How install WordPress?
Trying to figure out how to install WordPress? There are a few different methods you can use, each of which I’ll give an in-depth guide for.
By the end of this WordPress installation guide, you should be up and running with a working WordPress site and ready to start adding content.
First of all, why are there different methods for installing WordPress in the first place? The answer is simple… Because of WordPress’ popularity, there are a number of helper tools that make it easier to install the platform on different servers and hosts. As a result, there’s not simply one choice for how to install WordPress but multiple alternative ones.
In this post, I’ll give you a tutorial for each of the common methods for installing WordPress.
To give you some guidance for which method you should choose, I’ve ordered the guides from easiest to most time consuming.
If you are looking for a summary on how to install WordPress manually, here it is:
- Download the latest version of WordPress from wordpress.org
- Unzip the file and upload it to the
public_html(or similar) directory - Create MySQL Database and User
- Configure the
wp-config.phpfile. - Run the WordPress install
Method #1: Choose a host that comes with WordPress pre-installed
The easiest way to install WordPress is to just pick a host that does it for you. Nowadays, many WordPress-specific hosts will let you choose to have WordPress pre-installed. That means once you sign up for hosting, you can jump straight into your WordPress site. The whole question of “how to install WordPress” is irrelevant in such a case!
Method #2: How to install WordPress on cPanel
cPanel is the hosting management dashboard that most web hosts give their customers. When you sign up for hosting, your host should provide you with login details for cPanel.
In your cPanel interface, your host should give you access to one or more autoinstallers. Through the use of these autoinstallers, we are able to answer how to install WordPress on cPanel – because as the “auto(matic)” in their name implies, they make it relatively easy.
Method #3: How to install WordPress manually
Personally, I don’t really see a need to use this manual process anymore because of how simple and widespread the autoinstallers above are. Virtually every single web host will offer some type of tool that lets you install WordPress from your hosting dashboard.
But if you want to learn how to install WordPress manually, keep on reading. If you’re a beginner, just use the autoinstaller process I outlined above.
