03.28.2007

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).
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

With the Fantastico window open, click on the WordPress link located in the Blogs section.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

The WordPress page will open and you will see a short description of what it is.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

Verify that you have enough free space and then click the New Installation link.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

You will see the New Installation options.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

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/ .
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

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.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

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.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

Now enter the email account information. If this account doesn’t already exist, Fantastico will create it for you on your domain.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

Once you have entered all of the settings click the install button.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

The installation will tell you what updates have been made. Click the Finish Installation button.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

The installation is finished. You have the option to email the details of the installation to someone, or return to the overview.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

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.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

If you can see the site, your installation was successful.
Install WordPress using Fantastico in cPanel

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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  1. Niptoon on April 4, 2007 at 1:54 pm

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  2. David Grega on May 23, 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.

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  3. John Ward on May 23, 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.

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  4. Mike Berry on July 9, 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.

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  5. Maximus on December 20, 2007 at 4:16 am

    I would like to see a continuation of the topic

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  6. Maher Saleh on December 20, 2007 at 10:25 am

    Hey thanks for the great tutorial i was looking for this everything is working great!

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  7. Kris T. on February 9, 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!

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  8. John Ward on February 9, 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.

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  9. M Paul on February 20, 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)

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  10. Phong Chieng on March 3, 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.

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  11. adi on March 26, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    thanks! cpanel is the best

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  12. chenzen on May 15, 2008 at 3:45 am

    very good explanation with screenschots. resolved all doubts.
    Thanks very much

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  13. Web Design Zoo on August 30, 2008 at 8:29 am

    Really fantastic article, very useful!

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  15. colorite on October 20, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Thank you very much for the tutorial…

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  16. colorite on October 20, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    Just came here searching wordpress installation using cPanel..Amazing list of tutorials you have here !! Bookmarked

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  17. Harish on October 30, 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

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  18. John Ward on December 6, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    lol Harish make a better password

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  19. Joe on December 26, 2008 at 7:45 am

    Thanks! this is very informative

    regards,
    Joe
    1 step system

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  20. Laura on January 5, 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

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  22. online poker for money on March 18, 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.

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  24. Johan on April 14, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    I am new to your blog and I do like to read it!

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  26. shared web site hosting on June 25, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Good one. I’m bookmarking this for later!

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  27. Nate on July 1, 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!

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  28. Michael Jane on July 6, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    Fantastic information,This is the first time i heard about this. keep it up this good works.

    Thanks,
    Micheal

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  29. Jeannine on July 10, 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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  31. Cangaseira on August 10, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Fantastic article,thanks
    It worked for me
    Keep up the good work.Cheers

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  32. nick ramage on August 11, 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

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  33. nick ramage on August 11, 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

    :)

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  34. pollock on August 20, 2009 at 2:16 am

    Yes fantastico is an amazing software. I used it.

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  36. Bill Bartmann on September 3, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Cool site, love the info.

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  37. paritosh on September 20, 2009 at 6:10 am

    thanks dude

    saying hearthly

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  38. Aaron Wall on October 11, 2009 at 6:15 am

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    keep it up.

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  40. daniel on January 6, 2010 at 5:40 am

    Hi there – thanks to this page I did get wordpress running nicely

    but
    i want my blog in a frame on my page

    which should be easy
    but

    all of the templates, etc that i try – including the script / templates within fantastico as well as RVsitebuilder — the only thinkg I can do it go to a wordpress page that is on my site
    but
    it doesnt look like my site, have my ads / menus, etc

    hel;p. please

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  41. söve on January 17, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Great information.Thanks a lot.

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  42. Caden Alexander on May 5, 2010 at 12:24 am

    It is also easy to backup and transfer all your websites from one server to another server if you have cPanel installed.;*

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  43. Lucy Robinson on May 19, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    I have used Kontera on one of my blogs and i earn good from this ad program.,.”

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  45. Harpreet Singh Chadha on June 19, 2010 at 9:34 am

    Who is the best web host keeping all these in mind ?

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  46. Caroline Bryant on July 25, 2010 at 10:01 am

    i would prefer Infolinks over Kontera because they pay much better.-`~

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