Install WordPress with Softaculous

Install a new WordPress site from cPanel. Applies to shared, reseller and Premium hosting.

Softaculous handles the database, the files and the admin account in one step. Installing by hand is only necessary in unusual cases — see Install WordPress manually.

Before you begin

Point your domain at your WebGee account first. Installing against a domain that does not yet resolve here gives you a site you cannot reach, and an SSL certificate that cannot be issued.

Install

1. In cPanel, open Softaculous Apps Installer under Software.

   

2. Find WordPress and select Install.

   

3. Set the installation URL.

   

   Field	What to use
   Choose Protocol	https:// — leave it as the default
   Choose Domain	The domain to install on
   In Directory	Leave blank for the main site. Only fill this in for a subdirectory such as /blog

   In Directory is pre-filled with wp on some versions of Softaculous. If you leave that in place your site ends up at example.com/wp rather than example.com. Clear it unless you want a subdirectory.

4. Choose the WordPress version. Take the most recent — it is the most secure and has the widest theme and plugin compatibility.

   

5. Enter a Site Name and Site Description. Both can be changed later.

   

6. Complete the Admin Account section.

   

   Do not use admin as the username. It is the default on every WordPress installation, so automated attacks try it first and only need to guess the password. Choose something else, and use the key icon to generate a strong password.

7. Select Install.

Check it worked

Visit https://example.com — the new site should load over HTTPS with no browser warning. Sign in at https://example.com/wp-admin with the admin account you created.

If HTTPS shows a warning, the certificate has not been issued yet. See Install a free SSL certificate.

Next steps

• Force HTTPS so visitors cannot reach the site over plain HTTP — Force HTTPS on your site.
• Turn on caching. LiteSpeed Cache is installed by default on WebGee and makes the largest single difference to page speed — see Install and enable LiteSpeed Cache.
• Set up object caching for a faster admin area — Enable Redis object caching.

Related

• Install WordPress manually
• Create a WordPress staging site
• Migrate a WordPress site from another host