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Install WordPress

The control panel installs WordPress for you and creates its database, so there is nothing to download or configure by hand.

On a new website

Section titled “On a new website”
The Add website page with Install an app selected. Marker 1 is beside the Domain field, marker 2 beside Application, set to WordPress, marker 3 beside WordPress version, marker 4 beside the WordPress admin account section, marker 5 below the button that generates a password and marker 6 beside the Cancel and Add buttons.

  1. Sign in to the control panel and select Add website.

  2. Choose Install an app.

  3. Enter the website’s domain in Domain marker 1, without www..

  4. Leave Application set to WordPress marker 2 and WordPress version on the newest version, marked LATEST marker 3.

  5. Under WordPress admin account marker 4, enter the Username, Email address and Password you will use to sign in to WordPress. The key button marker 5 generates a strong password; save it in your password manager, then enter it again in Confirm password.

  6. Select Add marker 6.

On an existing website

Section titled “On an existing website”

  1. Open Websites, select the website and select Apps in its navigation bar.

  2. Select Install app.

  3. Choose the Domain and, if WordPress should live in a folder such as /blog rather than at the top of the site, enter the folder after the /.

  4. Fill in the WordPress admin account details as above, then select Install.

If you uploaded WordPress yourself, for example when moving a site to Sheernox, open Apps and select Scan. The control panel finds the installation and adds it to the list so you can manage it like any other.

Sign in to WordPress

Section titled “Sign in to WordPress”
A website's Applications list with one WordPress installation, showing its address, folder, WordPress version, number of plugins and number of users. Marker 1 is below the Admin button, marker 2 below the Toolkit button, marker 3 beside Scan and marker 4 below the installation's menu button.
  • From the control panel: on the website’s Apps page, select Admin marker 1. It opens the WordPress dashboard already signed in, with no password to type.
  • Directly: go to your domain followed by /wp-admin, for example https://example.com/wp-admin, and sign in with the admin username and password you chose.

The Apps page also shows the installation’s WordPress version and how many plugins and users it has. Toolkit marker 2 opens its settings; see Manage WordPress.

First things to do

Section titled “First things to do”
  • Install only the plugins you need, from sources you trust.
  • Give every admin user a strong, unique password.
  • Make sure the site loads over https://. See Secure a website with SSL and HTTPS.