Step-by-step process to install WordPress?

In the tech-savvy world, it has become imperative for businesses to start an online venture. The preliminary step is to create a website. Online presence is a crucial component for your marketing strategy and for the smooth functioning of your business. No matter how small or large your company may be, it should have a website containing fundamental information which the customer pursues. A website is pretty easy to install using applications like WordPress.

WordPress is an online open-source, website creation tool written in PHP and SQL. It is one of the famous blogging engine and content management system (CMS) platforms. It is an open-source platform allowing immense features and efficient management of content. It does not cost a dime to download or install. Being a freeware software, a host of people are installing WordPress on a cheap dedicated hosting server

Glean through steps of installing WordPress on a dedicated server

Step 1: Download WordPress

Install the latest version of WordPress software in a jiffy.

Step 2: Upload files

There are two ways of uploading WordPress files on your server. Either you can unzip files on your computer on upload them on a dedicated server using an FTT program or you can upload a zipped file using the files manager utility and then unzip it on the server. The second process takes less time than the previous one.

Step 3: Create database and database user

Log into your cPanel and click on MySQL database wizard and create a database. Give user name and password to your newly created database.

Step 4: Change specifications

With the File Manager code editor, edit the wp-config.php. Change the database specifications such as database name, user name, and password in the wp-config.php file and save them.

Step 5: Fill in details

Make sure you fill in all details including the database name, database hostname, database username, and database password. Enter the site title, username, password, and email address for your WordPress Dashboard admin login.

Step 6: Installation complete

Click install WordPress, you will see a pop “WordPress has installed successfully”.

After installing a WordPress website on your dedicated server, you can go to the extras of the website and customize the way you wish your website to look.