Introduction
This article covers installing a WordPress site using "WP Toolkit" in cPanel.
Documentation on this feature is available:
Procedure
- Log into the user's cPanel.
- Navigate to "cPanel / Domains / WP Toolkit."
- Click The "Install" button.
- Choose the options you want for the "Installation path" options.
- Enter the title of your site in the "Website title" text box.
- Select the theme you use on your site from the "Plugin/theme set" dropdown menu.
- Select the default website language from the "Website language" dropdown menu.
- Select the WordPress version you would like your site to use from the "Version" dropdown menu.
The latest WordPress version should typically be installed. Older versions have known exploits that can allow an attacker to compromise your site and cPanel account. - Set the WordPress administrator's username in the "Username" text box.
- Set the WordPress administrator's password in the "Password" text box.
- Set the WordPress administrator's contact email address in the "Email" text box.
- Click the down arrow next to "Database."
- Set the name of the WordPress database in the "Database name" text box.
- Set the database's table prefix in the "Database table prefix" text box.
- Set the database username in the "Database user name" text box.
- Set the database user's password in the "Database user password" text box.
- Click the "Install" button.