Softaculous installs WordPress for you in about a minute, with the database, the admin user and the configuration all created automatically. There is nothing to upload and no setup wizard to work through.
Steps #
- Log in to cPanel and scroll to the Software section, or use the sidebar. Click WordPress Manager by Softaculous.
- Click Install.
- Fill in the installation details: the WordPress version, the protocol (choose https:// if your SSL certificate is already active) and the domain you are installing on.
- Check the In Directory field carefully. This is where most mistakes happen:
- Leave it empty to install at the root, so the site is
https://your-domain.com. - Leave the default
wpin place and the site will be athttps://your-domain.com/wpinstead, which is almost never what you want.
- Leave it empty to install at the root, so the site is
- Set the admin username, a strong password and your email address. Do not leave the username as
admin, since that is the first thing automated attacks try. - Click Install. It usually finishes in under a minute.
Logging in #
Add /wp-admin to your domain to reach the dashboard:
https://your-domain.com/wp-admin
After installing #
- If the folder you are installing into already contains a website, Softaculous will overwrite it. Take a backup first.
- Go to Settings > Permalinks and choose Post name for tidy URLs.
- Make sure the SSL certificate is active and the site loads over HTTPS. See Force redirect to HTTPS.
If anything goes wrong during setup, contact us and we will sort it out.