{"id":225,"date":"2017-11-29T06:57:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T06:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&#038;p=225"},"modified":"2017-11-29T06:57:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T06:57:05","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-manually","status":"publish","type":"kbe_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/kbe_knowledgebase\/how-to-install-wordpress-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install WordPress Manually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress stands as a king of CMS world holding 59% of the market share.<\/p>\n<p>The simplicity of installation &amp; smooth access of plugins builds up the recommendation for WordPress over the rest of CMS based web site developing tools.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, web hosts provide tools such as Softaculous as well as Fantastico in cPanel for a few clicks WordPress installation. <a href=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/\">FortuneHost<\/a> too enriches the user experience by providing these tools in cPanel.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from utilizing Softaculous or Fantastico users choose manual installation owing to temporary technical difficulties, or feel uncomfortable\u00a0with the tools.<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s get acquainted with WordPress&#8217;s\u00a0famous 5-minute installation. The installation process merely involves of 5 smooth steps as following.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Download<\/strong> of WordPress package.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Upload<\/strong>\u00a0of package.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Creation<\/strong> of MySQL Database &amp; User.<\/p>\n<p>4. WordPress details <strong>Fill In<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>5. &amp; WordPress Installation <strong>Run.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Step 1.\u00a0<strong>Download<\/strong> of WordPress package.<\/h3>\n<p>a. Download latest &amp; stable version of WordPress from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-199\" src=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-1-300x137.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-1-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-1-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-1-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-1.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step 2.\u00a0<strong>Upload<\/strong>\u00a0of package.<\/h3>\n<p>Unzip the downloaded package on\u00a0 pc.<\/p>\n<p>Create directory under the hosting account where the WordPress will be installed and upload the extracted files\/folders and directories to hosting account with the help of either of the three ways mentioned below.<\/p>\n<p>a. <strong>File Manager<\/strong> in cPanel.<\/p>\n<p>b. <strong>FTP (File Transfer Protocol) .<\/strong> Use FileZilla or CyberDuck as FTP client.<\/p>\n<p>c. <strong>SSH\u00a0(Secure Socket Shell).\u00a0<\/strong>This should be enabled by web hosting providers for shared\/reseller accounts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In case you wish to install WordPress directly on the domain (for example, http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/), make sure to upload the installation files under root directory (for example, public_html in cPanel).<\/li>\n<li>In case you wish to install WordPress on a sub folder of the domain (for example, http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/blog), make sure to create the directory\u00a0 &#8216;blog&#8217; and upload\u00a0 the installation files under it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">NOTE:<\/span> The latest versions of WordPress may require renaming the <em>wp-config-sample.php<\/em>\u00a0file to\u00a0<em>wp-config.php<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Step 3.\u00a0<strong>Creation<\/strong> of MySQL Database &amp; User.<\/h3>\n<p>MySQL Database will act as a storing facility of all posts, comments etc. along with themes &amp; plugins and all the other data. Hence, it&#8217;s utterly important to create it.<\/p>\n<p>cPanel at disposal makes it quite easier to create a database &amp; user for WordPress installation.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how we do it.<\/p>\n<p>a. Log in to cPanel.<\/p>\n<p>b. Under <strong>Databases<\/strong>\u00a0click\u00a0<strong>MySQL DatabaseWizard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-202\" src=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-2-300x123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-2-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-2.png 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>c. Create a database and name it as suitable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-4-300x114.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-4-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-4.png 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>d. Create an user for the database and assign it to the database.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-208\" src=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-6-283x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-6-283x300.png 283w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-6.png 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>c. After adding the user the next page prompts for privileges. Assign\u00a0privileges as necessary if the installation is for user account and full\u00a0privileges if the installation is for an admin account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-210\" src=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-7-246x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-7-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-7.png 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step\u00a04. WordPress details Fill In.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Exit cPanel and access the URL where the WordPress needs to be installed. Your browser should direct you.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>http:\/\/yourdomain.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>http:..yourdomain.com\/blog<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fill in all the asked details at the page.<\/p>\n<p>a.\u00a0<strong>Database Name<\/strong>: The database name created as above should be entered here.<\/p>\n<p>b.\u00a0<strong>Username<\/strong>:\u00a0The database username created as above should be entered here.<\/p>\n<p>c.\u00a0<strong>Password<\/strong>:\u00a0The database password created and assigned to it as above should be entered here.<\/p>\n<p>d.\u00a0<strong>Database Host<\/strong>: Mostly it&#8217;s localhost or it can be obtained from hosting provider.<\/p>\n<p>e. <strong>Table Prefix<\/strong>: Use hard to guess prefix apart from usual &#8216;wp&#8217; for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-215\" src=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-9-300x214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-9-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/fortunehost.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp1-9.png 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>f. Click the\u00a0<strong>Submit\u00a0<\/strong>button at the end.<\/p>\n<p>WordPress verify the entered details and it will come up with the confirmation page.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 5.\u00a0WordPress Installation Run.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Hit <strong>Run the Install<\/strong> button in order to have WordPress load the next page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress stands as a king of CMS world holding 59% of the market share. 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