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It powers over 43% of all websites on the internet. The main reason for that is because WordPress is easy to install which makes it simple for anyone to create a website.</p> <p>All the <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-hosting/" title="Best WordPress Hosting Companies">best WordPress web hosting companies</a> allow you to install WordPress with just few clicks. In most circumstances, installing WordPress is a simple process that takes less than five minutes to complete.</p> <p>At WPBeginner, we’ve installed WordPress on thousands of websites using various methods across dozens of hosting companies. </p> <p>In this tutorial, our goal is to offer a complete WordPress installation tutorial for beginners and advanced users alike, based on our experience.</p> <p>For beginners, we’ll show you how to install WordPress on all top hosting platforms by using 1-click install scripts like Fantastico, Softaculous, and QuickInstall.</p> <p>We’ll also explain how to install WordPress manually using FTP for our intermediate users.</p> <p>Lastly, for our beginner developer and designers, we’ll show you how to install WordPress on a local computer (Windows, Mac, and Linux).</p> <p>Apart from showing you how to install WordPress, we’ll also give you tips on things to do after you install WordPress.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="340" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='340'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20340'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="How to easily install WordPress " class="wp-image-60741 perfmatters-lazy" title="How to easily install WordPress" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/howtoinstallwordpress.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/howtoinstallwordpress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/howtoinstallwordpress-300x185.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="340" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/howtoinstallwordpress.png" alt="How to easily install WordPress " class="wp-image-60741" title="How to easily install WordPress" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/howtoinstallwordpress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/howtoinstallwordpress-300x185.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Things You Need Before Installing WordPress</h4> <p>Before you install WordPress, first you will need a domain name and a <a title="Best WordPress Hosting Companies" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-hosting/">good web hosting company</a> that knows WordPress.</p> <p>We highly recommend that you use <a title="Bluehost" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/bluehost/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bluehost</a> because they are one of the largest hosting companies in the world. They are also an officially recommended WordPress hosting provider.</p> <p>Best of all, they will give you a free domain and a huge discount on their hosting plans (special for WPBeginner users). This means that you can get started for just $1.99 per month!</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/bluehost/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><img title="Bluehost offer for WPBeginner readers" decoding="async" width="680" height="425" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='680'%20height='425'%20viewBox='0%200%20680%20425'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Bluehost offer for WPBeginner readers" class="wp-image-321115 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluehostwebsite.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluehostwebsite.png 680w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluehostwebsite-300x188.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /><noscript><img title="Bluehost offer for WPBeginner readers" decoding="async" width="680" height="425" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluehostwebsite.png" alt="Bluehost offer for WPBeginner readers" class="wp-image-321115" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluehostwebsite.png 680w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bluehostwebsite-300x188.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></noscript></a></figure> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button large"><a class="wp-block-button__link" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/bluehost/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">→ Click Here to Claim This Exclusive Bluehost Offer ←</a></div> </div> <p>After choosing a hosting provider, you’re ready to install WordPress. Simply use the quick links below to jump straight to the method you want to use.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress on Bluehost" href="#installwpbluehost">How to Install WordPress on Bluehost</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress on HostGator" href="#installwphostgator">How to Install WordPress on HostGator</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress on SiteGround" href="#installwpsiteground">How to Install WordPress on SiteGround</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress on WP Engine" href="#installwpengine">How to Install WordPress on WP Engine</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress from cPanel" href="#installwpcpanel">How to Install WordPress from cPanel</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress using Softaculous" href="#installsoftaculous">How to Install WordPress using Softaculous</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress using QuickInstall" href="#quickinstall">How to Install WordPress using QuickInstall</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress using Fantastico" href="#installfantastico">How to Install WordPress using Fantastico</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress using FTP" href="#installftp">How to Install WordPress using FTP</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress in your Computer" href="#installlocal">How to Install WordPress on your Computer</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install WordPress in your Language" href="#installtranslate">How to Install WordPress in your Language</a></li> <li><a title="How to Install a WordPress Multisite Network" href="#installnetwork">How to Install a WordPress Multisite Network</a></li> <li><a title="Things to do After Installing WordPress" href="#postinstall">Things to do After Installing WordPress</a></li> </ul> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installwpbluehost">How to Install WordPress on Bluehost</h4> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/bluehost/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" title="The Bluehost hosting provider">Bluehost</a> is one of the largest hosting companies in the world. They know WordPress inside out and have the most beginner-friendly WordPress installation process.</p> <p>Bluehost automatically installs WordPress on your domain name when you sign up.</p> <p>To create a new <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/guides/" title="How to Make a WordPress Website (Ultimate Guide)">WordPress website</a>, simply click on the ‘My Sites’ tab in the Bluehost dashboard. Then click on the ‘Add Site’ button and select ‘Create New Site.’ </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Install WordPress using Bluehost" decoding="async" width="550" height="303" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='303'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20303'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Install WordPress using Bluehost" class="wp-image-138035 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-create-site.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-create-site.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-create-site-300x165.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Install WordPress using Bluehost" decoding="async" width="550" height="303" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-create-site.png" alt="Install WordPress using Bluehost" class="wp-image-138035" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-create-site.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-create-site-300x165.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>This will launch the <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/hosting/bluehost/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" title="The Bluehost hosting provider">Bluehost</a> guided WordPress installation wizard. </p> <p>First, it will ask you to provide a site title and, optionally, a tagline.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Provide a site title for your new WordPress site" decoding="async" width="550" height="281" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='281'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20281'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Provide a site title for your new WordPress site" class="wp-image-60639 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsitetitle.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsitetitle.jpg 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsitetitle-300x153.jpg 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Provide a site title for your new WordPress site" decoding="async" width="550" height="281" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsitetitle.jpg" alt="Provide a site title for your new WordPress site" class="wp-image-60639" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsitetitle.jpg 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsitetitle-300x153.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.</p> <p>After that, Bluehost will ask you to select a domain name and path for your website. If you have already purchased a domain name, then you can select it from the dropdown menu. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="294" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='294'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20294'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Select domain name and essential plugins" class="wp-image-60640 perfmatters-lazy" title="Select domain name and essential plugins" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomainplugins.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomainplugins.jpg 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomainplugins-300x160.jpg 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="294" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomainplugins.jpg" alt="Select domain name and essential plugins" class="wp-image-60640" title="Select domain name and essential plugins" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomainplugins.jpg 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomainplugins-300x160.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>If you don’t have a domain name then you can purchase one by visiting the ‘Domains’ page inside your Bluehost dashboard.</p> <p>After selecting a domain name, you can leave the directory path blank and let <a rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/bluehost/" title="The Bluehost hosting provider">Bluehost</a> choose it for you. The installer will also show a few <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/24-must-have-wordpress-plugins-for-business-websites/" title="Must Have WordPress Plugins for Business Websites">must have WordPress plugins</a> that you may want to install.</p> <p>You can then click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.</p> <p>The installer will set up your WordPress site, which may take a few moments. After that, you will see a success message with information about your new WordPress website. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="272" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='272'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20272'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Successfully installed WordPress on Bluehost" class="wp-image-60641 perfmatters-lazy" title="Successfully installed WordPress on Bluehost" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installationfinished.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installationfinished.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installationfinished-300x148.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="272" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installationfinished.png" alt="Successfully installed WordPress on Bluehost" class="wp-image-60641" title="Successfully installed WordPress on Bluehost" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installationfinished.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installationfinished-300x148.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Bluehost will also send the information to your <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-create-a-free-business-email-address-in-5-minutes-step-by-step/" title="How to Create a Free Business Email Address in 5 Minutes (Step by Step)">email address</a>. </p> <p>To log into your new site’s admin area, simply click on the ‘My Sites’ tab in the Bluehost dashboard. Then, find your site and click on its ‘Manage site’ button. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Manage your WordPress website" decoding="async" width="550" height="219" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='219'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20219'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Manage your WordPress website" class="wp-image-138040 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-manage-sites.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-manage-sites.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-manage-sites-300x119.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Manage your WordPress website" decoding="async" width="550" height="219" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-manage-sites.png" alt="Manage your WordPress website" class="wp-image-138040" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-manage-sites.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bluehost-manage-sites-300x119.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>On the next screen, simply find the ‘Log into WordPress’ button.</p> <p>This will take you to your site’s admin area.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Log into your new WordPress website" decoding="async" width="550" height="256" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='256'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20256'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Log into your new WordPress website" class="wp-image-138034 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/log-into-wordpress.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/log-into-wordpress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/log-into-wordpress-300x140.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Log into your new WordPress website" decoding="async" width="550" height="256" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/log-into-wordpress.png" alt="Log into your new WordPress website" class="wp-image-138034" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/log-into-wordpress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/log-into-wordpress-300x140.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Congratulations, you’ve now installed WordPress on your Bluehost hosting account.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installwphostgator">How to Install WordPress on HostGator</h4> <p><a title="HostGator" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/hostgator/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HostGator</a> is another popular <a title="The Truth About Best Shared WordPress Web Hosting" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/the-truth-about-shared-wordpress-web-hosting/">shared WordPress hosting</a> provider among beginners. They also make it super easy to install WordPress with just a few clicks.