Install Wordpress using Fantastico in cPanel
This tutorial will teach you how to install Wordpress, the very popular blog content management system, using Fantastico in cPanel. It is a very simple task thanks to Fantastico. In order to complete this tutorial you will need to be using a hosting provider that offers cPanel web based management software.
If you are looking to install Wordpress on a host that doesn’t use CPanel you may find more information at the official Wordpress site. Another option is to switch to a hosting provider that offers cPanel. There are many hosting providers online that offer cPanel. I can also offer affordable cPanel hosting through my company Computer Systems Solutions. If you would like a great price on cPanel hosting for your domain, please contact me using the form on this site.
Log into your cPanel account and click the Fantastico icon (happily pictured below).
With the Fantastico window open, click on the Wordpress link located in the Blogs section.
The Wordpress page will open and you will see a short description of what it is.
Verify that you have enough free space and then click the New Installation link.
You will see the New Installation options.
Now we have to define the configuration. First is the installation location.
Install on Domain: From the drop down, your domain should be selected. (If not select it).
Install in Directory: Leave this blank if you want Wordpress to be installed in the root of the domain. For example you will access Wordpress at http://www.yoursite.com/ . If you want to specify a different directory, type it in this field. For example if you put “blog” in the field, the url will be http://www.yoursite.com/blog/ .
Now you will have to enter the administrator name and password. This is the username and password that you will use to access the Wordpress backend.
In the base configuration section, enter the following information:
Admin nickname: the name you want to display for the admin account.
Admin e-mail: the email address of the admin
Site name: your domain
Description: What your site is about.
Now enter the email account information. If this account doesn’t already exist, Fantastico will create it for you on your domain.
Once you have entered all of the settings click the install button.
The installation will tell you what updates have been made. Click the Finish Installation button.
The installation is finished. You have the option to email the details of the installation to someone, or return to the overview.
Once your return to the Wordpress Overview page, you will see that you have Wordpress install in the “Current Installations” section. Click the Visit Site button to view your new site.
If you can see the site, your installation was successful.
You can now start adding content to your site, change the layout, and take advantage of the power of the Wordpress system. To login click the link on the menu to the right. Your username and password will be the ones that you enter earlier for the administrator. Good Luck!
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on May 23rd, 2007 at 9:59 am
Not all web hosting providers that offer cPanel purchase the third party software known as Fantastico. If your web hosting provider has upgraded to cPanel 11 then you can do this without Fantastico.
You will likely notice you are on cPanel 11 as your cPanel interface will look vastly different and be more organized.
When you login, scroll down to the “Software / Services” feature block and click the “Site Software” icon. Under the blogs section, click “WordPress” and proceed to follow the on-screen instructions.
on May 23rd, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Thanks for the input, I have never used a host that provided cpanel without fantastico. Our host is still using CPanel 10.
on July 9th, 2007 at 1:44 am
I have had no luck installing WordPress with Fantastico. I’ve followed all the steps in the tutorial, but the final product never looks like a blog. All I get is a listing of files and folders in a directory.
I’ve always chosen to set up the WordPress files in a separate folder, not the main one.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
on December 20th, 2007 at 4:16 am
I would like to see a continuation of the topic
on December 20th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Hey thanks for the great tutorial i was looking for this everything is working great!
on February 9th, 2008 at 1:17 am
!PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR RESPONSE!
Hi! I was wondering what part of the step is that says “…is prowdly powered by WordPress”
In which step do you write what you would want that to say? Site name? Site description?
Thanks!
!PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR RESPONSE!
on February 9th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Krist, it grabs the site name when you fill it out in cPanel. You can also change this later by modifying the blog name in the WordPress control panel or by modifying the footer.php in the wp-content/themes/default/ folder.
P.S. We can’t email notifications to you if you don’t enter an email address when you comment.
on February 20th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Hi, thanks for the tutorial – I will go and have a look at your other tuts. I have a really dumb question…I have WP installed on host, for 2 sites (addon domains), want to start a 3rd and 4th….Do I install WP each time for each site?, or is the one install all I need?? (The first ones were done for me by a techie)
on March 3rd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I have used cPanel before to set up my wordpress blog, was not sure what the hosting provider was. Is there a recommendation of the best/cheapest hosting providers that offer cPanel as well? Thanks.
on March 26th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
thanks! cpanel is the best
on May 15th, 2008 at 3:45 am
very good explanation with screenschots. resolved all doubts.
Thanks very much
on August 30th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Really fantastic article, very useful!
on October 12th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
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on October 20th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Thank you very much for the tutorial…
on October 20th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Just came here searching wordpress installation using cPanel..Amazing list of tutorials you have here !! Bookmarked
on October 30th, 2008 at 4:59 am
i have tried
it is saying
Sorry, the password you selected cannot be used because it is too weak and would be too easy to crack. Please select a password with strength rating of 100 or higher.
please tell me what to do
on December 6th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
lol Harish make a better password
on December 26th, 2008 at 7:45 am
Thanks! this is very informative
regards,
Joe
1 step system
on January 5th, 2009 at 1:51 am
I just installed wordpress and it says my username is invalid. I am using the username I entered at installation. PLEASE HELP!! this is so frustrating!
Thank you
on February 6th, 2009 at 2:31 am
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on March 18th, 2009 at 8:12 am
for some reason I’m not getting this to work. hmm .. I wonder if I did something wrong or there’s something missing in this tutorial.
on March 21st, 2009 at 10:27 am
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on April 14th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
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on June 25th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Good one. I’m bookmarking this for later!
on July 1st, 2009 at 9:22 am
This may seem like an odd question, but with the Fantastico version of wordpress… is it the version from wordpress.org or wordpress.com?
does that make sense?
thanks!
on July 6th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Fantastic information,This is the first time i heard about this. keep it up this good works.
Thanks,
Micheal
on July 10th, 2009 at 6:44 am
Hi were able to install blog on my website in its own directory with no problems.
Then I tried on my other website to install it on the main site as to be the main page, but i can’s view it. i am able to get into the admin side of it, but when I click visit site, it goes to the original web page and not the blog that is suppose to be there, what am i doing wrong?
please what am i missing/
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on August 10th, 2009 at 11:43 am
Fantastic article,thanks
It worked for me
Keep up the good work.Cheers
on August 11th, 2009 at 9:46 am
John firstly thankyou for the time to oversee and share your wisdom here!
I am a total convert to Wordpress and in awe of just how plain clever it is and how the control panel lets non-designers write and not worry to much about coding..
I would be really grateful for a bit of simple *yes/no* advice…
I have made a site on wordpress.com thats about 1/3 way completed but now we want to host it on JustHost under a distinct domain name and throw it over to complete it once its up at JustHost using the Wordpress Dashboard and widgets…
Seeds of doubt are however looming like car-headlights as I read about this *Fantastico* as I sort of get the impression that the only way to get a wordpress site on JustHost is to throw the Wordpress CMS and then start again (horror) – am I right or can I somehow FTP what Ive done in my theme and then go on with it using the WP Dashboard…
I hope I have not been too muddled in describing my newbie situation..we are lawyers not coders it goes to say!!
Anyway, whatever advice u could spare would be huge
Many thanks for this whole post blog ..
Cheers
Nick
on August 11th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Sorry John or anyone with WP tips on that last query by me – our email is
neaglelawyers at gmail.com
cheers – nick
on August 20th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Yes fantastico is an amazing software. I used it.
on August 24th, 2009 at 4:38 am
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on September 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Cool site, love the info.
on September 20th, 2009 at 6:10 am
thanks dude
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on October 11th, 2009 at 6:15 am
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Aaron.