How to Install WordPress Manually for Newbie

Ihsan Magazine - If you do not have the Fantastico or Softaculous auto installer on your account or just choose not to use it, you have the option to install WordPress manually.

There are a couple of ways to install WordPress, and you should do it in a way that works for you. Some hosts have “one-click” installs via applications that install WordPress without you getting your hands dirty. You can also install it manually with an FTP client or Shell access. We’re going to go the manual route with FTP in this tutorial for a couple of reasons. Please, follow the step-by-step guide below in order to activate WordPress on your hosting account.

Required information to perform an install

• FTP login info – You should have established FTP login information with your host already. You need your username and password for FTP access to the server. The address for the FTP site will be like your web address, but instead of http://domain.com, it will be ftp://domain.com. If you have WordPress installed in a subdomain of the primary domain you host with, then you will still login to the primary FTP account and perform the install in a folder within that account.
• cPanel (hosting control) login info – You need to make sure you know how to access your hosting control panel, or cPanel, with your host so that you can set up the database for WordPress. It is possible that your host already set up a database for you, and you will need your database name and user information handy.

Here Step by step How to install WordPress manually:

• Step 1: Download the installation file from the WordPress download page section by clicking on “Download.zip” or “Download.tar.gz”. This way you will get the latest stable release of the script.
• Step 2: Upload it in public_html folder of your account. You can do that via FTP with a client like Filezilla or via cPanel -> File Manager -> Upload file(s). This way, after the installation is completed, the file script will appear once you visit your website. Another option is to create a subfolder in your hosting account and upload the file in it. The WordPress installation will be accessible at:http://www.yourdomainname.com/subfolder
• Step 3: When you are in cPanel -> File Manager, navigate to the uploaded file and extract it by clicking on “Extract“. The other option is to extract the file in your computer and then to upload the content in the desired folder via FTP.
• Step 4: Once the files are extracted in the desired folder, you should create a MySQL database for WordPress. You can do that from cPanel -> MySQL Databases. Detailed instructions how to do so can be found in our MySQL tutorial.
• Step 5: Rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php and edit it. Fill in your database connection details in the following lines:
  define(‘DB_NAME’, ”); // The name of the database
  define(‘DB_USER’, ”); // Your MySQL username
  define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”); // …and password
  define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // MySQL hostname
  You can also change the default database prefix in order to secure your WordPress installation.
• Step 6: Open in your browser:
  www.yourdomainname.com/where_wordpress_is_extracted/wp-admin/install.php
  This should set up the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again.
• Step 7: The installation procedure is finished. You can save the administrative username and the password. You will need them to access the WordPress installation admin backend in the future.