</p> <p>First, you need to log in to your HostGator hosting account’s dashboard. From here, you need to click on the ‘QuickInstall’ icon under the ‘Software’ section.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="292" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='292'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20292'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Installing WordPress on HostGator" class="wp-image-60713 perfmatters-lazy" title="Installing WordPress on HostGator" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpinstalleronhostgator-1.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpinstalleronhostgator-1.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpinstalleronhostgator-1-300x159.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="292" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpinstalleronhostgator-1.png" alt="Installing WordPress on HostGator" class="wp-image-60713" title="Installing WordPress on HostGator" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpinstalleronhostgator-1.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpinstalleronhostgator-1-300x159.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>On the next screen, you need to click on ‘WordPress’.</p> <p>This will launch the installer wizard.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="334" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='334'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20334'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Run WordPress installer on HostGator" class="wp-image-60714 perfmatters-lazy" title="Run WordPress installer on HostGator" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/runwpinstallerhostgator.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/runwpinstallerhostgator.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/runwpinstallerhostgator-300x182.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="334" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/runwpinstallerhostgator.png" alt="Run WordPress installer on HostGator" class="wp-image-60714" title="Run WordPress installer on HostGator" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/runwpinstallerhostgator.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/runwpinstallerhostgator-300x182.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Now, you will be asked to select the domain name where you want to install WordPress and enter a directory path.</p> <p>Most beginners want to install WordPress in the root of their domain name (for example, wpbeginner.com). In that case, you need to leave the directory field blank.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="265" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='265'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20265'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Select your domain name" class="wp-image-60715 perfmatters-lazy" title="Select your domain name" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomain.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomain.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomain-300x145.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="265" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomain.png" alt="Select your domain name" class="wp-image-60715" title="Select your domain name" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomain.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectdomain-300x145.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Click on the ‘Next’ button to continue.</p> <p>The installer will now ask you to enter WordPress site details. You will need to provide a site title, admin username, first and last name, and an admin email address. Make sure that you have access to that email address because this is where you will get your WordPress password reset email.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="298" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='298'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20298'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="HostGator WordPress install settings" class="wp-image-60716 perfmatters-lazy" title="HostGator WordPress install settings" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallsettings.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallsettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallsettings-300x163.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="298" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallsettings.png" alt="HostGator WordPress install settings" class="wp-image-60716" title="HostGator WordPress install settings" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallsettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallsettings-300x163.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>After entering all the information, click on the ‘Install’ button to continue.</p> <p>The installer will now run in the background to install WordPress for you. Once finished, you will see a success message with your admin user name and password.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="262" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='262'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20262'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="HostGator WordPress installation finished" class="wp-image-60717 perfmatters-lazy" title="HostGator WordPress installation finished" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallfinished.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallfinished.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallfinished-300x143.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="262" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallfinished.png" alt="HostGator WordPress installation finished" class="wp-image-60717" title="HostGator WordPress installation finished" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallfinished.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/hgwpinstallfinished-300x143.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>You can now click on the ‘Login’ button to access the WordPress admin area.</p> <p>Congratulations, you have successfully installed WordPress on your HostGator account.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installwpsiteground">How to Install WordPress on SiteGround</h4> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/siteground/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" title="The SiteGround hosting provider">SiteGround</a> is a popular choice among WordPress beginners. They are known for their excellent <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-properly-ask-for-wordpress-support-and-get-it/" title="How to Properly Ask for WordPress Support and Get It">WordPress support</a> and highly optimized hosting plans.</p> <p>SiteGround makes it extremely easy to install WordPress from your hosting account. Simply log into the SiteGround hosting panel and then click on the ‘Websites’ tab to get started. </p> <p>Next, go ahead and click on the ‘New Website’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Installing WordPress using the SiteGround tools" decoding="async" width="550" height="204" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='204'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20204'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Installing WordPress using the SiteGround tools" class="wp-image-138286 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-new-website.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-new-website.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-new-website-300x111.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Installing WordPress using the SiteGround tools" decoding="async" width="550" height="204" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-new-website.png" alt="Installing WordPress using the SiteGround tools" class="wp-image-138286" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-new-website.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-new-website-300x111.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>If you don’t have a domain yet, then you can click on ‘New Domain’ and search for a domain that you want to use.</p> <p>To use a domain that you’ve already purchased, just click on ‘Existing Domain.’</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Installing WordPress to an existing domain name" decoding="async" width="550" height="289" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='289'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20289'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Installing WordPress to an existing domain name" class="wp-image-138288 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-existing-domain.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-existing-domain.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-existing-domain-300x158.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Installing WordPress to an existing domain name" decoding="async" width="550" height="289" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-existing-domain.png" alt="Installing WordPress to an existing domain name" class="wp-image-138288" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-existing-domain.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-existing-domain-300x158.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>On the next screen, type in the domain that you want to use.</p> <p>Then, go ahead and click on the ‘Continue’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Installing WordPress on SiteGround" decoding="async" width="550" height="137" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='137'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20137'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Installing WordPress on SiteGround" class="wp-image-138289 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-choose-domain.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-choose-domain.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-choose-domain-300x75.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Installing WordPress on SiteGround" decoding="async" width="550" height="137" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-choose-domain.png" alt="Installing WordPress on SiteGround" class="wp-image-138289" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-choose-domain.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-choose-domain-300x75.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>On the next screen, click on Start New Website.</p> <p>You can now choose the software that you want to install. Since we want to use WordPress, go ahead and click on ‘WordPress.’</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Creating a new website with SiteGround" decoding="async" width="550" height="241" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='241'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20241'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Creating a new website with SiteGround" class="wp-image-138290 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/start-new-website.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/start-new-website.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/start-new-website-300x131.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Creating a new website with SiteGround" decoding="async" width="550" height="241" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/start-new-website.png" alt="Creating a new website with SiteGround" class="wp-image-138290" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/start-new-website.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/start-new-website-300x131.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>After that, type in the email address and password that you want to use for your WordPress admin account.</p> <p>When you’re happy with the information you’ve entered, click on ‘Continue.’</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Creating a new WordPress admin account with SiteGround" decoding="async" width="550" height="146" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='146'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20146'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Creating a new WordPress admin account with SiteGround" class="wp-image-138292 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-email-password.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-email-password.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-email-password-300x80.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Creating a new WordPress admin account with SiteGround" decoding="async" width="550" height="146" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-email-password.png" alt="Creating a new WordPress admin account with SiteGround" class="wp-image-138292" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-email-password.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-email-password-300x80.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>After that, you’ll have the option to add some extras to your account.</p> <p>You can skip this step so simply scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on ‘Finish.’</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="SiteGround hosting added extras" decoding="async" width="550" height="299" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='299'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20299'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="SiteGround hosting added extras" class="wp-image-138293 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/finish-wordpress-install.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/finish-wordpress-install.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/finish-wordpress-install-300x163.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="SiteGround hosting added extras" decoding="async" width="550" height="299" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/finish-wordpress-install.png" alt="SiteGround hosting added extras" class="wp-image-138293" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/finish-wordpress-install.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/finish-wordpress-install-300x163.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>SiteGround will now go ahead and create your site, which may take a few minutes.</p> <p>When it’s finished, you can click on the ‘Log in Admin’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Logging into the WordPress admin dashboard" decoding="async" width="550" height="294" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='294'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20294'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Logging into the WordPress admin dashboard" class="wp-image-138298 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-admin-login.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-admin-login.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-admin-login-300x160.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Logging into the WordPress admin dashboard" decoding="async" width="550" height="294" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-admin-login.png" alt="Logging into the WordPress admin dashboard" class="wp-image-138298" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-admin-login.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/siteground-admin-login-300x160.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>This opens a new tab where you can type in the admin username and password you just created and log into your new account.</p> <p>The SiteGround website set up wizard will launch automatically and help you get started with WordPress. To continue, click on the ‘Start Now’ button. