How To Install WordPress With cPanel (Web Hosting)

How To Install WordPress With cPanel (Web Hosting) Make Money Online Queries? Struggling To Get Traffic To Your Blog? Sign Up On (HBB) Forum Now!How To Install WordPress With cPanel (Web Hosting)Updated On 09/01/2018Author : Pradeep KumarTopic : WordPressShort URL : https://hbb.me/2CHlY2P CONNECT WITH HBB ON SOCIAL MEDIA Follow @HellBoundBlogIf you are going to start a WordPress(.org) blog or if you are migrating from Blogger to WordPress or even Tumblr to WordPress, then you might be having some difficulties in understanding WordPress and installing WordPress, but hey, we are here to help. In this article, Ill share the basic steps to install WordPress with cPanel, with the assistance of Softaculous. So lets get started.RECOMMENDED BY HELLBOUND BLOGGERS (HBB):A Small Orange (ASO) Web Hosting (Exclusive 20% Off for HBB Readers)Get ready, we are now going to install WordPress with cPanel manually. Just a bunch of small and sensitive steps.Install WordPress With cPanelStep 1: Log into your web hosting account. Usually, itll be Accoun t Management Panel (AMP) or Web Host Manager (WHM). We are going to use the former now. Go to your account, and click on the cPanel icon.Step 2: After that, head over to Software Services section. Now, click on the Softaculous icon. We can also install WordPress without Fantastico with the help of this. Softaculous is a library script program that provides installation of open source and commercial web applications.Step 3: Youll be now taken to a page where you can find plenty of applications like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, phpBB, etc. Go to the WordPress icon and click on the Install button.Step 4: We are almost there. Now we are going to install WordPress on cPanel, and we should be very careful in this step.Keep the protocol as http:// unless your website uses a https:// (SSL) certificate.Select the desired website from the dropdown for the installation.I want to install the WordPress software on pradeepkumars.com and not pradeepkumars.com/blog, so Ill keep this directory empty. For security reasons, its advisable to avoid the term wp for both your database and table prefixes. By default, cPanel will show something like wp234 for the database, but I suggest you to modify it as something like bv734 and for the table, by default it shows wp_, again change it into something like bv_. Please dont copy the same, pick something unique which you can remember easily as well.Enter your blogs name and description. We can avoid the Multisite option since well be running a single blog alone.For your admin username and password, I suggest that you should pick something that you havent used anywhere. For the username, dont ever write your name, pick something that is entirely irrelevant. Im stressing this point because its an essential step for securing your WordPress blog. For the password, make sure you get 100/100 score, not necessary but worth it. For both the username and password, pick something strong but at the same time that you can remember. (After creating the WordPress blog, keep this user account for administration purpose alone and create another user for publishing blog posts.)HAVING A STRONG PASSWORD IS GOOD, BUT NOT AS THESE TIPS:20+ Essential Tips To Protect Your WordPress BlogEnter your email address and do check it twice or thrice. Youll be getting all these blog information, so dont ever mistype anything.Pick your desired language. We picked English here.Login Limit Attempts is a good WordPress plugin for securing your blog, itll limit the login attempts for your WordPress blog, so that when people try to hack your blog, itll block them and temporarily/permanently suspend their IP to access. Its up to you to install this or not.You also have some advanced extra options, do check/uncheck according to your preference.At the end, mention the email address to receive all the installation details. Thats it, click on the Install button.READSend Email To All Registered Users [WORDPRESS]Itll just take less than 5 minutes mostly, so jus t chill and wait for the installation to complete.And tada, we have finally installed WordPress with cPanel (Softaculous) and below you can see the final details:I guess its not that difficult, you just have to be patient and careful while doing this, thats it. If you face any issues during the installation or if you are confused with any section, do let us know in the comments below, and well be happy to help you.