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Installing WordPress in DirectAdmin

In our DirectAdmin tutorial series, we explain how to upload a website to your VPS. To go through the steps below, we assume that you have completed the tutorial series, or are familiar with the subject matter and have created a database.

In this article, we explain how to install WordPress on a VPS with DirectAdmin. Paid options such as Installatron or Softaculous can simplify the installation and allow you to execute from DirectAdmin with one click. We assume that you do not want to incur additional costs, or want to install extra software, and only explain how to install WordPress in DirectAdmin using the built-in options in DirectAdmin itself.


Installing WordPress

 

Step 1

Download Wordpress from the WordPress homepage and save the .zip file to your computer.  

joomla download


 

Step 2

Log in to DirectAdmin as the user for which you want to install WordPress and click 'Files'.  

DirectAdmin files


 

Step 3

You now see an overview of the folders and files. Click 'Domains'.

DirectAdmin files and folders


 

Step 4

Click the name of your domain. In this manual we use supporttest.nl.  

DirectAdmin file domains


 

Step 5

Click 'public_html'. This is the folder in which your site is placed.  

DirectAdmin files publichtml


 

Step 6

Do you want to use a subdomain? Then click the folder with the name of your subdomain. Click 'Upload files to current directory' (at the bottom of the screenshot).  

DirectAdmin files domain


 

Step 7

Click 'Choose file' and select the file you downloaded in Step 1. Then click 'Upload Files' to upload the file.

upload Joomla in DirectAdmin

Unfortunately, even on an English Windows installation with an English browser and trying to edit the page source, it would not display the options in the screenshot in English (even though it's set as the language for DirectAdmin).


 

Step 8

Click 'Click here to go back' at the bottom of the confirmation that appears.

click here to go back button


 

Step 9

You will now return to the public_html folder and see 'wordpress-4.9.4.zip' (or just the version that is current at the time of reading). Click 'Extract'.

extract WordPress in DirectAdmin


 

Step 10 

You will see an overview of the content which is going to be unpacked and you can change your directory under 'Directory' (do not do that). Click 'Extract' again to start the unpacking process.   

DirectAdmin extraction complete


 

Step 11 

WordPress stops its files in the 'wordpress' folder in the .zip file you downloaded. As a result, there is a new folder in your public_html folder called 'wordpress'. Click 'wordpress' to open the folder.   

DirectAdmin WordPress folder contents


 

Step 12 

Click 'Select'> 'Add to clipboard'> '../ Up a Level'. You have now selected all files and folders in the WordPress folder and prepared them to move.   

DirectAdmin select multiple files


 

Step 13 

Click 'Move Clipboard Files here' at the bottom right. You will be asked whether existing files may be overwritten. Click 'OK'; without all files, your WordPress site would not work. Remove the Wordpress folder and the .zip file by checking them and clicking 'Delete'.   

DirectAdmin file manager move files


 

Step 14 

Open yourdomain.com/index.php in a browser (replace yourdomain.com by your actual domain name). You will then see the WordPress setup menu. Select your preferred language and click 'Continue'.   

WordPress setup select language


 

Step 15 

You'll see a warning that you need your database data for the installation. In our DirectAdmin tutorial series, we explain how to create a database. 

WordPress setup warning

Enter your database data as in the example below and click 'Submit'.   

WordPress database settings


 

Step 16 

You will be greeted enthusiastically by the following message from WordPress. Click 'Run the installation' to start the WordPress five-minute installation process.   

WordPress run installation


 

Step 17 

WordPress then asks you for the information below. Complete the fields, write down your username and password should you lose them, and click 'Install WordPress'.   

WordPress installation - start installation


 

Step 18 

Five minutes is a very large estimate; on the VPS that we used for this manual, the installation was completed immediately. You will see the following screen as confirmation and can start with WordPress immediately!  We cannot provide support for the design and management of a WordPress website, but you can, for example, go to WordPress support.

WordPress installation finished


 

Should you have any questions left regarding this article, do not hesitate to contact our support department. You can reach them via the ‘Contact Us’ button at the bottom of this page.

If you want to discuss this article with other users, please leave a message under 'Comments'.

 

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