Install WordPress [cPanel]

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

create-a-database

 

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/

download-wordpress

 

Now Login to Your cPanel

Click on The File Manager Icon

file-manager

 

Now from the File Manager Interface Select public_html from the Pane on the Left

Select-public_html

 

Select Upload & Browse to your File

Select-Uploadl

 

Select Choose File and upload the Downloaded .tar.gz

Choose-File-for-Upload

 

 

Once your Upload has finished Select the uploaded File and click Extract

extract

 

It will be Extracted to a folder Called wordpress. You will need to move all the files to the “public_html” folder.

extracted

 

move all the files to the “public_html” folder

move-extracted-files

 

*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.