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="323" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='323'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20323'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="SiteGround WordPress starter" class="wp-image-60756 perfmatters-lazy" title="SiteGround WordPress starter" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstartersetup1.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstartersetup1.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstartersetup1-300x176.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="323" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstartersetup1.png" alt="SiteGround WordPress starter" class="wp-image-60756" title="SiteGround WordPress starter" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstartersetup1.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstartersetup1-300x176.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>First, the starter wizard will ask you to choose a design for your WordPress site. </p> <p>It will show you hand-picked design templates organized into various categories, such as <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/start-a-wordpress-blog/fashion-blog-make-money/" title="How to Start a Fashion Blog (and Make Money) – Step by Step">fashion</a>, health and fitness, and <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-free-wordpress-photography-themes/" title="Best Free WordPress Photography Themes (Expert Pick)">photography.</a></p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="316" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='316'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20316'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="SiteGround WordPress starter design option" class="wp-image-60758 perfmatters-lazy" title="SiteGround WordPress starter design option" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterdesign.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterdesign.jpg 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterdesign-300x172.jpg 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="316" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterdesign.jpg" alt="SiteGround WordPress starter design option" class="wp-image-60758" title="SiteGround WordPress starter design option" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterdesign.jpg 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterdesign-300x172.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>We recommend choosing a simple design that resembles how you want your finished site to look. Remember that each theme is customizable, so you can fine-tune it.</p> <p>Next, you will be asked to choose the features you want to add to your site. SiteGround will automatically select ‘Contact Form’ because every website needs a <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-create-a-contact-form-in-wordpress/" title="How to Create a Contact Form in WordPress (Step by Step)">contact form</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="294" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='294'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20294'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Choose functionality" class="wp-image-60759 perfmatters-lazy" title="Choose functionality" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterfunctionality.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterfunctionality.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterfunctionality-300x160.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="294" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterfunctionality.png" alt="Choose functionality" class="wp-image-60759" title="Choose functionality" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterfunctionality.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterfunctionality-300x160.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>If you’re <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-start-an-online-store/" title="How to Start an Online Store (Step by Step)">starting an online store</a>, then you can select ‘Shop.’ Your other options are <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/which-is-the-best-wordpress-calendar-plugin/" title="Best WordPress Calendar Plugins Compared">Calendar</a> and Jetpack.</p> <p>After selecting all the features you want to use, click on the ‘Next’ button to continue. </p> <p>Now, you can add some marketing tools to help promote your site. SiteGround will install <a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="MonsterInsights - WordPress Analytics Plugin">MonsterInsights</a> for Google Analytics, <a href="https://aioseo.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="All in One SEO - WordPress SEO Plugin and Toolkit">AIOSEO</a> for search engine optimization, and <a href="https://optinmonster.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="OptinMonster - Lead Generation & Conversion Optimization Tool">OptinMonster</a> for lead generation.</p> <p>All three tools can help grow your site, so we recommend selecting all of them.</p> <p>Once you’ve done that, click on ‘Complete,’ and the starter wizard will finish the installation for you. After a few minutes, you will see a success message with a ‘Go to Dashboard’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="288" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='288'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20288'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Finished setting up your website" class="wp-image-60760 perfmatters-lazy" title="Finished setting up your website" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterready.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterready.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterready-300x157.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="288" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterready.png" alt="Finished setting up your website" class="wp-image-60760" title="Finished setting up your website" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterready.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarterready-300x157.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Simply click on the button to visit the WordPress admin dashboard.</p> <p>Here, you’ll see different menus that you can use to create content, customize your site’s design, and start working on your website. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="288" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='288'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20288'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="SiteGround custom WordPress admin dashboard" class="wp-image-60761 perfmatters-lazy" title="SiteGround custom WordPress admin dashboard" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarteradmin.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarteradmin.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarteradmin-300x157.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="288" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarteradmin.png" alt="SiteGround custom WordPress admin dashboard" class="wp-image-60761" title="SiteGround custom WordPress admin dashboard" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarteradmin.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sgstarteradmin-300x157.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>That’s all. You have successfully installed WordPress on your SiteGround hosting account.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installwpengine">How to Install WordPress on WP Engine</h4> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/wpengine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" title="WPEngine">WP Engine</a> is a popular<a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/managed-wordpress-hosting/" title="When Do You Really Need Managed WordPress Hosting? Best Managed WordPress Hosting Compared"> managed WordPress hosting</a> provider. A managed hosting account is basically a concierge service for your WordPress website.</p> <p>They take care of managing your WordPress site updates, installation, and performance optimization while you focus on growing your business.</p> <p>As a managed WordPress hosting company, WP Engine automatically installs WordPress when you sign up. Depending on your hosting plan, you can also create additional websites whenever you need them.</p> <p>Simply log in to your WP Engine dashboard and visit the ‘Sites’ page. You will see a list of all your WordPress sites. Click on the ‘Create Site’ button to add a new WordPress install.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="230" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='230'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20230'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="WP Engine create new site" class="wp-image-60656 perfmatters-lazy" title="WP Engine create new site" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpengineinstall.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpengineinstall.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpengineinstall-300x125.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="230" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpengineinstall.png" alt="WP Engine create new site" class="wp-image-60656" title="WP Engine create new site" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpengineinstall.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpengineinstall-300x125.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>On the next screen, you will be asked to provide a name for your production environment. </p> <p>Enter a name that helps you easily identify this website, and then click on the ‘Create Environment’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="241" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='241'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20241'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Add a production environment WordPress site" class="wp-image-60657 perfmatters-lazy" title="Add a production environment WordPress site" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addsiteenvironment.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addsiteenvironment.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addsiteenvironment-300x131.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="241" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addsiteenvironment.png" alt="Add a production environment WordPress site" class="wp-image-60657" title="Add a production environment WordPress site" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addsiteenvironment.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addsiteenvironment-300x131.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>WP Engine will now install your WordPress environment. It will take some time for DNS changes to propagate.</p> <p>After that you will be able to access the WordPress admin area by clicking on the link in the sidebar. You will also be able to see your login credentials on the same page.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="217" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='217'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20217'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Login to your WordPress environment in WPEngine" class="wp-image-60658 perfmatters-lazy" title="Login to your WordPress environment in WPEngine" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpadminlogin.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpadminlogin.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpadminlogin-300x118.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="217" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpadminlogin.png" alt="Login to your WordPress environment in WPEngine" class="wp-image-60658" title="Login to your WordPress environment in WPEngine" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpadminlogin.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpadminlogin-300x118.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>To add a domain to your website, you need to click on the add domain link. Since WP Engine is not a <a title="How to Choose the Best Domain Registrar in 2019 (Compared)" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-choose-the-best-domain-registrar/">domain registrar</a>, you will need to point your domain’s DNS settings to WP Engine.</p> <p>To do this, you will need your site’s IP Address and CNAME. You can find this information on the overview page of your site.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="224" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='224'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20224'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Copy the DNS information" class="wp-image-60659 perfmatters-lazy" title="Copy the DNS information" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsinfo.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsinfo.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsinfo-300x122.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="224" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsinfo.png" alt="Copy the DNS information" class="wp-image-60659" title="Copy the DNS information" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsinfo.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsinfo-300x122.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Now, we will show you how to enter this information in Domain.com. The basic settings are the same for all domain registrars, and you just need to find the DNS settings.</p> <p>Login to your <a title="Domain.com" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/domain-com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Domain.com</a> account dashboard and click on DNS and Nameserver settings for your domain name.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="332" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='332'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20332'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Domain DNS and nameserver settings" class="wp-image-60669 perfmatters-lazy" title="Domain DNS and nameserver settings" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/domaindns.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/domaindns.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/domaindns-300x181.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="332" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/domaindns.png" alt="Domain DNS and nameserver settings" class="wp-image-60669" title="Domain DNS and nameserver settings" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/domaindns.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/domaindns-300x181.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>On the next screen, first, you need to change the A record with the @ sign as its name. </p> <p>Click on the Edit button to change its settings.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="222" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='222'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20222'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Changing A record settings" class="wp-image-60670 perfmatters-lazy" title="Changing A record settings" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecord.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecord.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecord-300x121.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="222" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecord.png" alt="Changing A record settings" class="wp-image-60670" title="Changing A record settings" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecord.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecord-300x121.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>After that, you need to enter the IP address provided by WP Engine as this record’s value.