Taking a business online needs several components such as a fully functional website, a hosting space and a database to store the website and transactional data. You can create any powerful web application with WordPress. More than 33% of the websites in the world are powered by WordPress.
There are multiple reasons for determining why WordPress is the most preferred CMS tool across the world. WordPress has an unlimited number of themes and plugins to choose and it has the largest community of developers as it is completely free and open source.
The application that hosts WordPress should also possess such extraordinary qualities. cPanel has such amazing features like Graphical Interface and automation tools. These features are highly helpful in providing a user-friendly experience to the end-users. cPanel has API and Command line access to support third-party software, developers and web hosting organizations to automate the Standard system administration processes.
To further ease the installation of WordPress, many leading hosting companies provide Softaculous script library which is a commercial tool that helps in automating the installation process of open source web applications to the website needs. Using this softaculous tool, WordPress can be installed within clicks.
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Step by Step Instructions to Install WordPress from cPanel
Step 1: Log in to your cPanel Account
Go to the URL “www.Your_domain_name.com/cpanel” in a new browser session. The Your_domain_name in the above URL is your primary domain name and don’t forget to change this while execution. You will receive a unique username and password from your web hosting provider. Enter the credentials to your cPanel admin dashboard. If you forget your password, cPanel provides an option to reset your password with simplified procedures.
Step 2: Search for Softaculous Scripts Installer
After successful login, there will be a separate section available for Softaculous Application Installer and it displays multiple script files to download respective web application frameworks. If there are no such sections displayed, Use the search tab in the admin page by using the search term “Softaculous”. Select WordPress from the list of scripts available.
Step 3: WordPress Installation Page
Now you will be redirected to the WordPress Installation page as shown below with the detailed description of the WordPress framework. This page also contains the Overview, features, screenshots, Demo, Ratings and Reviews of WordPress. In the bottom, you will find the “Install now” button. Click on that button to proceed with the Installation Process.
Step 4: Setting up the Site and Admin details
In this step, you have to fill all the essential details of the site like the WordPress version in the software version tab. If you have an SSL certificate for your website, you can select the “https://” in the protocol tab, your primary domain name in the domain tab, and If you are installing WordPress for your primary domain, Keep the directory tab empty. Provide the framework name to your convenience at directory tab for better management. Here we are providing the name as WordPress for better understanding.
Enter the Site name and a short description of the site in the Site description tab. In the next section, Set the Admin username and Admin password. It is recommended to give a strong password for the site’s security purposes. Also, provide the admin email in this section for further communications. Select your preferred language in the next section.
Step 5: Select Plugins and Themes for website
WordPress extends its functionalities through themes and plugins. There are unlimited options for themes which have all necessary functions predefined in it. For special functionalities, respective plugins are available. The list of plugins will be displayed and you can select the plugins whatever you find necessary to the website that you are building
Step 6: Click on the Install Button
At the bottom of the page, you will find the Install button. Once you are done selecting the respective theme and the necessary plugins for your site, click on the Install button.
Now you will find a screen like this displaying the status of WordPress Installation Process. Don’t close the window or turn off the system while this process is taking place.
If you landed on this page, WordPress has been successfully downloaded to your site. WordPress has an amazing user-friendly approach.
We have given a detailed description about the WordPress Installation and as our team has a handful of experience in WordPress theme and plugin development we are ready to help you in all your works and learnings related to WordPress. Happy Learning!
