

Step 13: One it's finish, click on "LET'S GO"

Now Flux manage the hosting of your Wordpress website, if you click now on your URL Wordpress link you will be redirected to a page like that.

So, just wait 5 to 10 minutes until Flux finish its job. Do not quite the Flux Cloud page.

3. Setup your Wordpress detail

Step 1: After waiting around 10 minutes, click on the URL link (framed in green on the image below)

Step 2: Select the language you want and click on "Continue"

Step 3: Fill in the requested information which yours and do not click on "Discourage search engines from indexing this site" if you want your site to be accessible to search engines, once it's done click on "Install Wordpress"

Step 4: Click on "Log In"

Step 5: Fill the informations you just created, click on "Remember me" and then "Log In".

You now have access to the admin of your Wordpress website host my the decentralized Flux network.

I'm not going to create a website because that's not the topic of this article. But if it is what you want to do you can just go on YouTube and you will find a plenty of step-by-step videos who teach you how to do it.

You can bookmark the admin address of your Wordpress site for easy access. But you can also access it at any time by log in on your Flux Cloud account and go on the "Dapps" section from the menu.

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☕️ Thank you for reading. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section of this article or in a private message on Twitter. I'll do my best to help you!