How to Create Free Wordpress Website on Pantheon

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Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create a free WordPress website using Pantheon — a powerful cloud hosting platform ideal for developers, students, and professionals who want performance and scalability.

🧠 What is Pantheon?

Pantheon is a web hosting platform that provides free development environments for WordPress and Drupal sites.
It’s great for:

  • Testing and learning WordPress.

  • Developing client or portfolio websites.

  • Building and staging before moving to paid hosting.

🚀 Step-by-Step: Create a Free WordPress Website on Pantheon

Step 1: Visit Pantheon

Go to 👉 https://pantheon.io

Click “Get Started Free” or “Create Free Account.”

Step 2: Sign Up

You can sign up using:

  • Google account

  • GitHub account

  • Or email/password

Once verified, log in to your Pantheon Dashboard.

Step 3: Create a New Site

  1. Click “Create New Site” on your dashboard.

  2. Choose WordPress (you’ll also see Drupal as another option).

  3. Enter:

    • Site Name (example: mysite-demo)

    • Workspace/Organization (leave default if you’re not part of any).

Then click Continue.

Step 4: Wait for Pantheon to Install WordPress

Pantheon will automatically install WordPress on a development environment (this takes a few seconds).

You’ll see 3 environments created:

  • Dev (Development)

  • Test

  • Live

The Dev environment is free and perfect for practice or small projects.

Step 5: Open Your Dev Site

Click “Visit Development Site” → it will open your temporary URL (e.g., dev-mysite.pantheonsite.io).

Then click “Visit WordPress Admin.”

Step 6: Set Up WordPress

Fill in:

  • Site title

  • Username

  • Password

  • Email address

Click Install WordPress.

Now you’ll reach your WordPress Dashboard at:
👉 https://dev-yourname.pantheonsite.io/wp-admin

Step 7: Customize Your Site

Now you can:

  • Install themes under Appearance → Themes

  • Add plugins under Plugins → Add New

  • Create pages and posts

Step 8: Access and Share Your Site

Your free site URL looks like:

https://dev-yourname.pantheonsite.io

You can share this link for previewing or testing.

⚠️ Note: Pantheon’s free plan is meant for development, so sites can “sleep” (pause) if inactive.
For full-time hosting (live sites with a custom domain), you’ll need a paid upgrade.

Step 9 (Optional): Connect a Custom Domain

If you upgrade to a paid plan:

  1. Go to your Live Environment.

  2. Click Domains/HTTPS → Connect Domain.

  3. Add your domain and update DNS records.

🧩 Advantages of Pantheon Free Plan

✅ Free for development & testing
✅ Fast hosting with built-in caching
✅ Git-based workflow
✅ Easy site backups
✅ Great for students & digital marketing learners

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