How to start over from scratch

  • Can someone please, please tell me how to simply reset everything and start over from scratch building my website? I’m obviously new to building a website and are having a hard time coming to terms how building a website can be so difficult for the average user in 2019. I was hoping to start an ecommerce business but this is wayyyyyy too difficult. Why is there 500 different plugins regarding resetting a website? Don’t they all do the same thing? Can I trust any of them? Which one do I use? I’m not a trusting individual and “downloading plugins” I know nothing about sounds like “download this virus” or “buy this”. Neither sounds too good to me.
    Thanks.

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  • Good evening! I’m sorry you’re having such a frustrating time. If you’d really like to delete everything and start over from scratch, the easiest way to do this would be to delete your WordPress folder and all the files, re-upload WordPress, build a new MySQL database, and re-configure your wp-config.php file. The directions here will get you going.

    How to install WordPress

    I would be glad to answer specific questions along the way. Hang in there, you can do this.

    Kyle

    Thread Starter tjl91677

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    Thanks Kyle. I appreciate the help. I’ve given up. This is way too difficult. I invested 6 months and $6,000 into this venture thinking that the last thing I have to do is put a basic, two page website together and it would be a simple thing. I’ve basically thrown away any savings I had and cannot for the life of me understand how this can possibly be as difficult as it is to build a website. Something like building a website in 2019 should be incredibly simple. How I was fooled. Wish I had another, what, $5,000 it takes to have somebody else do it? I am truly shocked this is so difficult.
    Thanks again, appreciate your time,
    Sincerely,
    Defeated.

    I’m sorry it’s been such a long and challenging journey. One last approach you can consider would be to use a site like Upwork.com where a community of very talented WordPress developers can bid on your proposed work. You can structure the arrangement as a fixed-price, result-based arrangement to help you manage cost and the developers have clear expectations for what to deliver.

    Sorry again and take good care.

    Kyle

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