How to Install WordPress

Posted on September 5th, 2007 by andrej in Tutorial

Step-by-step Tutorial

In this simple tutorial I’m going to guide you through the process of installing Wordpress on a cPanel hosting account. It is really easy and with this guide you will master Wordpress installation yourself easily.

Note: It is also possible to install Wordpress on a non-cPanel hosting account, but it is easier with cPanel, so I’m going to explain this option.

1.) You need cPanel web hosting plus a domain name.

2.) Once you have your web hosting account with a domain name set up, log in to your cPanel account.

3.) In the cPanel select “Fantastico” (or Fantastico De Luxe)

Wordpress Tutorial - step 1

4.) In Fantastico select “WordPress”

Wordpress Tutorial - step 2

5.) Select “New Installation”

Wordpress Tutorial - step 3

6.) Fill in the form

Wordpress Tutorial - step 4

The field “Install in directory” leave free unless you wish to have your blog installed in a directory of your domain, e.g. yourdomain.com/blog

Then click “Install WordPress”.

7.) Finish the installation

Wordpress Tutorial - step 5

8.) Now you shall see the following:

Wordpress Tutorial - step 6

It is also a good idea to enter your e-mail and have the installation information e-mailed to your mailbox. This may be useful in case you forget your password or username.

9.) Finished. :)

Now log in to your Wordpress admin panel and start blogging. You shall be able to login from this URL: yourdomain.com/wp-login.php

10.) You might also like to pick out one of some nice Wordpress Themes suitable for your blog that you will like.