</p> <p> Then, click on the ‘Update DNS’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="248" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='248'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20248'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Replacing A record value" class="wp-image-60671 perfmatters-lazy" title="Replacing A record value" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecordvalue.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecordvalue.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecordvalue-300x135.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="248" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecordvalue.png" alt="Replacing A record value" class="wp-image-60671" title="Replacing A record value" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecordvalue.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dnsarecordvalue-300x135.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Next, you need to see if you have a CNAME record with www as its name. If you do, then you will need to edit that CNAME record. </p> <p>Otherwise, go ahead and click on the ‘Add DNS Record’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="243" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='243'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20243'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Adding CNAME record" class="wp-image-60672 perfmatters-lazy" title="Adding CNAME record" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addcnamerecord.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addcnamerecord.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addcnamerecord-300x133.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="243" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addcnamerecord.png" alt="Adding CNAME record" class="wp-image-60672" title="Adding CNAME record" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addcnamerecord.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addcnamerecord-300x133.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Add the CNAME subdomain provided by WPEngine in the Value field and then click on the Add DNS button.</p> <p>That’s all. You have successfully pointed your domain name to your WordPress site hosted on WP Engine.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installwpcpanel">How to Install WordPress from cPanel</h4> <p>Cpanel is a popular software used by many web hosting companies. It provides website owners with a simple web-based interface to manage their hosting accounts.</p> <p>It is a one-stop access to several useful utilities,s including auto-installer scripts that help you install WordPress.</p> <p>Hosting companies select which auto-installer script they want to use. Generally, Softaculous, QuickInstall, and Fantastico are the most popular options.</p> <p>We will show you how to install WordPress using all three auto-installers. You can follow the instructions based on the installer you see on your cPanel dashboard.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installsoftaculous">How to Install WordPress using Softaculous</h4> <p>Softaculous is a popular auto-installer script. It allows you to easily install popular web applications like WordPress with just a few clicks. Hosting companies like <a title="SiteGround" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/siteground/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">SiteGround</a> and <a title="InMotion Hosting" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/refer/inmotionhosting/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">InMotion Hosting</a> use Softaculous in their control panel.</p> <p>Simply log in to your cPanel account and look for Softaculous or WordPress installer icon. You will find them under Auto Installers section.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="300" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='300'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20300'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Softaculous icon" class="wp-image-60707 perfmatters-lazy" title="Softaculous icon" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousicon.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousicon.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousicon-300x164.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="300" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousicon.png" alt="Softaculous icon" class="wp-image-60707" title="Softaculous icon" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousicon.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousicon-300x164.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Clicking on any of these icons will launch Softaculous auto-installer for WordPress. </p> <p>First, you will see an overview of WordPress. You need to click on the Install tab to continue.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="336" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='336'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20336'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Click on the install tab to continue installing WordPress using Softaculous" class="wp-image-60708 perfmatters-lazy" title="Click on the install tab to continue installing WordPress using Softaculous" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousinstallwp.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousinstallwp.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousinstallwp-300x183.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="336" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousinstallwp.png" alt="Click on the install tab to continue installing WordPress using Softaculous" class="wp-image-60708" title="Click on the install tab to continue installing WordPress using Softaculous" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousinstallwp.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousinstallwp-300x183.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Softaculous will now ask you where you want to install WordPress. You need to choose <code>http://</code> or <code>http://www.</code> as protocol.</p> <p>If your site has <a title="How to Add SSL and HTTPS in WordPress" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-ssl-and-https-in-wordpress/">SSL and HTTPS</a>, then you can select <code>https://</code> or <code>https://www.</code> as protocol.</p> <p>After that, you need to choose the domain name where you want to install WordPress. Most users want to install WordPress in their domain’s root directory, like example.com. In that case, you need to make sure that the ‘In Directory’ field is blank.</p> <p>Scroll down a little, and you will see the site settings section.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="327" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='327'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20327'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Softaculous WordPress site settings" class="wp-image-60709 perfmatters-lazy" title="Softaculous WordPress site settings" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculoussitesettings.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculoussitesettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculoussitesettings-300x178.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="327" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculoussitesettings.png" alt="Softaculous WordPress site settings" class="wp-image-60709" title="Softaculous WordPress site settings" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculoussitesettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculoussitesettings-300x178.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Under this section, first you need to provide a title and description for your WordPress site. Don’t worry you can easily change them from your WordPress <a title="Admin Area" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/glossary/admin-area/">admin area</a> after installation.</p> <p>Next, you need to choose an admin username, password, and email address. Softaculous will automatically fill in the username and password fields for you. It will use a non-dictionary word for username and a strong password.</p> <p>You can change them if you want so that they are easy to remember for you. However, we strongly urge you to always use a strong password. See our guide on the <a title="What is the Best Way to Manage Passwords for WordPress Beginners" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/what-is-the-best-way-to-manage-passwords-for-wordpress-beginners/">best way to manage passwords for WordPress beginners</a> to learn how you can manage strong passwords easily.</p> <p>Make sure that you enter the correct email address in the admin email field. This is where WordPress will send notifications and password reset link if you ever forgot your password.</p> <p>Rest of the options on the screen are optional. You can now click on the install button to run the installer.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="311" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='311'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20311'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Optional WordPress settings in Softaculous" class="wp-image-60710 perfmatters-lazy" title="Optional WordPress settings in Softaculous" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousoptionalsettings.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousoptionalsettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousoptionalsettings-300x170.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="311" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousoptionalsettings.png" alt="Optional WordPress settings in Softaculous" class="wp-image-60710" title="Optional WordPress settings in Softaculous" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousoptionalsettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousoptionalsettings-300x170.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Softaculous will run the installer using the settings you provided. You will see a progress bar with installation status. It will take a couple of minutes. </p> <p>Do not close the window until the progress bar reaches 100%; otherwise, this may affect your WordPress installation.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="230" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='230'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20230'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Softaculous WordPress installation progress" class="wp-image-60711 perfmatters-lazy" title="Softaculous WordPress installation progress" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousprogress.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousprogress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousprogress-300x125.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="230" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousprogress.png" alt="Softaculous WordPress installation progress" class="wp-image-60711" title="Softaculous WordPress installation progress" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousprogress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousprogress-300x125.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>You will see a success message after the installation is finished. </p> <p>It will also show you links to your website and to your WordPress admin area.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="234" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='234'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20234'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Softaculous WordPress installation finished" class="wp-image-60712 perfmatters-lazy" title="Softaculous WordPress installation finished" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousfinished.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousfinished.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousfinished-300x128.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="234" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousfinished.png" alt="Softaculous WordPress installation finished" class="wp-image-60712" title="Softaculous WordPress installation finished" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousfinished.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/softaculousfinished-300x128.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="quickinstall">How to Install WordPress using QuickInstall</h4> <p>QuickInstall is another popular auto-installer used by many hosting companies like HostGator and others. We will be using HostGator’s cPanel dashboard in the screenshots here, but it wouldn’t be much different if you are using some other host that has QuickInstall.</p> <p>First, you need to log in to your hosting account’s cPanel dashboard. Scroll down to the Software section and then click on the QuickInstall icon.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="202" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='202'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20202'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="QuickInstall icon in cPanel dashboard" class="wp-image-60719 perfmatters-lazy" title="QuickInstall icon in cPanel dashboard" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quickinstallicon.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quickinstallicon.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quickinstallicon-300x110.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="202" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quickinstallicon.png" alt="QuickInstall icon in cPanel dashboard" class="wp-image-60719" title="QuickInstall icon in cPanel dashboard" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quickinstallicon.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/quickinstallicon-300x110.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>This will take you to the 1-Click Installers page on QuickInstall. You will see that it offers installations for the most popular web applications, including WordPress. </p> <p>You need to click on WordPress to launch the WordPress installer.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="320" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='320'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20320'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Select WordPress to begin installation" class="wp-image-60720 perfmatters-lazy" title="Select WordPress to begin installation" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwp.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwp.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwp-300x175.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="320" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwp.png" alt="Select WordPress to begin installation" class="wp-image-60720" title="Select WordPress to begin installation" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwp.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwp-300x175.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>The installer will now show you the WordPress overview. You will be asked to select your domain name from the drop-down menu.</p> <p>Most beginners want to install WordPress on the root of their website, for example, wpbeginner.com. In that case, you need to leave the directory field blank.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="520" height="202" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='520'%20height='202'%20viewBox='0%200%20520%20202'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Launch WordPress installer in QuickInstall" class="wp-image-32292 perfmatters-lazy" title="Launch WordPress installer in QuickInstall" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/instllwp.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/instllwp.png 520w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/instllwp-300x117.