WordPress Blog Setup With Comments

I’m launching a WordPress-powered blog focused exclusively on articles and long-form written posts, and I’d like the entire site ready for publishing. Your task is to install or migrate WordPress on my chosen host, apply or lightly customize a clean, mobile-friendly theme that prioritises readability, and make sure the native comment section is active, styled to match the theme and protected against spam.

Core expectations
• The homepage lists recent posts with excerpts and featured images.
• Single-post pages display an author box, categories/tags, and a fully working comment thread.
• From my dashboard I can easily add, edit, schedule and categorise articles.
• Basic SEO (titles, meta, permalinks) and performance plugins are configured.
• The site passes a quick speed and security check and looks good on phones, tablets and desktops.

Optional nice-to-haves such as social sharing buttons or a subscriber form can stay off for now, but please leave the door open for me to add them later without major rework.

Once built, hand over a brief screencast or PDF guide showing how to publish a post, moderate comments and update plugins safely.