Upload WordPress on cPanel

Pre-requisites :

• It is must to have server running version 7.2 or greater of PHP and MySQL version 5.6.

Steps to install WORDPRESS:

1. Downloading WordPress:

visit to https://wordpress.org/download/ and download the zip file.

• Now once you have downloaded the zip file. Go to your cPanel /var/www/html and extract the file here.
• Once you have extracted now create a new folder with any name for .eg wordpress.
• Now go to the extracted folder wordpress-5.0.1/wordpress/ copy all the files and folders and paste them into the our created folder .eg wordpress.
• Delete the extracted folder.

2. Create table in database:

•  Open browser and type localhost/phpmyadmin/

•  Type username and password by default it is (root, root).

•  After login you will come to the Dashboard of phpMyAdmin.
•  Now click on new and give name [ .eg wordpress ] under create database and click on create button.

3. Installing WordPress :

•  Open a browser and type localhost/wordpress and hit enter. [Note: you need to provide the same name as you have given to new folder under /var/www/html/].
• Then you will see the language selection page. You can choose a language here so that rest of the installation is displayed in your own language. You can also use English for now and then later change the language.

•  Click on the continue button to process.
• You will now see some installation instructions. Basically WordPress will now tell you that it will need your database name, password, and MySQL host information.

•  Click on ‘Lets’s go’ button to continue.
•  Now a form will display. You need to enter the name of the database you created earlier.
•  Fill the information and click on Submit button. WordPress will now connect to your database and will show you a success message.

•  Now, Click on the “Run the Install” button to continue.

•  WordPress will now create tables in your database and then send you to the next step of installation.
•  Here, it is going to ask you some information so that the WordPress can setup your site.
•  You need to give Site Name, Username, Password, and admin email address.
•  Now you need to copy the password and save it temporary some where.

•  Click on the “Install WordPress” button to continue. WordPress will setup your website and finish the installation.
•  It will give you a success message showing username. You can now click on the Log in button to sign in your WordPress site.
  
•  Here you have to paste the password that we have copied earlier.
•  Close every thing and open the browser and type localhost/wordpress/ [Note : instead of wordpress you can have to give your folder name which you have given. ( /var/www/html/ )].
•  Now you will come on to the dash board of my-site.
•  Here you can change your Themes, Edit your profile … etc.