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="520" height="202" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/instllwp.png" alt="Launch WordPress installer in QuickInstall" class="wp-image-32292" title="Launch WordPress installer in QuickInstall" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/instllwp.png 520w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/instllwp-300x117.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Now click on the next button to continue. The installer will now ask you to enter WordPress details like username, email address, and site title.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="298" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='298'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20298'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="QuickInstall WordPress site settings" class="wp-image-60721 perfmatters-lazy" title="QuickInstall WordPress site settings" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qi-installsettings.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qi-installsettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qi-installsettings-300x163.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="298" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qi-installsettings.png" alt="QuickInstall WordPress site settings" class="wp-image-60721" title="QuickInstall WordPress site settings" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qi-installsettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qi-installsettings-300x163.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>After filling in all the information, click on the Install button.</p> <p>QuickInstall will now install WordPress for you. After that, you will see a success message with your login details like username and password.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="242" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='242'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20242'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="WordPress successfully installed using QuickInstall" class="wp-image-60722 perfmatters-lazy" title="WordPress successfully installed using QuickInstall" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qifinishwpinstall.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qifinishwpinstall.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qifinishwpinstall-300x132.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="242" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qifinishwpinstall.png" alt="WordPress successfully installed using QuickInstall" class="wp-image-60722" title="WordPress successfully installed using QuickInstall" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qifinishwpinstall.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/qifinishwpinstall-300x132.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>You can now click on the ‘Login’ button to enter the WordPress admin area.</p> <p>That’s all. You have successfully installed WordPress using QuickInstall.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installfantastico">How to Install WordPress using Fantastico</h4> <p>Fantastico is an auto-installer script used by several WordPress hosting providers. It is similar to the other installer scripts in this guide and offers an easier way to quickly install WordPress.</p> <p>First, log in to your cPanel dashboard and scroll down to the software and services section. There, you will find the Fantastico icon.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="223" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='223'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20223'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Fantastico icon in cPanel dashboard" class="wp-image-60723 perfmatters-lazy" title="Fantastico icon in cPanel dashboard" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall1.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall1.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall1-300x122.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="223" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall1.png" alt="Fantastico icon in cPanel dashboard" class="wp-image-60723" title="Fantastico icon in cPanel dashboard" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall1.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall1-300x122.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Clicking on the Fantastico icon will launch the auto-installer script.</p> <p>Some hosting providers are still using an older version of Fantastico. In this tutorial we will be showing you screenshots from Fantastico F3 version.</p> <p>If Fantastico on your host looks different, then don’t worry. Basic installation steps are the same, and you should be able to easily follow them.</p> <p>On the main Fantastico screen, you will see a list of web applications on your left. You need to click on Blogs, and there you will find WordPress listed among many other applications.</p> <p>Clicking on WordPress will show you an overview of the application with the ‘Install’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="347" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='347'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20347'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Fantastico WordPress installer" class="wp-image-60724 perfmatters-lazy" title="Fantastico WordPress installer" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall2.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall2.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall2-300x189.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="347" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall2.png" alt="Fantastico WordPress installer" class="wp-image-60724" title="Fantastico WordPress installer" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall2.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall2-300x189.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Simply click on the ‘Click here to install WordPress’ button to continue.</p> <p>Fantastico auto-installer for WordPress will now ask you to fill in your installation settings. First, you need to choose the domain where you want to install WordPress.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="393" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='393'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20393'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Fantastico WordPress install settings" class="wp-image-60725 perfmatters-lazy" title="Fantastico WordPress install settings" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall3.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall3.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall3-300x214.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="393" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall3.png" alt="Fantastico WordPress install settings" class="wp-image-60725" title="Fantastico WordPress install settings" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall3.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/fantasticowpinstall3-300x214.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>If you want to install WordPress in a sub-directory then you can enter the sub-directory name in the field below. Otherwise, make sure that this field is empty.</p> <p>Under the ‘Administrator Details’ section, you need to provide admin user account information. Enter a username, password, and email address for your WordPress admin account.</p> <p>Click on the Submit button to continue.</p> <p>Fantastico will now install WordPress for you. Once it has finished installing WordPress, you will see a success message.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installftp">How to Install WordPress using FTP</h4> <p>Manually installing WordPress is also known as the famous 5 minute install. It requires a few added steps, and you will need an <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/6-best-ftp-clients-for-wordpress-users/" title="6 Best FTP Clients for WordPress Users">FTP client</a> to manually install WordPress.</p> <p>Take a look at our beginner’s guide on how to <a title="How to use FTP to upload files to WordPress for Beginners" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-use-ftp-to-upload-files-to-wordpress-for-beginners/">use FTP to upload WordPress files</a>.</p> <p>The first thing you need to do is download the <a href="https://wordpress.org/download/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" title="Download WordPress">latest version of WordPress</a>.</p> <p>WordPress package comes as a Zip file. You need to unzip the file and inside it, you will find a WordPress folder. This folder contains all the WordPress files you need to upload to your web server.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="283" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='283'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20283'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="WordPress files" class="wp-image-60726 perfmatters-lazy" title="WordPress files" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpfiles.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpfiles.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpfiles-300x154.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="283" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpfiles.png" alt="WordPress files" class="wp-image-60726" title="WordPress files" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpfiles.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpfiles-300x154.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Now, go ahead and connect the FTP client to your hosting server. </p> <p>Once connected, use the FTP client to upload the WordPress files from your computer to your website server.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="311" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='311'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20311'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="uploading WordPress files using an FTP client" class="wp-image-60727 perfmatters-lazy" title="uploading WordPress files using an FTP client" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uploadwpfiles.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uploadwpfiles.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uploadwpfiles-300x170.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="311" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uploadwpfiles.png" alt="uploading WordPress files using an FTP client" class="wp-image-60727" title="uploading WordPress files using an FTP client" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uploadwpfiles.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uploadwpfiles-300x170.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>If you want to install WordPress on your root domain name (like example.com), then you need to upload WordPress files to your website’s root directory. Usually, this directory is called /public_html/.</p> <p>On the other hand, If you want to install WordPress in a subfolder (like example.com/blog), then upload it in a folder /public_html/blog/.</p> <p>Once you are done uploading WordPress, go to your hosting control panel to create a database. We will be showing you how to do that using the cPanel. If your hosting provider has a different control panel then you just need to look for MySQL databases. Rest of the settings will be quite similar.</p> <p>From your cPanel dashboard, click on the ‘MySQL Databases’ icon.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="120" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='120'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20120'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="MySQL database icon in cPanel" class="wp-image-60728 perfmatters-lazy" title="MySQL database icon in cPanel" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqldbicon.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqldbicon.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqldbicon-300x65.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="120" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqldbicon.png" alt="MySQL database icon in cPanel" class="wp-image-60728" title="MySQL database icon in cPanel" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqldbicon.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqldbicon-300x65.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>You will see a field to create a new database. Enter a name for your database, and click ‘Create Database’.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="112" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='112'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20112'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Create database" class="wp-image-60729 perfmatters-lazy" title="Create database" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/createdb.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/createdb.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/createdb-300x61.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="112" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/createdb.png" alt="Create database" class="wp-image-60729" title="Create database" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/createdb.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/createdb-300x61.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Now that you have created your database, MySQL still needs a username. This username will have access to perform actions on the database.</p> <p>On the MySQL Databases page in your cPanel account, scroll down to MySQL Users section. Simply provide a username and password for your new user and click on the ‘Create a user’ button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="229" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='229'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20229'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Add a MySQL user " class="wp-image-60730 perfmatters-lazy" title="Add a MySQL user" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqluser.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqluser.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqluser-300x125.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="229" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqluser.png" alt="Add a MySQL user " class="wp-image-60730" title="Add a MySQL user" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqluser.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mysqluser-300x125.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>This new user still does not have access to the database you created earlier. For that, you will need to add the user to the database and give them permissions to perform all actions.</p> <p>On the same MySQL Databases page in your cPanel account, scroll down to the ‘Add User to a Database’ section. Select the database user you created from the dropdown menu next to user, then select the database, and click on the add button.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="126" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='126'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20126'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Add user to database" class="wp-image-60731 perfmatters-lazy" title="Add user to database" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addusertodb.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addusertodb.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addusertodb-300x69.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="126" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addusertodb.png" alt="Add user to database" class="wp-image-60731" title="Add user to database" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addusertodb.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/addusertodb-300x69.