{"id":307,"date":"2021-08-30T23:33:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T17:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/?p=307"},"modified":"2021-08-31T00:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T18:35:12","slug":"install-wordpress-using-softaculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/install-wordpress-using-softaculous\/","title":{"rendered":"How to install WordPress using Softaculous?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/install-wordpress-using-softaculous\/#Steps_to_Install_WordPress_Using_Softaculous\" >Steps to Install WordPress Using Softaculous<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/install-wordpress-using-softaculous\/#How_to_install_the_WordPress_Litespeed_cache_plugin\" >How to install the WordPress Litespeed cache plugin?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/install-wordpress-using-softaculous\/#Steps_to_install_the_WordPress_Litespeed_cache_plugin\" >Steps to install the WordPress Litespeed cache plugin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part about WordPress is that it is a free and open-source content management system (CMS). It can be installed manually or using the cPanel Softaculous Apps Installer within seconds. And Softaculous is a script library that allows for the automatic installation of commercial and open-source web applications onto websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Softaculous, you can easily install any popular scrips you like to for your website. Among all scrips, WordPress is one of the most installed scrips. So, here in this blog, you will learn how to install WordPress using Softaculous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_to_Install_WordPress_Using_Softaculous\"><\/span><b>Steps to Install WordPress Using Softaculous<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In cPanel, go to the <\/span><b>SOFTWARE <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tab, then tap on <\/span><b>Softaculous Apps Installer.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-308\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-1.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-1-150x28.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below screen will display, and select <\/span><b>WordPress, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clicking on the logo from the<\/span><b> Top Scripts section<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><b>type <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it into the<\/span><b> search field<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-install.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-install.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-install-150x98.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select the<\/span><b> install button<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to proceed to the data collection screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-setup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-setup.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-setup-150x87.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below screen appears<\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to<\/span><b> fill up<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> below all shown fields.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-311\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/directory-wp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/directory-wp.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/directory-wp-150x27.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>We will help you fill in all the information in the required fields to install WordPress.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>First Software Setup,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you already have an <\/span><b>SSL <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">certificate, choose the <\/span><b>https:\/\/ variant &#8211; either with or without the www.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose the <\/span><b>domain <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you want to install in <\/span><b>WordPress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Specifying a directory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, your site will be served from there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose the <\/span><b>domain <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you want to install in <\/span><b>WordPress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Specify a directory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; your site will be served from there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Example 1<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a domain named <\/span><b>demo.yoho.cloud<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you install an SSL certificate, you do not want www, so you select <\/span><b>https:\/\/<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And specify directory <\/span><b>wp<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The site would be served from<\/span> <b>https:\/\/<\/b><b>demo.yoho.cloud\/wp<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Example 2<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have a domain named <\/span><b>demo.yoho.cloud<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you have an <\/span><b>SSL <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">certificate and <\/span><b>www <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for your site, you choose<\/span><b> https:\/www<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this case, you have to leave the <\/span><b>Directory field<\/b> <b>blank.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This website would be served by <\/span><b>http:\/\/<\/b><b>demo.yoho.cloud<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Second Site Settings\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-312\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/site-setting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/site-setting.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/site-setting-150x85.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Input a Site Name and a Site Description<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you want for your website. However, you can edit later in WordPress by scrolling to <\/span><b>Settings &gt; General <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the WordPress admin menu panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Third Admin Account\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-313\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/admin-setting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/admin-setting.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/admin-setting-150x69.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Admin Username &amp; Password are already pre-entered.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do <\/span><b>change that Admin Username<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from admin is highly recommended, but make sure you only use uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers (most special characters are not allowed in WordPress usernames).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, create a <\/span><b>strong password for the Admin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; <\/span><b>click on the key icon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the strong password.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Note: Keep your login credentials easy to remember and secure.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Fourth Choose Language &amp; Select Plug-ins<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/adv-wordpress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/adv-wordpress.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/adv-wordpress-150x22.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drop-down menu will let you <\/span><b>choose your language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The additional plugins are available for installation which you can choose by selecting the checkboxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Advanced Options &amp; Select Theme<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-315\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/themes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/themes.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/themes-150x88.png 150w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/themes-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can skip the <\/span><b>Advanced Options section<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> unless you want to either use an existing database or configure Softaculous backups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then go to the next section, <\/span><b>Select theme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; you can select a theme from the list. There are many default themes included in WordPress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Finally, Install<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally to install WordPress using Softaculous, Click on the <\/span><b>Install button<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if you want installation details to be emailed once the installation is completed, then<\/span><b> input the email address<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is below the <\/span><b>install button<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -. You may skip this step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Thus, Congratulations, you have successfully installed WordPress on your site. Follow all the steps above to complete the WordPress installation using Softaculous to your site successfully.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-316\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-complete.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-complete.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-complete-150x71.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two web addresses will appear once the installation is finished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, the address of your newly installed site &#8211; click this to view it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, a link to the WordPress admin page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to access your WordPress dashboard, you will need to enter your user name and password.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_install_the_WordPress_Litespeed_cache_plugin\"><\/span><b>How to install the WordPress Litespeed cache plugin?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>LiteSpeed Cache tool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is fantastic. We strongly recommend it for WordPress sites since it greatly reduces resource usage on your account and drastically improves the load time of websites. The LiteSpeed Web server speeds up your site&#8217;s loading time by caching or saving a copy of each page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Caching&#8217; refers to the web server keeping a copy of pages that are already served so it can send the cached version when those pages are requested again. This reduces the server&#8217;s time spent creating the page. This makes the user experience much faster for your visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_to_install_the_WordPress_Litespeed_cache_plugin\"><\/span><b>Steps to <\/b><b>install the WordPress Litespeed cache plugin<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Step 1: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to <\/span><b>WordPress <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and sign in to the WordPress admin panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the <\/span><b>&#8216;Plugins&#8217; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">menu item on the left, then click &#8216;<\/span><b>Add New<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-317\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-plugin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-plugin.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wordpress-plugin-150x100.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the right side, you will see a box saying &#8216;<\/span><b>Search plugins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;&#8217; Type in <\/span><b>LiteSpeed Cache<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and enter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Litespeed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Litespeed.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Litespeed-150x62.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click on the &#8216;<\/span><b>Install Now<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216; button.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-319\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/litespeed-plugins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/litespeed-plugins.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/litespeed-plugins-150x62.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the installation is complete, click &#8220;<\/span><b>Activate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320\" src=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/litespeed-activate.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/litespeed-activate.png 512w, https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/litespeed-activate-150x107.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, in this way, you can <\/span><b>install the Litespeed cache plugin in WordPress.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, you successfully install WordPress using Softaculous along with the Litespeed cache plugin for your WordPress site. But make sure before that you chose the perfect hosting provider to host your site. Get <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/wordpress-hosting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cheap WordPress hosting in Nepal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best part about WordPress is that it is a free and open-source content management system (CMS). It can be installed manually or using the cPanel Softaculous Apps Installer within seconds. And Softaculous is a script library that allows for the automatic installation of commercial and open-source web applications onto websites.\u00a0 With Softaculous, you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress","category-knowledge-base"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoho.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}