Wordpress allows people to post to their site and create custom pages easily, while being flexible enough to allow you to change a theme without having to edit each page individually.
Logging into cPanel
The easiest way to install Wordpress into your site, is by logging into your cPanel. Open a web browser and open your website with ":2083" at the end. For example, if your website was "http://example.com.au", you would open "http://example.com.au:2083/" to access your cPanel.
Type in your username and password, and click "Log in". Please call Support directly if you have forgotten your username or password.
Installing Wordpress
Wordpress can be installed easily onto a website using a program built into the cPanel called Softaculous.
A link called Wordpress, provided near the bottom of the control panel, will open up the form to start the installation.
Click on Install, once Softaculous has opened, and it will bring up the form to install it onto the website.
The form that appears will have a number of settings that can be changed, however, most of them will be safe to leave as default, and most settings can also be updated after the Installation.
Each section is explained below;
Software Setup
This section determines what website has Wordpress installed.
Protocol should be http:// be default.
Wordpress should detect automatically if this has changed, otherwise you can change this by logging into the Wordpress Admin section.
Choose Domain needs to be set to a live or staging domain.
Selecting a domain that is live elsewhere or not live at the moment, can cause issues with either logging into wordpress or loading theme files and images.
This can be updated by either logging into the Wordpress Admin section, or by changing the database directly from cPanel if you cannot log into Wordpress.
Please contact Support if you require a staging site to be set up.
In Directory is the installation directory for Wordpress, and will affect what address people will have to type in to visit your Wordpress site.
If you would like the Wordpress site to be different from your normal page, you can set In Directory to something specific, for example 'blog'. Your Wordpress site would then be "http://example.com.au/blog".
Alternatively, if you would like your Wordpress site to be your main page, then make the In Directory empty/blank. Your Wordpress site would then be "http://example.com.au".
Database Name is the name of the database itself, and should not impact the way the site functions.
This does not necessarily need to be changed, or set to anything specific, unless the database name is already set.
Database Settings
This section only gives you one option which you can set.
Table Prefix is what each table will start with in your database, and will be set to wp_ by default.
This should not impact the functionality of your site, unless the Database Name you set above is used by anything else.
Site Settings
These settings can be changed at any time through wp-admin.
Site Name is the title of your website, and will appear in both the browser title bar and on the webpage, depending on your theme.
Site Description may also be visable on the page, depending on the theme selected.
Enable Multisite (WPMU): This should be left disabled, and is not supported on our servers.
Admin Account
You will need to remember the details you save here, in order to allow you to access the Admin section of your Wordpress site, and submit posts.
Admin Username is always best to set to something other than admin, especially if it is on a live website.
Admin Password can be anything you wish it to be.
It is always best to choose a strong password, even if the site is still on staging.
Admin Email should be set to an email address that the you will have easy access to.
Choose Language
The language can be set to a custom language.
Please be aware that it may be difficult for us to support your Wordpress install if it is in a language other than English.
Select Plugins
Plugins can be pre-installed and activated, as part of the Wordpress install.
Limit Login Attempts is the only plugin that is currently available during install, however, it is not enabled by default.
This plugin can prevent password bashing by hackers trying to log into the site.
Advanced options
Advanced options allow backups of data, and automated updates to Wordpress itself. These settings on their own are not necessary, and are generally left disabled.
Once all the settings are set, type in an email address to send the installation details, and click Install to start the installation of Wordpress.
The installation details are NOT sent to the Admin Email address by default.
This email address can be set to a different email than the one saved in the Admin section.
Accessing Wordpress Admin
Once Wordpress is installed, you can view your wordpress site by adding the directory you selected to the end of your address as shown previously.
Examples are provided again;
If your site was "http://example.com.au", and your In Directory was set to 'blog', then you can see your Wordpress site at "http://example.com.au/blog".
If the In Directory was made blank, then you can access your Wordpress site by visiting "http://example.com.au".
Access the Admin adrea is achieved by adding '/wp-admin' to the end of your Wordpress site.
For example: "http://example.com/blog/wp-admin" if you set your directory to 'blog', or "http://example.com/wp-admin", if you didn't set a directory.
Once the wordpress login has appeared, type in the Admin Username and Password, then click Log In.
Now you are ready to start customising your website, and start blogging.
