{"id":885,"date":"2025-09-08T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/?p=885"},"modified":"2026-10-03T18:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:49:39","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-in-cpanel-and-direct-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-install-wordpress-in-cpanel-and-direct-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress in One Click"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do not need to upload WordPress by hand. Your control panel includes Softaculous, a one-click installer that sets up WordPress, its database and its admin account in about a minute. It works the same way in cPanel and in DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 1.<\/strong> Log in to your control panel, search for <strong>Softaculous<\/strong> or <strong>WordPress Manager<\/strong> and open it. Then click <strong>Install<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-1024x568.png\" alt=\"Then click on install\" class=\"wp-image-886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51.png 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 2.<\/strong> Choose your domain. Leave the <strong>In Directory<\/strong> box empty, so that WordPress opens directly on your domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-1-1024x568.png\" alt=\"If you want the files to be installed in the root directory you will have to make the in directory option empty\" class=\"wp-image-887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-1-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-1-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-25-51-1.png 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-4-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcd8 <strong>Why the directory must be empty<\/strong><br><br>If the box contains a word such as <code>wp<\/code>, your site opens at <code>yourdomain.com\/wp<\/code> and your main address keeps showing the old page. If that already happened, see <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-remove-the-wp-at-the-end-of-my-wordpress-site\/\">How to Remove \u201cwp\u201d from the End of Your WordPress Site Address<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 3.<\/strong> Enter the site name and description, then choose the admin username, password and email address. Write the username and password down: you need them to log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-42-06-1024x663.png\" alt=\"You can specify the wp-admin credentials from here also your site name and discription,pre installed plugins and other\" class=\"wp-image-888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-42-06-1024x663.png 1024w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-42-06-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-42-06-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-42-06.png 1121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Step 4.<\/strong> Click <strong>Install<\/strong>. The installation takes about a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-44-54-1-1024x251.png\" alt=\"Then Hit install. that way it should start installing your wordpress right within a minute.you can access the wp-admin\" class=\"wp-image-890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-44-54-1-1024x251.png 1024w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-44-54-1-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-44-54-1-768x188.png 768w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/captureit_9-8-2025_at_15-44-54-1.png 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your site is now live on your domain. To manage it, open <code>yourdomain.com\/wp-admin<\/code> and log in with the admin username and password you chose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make sure the padlock shows: <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/ssl-and-https-free-certificate-and-not-secure\/\">SSL and HTTPS: Get Your Free Certificate and Fix \u201cNot Secure\u201d<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protect the site from the start: <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/secure-your-wordpress-website-the-complete-guide\/\">Secure Your WordPress Website: The Complete Guide<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forgot the admin password later? <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/log-in-to-wordpress-using-softaculous\/\">How to Log In to WordPress Using Softaculous<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yg-related-title\">Related guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list yg-related\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/log-in-to-wordpress-using-softaculous\/\">How to Log In to WordPress Using Softaculous<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wordpress-troubleshooting\/\">WordPress Troubleshooting: Get Back In and Fix Common Problems<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-log-in-to-cpanel-or-directadmin-and-reset-its-password\/\">How to Log In to cPanel or DirectAdmin and Reset Its Password<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/i-see-a-coming-soon-page-instead-of-my-content\/\">I see a \u201cComing Soon\u2026\u201d page instead of my content!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Install WordPress on your hosting in about a minute with the Softaculous one-click installer in cPanel or DirectAdmin, and avoid the common &#8220;\/wp&#8221; mistake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25,3,23],"tags":[40,39],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel","category-directadmin","category-how-to","category-wordpress","tag-invoice-premium","tag-invoice-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}