How to Install WordPress From Your cPanel Using Softaculous

Written by Arian Jahansouz Sunday, 24 October 2010

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to install WordPress from your cPanel using Softaculous.

Sign into your cPanel and follow these steps:

1) Scroll down to Software/Services and click Softaculous

2) Scroll down to Blogs. Find the WordPress link and click on it

3) Click Install

4) Fill out all of the boxes. For In Directory type the name of a new directory you would like created. By default, the box will be left blank to install the software into your main directory. When you are finished, click Install.

5) You will then get a confirmation page of your installation

This concludes how to install WordPress from your cPanel using Softaculous.

To install WordPress MU, click HERE.

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7 Comments

1. Karly   |  Thursday, 24 February 2011 at 8:25 am

   After the above installation is done, where do you go from here? Is there a step by step process that will help in order to get the themes/template installed and have you on your way to completing your site?

   
2. Arian Jahansouz   |  Wednesday, 02 March 2011 at 7:44 pm

   Once the installation is completed, go to yourdomain.com/wp. For the admin page, go to yourdomain.com/wp/wp-admin/

   
3. Mary Jane   |  Tuesday, 06 December 2011 at 5:11 am

   Why is that when I leave the blank, I mean making the box empty, I could not see my url online. But when I leave the there as the default, its taking me to http://springnotes.net/wp? I want it to be shown as http://springnotes.net only. What should I do?

   
4. Mike Hoffman   |  Tuesday, 06 December 2011 at 4:37 pm

   Leaving the folder option completely blank will install WordPress in your root directory. I might suggest going to the “current installations” (icon in the upper right of softaculous) and uninstall all existing copies of WP, and maybe manually delete any stray folders that are leftover. You might be having some kind of strange “interference” from an old installation of WP if you have tried it once or twice already.

   Let me know how it goes.

   
5. Diana   |  Monday, 09 July 2012 at 12:48 pm

   Arian,

   Saved a backup of wp from godaddy hosting. How do I upload that to my wp just installed on Arvixe hosting?

   
6. Arian Jahansouz   |  Tuesday, 10 July 2012 at 1:17 pm

   If you used WordPress’ Export Tool, simply click on Import WordPress in the Tools menu.

   
7. Wordpress Family   |  Wednesday, 22 August 2012 at 12:25 am

   Not difficult.