Build a WordPress Powered Amazon Affiliate Site on NGINX

Choose a .com domain, use keywords, keep it short and easy to spell, and brandable. Research trademarks, avoid hyphens and double letters, then use domain name generators and compare registrars.

Register a domain and link it to hosting via name servers, compare SiteGround and FastComet, choose a beginner WordPress hosting with a free SSL, and perform a one-click WordPress install.

Install and activate the OceanWP theme and essential Ocean plugins. Then set up Elementor and WooCommerce with the W Zone Amazon plugin for a WordPress Amazon affiliate site.

Explore the WordPress interface—from the dashboard and updates to posts versus pages, categories, tags, media, appearance, and essential settings like permalinks, privacy, and site health.

Discover the strengths of WordPress CMS, from its simple, code-free setup and vast themes and plugins to strong SEO, open-source collaboration, and responsive, scalable websites.

Install a free SSL on your site via cpanel using Letsencrypt, select domains, issue the http-01 certificate, and access wp admin to manage WordPress.

Install and activate a lightweight Ocean WP theme, essential Elementor addons, and WooCommerce, then configure the W zone amazon affiliate plugin to import products and set up the store.

Set up WordPress pages, dismiss notices, and configure your Amazon Associates account by adding your affiliate ID, importing products with the Chrome extension, and saving payment and tax details.

Import amazon products into your WordPress site using the direct import extension and API key, manage variations, then edit content and build product pages with Elementor for affiliate sales.

Set a static home page and customize the layout in Elementor using two-element sections with image and heading, sourced from stock sites like Pixabay and Vecteezy.

Learn how to create headings and descriptions for a WordPress site using Elementor, choosing fonts like Montserrat and Poppins, adjusting color, typography, and padding, and centering text for SEO-friendly layouts.

Add and customize a button in Elementor by centering it, styling typography, colors, and border radius, inserting a cart icon, and setting the link later for responsive mobile preview.

Learn to add three icon-and-text sections as category widgets, customize icons from the library, copy and paste content, and style typography, backgrounds, and full-width layouts for a responsive WordPress site.

Add category images and a configurable image slider to your WordPress Amazon affiliate site on nginx, then customize text, opacity, and typography for mobile-friendly visuals.

Create and populate recent and best selling sections on a WordPress WooCommerce site by adding sections, renaming tabs, inserting shortcodes, and configuring visibility, limits, and columns.

Add a four-icon box section in a WordPress site, styling icons, headings, and typography with color and padding, then introduce an SEO friendly blog area using Rank Math for rankings.

Install, activate, and configure the Rank Math SEO plugin in WordPress via the setup wizard, connect your account, and enable features like breadcrumbs, sitemap, and search console verification.

Learn how to optimize WordPress blog posts for Rank Math SEO, including setting focus keywords, meta descriptions, headings, tags, featured images, internal and external links, and AMP integration.

Add and customize a blog page on a WordPress site hosted on NGINX using Elementor's posts grid, optimize search results with Rankmath SEO snippets, and tailor titles, images, and categories.

Learn to build a WordPress blog page, about us, and contact us using Elementor templates, post timeline and grid layouts, typography, branding colors, and mobile-friendly styling for better SEO.

Create a header menu in WordPress by adding pages like contact us, blog, and shop, arrange them with drag-and-drop, and enable WooCommerce endpoints and product categories.

Learn to create a professional logo without design skills using a free logo maker, then customize the WordPress header and favicon by adjusting logo and site identity.

Learn how to add and customize a four-section WordPress footer using widgets, including contact info, social icons, and a product search, with color, typography, and layout tweaks.

Customize product pages to full width, remove sidebars, and publish changes. Tweak typography and colors with fonts like Monserrate and Rubik, adjust price and add to cart styling sitewide.

Customize the WooCommerce sidebar on a WordPress site by adding search, price filters, top-rated products, and categories, then make key pages full width for a streamlined Amazon affiliate storefront.

Promote your Amazon affiliate store by using anchor text product links, high quality reviews, and buyer intent keywords on your WordPress powered site to boost CTR and revenue.

Explore planning and comparing Apache and Nginx for modern web apps, and learn how deployment choices impact performance, cost, and scalability.

Explore Apache's architectural simplicity featuring one process per connection and modular extendability. Assess the shift to handle hundreds of simultaneous connections with multiprocessing modules and denial of service attacks.

Discover how Nginx resolves connection concurrency, with each worker handling thousands of HTTP connections and absorbing traffic spikes as a lightweight, scalable front-end proxy for Apache or standalone server.

Deploy a Digital Ocean Ubuntu 18.04 droplet, create a project, and install Nginx through a step-by-step guided deployment from account setup to server access.

Attach a floating IP to your new server to enable future transfer flexibility. Use the networking tab to assign the IP to Nginx and prepare for connecting and configuring Nginx.

Connect to your virtual server via ssh to configure nginx on a digital ocean droplet, using terminal or putty, and securely change the root password for access.

Update the server’s package index, install nginx with apt, and test by visiting the IP to see the Welcome to Nginx page.

Install and secure MySQL on Nginx, remove anonymous users, and test database, disallow remote root login, and switch to MySQL native password to prepare for WordPress installation.

Install php and php-mysql, enable php-fpm to process dynamic content on nginx, configure the default server block for index.php, set php to 7.2, then test with nginx -t and reload.

Test php support on your nginx server by creating info.php in the html directory, viewing /info.php to check php configuration, then delete the file.

Configure domain name servers to point your Nginx server to DigitalOcean, using your registrar (GoDaddy) to set ns1, ns2, ns3.digitalocean.com and update the DNS zone file.

Configure DNS zone file in DigitalOcean by adding A records for root and www, pointing to the floating IP with TTL 120, and attach the domain to nginx three.

Update the nginx block file to include both www and non-www domain variations, then reload the server to verify access via domain names or IP.

Install Let's Encrypt SSL on Nginx with Certbot, verify domain names, obtain certificates for both www and non-www, then redirect to https and auto renew.

Install phpMyAdmin to manage databases through a web GUI, configure it securely, link to the nginx root, enable the crypt PHP module, restart PHP, and verify access via /phpMyAdmin.

Rename the phpMyAdmin symbolic link in the html directory to a non-obvious URL to secure access.

Secure phpMyAdmin by adding an authentication gateway in NGINX, create an encrypted password file with a username and password, and prepare to enable the gateway in the next tutorial.

Configure an nginx location block for your phpMyAdmin link and enable basic authentication with auth_basic and auth_basic_user_file. Restart nginx and verify access requires correct credentials.

Install and explore WordPress, the leading content management system powering a third of websites, to easily build membership sites, e-commerce stores, and blogs via a browser-based admin panel.

Create a MySQL database named WordPress with UTF eight character set, create a dedicated WordPress user with full privileges, apply changes with flush privileges, then exit.

Install essential PHP extensions for WordPress by updating the apt package index, installing required packages, and restarting the PHP-FPM service to apply changes on a WordPress nginx setup.

Add nginx location blocks for favicon.ico and robots.txt inside the server block, serve images as static files to save resources, and adjust the try_files directive to support WordPress permalinks.

Download the latest WordPress from the WordPress website, extract it in the temp directory, copy wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, move files to the html directory, and set permissions.

Configure WordPress security keys and database access in the wp-config.php using nano, paste generated keys. Set fs_method direct to avoid FTP prompts, confirm database name WordPress, WordPress User, password.

Install WordPress, select English, and set the site title, admin username, and a strong password. Log in to the dashboard to begin building on NGINX, with optional search engine visibility.