Instructions for installing WordPress on a cPanel Server
Log in to cPanel
Create a Database using the cPanel Database Wizard
Give the Database a Name
Generate a Strong Password Using cPanels Generate Password when creating a databse user
Assign Database Privliges
Now that you have a Database you can Download WordPress
https://wordpress.org/download/
Now Login to Your cPanel
Click on The File Manager Icon
Now from the File Manager Interface Select public_html from the Pane on the Left
Select Upload & Browse to your File
Select Choose File and upload the Downloaded .tar.gz
Once your Upload has finished Select the uploaded File and click Extract
It will be Extracted to a folder Called wordpress. You will need to move all the files to the “public_html” folder.
move all the files to the “public_html” folder
*Ensure to remove the empty folder called “wordpress”
*Then remove the uploaded “.tar.gz” file.
Browse to your website and continue the WordPress® installation using the new database credentials.