Overview
If your hosting service has cPanel support, with cPanel you can:
Install new WordPress sites
Manage existing WordPress installations
Configure WordPress settings
Install and manage themes and extensions
Create backups and restore websites
Manage automatic updates
When you finish this guide, you will know how to install and manage WordPress in cPanel.
Important information
Your hosting service must have a cPanel support in order to use this guide to install WordPress.
Prerequisites
Before you start, make sure:
You have access to cPanel
That you have available and accessible databases
You have a domain or website available in cPanel
Step 1: Find WordPress Management in cPanel
Log into cPanel and click on the "WordPress Management" option under "Domains".
Step 2: Install WordPress
Click Install WordPress
Here you can customize the installation before you continue.
If you want to change settings before the installation, you can configure:
Installation path
Website title
WordPress version & language
Administrator information
Database name
Automatic update settings
When you are ready, click Install.
The WordPress installation will now be created and configured automatically.
Step 3: Manage WordPress installations
When the installation is completed, the site appears in the overview of WordPress installations.
From here you can, among other things:
Log in to WordPress
Manage Updates
Install or remove extensions
Install or change themes
Create backups
Change WordPress settings
š” This panel (WP Toolkit) brings together administration for all WordPress sites on one page, which makes it easier to keep the sites up to date and secure.
Troubleshooting
WordPress installation doesn't start
Make sure the server has access to the internet. WP Toolkit downloads WordPress files directly from wordpress.org during the installation.
Installation takes a long time or fails
If the server has slow or unstable internet connection, you can increase the download time limit from wordpress.org in the WP Toolkit settings.
Related Guides
How to create WordPress backups
Summary
You have now learned how to install Wordpress in cPanel.
Now you can proceed with managing themes, extensions, backups, and other WordPress features via WP Toolkit.



