Prerequisites
- Control Panel or Plesk hosting
Overview
This article describes how to install WordPress using Plesk's in-built application feature.
Instructions
- Log into your Control Panel / Plesk hosting
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Next click on the
Applications
>
Install(
Custom)
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Next WordPress install files will be downloaded:
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Accept the
accept terms of the license agreement
then
Next
:
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Select where you want WordPress to be accessible. If this is for the main site and no site currently exists, ensure the location is blank.
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Enter a Username / Password for the admininstration area of WordPress:
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Enter the email address to associate with your website. You can also select the default site name at this stage.
- Optionally, change the Database name and Database user name to something which will be easier to associate for your site.
- Click Install to complete the Setup of WordPress.
You should now be able to login to WordPress either via the Plesk WordPress Toolkit or directly into the WordPress Admin area.