For those who have questions about installing WordPress, here’s some information that might help.
There are two ways of installing WordPress.
Option 1: the manual way.
- Download the zipped archive containing the WordPress files.
- Extract the files and upload them to the FTP account supplied by your web hosting provider.
- Log into the control panel for your web hosting account and create a database and a user.
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Assuming that those files were installed in the root, go to
www.sitename.org/wp-admin/install.php
Replace sitename.org with the actual site address.
- Follow the instructions.
Option 2: Most hosting providers, if not all, offer a way of installing WordPress or another content management system, using a script. Some people believe that this method is less secure. As someone who uses WordPress, my advice is as follows:
- Your username should not be admin.
- Your password should not be password.
- Change the table prefix. By default this is set to wp.
- After installing WordPress, install and configure a security plug-in such as IThemes Security.
- Back up. My favorite plug-in for creating backups is Backup Buddy.