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>You will now be asked for the privileges you want to allow this user. Select all privileges and click on the ‘Make changes’ button.</p> <p>Your MySQL database and user are now ready, note down your database name and MySQL username and password. You will need that information later.</p> <p>Simply go to the URL where you uploaded WordPress. If it is in the main domain, then enter your domain name in the browser window, like yoursite.com or www.yoursite.com.</p> <p>You will see the language selection page. You can choose a language here so that the rest of the installation is displayed in your own language. You can also use English for now and then later change the language.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="327" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='327'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20327'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Select WordPress language" class="wp-image-60732 perfmatters-lazy" title="Select WordPress language" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwplanguage.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwplanguage.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwplanguage-300x178.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="327" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwplanguage.png" alt="Select WordPress language" class="wp-image-60732" title="Select WordPress language" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwplanguage.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/selectwplanguage-300x178.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Click on the continue button to proceed.</p> <p>You will now see some installation instructions. Basically, WordPress will now tell you that it will need your database name, password, and MySQL host information.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="312" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='312'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20312'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="WordPress installation requirements" class="wp-image-60733 perfmatters-lazy" title="WordPress installation requirements" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installrequirements.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installrequirements.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installrequirements-300x170.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="312" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installrequirements.png" alt="WordPress installation requirements" class="wp-image-60733" title="WordPress installation requirements" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installrequirements.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/installrequirements-300x170.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Click on the ‘Let’s go’ button to continue.</p> <p>WordPress will now show you a form. You need to enter the database information you created earlier.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="286" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='286'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20286'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Enter database information for WordPress installation" class="wp-image-60734 perfmatters-lazy" title="Enter database information for WordPress installation" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbinfo.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbinfo.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbinfo-300x156.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="286" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbinfo.png" alt="Enter database information for WordPress installation" class="wp-image-60734" title="Enter database information for WordPress installation" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbinfo.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbinfo-300x156.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Fill in the information and then click on the ‘Submit’ button. </p> <p>WordPress will connect to your database and show you a success message.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="173" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='173'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20173'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="WordPress can now connect to your database" class="wp-image-60735 perfmatters-lazy" title="WordPress can now connect to your database" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbconnected.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbconnected.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbconnected-300x94.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="173" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbconnected.png" alt="WordPress can now connect to your database" class="wp-image-60735" title="WordPress can now connect to your database" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbconnected.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dbconnected-300x94.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Click on the ‘Run the Install’ button to continue.</p> <p>WordPress will now create tables in your database and then send you to the next step of the installation.</p> <p>Now, you need to provide some information for WordPress to set up your site. This includesthe site title, username, password, and admin email address.</p> <p>If you do not want your website to be visible to search engines, then you can check the box next to search engine visibility. Later, when you are ready, you can change this from WordPress settings. If you are unsure about what to do, then simply leave it unchecked.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="326" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='326'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20326'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Setting up your website during WordPress install" class="wp-image-60736 perfmatters-lazy" title="Setting up your website during WordPress install" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsetup.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsetup.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsetup-300x178.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="326" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsetup.png" alt="Setting up your website during WordPress install" class="wp-image-60736" title="Setting up your website during WordPress install" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsetup.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsetup-300x178.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>Click on the Install WordPress button to continue. WordPress will set up your website and finish the installation.</p> <p>You will see a success message showing your username. You can now click on the Log in button to sign in to your WordPress site.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="274" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='274'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20274'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Manual WordPress installation finished" class="wp-image-60737 perfmatters-lazy" title="Manual WordPress installation finished" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsuccessinstall.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsuccessinstall.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsuccessinstall-300x150.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="274" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsuccessinstall.png" alt="Manual WordPress installation finished" class="wp-image-60737" title="Manual WordPress installation finished" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsuccessinstall.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wpsuccessinstall-300x150.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installlocal">How to Install WordPress on your Computer</h4> <p>Many of our users ask if they can install WordPress on their local Windows, Mac, or Linux computers. The answer is yes, but most beginners don’t need to install WordPress locally.</p> <p>A local website lives on your computer rather than the internet. This is perfect if you want a private place where you can <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-wordpress-plugin/" title="How to Create a WordPress Plugin (Step by Step for Beginners)">build WordPress plugins</a> and themes and test out different WordPress features.</p> <p>If you want people to visit your blog, then you shouldn’t install WordPress on your computer. Instead, you need to buy <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-hosting/" title="How to Choose the Best WordPress Hosting (Compared)">web hosting</a> and install WordPress using one of the methods we showed above.</p> <p>With that being said, if you do want to create a private WordPress blog or website then we recommend using Local by Flywheel. This is a local web software that lets you install WordPress on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer with a single click.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="Local by Flywheel" decoding="async" width="550" height="299" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='299'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20299'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Local by Flywheel" class="wp-image-138016 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/local-flywheel-wordpress.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/local-flywheel-wordpress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/local-flywheel-wordpress-300x163.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="Local by Flywheel" decoding="async" width="550" height="299" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/local-flywheel-wordpress.png" alt="Local by Flywheel" class="wp-image-138016" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/local-flywheel-wordpress.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/local-flywheel-wordpress-300x163.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>After installing WordPress locally, you’ll have access to the admin area, which works exactly the same as any WordPress website. From here, you can <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/step-by-step-guide-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin-for-beginners/" title="How to Install a WordPress Plugin – Step by Step for Beginners">install WordPress plugins</a>, <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-properly-change-a-wordpress-theme/" title="How to Properly Change a WordPress Theme (Ultimate Guide)">change your theme</a>, and try out different WordPress features.</p> <p>At some point you may want to publish your local website to the internet, so other people can see it. The good news is that it’s easy to <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-from-local-server-to-live-site/" title="How to Move WordPress From Local Server to Live Site">move WordPress from local server to a live site</a>.</p> <p>To learn more, see our guide on <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-windows-computer-using-wamp/" title="How to Install WordPress on a Windows Computer (2 Methods)">how to install WordPress locally on Windows</a> or <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-locally-on-mac-using-mamp/" title="How to Install WordPress Locally on Mac (2 Easy Ways)">Mac</a>.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installtranslate">How to Install WordPress in Your Language</h4> <p>Just like Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android, you can use WordPress in your own language.</p> <p>WordPress is available in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Korean, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese (Han), Portuguese, and many others.</p> <p>You can choose a language during the WordPress installation or change it by visiting <strong>Settings » General</strong> page in the WordPress admin area.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img decoding="async" width="550" height="252" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='252'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20252'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="Changing language in WordPress settings" class="wp-image-60738 perfmatters-lazy" title="Changing language in WordPress settings" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wplanguagesettings.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wplanguagesettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wplanguagesettings-300x137.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="550" height="252" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wplanguagesettings.png" alt="Changing language in WordPress settings" class="wp-image-60738" title="Changing language in WordPress settings" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wplanguagesettings.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wplanguagesettings-300x137.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>For more details, see our article on <a title="How to Install WordPress in Other Languages" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-in-other-languages/">how to install WordPress in other languages</a>.</p> <p>WordPress is also used widely to create bilingual and multilingual websites. See our tutorial on how to easily create a <a title="How to Easily Translate Your WordPress with TranslatePress" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-easily-translate-your-wordpress-with-translatepress/">multilingual WordPress site with TranslatePress</a>.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="installnetwork">How to Install a WordPress Multisite Network</h4> <p>WordPress comes with multisite functionality built-in. The multisite network allows you to create multiple WordPress sites using the same WordPress install. It can automatically create new sites on sub-domains or in sub-folders.</p> <p>This makes sense for businesses, non-profits, and governments with sub-sites for different locations or regions. Many educational institutes also use WordPress multisite networks to allow students to create their own blogs.</p> <p>The setup for a multisite is a bit complex, but we have created a complete step-by-step tutorial on <a title="How to Install and Setup WordPress Multisite Network" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-and-setup-wordpress-multisite-network/">how to install and setup WordPress multisite network</a>.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="postinstall">Things to Do After Installing WordPress</h4> <p>Now that you have successfully installed WordPress, here are a few things to get started with your new WordPress site.</p> <p><strong>Choosing a Theme</strong></p> <p>The visual appearance of your WordPress-powered website is controlled by Themes. There are thousands of WordPress themes available for you to choose from. With so many choices, it can become a little confusing for beginners. This is why we have put together a guide on <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/selecting-the-perfect-theme-for-wordpress/" title="Selecting the Perfect Theme for WordPress">selecting the perfect theme for WordPress</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img title="WordPress themes" decoding="async" width="550" height="329" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='550'%20height='329'%20viewBox='0%200%20550%20329'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="WordPress themes" class="wp-image-333728 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/wordpress-themes.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/wordpress-themes.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/wordpress-themes-300x179.