How to set up WordPress in cPanel
If you've purchased traditional hosting you can use Softaculous to install common web applications without having to do a bunch of manual configuration, for instance setting up databases. Softaculous takes care of all of this for you. In this tutorial, we'll go over how to install Wordpress.
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Log in. You should arrive at the Domain Management screen. If you're already logged in, click on ACCOUNT in the top-right corner and select Domain Management.
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- Locate the domain to which you wish to add Wordpress. To the right of the domain is a block of icons. Click the 'cPanel' icon that is the leftmost in that block. If instead, you see a grey house icon, you've yet to purchase hosting. You can purchase hosting by clicking on the house.
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- On the next screen, click "Launch cPanel" button.
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On the next screen, click the option for 'WordPress Manager by Softaculous.'
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On the next screen, click the 'Install' button under the 'WordPress Management' section.
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On the next screen, there's one important setting to immediately change: "In Directory."
In most cases, you'll want to change it from "wp" to blank.
The default value is "wp", however this will install WordPress to http://yoursite.example/wp when you most likely want WordPress installed to http://yoursite.example (without the /wp.) To fix this, erase "wp" from this box so that it is blank.
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- Fill out any additional fields to pre-configure your instance of WordPress, for instance, the site name, the administrative password, etc.
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As soon as everything is looking correct, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Install." The install will complete automatically and after a few minutes, you'll be able to log in by selecting the blue "Login" button to the right of your domain name.
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