{"id":708,"date":"2020-06-04T13:42:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T05:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wesbytes.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=708"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:51:57","slug":"install-wordpress-under-linux-hosting-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/install-wordpress-under-linux-hosting-cpanel","title":{"rendered":"Install WordPress under Linux Hosting ( cPanel )"},"content":{"rendered":"
Install WordPress under Linux Hosting ( cPanel )<\/h5>\n

WordPress is a free open-source software that is available for install in your cPanel<\/a> Softaculous installer for free. This article will explain how to install WordPress through Softaculous.<\/p>\n

Below are the guidelines on how to do so:<\/p>\n

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  1. Login into your cPanel<\/li>\n
  2. Go to Software \/ Services. Click the Softaculous icon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Install<\/p>\n

    3. Click the Install link on the WordPress<\/a> install section.<\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    4. Fill in the WordPress setup information. The following is the necessary information you need to fill in and proceed as instructed and you are done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Software Setup<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Choose Domain<\/th>\nSelect the Domain you want to install your WordPress on from the drop box.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    In Directory<\/th>\nLeave this blank to install on the domain directly. If you are installing in a subfolder of your site you type the folder name here. This will make the blog load like the following: example.com\/foldername.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Admin Username<\/th>\nEnter a username for your WordPress Dashboard login.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Admin Password<\/th>\nEnter whatever password you want for the Dashboard Login.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Admin email<\/th>\nEnter a valid email here. The system will place an invalid email here. you will need a valid one.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

     <\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Install WordPress under Linux Hosting ( cPanel ) WordPress is a free open-source software that is available for install in your cPanel Softaculous installer for free. This article will explain how to install WordPress through Softaculous. Below are the guidelines on how to do so: Login into your cPanel Go to Software \/ Services. Click the Softaculous icon. 3. Click…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[28],"kbtag":[1610,1134],"class_list":["post-708","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-wordpress","kbtag-linux-hosting","kbtag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5971,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/708\/revisions\/5971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}