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /><noscript><img title="WordPress themes" decoding="async" width="550" height="329" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/wordpress-themes.png" alt="WordPress themes" class="wp-image-333728" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/wordpress-themes.png 550w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/wordpress-themes-300x179.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px" /></noscript></figure> <p>We regularly publish lists of WordPress themes that we like in our <a title="WordPress Showcase - Best of WordPress from Across the Web" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/category/showcase/">Showcase</a> section. Following are some of our popular theme showcases.</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><a title="59 Best Free WordPress Blog Themes" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-free-wordpress-blog-themes/">Best free WordPress blog themes</a></li> <li><a title="30+ Best WordPress Business Themes" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-wordpress-business-themes/">Best WordPress Business themes</a></li> <li><a title="26 Best Minimalist WordPress Themes for Writers" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-minimalist-wordpress-themes-for-writers/">Best minimalist WordPress themes for writers</a></li> <li><a title="31 Best WordPress Themes for Photographers" href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-wordpress-themes-for-photographers/">Best WordPress themes for photographers</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Installing and Using WordPress Plugins</strong></p> <p>The real power of WordPress comes from the massive collection of plugins. They are like apps for your WordPress site, allowing you to extend functionality and add new features to your site.</p> <p>There are more than 59,000 free plugins available in the WordPress plugin directory alone. More plugins are available from third party websites as paid plugins.</p> <p>If you are wondering which plugins to install, then take a look at our expert pick of the <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/24-must-have-wordpress-plugins-for-business-websites/" title="24 Must Have WordPress Plugins for Business Websites">essential WordPress plugins</a> for all websites. You may also want to check out the plugins we are using on this site by looking at our <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/blueprint/" title="WPBeginner’s Blueprint">WPBeginner’s Blueprint</a>.</p> <p>To get started, we think that these WordPress plugins as essential for any site:</p> <div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><a href="https://aioseo.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="All in One SEO - WordPress SEO Plugin and Toolkit">All in One SEO</a></strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><a href="https://aioseo.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img title="aioseo-gear-icon-logo" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='250'%20height='250'%20viewBox='0%200%20250%20250'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt class="wp-image-90376 perfmatters-lazy" style="width:205px;height:auto" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo.png 250w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-150x150.png 150w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-96x96.png 96w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-72x72.png 72w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-180x180.png 180w" data-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /><noscript><img title="aioseo-gear-icon-logo" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo.png" alt="" class="wp-image-90376" style="width:205px;height:auto" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo.png 250w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-150x150.png 150w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-96x96.png 96w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-72x72.png 72w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/aioseo-gear-icon-logo-180x180.png 180w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a></figure> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/9-best-wordpress-seo-plugins-and-tools-that-you-should-use/" title="15 Best WordPress SEO Plugins and Tools That You Should Use">Best WordPress SEO plugin</a> to optimize your website for higher rankings and traffic</p> <p><strong>What we like:</strong> Easily set up proper WordPress SEO and optimize your site in under 10 minutes. </p> <p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack" target="_blank" title="Free version of All in One SEO Plugin" rel="noopener">Free version available</a> </p> <p>Paid plans start from $49.60/yr</p> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/solutions/all-in-one-seo/" title="All in One SEO Review: Is It The Right WordPress SEO Plugin For You?"><strong>Read Our Full Review</strong></a></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="MonsterInsights - WordPress Analytics Plugin">MonsterInsights</a></strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img title="monsterinsights-review-analytics" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='250'%20height='250'%20viewBox='0%200%20250%20250'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="MonsterInsights logo" class="wp-image-260229 perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics.png" data-srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics.png 250w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-150x150.png 150w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-96x96.png 96w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-72x72.png 72w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-180x180.png 180w" data-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /><noscript><img title="monsterinsights-review-analytics" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics.png" alt="MonsterInsights logo" class="wp-image-260229" srcset="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics.png 250w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-150x150.png 150w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-96x96.png 96w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-72x72.png 72w, https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/monsterinsights-review-analytics-180x180.png 180w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a></figure> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/7-best-analytics-solutions-for-wordpress-users/" title="16 Best Analytics Solutions for WordPress Users">Best analytics plugin</a> to connect your WordPress site with Google Analytics</p> <p><strong>What we like:</strong> Track website activity and real-time stats right from the WordPress dashboard. </p> <p><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress" target="_blank" title="Free version of MonsterInsights Google Analytics Plugin" rel="noopener">Free version available</a></p> <p>Paid plans start from $99.60/yr</p> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/solutions/monsterinsights/" title="MonsterInsights Review: Is It the Right Analytics Tool for You"><strong>Read Our Full Review</strong></a></p> </div> <div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow"> <p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><a href="https://wpforms.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="WPForms - 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Installing WordPress ?<br /> waiting your for your answer</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1256556' data-commentid="1256556" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-1256556" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments odd alt depth-2 staff" id="comment-1256933"> <article id="article-comment-1256933"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You do not need to purchase a domain if your hosting provider offers a temporary domain but in the long run, you would want to have a domain.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1256933' data-commentid="1256933" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-1256933" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-1215968"> <article id="article-comment-1215968"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">myra</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi, </p> <p>Is this guide for wordpress.com or wordpress.org</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1215968' data-commentid="1215968" 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I also installed wordpress from my bigrock panel, but no page for wordpress login appears.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-976630' data-commentid="976630" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-976630" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments odd alt depth-2 staff" id="comment-976689"> <article id="article-comment-976689"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>We would recommend reaching out to your hosting provider and they can normally assist with ensuring your domain is set up correctly.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-976689' data-commentid="976689" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-976689" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-961928"> <article id="article-comment-961928"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Nurul</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi, I’m learning to create website in wordpress. Ive connect my purchased domain to wordpress but when i try to view the site, it still on under construction page. Do you know any solution to this? Thanks!</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-961928' data-commentid="961928" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-961928" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments odd alt depth-2 staff" id="comment-962480"> <article id="article-comment-962480"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You may want to ensure your site does not have a plugin that is adding a coming soon page. If it does there is normally the option to remove that page in your admin area. If you cannot find the specific plugin then you can disable plugins under Plugins>Installed Plugins.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-962480' data-commentid="962480" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-962480" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="comment-916367"> <article id="article-comment-916367"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Ricky</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Do you have any articles or info for moving your website from Wix to a Wordpress site?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-916367' data-commentid="916367" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-916367" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments odd alt depth-2 staff" id="comment-916838"> <article id="article-comment-916838"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You would want to take a look at our article below:<br /> <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-switch-from-wix-to-wordpress-step-by-step/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-switch-from-wix-to-wordpress-step-by-step/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-916838' data-commentid="916838" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-916838" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-3" id="comment-916954"> <article id="article-comment-916954"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Ricky Fletcher</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Ok. I will take a look.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-916954' data-commentid="916954" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-916954" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-886097"> <article id="article-comment-886097"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">zeeshan</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>i have hosted my website using free hosting on my host.<br /> i installed wordpress two times from single hosting account but from two different laptops.<br /> now i have two different wordpress login credentials.</p> <p>My question is how is it possible to install wordpress two times on the same server.</p> <p>What is the connection between wordpress and individual website?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-886097' data-commentid="886097" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-886097" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-889225"> <article id="article-comment-889225"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Your hosting provider likely created a second installation folder for you to use.<br /> WordPress is the software that helps you create your site.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-889225' data-commentid="889225" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-889225" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-855593"> <article id="article-comment-855593"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Melissa Thompson</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi – I am interested in rebuilding my site using Wordpress and hosting on Bluehost. My site is currently hosted on whois.com, using their Sitebuilder product. </p> <p>Should I install Wordpress locally, build out my site, then install Wordpress on Bluehost, and then ftp the files from my local machine? How I would then redirect traffic from the old Whois site to the new Wordpress site on Bluehost?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-855593' data-commentid="855593" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-855593" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-856918"> <article id="article-comment-856918"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You could do that or you could change your hosts file to see your site on BlueHost, you would want to take a look at our article below for how to change hosts:<br /> <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-to-a-new-host-or-server-with-no-downtime/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-to-a-new-host-or-server-with-no-downtime/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-856918' data-commentid="856918" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-856918" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-830768"> <article id="article-comment-830768"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Katie</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi, really useful posts. Follewed everything to the t using sofalicious. I have read in a lot of places not to close the installation window before its complete however I left mine for a day running and it got to 95% and no further so I refreshed the page. I didn’t know what to do but now it says I have already installed it but I can’t find it anywhere. Do you know how I can go about finding it so I can delete it?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-830768' data-commentid="830768" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-830768" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-831036"> <article id="article-comment-831036"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You should be able to go to the domain you were installing the site on to view the site and you can force reset the password using our guide here: <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-change-your-password-in-wordpress/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-change-your-password-in-wordpress/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-831036' data-commentid="831036" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-831036" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-816111"> <article id="article-comment-816111"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Noe</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I have a domain in Google Domains but I can’t see any option to install Wordpress. org. . I had a look on the internet but I couldn’t find anything clear about this. Would you recommend me to install Wordpress on my laptop in this case? I am a completely begginer with this. </p> <p>Any help would be appreciated.