How to Install WordPress – Complete WordPress Installation Tutorial
How to Install WordPress on Your Website
WordPress is known as the most popular blogging platform and content management system. New users are often surprised when we tell them that WordPress is also well known for its ease of installation. All best WordPress web hosting companies allow you to install WordPress within few clicks. In most circumstances, installing WordPress is a simple process that takes less than five minutes to complete. In this WordPress installation tutorial, our goal is to offer a comprehensive WordPress installation tutorial for beginners and advanced users alike. We will show you how to install WordPress using Fantastico, Softaculous, and SimpleScripts for beginners. We will explain how to install WordPress manually for our intermediate users. Lastly for our beginner developer and designers, we will show you how to install WordPress on a local computer (Windows, Mac, and Linux).
Things You Need Before Installing WordPress
Before you install WordPress, first you will need a domain name and a good web hosting company that knows WordPress.
We highly recommend that you use BlueHost because they will give you a free domain and 50% off their hosting plan (special for WPBeginner users). Bluehost is also an officially recommended hosting provider of WordPress.
Since this is a very long and detailed tutorial, please use the navigation below to get to the appropriate section.
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Below are ways you can install WordPress
- How to Install WordPress Using MOJO Marketplace
- How to Install WordPress using Softaculous
- How to Install WordPress using QuickInstall
- How to Install WordPress using Fantastico
- How to Install WordPress using FTP
- How to Install WordPress in your Computer
- How to Install WordPress in your Language
- How to Install a WordPress Multisite Network
- Things to do After Installing WordPress
How to Install WordPress using MOJO Marketplace
MOJO Marketplace provides a simple WordPress installer tool. Several hosting companies use this to provide a 1-click WordPress install experience. This installer is integrated into their cPanel dashboard.
For this tutorial, we will be showing you the BlueHost cPanel. Simply login to your hosting account and then on your cPanel dashboard scroll down to the website section.
Click on Install WordPress icon or 1-click Install. They will both take you to the MOJO Marketplace where you will see an overview about WordPress with a Install button. You need to click on the install button to continue.
MOJO Marketplace will now ask you where you want to install WordPress. Simply select your domain name from the dropdown menu and click on the check domain button.
The installer will now check that everything is in order and will show the final step. You can check the box next to Show Advanced Options to expand it.
You will notice that MOJO Marketplace has already given your site a title ‘My Site’. It will be using your email address as the username and entered a random strong password. You can change all these settings. You also need to check the terms and conditions checkbox.
Once you are done, you can click on the Install Now button.
Your installation will begin, and you will be able to see a progress bar. It will take only a few minutes. You need to wait on this page for it to finish.
Once the installation is finished, you will see a success message with a view credentials button.
You have successfully installed WordPress. Click on the View Credentials button to go to MOJO Marketplace dashboard and scroll down to the notification center.
There you will see the status of your WordPress install with a link to view credentials.
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OHHH I needed this a few months ago when I was going crazy trying to make my site! haha This is very helpful!
Might come in handy in the future but I use blogspot as of the moment. Thanks!
This is such a detailed step by step guide.I wish I could read something like this when I started my blog in wordpress.Very useful
Great guide on WordPress. I used Youtube a lot when setting up my WordPress account. It’s all foreign language to a no tech person like myself.
I installed WordPress in the same way.
I must say WordPress has come a long way.
Proud to be a part of it.
Thank you so much for this informative post. I am a beginner and still learning how to use WordPress effectively. Saving it to refer again. Learnt a lot from your post.
I am still using the best way to use wordpress. This is a very informative post.
This is so helpful!! Especially for someone who hates wordpress and doesn’t know how to use it!!
what a very informative post! I’m sure many will find this useful!
How I wish I read this before starting my blog. I am a huge fan of DIY and thank you for sharing this knowledge.
Very informative post, helpful for even those who are not very ‘technically oriented’.
– Nandita
This is a great guide! VERY INFORMATIVE
Great post. At first I have a hard time to understand and how to use a wordpress. and this post will help other how to use it properly. I will save this and share with my friends.
Thanks for this great tutorial. I’ve been considering shifting to WP for the longest time!
This is a very good tutorial. I remember when I first installed wordpress and thought it will be a complicated process. It was not.
This is so awesome. I really enjoyed your blog this week this is something everyone can enjoy!
Hi,
I really want to transfer and migrate my blog to wordpress but I’m afraid of losing my traffic. Will bookmark this in case I changed my mind.
you are always welcome to seek help from us, the live chat is 24hrs functional, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I really want to migrate my blog to WordPress but I’m afraid of losing my traffic.
doing a migration will not make you loose your trafic, i advice you do it and do a redirection from the old url to the new one then put a pop-up message telling all visitor to bookmark the new url that u had to migrate for a faster and reliable service. thanks for stopping by
You’ve got to love WordPress. It makes things so much easier for the masses to produce sites. Good guide, keep up the good work.
thanks Mr. Owen, am glad you learnt something.
As usual, another informative post. Anything I am learning technical related to websites, I owe the credit to you.
we thank God for knowledge, you are welcome anytime.
Very useful post for bloggers starting out. Easy to read and understand which would be useful for anyone. Well done.
am glad you fine it useful, this will gives us more zeal to do more, thanks
I know a little bit of wordpress, as in optimizing the blog and all… havent tried other ads on and web designing on wordpress, I am sure it requires coding knowledge.
very little coding knowledge is required.
Lots of good information here. I’m using WordPress for my design and hosting now. So it’s working for me.
am glad you are happy
I’ll keep this post noted when I change my mind and maybe transfer to wordpress from blogspot.
Your website is now one of my favourite websites to go to for information on website. I am so happy that you take the time out to create these content for us.
Thank you for the helpful tutorial! This really came in handy for me recently!
I’m using WordPress as my platform for my blog and bluehost for my domain. I don’t have any complains so far – it’s simple and easy to understand’ ..wordpress pretty manageable!
am glad you are very familiar with the CMS system. thanks for stopping by.
WordPress has come a long way. I have been thinking about launching a subdomain and was reading a lot of stuff. This one is very informative.