{"id":4371,"date":"2022-08-24T09:46:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T09:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/blog?p=4371"},"modified":"2022-08-24T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T09:46:09","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-by-softaculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-by-softaculous","title":{"rendered":"How to install WordPress by Softaculous?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to install WordPress using Softaculous, using the client&#8217;s domain as an example.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To easily install WordPress using the Softaculous Installer, go to cPanel, then enter Softaculous Apps Installer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/upload\/images\/original\/112.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then select WordPress from the list of applications to be installed on the left side of the page in the &#8220;Blogs&#8221; category. Alternatively, we can find it using the search option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/upload\/images\/original\/113.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After selecting WordPress, the application page will appear. To install WordPress, click install. A page for configuring your WordPress installation will appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Software installation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/upload\/images\/original\/116.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ufeff1. The domain on which WordPress is to be installed. We recommend using https:\/\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We provide free certificates, more information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/free-ssl-certificates-for-all-domains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. The directory where WordPress is to be installed, e.g. when we enter the wp directory, WordPress will be installed in the wp folder and it will be available at: https:\/\/customer-domain.eu\/wp\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;Site name&#8221;: here we enter the name of our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;Site description&#8221;: enter the description of our website here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. [Option for advanced users] If you want to use WPMU, check this option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Plugin protecting against brutalforce attacks, limiting the number of unsuccessful logins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/upload\/images\/original\/131.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Admin Account and Language<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ufeffIn this category, we set the name, e-mail address and password for the admin account. Remember to set a strong password! Then we choose the language in which our WordPress is to be installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advanced Options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ufeffHere we can set the database name according to your own needs and enable automatic updates of WordPress, its plugins and themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last thing left is to press the &#8220;Install&#8221; button. Within moments, a message should appear informing us that \u201cThe software has been successfully installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/upload\/images\/original\/19.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to install WordPress using Softaculous, using the client&#8217;s domain as an example. To easily install WordPress using the Softaculous Installer, go to cPanel, then enter Softaculous Apps Installer. Then select WordPress from the list<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-by-softaculous\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1021],"tags":[117,1023,1024,1022,63],"class_list":["post-4371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides","tag-cpanel","tag-install","tag-install-wordpress","tag-softaculous-2","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4372,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4371\/revisions\/4372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}