{"id":6386,"date":"2021-01-25T17:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&#038;p=6386"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:58:33","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-via-softaculous-in-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"epkb_post_type_1","link":"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/knowledgebase\/servers\/softaculous\/how-to-install-wordpress-via-softaculous-in-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Log into your cPanel account.<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0In the &#8220;<strong>Software<\/strong>&#8221; section, click on the &#8220;<strong>Softaculous <a href=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/apps-hosting\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"22\" title=\"APPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a> Installer<\/strong>&#8221; Icon.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/softaculous-icon.gif\" alt=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" width=\"231\" height=\"53\" align=\"middle\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n3.<\/strong>\u00a0cPanel will redirect you to the Softaculous Panel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0On the left side of your screen you should locate the &#8220;<strong>Blogs<\/strong>&#8221; category. Click on it and then click on the &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/wordpress-hosting-plans\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"WordPress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; link that will appear.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/wordpress-softaculous.gif\" alt=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" width=\"244\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on the &#8220;<strong>Install<\/strong>&#8221; button<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/wordpress-install-button.gif\" alt=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" width=\"287\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0Fill the necessary field under the &#8220;<strong>Software Setup<\/strong>&#8221; field:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choose Protocol:<\/strong>\u00a0You can leave this as it is.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choose <a href=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/best-domain-hosting\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Domain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domain<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0If you don&#8217;t have multiple domains, leave this as it is.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In Directory:<\/strong> If you want to install this in a directory, for example, example.com\/directory, enter the directory name. Otherwise, leave this blank to install in your main domain\u00a0example.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0Under the &#8220;<strong>Site Settings<\/strong>&#8221; field:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Site Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Enter the name of your website, such as &#8220;<strong>my first website<\/strong>&#8220;.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Site Description:\u00a0<\/b>Site Description.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Enable Multisite (WPMU):<\/strong>\u00a0Leave this as it is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/wordpress-install-screen.gif\" alt=\"Install WordPress via Softaculous in cPanel\" width=\"550\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong>\u00a0Under the &#8220;<strong>Admin Account<\/strong>&#8221; field enter the following information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Admin Username:<\/strong> Your new <a href=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/wordpress-hosting-plans\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"WordPress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a> username (for security reasons do not use the &#8220;<strong>Administrator<\/strong>&#8221; or the &#8220;<strong>Admin<\/strong>&#8221; username.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admin Password:<\/strong>\u00a0Use a strong password.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admin Email:<\/strong>\u00a0Your e-mail address.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Copy the admin username and password on a notepad because you will need these login details to access the admin area of your WordPress blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Choose Language:<\/strong> You can choose the language of your WordPress blog. The default language of WordPress is English.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Wordpress via Softaculous in cPanel\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/wp-install-screen2.gif\" alt=\"Wordpress via Softaculous in cPanel\" width=\"550\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong>\u00a0<b>Advanced Options:\u00a0<\/b>Leave this as it is unless you want to change the database name or take an automated backup. Please note that taking frequent backups may take a lot of disk space.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong>\u00a0<b>Select Theme:\u00a0<\/b>You can select any available theme. If you do not want to do this, leave it as it is and WordPress will use its default theme.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, scroll down to the end of the page and click on the Install Button.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Wordpress via Softaculous in cPanel\" src=\"https:\/\/websiteroof.com\/img\/softaculous-install-button.gif\" alt=\"Wordpress via Softaculous in cPanel\" width=\"382\" height=\"134\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0Log into your cPanel account. 2.\u00a0In the &#8220;Software&#8221; section, click on the &#8220;Softaculous App Installer&#8221; Icon. 3.\u00a0cPanel will redirect you to the Softaculous Panel. 4.\u00a0On the left side of your screen you should locate the &#8220;Blogs&#8221; category. 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