Manual WordPress Installation

Introduction

This tutorial explains the necessary steps for the manual installation of the WordPress platform.

Requirements

• Access to the cPanel account.
• WordPress archive, which can be downloaded from the official page: https://wordpress.org/download/ .
• MySQL database, database user, and the associated password.

Steps

1. Downloading the WordPress Archive

• Access the official page https://wordpress.org/download/ and download the archive by clicking the Download WordPress button.

2. Uploading the archive in cPanel

• Log in to your cPanel account, then navigate to the File Manager section.
• In File Manager, access the public_html directory or the directory related to an addon domain/subdomain, then upload the WordPress archive.
• Click on Upload and select the downloaded file locally.

3. Extracting files

• After uploading the archive, return to the public_html directory, select the archive, and click on Extract.
• Choose the location where you want to extract the files, for example, in public_html.

4. Moving the files to the correct directory

• The extracted files will be placed in a subdirectory named wordpress. Select all files in this directory and move them to public_html.
• Use the Move button and change the path from /public_html/wordpress to /public_html.

5. Configuring the wp-config.php file

• Rename the file wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. Select the file, click on Rename, enter the new name, and confirm.
• Edit the wp-config.php file to enter the database details:
  • define('DB_NAME', 'database_name');
  • define('DB_USER', 'database_user');
  • define('DB_PASSWORD', 'database_password');

6. Completing the installation

• Access your domain in a browser (e.g. https://hostico.ro) to initiate the WordPress installation.
• Select the desired language and follow the steps in the installation interface to set up the user, password, and email address.
• After completing the installation, you will receive a confirmation and you will be able to access the WordPress admin panel by clicking on Log In.