{"id":55,"date":"2016-10-25T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T09:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2019-12-31T09:30:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T09:30:14","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install WordPress in cPanel. Installing WordPress Simplified."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress is a free open source content management system (CMS) that can be installed in your cPanel. In this article, we&#8217;re going to explore a step by step procedure of installing WordPress in cPanel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"title wp-block-heading\">The difference between installing WordPress and wordpress.com<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you create an account with <span class=\"take-note\">wordpress.com<\/span>, you can set up your blog. All your files are hosted at <span class=\"take-note\">wordpress.com<\/span>. When you install <span class=\"take-note\">WordPress<\/span> in your <span class=\"take-note\">cPanel<\/span> you are bypassing wordpress.com and all your files are hosted at your <span class=\"take-note\">hosting<\/span> provider&#8217;s server. In this case your files will be hosted at <span class=\"take-note\">shujaahost.co.ke<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two options you can apply in order to install wordpress on in your <span class=\"take-note\">cPanel<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Using Softaculuos to install WordPress<\/li><li>Installing WordPress manually<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"title wp-block-heading\">Install WordPress via Softaculous<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"how-to-log-into-cpanel\">Log into your cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Navigate to <span class=\"take-note\">Software\/Service<\/span> section.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <span class=\"take-note\">Softaculous<\/span> icon.<\/li>\n<li>Pick the <span class=\"take-note\">Content Management Systems<\/span> option in the left pane<\/li>\n<li>Find wordpress from the list of CMS applications and click on the Install Button.<\/li>\n<li>Fill in the required WordPress setup information.<br>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"100%\">Software Setup<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Choose Domain<\/th>\n<td>Specify the domain you would like to install WordPress on from the drop down list<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>In Directory<\/th>\n<td>You can leave this field blank in order to install in the home directory. If you intend to install in a subfolder of your website then type the folder name.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Admin Username<\/th>\n<td>Here you should enter your WordPress administrator&#8217;s username.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Admin Password<\/th>\n<td>Here you should enter your WordPress administrator&#8217;s password.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Admin Email<\/th>\n<td>Enter your email address here.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"title wp-block-heading\">Installing WordPress in cPanel Manually<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Download WordPress from their official website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.com\">WordPress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-log-into-cpanel\">Log into your <span class=\"take-note\">cPanel<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\">Click on file manager<\/a> and specify the directory you want to install WordPress in.<\/li>\n<li>Upload the wordpress zip file you downloaded from from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.com\">http:\/\/www.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Once the file is uploaded, select it by clicking on it and then click on <span class=\"take-note\">Extract<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note! The extracted files will go into a WordPress folder. You will need to open that folder and select all the files then move them to your directory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a>Create a database.<\/a><\/li><li><a>Create a user and add the user to the database you created with full permission<\/a><\/li><li>Visit the domain you uploaded your wordpress files to.<br>For example:  <div class=\"important-blue\"><p>If your domian is www.example.com and you uploaded the files to the root directory, then in your browser you should type <span class=\"important-grey\">www.example.com<\/span> If you uploaded the files to a sub-directory e.g rugby, then in your browser you should type <span class=\"important-grey\">www.example.com\/rugby<\/span><\/p> <\/div> <ol><li>You will first see a screen asking you to select the default language. Specify the default language and click on the <span class=\"take-note\">Continue<\/span><\/li><li>On the next screen, click on <span class=\"take-note\">Let&#8217;s Go<\/span><\/li><li>Next, fill each field with the database information of the database you created in step 6. Click on <span class=\"take-note\">Submit<\/span><\/li><li>If everything went on well, you will see a page that says &#8220;All right sparky&#8221;. Click on <span class=\"take-note\">Run the Install<\/span><\/li><li>In the next screen, you will need to fill in your <span class=\"take-note\">site&#8217;s title, admin&#8217;s username, admin&#8217;s password, and admin&#8217;s email address<\/span> and click on <span class=\"take-note\"> Install WordPress<\/span><\/li><li>A success screen will show up. <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it! Its that simple. You can now <a href=\"https:\/\/shujaahost.co.ke\/blog\/how-to-loginreset-wordpress-password\/\">Log Into Your WordPress Dashboard<\/a> and start blogging!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is a free open source content management system (CMS) that can be installed in your cPanel. In this article, we&#8217;re going to explore a step by step procedure of installing WordPress in cPanel. The difference between installing WordPress and wordpress.com When you create an account with wordpress.com, you can set up your blog. 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