<br /> Many thanks.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-816111' data-commentid="816111" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-816111" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-817261"> <article id="article-comment-817261"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>While you have a domain, it sounds like you don’t have hosting, for a better understanding you would want to take a look at our guide here: <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/whats-the-difference-between-domain-name-and-web-hosting-explained/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/whats-the-difference-between-domain-name-and-web-hosting-explained/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-817261' data-commentid="817261" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-817261" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-803136"> <article id="article-comment-803136"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">R Frank</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I want to install Wordpress on my home computer. Do I need to install WAMP first and then Wordpress? Do I need any other programs, ie: My SQL etc…?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-803136' data-commentid="803136" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-803136" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-803517"> <article id="article-comment-803517"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Programs like WAMP handle MySQL, you would want to take a look at the section covering how to locally install your site with links to our guides for each method <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='0'%20height='0'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" /><noscript><img src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></noscript></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-803517' data-commentid="803517" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-803517" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-728807"> <article id="article-comment-728807"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Dalia abdallah</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>This is a best guide I have ever seen about WordPress installation<br /> Thank you very much<br /> You are the best </p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-728807' data-commentid="728807" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-728807" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-729130"> <article id="article-comment-729130"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You’re welcome, glad our guide was helpful <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='0'%20height='0'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" /><noscript><img src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></noscript></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-729130' data-commentid="729130" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-729130" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-700781"> <article id="article-comment-700781"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Sandy McLendon</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thank you. Now how do I use it?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-700781' data-commentid="700781" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-700781" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-701084"> <article id="article-comment-701084"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>It would depend on what you wanted to do with your site, for getting started, you may want to take a look at our page here: <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/start-here/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/start-here/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-701084' data-commentid="701084" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-701084" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-684273"> <article id="article-comment-684273"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Abhijeet Singh</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You mention in the starting of the article that you’ll add how to install Wordpress on Linux but you’ve provided links only for Windows and Mac at the end.</p> <p>Is there a separate article for Linux?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-684273' data-commentid="684273" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-684273" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-684549"> <article id="article-comment-684549"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thank you for letting us know, you would want to take a look at XAMPP for a local installation: <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-local-wordpress-site-using-xampp/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-local-wordpress-site-using-xampp/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-684549' data-commentid="684549" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-684549" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-663497"> <article id="article-comment-663497"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Helen Cronin</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>All I can say is thank you. I stumbled across this post just as I was tearing my hair out because my installation wasn’t working. All fixed now and I know exactly what I was doing wrong. Thank you again. Top work!</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-663497' data-commentid="663497" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-663497" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-663761"> <article id="article-comment-663761"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Glad our guide could help you <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='0'%20height='0'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" /><noscript><img src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></noscript></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-663761' data-commentid="663761" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-663761" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-644253"> <article id="article-comment-644253"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Kanika</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hey, it’s really a nice post. Thankew for this.</p> <p>Actually, I am a beginner to WordPress. So, need help.<br /> When installing WordPress through cpanel of SiteGround, Which plan of WordPress gets installed?</p> <p>Is it required to buy any of the WordPress plans when installing WordPress through cpanel of SiteGround?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-644253' data-commentid="644253" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-644253" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-644846"> <article id="article-comment-644846"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You are creating a WordPress.org installation so you don’t need to pay for any plans beyond SiteGround’s hosting.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-644846' data-commentid="644846" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-644846" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-643645"> <article id="article-comment-643645"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Muhammad Aatif</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Sir, I want to reinstall wordpress on my hosting. Preiviously, I mistakenly Install wordpress in sub-directary file. Then blog was not showing on URL browse in google.com .. I want to know how to move files which should be in public_html , Not in sub-directary?</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-643645' data-commentid="643645" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-643645" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-643806"> <article id="article-comment-643806"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>For moving directories on your server you can follow the steps in our article here: <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-get-rid-of-wordpress-from-your-wordpress-site-url/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-get-rid-of-wordpress-from-your-wordpress-site-url/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-643806' data-commentid="643806" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-643806" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-643455"> <article id="article-comment-643455"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Jay</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi, wpbeginner, </p> <p>is there a course on how to use wpbeginner ????</p> <p>I am lost already!!!!</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-643455' data-commentid="643455" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-643455" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-643482"> <article id="article-comment-643482"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>For a starting point, you would want to take a look at our page here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/start-here/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/start-here/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-643482' data-commentid="643482" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-643482" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-612556"> <article id="article-comment-612556"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Yassir Segujja</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hello, am new to WordPress and need your kind help. Have installed the website software successfully but it’s turns out in the admin area–the URL I was given won’t drop the WordPress prefix wp which in the end affects the settings in my permalinks window.<br /> The website appears with this suffix wp at the end causing each one of the pages or links built thereafter to be equally affected. I need a standalone website name without this extension. Help please.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-612556' data-commentid="612556" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-612556" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-613074"> <article id="article-comment-613074"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>From the sound of your error, you would want to take a look at our article here: <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-get-rid-of-wordpress-from-your-wordpress-site-url/" rel="ugc">https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-get-rid-of-wordpress-from-your-wordpress-site-url/</a></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-613074' data-commentid="613074" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-613074" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-608330"> <article id="article-comment-608330"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Hussein</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi, can someone still install WordPress via ftp without going through the MySQL part in cpanel. </p> <p>Thanks.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-608330' data-commentid="608330" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-608330" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-609070"> <article id="article-comment-609070"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>WordPress would still need a database so if you are using that manual installation method, you would still need to set up a database through MySQL</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-609070' data-commentid="609070" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-609070" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-601313"> <article id="article-comment-601313"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Jacey</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I have always used hostgator to host my wordpress sites, however it has been a few years since I’ve set up a new site. If I were to use the easy Wordpress installation offered by Hostgator, do I sacrifice any of the abilities I would have if I had installed it on my own? Thanks!</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-601313' data-commentid="601313" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-601313" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-601984"> <article id="article-comment-601984"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>No, you wouldn’t sacrifice anything using the easy install method of setting up WordPress.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-601984' data-commentid="601984" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-601984" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="comment-597222"> <article id="article-comment-597222"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Irfan Nurhamid</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi, wpbeginner,<br /> This is a very detailed tutorial. I like it so much.<br /> Keep up the good work.<br /> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='0'%20height='0'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley perfmatters-lazy" data-src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" /><noscript><img src="https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-content/plugins/classic-smilies/img/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /></noscript></p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-597222' data-commentid="597222" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-597222" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments 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I tried to delete with INMOTIONHOSTING and reinstall again. </p> <p>But it is still the wordpress.com. So I can’t migrate.</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-584633' data-commentid="584633" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-584633" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-jeremycomments even depth-2 staff" id="comment-584669"> <article id="article-comment-584669"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">WPBeginner Support</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Your domain is likely still pointing toward WordPress.com, you would want to either transfer your domain or point your nameservers to InMotion to see the site you have installed on your host</p> </div> <div class="comment-reply"><a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-584669' data-commentid="584669" data-postid="10467" data-belowelement="article-comment-584669" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to this review" aria-label='Reply to this review'>Reply<svg width="11" height="11" aria-hidden="true" role="img" focusable="false"><use xlink:href="#regular-level-down"></use></svg></a></div><div class="comment-admin-badge"> <p class="comment-badge">Admin</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="comment-576225"> <article id="article-comment-576225"> <header class="comment-header"> <p class="comment-author"> <span class="comment-author-name">Stephanie</span> </p> </header> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi, I have a duplicate copy of my website on a live server and one on my localhost. </p> <p>I have made changes to the live site with regard to template modifications and disabling certain features. On the local server I have added new posts, and installed a form plugin and designed a new form.</p> <p>All this without realizing I am working on both sites. 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