# Before Getting Started ### What is Kalium? Kalium is a WordPress theme that helps you create beautiful and functional websites easily. Whether you’re setting up a personal blog, a portfolio, a business site, or an online store, Kalium makes it simple to build websites for any kind of business. It’s a theme that works with WordPress, so it gives you lots of options to customize and design your site exactly the way you want. ### What Do You Need to Use Kalium? * [**Hosting and Domain Name**](https://docs.kaliumtheme.com/getting-started/introduction/before-getting-started/hosting-and-domain): To use WordPress and Kalium, you’ll need a web hosting service and a domain name. * [**WordPress Installation**](https://docs.kaliumtheme.com/getting-started/introduction/before-getting-started/wordpress-installation): Kalium is a theme for WordPress, so you need to have a working version of a WordPress.org installed on your server to use the theme. * [**Server Requirements**](https://docs.kaliumtheme.com/getting-started/introduction/before-getting-started/server-requirements): Before using Kalium, make sure your server meets the requirements for both WordPress and the theme. We’ll go over these requirements in detail later in this article. For those who already have hosting, WordPress installed, and a server that meets the required specifications, you can skip directly to the [installation section ->](https://docs.kaliumtheme.com/getting-started/installation). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.kaliumtheme.com/getting-started/introduction/before-getting-started.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.