WordPress is famous for its 5 minutes installation process and the one-click installing services from hosting companies make the task much easier. But the problem with one-click installs like SimpleScripts or Fantastico is that you need to be careful when choosing username and database name from security perspective.
Database name is generally created with additional prefixes and you will not be able to change the database name.
Setting Database Details in Bluehost
If unnoticed your hosting account email will be assigned as your WordPress login username which you can’t change it anymore through front end admin interface. Learn more on how to change WordPress username.
Setting Login Name and Password for WordPress
The other issue with WordPress installation from hosting companies is the add-on plugins installed. For example Bluehost will install its own marketplace plugin called MOJO marketplace along with other plugins like Sidekick, Hello Dolly and Jetpack. You need to deactivate and delete these plugins if not needed
The solution here is to go for manual installation in which you can define your own parameters without any hassle.
How to Install WordPress Manually on Your Domain?
Installing WordPress manually has the following steps:
We will discuss each step in detail.
Step1 – Download Latest WordPress
Download the latest WordPress version here.
Download WordPress
Extracting the downloaded zip file will result in a folder called “wordpress”.
Step2 – Uploading WordPress On Your Domain
Use either FTP applications like FileZilla or “File Manager” option of cPanel hosting account in order to upload files to your domain.
Open File Manager in Bluehost
If you want to install WordPress on your domain or subdomain then copy all files from the downloaded “wordpress” folder and upload in your site’s root directory (/public_html). If you upload the entire “wordpress” folder then you will be installing WordPress on a subdirectory like “yoursitename.com/wordpress”. This is one of the mistake most of the beginner users make and checkout our article on WordPress beginners mistake to avoid such mistakes.
Step3 – Creating a Database
During the time files are uploaded on your server, login to your hosting account and navigate to database section cPanel. Click on “MySQL Databases” and create a new database. Below is the picture showing the database creation in Bluehost and learn more detail here on Bluehost database creation.
Enter Database Name and Create a Database
Next create a user and assign the user to database in hosting account. Note down your database name, username and password details which you need to use in the next step.
Step4 – Connecting Database to WordPress Site
Ensure all files are successfully uploaded in step 2 before proceeding further. Now that you have database and WordPress installation and the next step is to configure WordPress to connect with your database. There are two ways of doing this:
WordPress installation will have a file named “wp-config-sample.php” in your root folder and copy the content of this file. Create a new file called “wp-config.php”, paste the content inside this file and save. Create wp-config PHP File Now edit “wp-config.php” file and add the database details which you created in step 3. Modify wp-config php File The hostname is always “localhost”, if it does not work then you can use your hosting server as a hostname. If you have difficulties in editing “wp-config.php” file then follow the below steps to connect your database. [bha id=’Install-wp-manual’ size=’760×80′ variation=’05’ align=’aligncenter’]
After you uploaded WordPress on your server and created a database, open your site’s URL in the browser. WordPress will prompt to you choose the language of your installation and choose the language from the list and click on “Continue” button. Choosing WordPress Installation Language WordPress will indicate the missing “wp-config.php” file and provide an option to create it online. Click on “Create a Configuration File” to proceed further. Create Configuration File in WordPress In the next screen WordPress will remind to keep database details ready and click on “Let’s go” button. Details Required Before Installing WordPress Enter database name, username, password, host, table prefix and click on “Submit” button. Table prefix will be “wp_” by default and you can change to any prefix, as you need. Entering Database Details During WordPress Installaion If the database is not connected then you will see the below error, probably you might have entered wrong password. WordPress Database Connection Error If your database is successfully connected then you will see the below screen and click on the “Run the Install” button. Run WordPress Installation Enter title, email and login credentials for your WordPress site. We recommend to uncheck “Allow search engines to index this site” to avoid search engines displaying your site in the search results page. Once your content is ready then you can enable this option from frontend admin dashboard. Enter Site Title, Login Details for WordPress Installation Once installed you will see a success message as below. Successful WordPress Installation Click on login button to login to your WordPress admin dashboard and start building your site.
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