How to install WordPress

You need a hosting plan with PHP and MySQL or MariaDB (every web hosting plan has them), a domain and about ten minutes. WordPress hosting starts at A$0.36 / month today. See WordPress hosting

1. 1

   Point your domain and enable SSL

   Make sure the domain points to your hosting and the free SSL certificate is active, so WordPress is installed on an https:// address from the start. See how to change nameservers.

2. 2

   Open the app installer

   Sign in to your control panel and open the one-click app installer, then choose WordPress.

3. 3

   Choose the address

   Select the https:// version of your domain and leave the directory empty to install at the root. Use a sub-folder only if WordPress should live at an address like /blog.

4. 4

   Set the admin account

   Pick an admin username other than “admin”, a long unique password and an email address you check. Set the site name and language.

5. 5

   Install and sign in

   Run the installer, then sign in at /wp-admin with the account you just created.

6. 6

   Finish the first settings

   • Settings, Permalinks: choose “Post name”.
   • Delete the sample post, page and unused themes and plugins.
   • Turn on automatic updates for plugins you trust.
   • Confirm backups are running for your hosting account.

• Download WordPress from wordpress.org and upload the files to public_html.
• In the control panel, create a MySQL database and a user, and give the user all privileges on it.
• Open your domain in a browser; the setup wizard asks for the database name, user, password and host (usually localhost).
• Follow the wizard to create the admin account.

# or with WP-CLI over SSH
wp core download
wp config create --dbname=DB --dbuser=USER --dbpass=PASS
wp core install --url=https://yourdomain.com --title="Site" --admin_user=you --admin_email=you@yourdomain.com

• Update WordPress, themes and plugins regularly; remove what you do not use.
• Use a caching plugin and compress images before uploading.
• Turn on two-factor login for every administrator.
• Test restores from your backups once in a while.