Add-on domain Wordpress install

Ross Chandler

• July 26, 2018 03:59

Hello, I am a new user and have set up an add-on domain and wanting to install Wordpress. I am doing this manually and am up to the Wordpress install. To get to this I use this link -> primarydomainname.com/addondomain/wp-admin/install.php. Originally I tried addondomainname.com/addondomainname/wp-admin/install.php, but this did not work. I'm afraid of wiping my primary domain website by accident. Is the first link the correct one to install Wordpress for the add-on domain? Thanks so much!

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  MikeDVB

  • July 26, 2018 17:19

  Personally I would just advise accessing it via the addon domain directly, and not by the addon domain's sub-folder of the primary domain. Beyond that - you aren't going to wipe your main site by installing WordPress in an addon unless you do something really silly. If you're worried... cPanel -> Backups -> Generate and download a full cPanel Backup.

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  cPanelLauren

  • July 26, 2018 18:45

  Hi @Ross Chandler I just wanted to second the suggestions by @MikeDVB - this is exactly what I would have suggested as well. I also wanted to suggest using the WordPress manager to install you can find this from cPanel>>Software>>Wordpress Manager -> Install. This may make things a bit easier to manage in the future as well. Thanks!

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  Ross Chandler

  • July 27, 2018 10:13

  Thank you! @cPanelLauren

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