Every HostingSutra hosting plan includes a one-click application installer with WordPress and 400+ other apps.
Installing
- Log in to cPanel and open the app installer (Softaculous or WordPress Manager) under Software.
- Choose WordPress and click Install.
- Set the protocol to https:// and choose your domain.
- Leave In Directory blank to install at the root of your domain. Anything typed here becomes part of the URL, for example
yourdomain.com/blog. - Set the site name and description — both can be changed later.
- Choose an admin username that is not "admin", set a strong password, and enter a real email address.
- Click Install.
After installation
Your admin login is at https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin. Log in and:
- Set permalinks to Post name under Settings → Permalinks
- Delete the sample post, page and comment
- Remove unused themes and plugins that came bundled
- Set your timezone under Settings → General
Installing manually instead
Download WordPress from wordpress.org, upload and extract it into public_html, create a database and user in cPanel, then visit your domain to run the installer.
Keeping it updated
Enable automatic updates for WordPress core and for plugins you trust. Take a backup before major version updates — see our backups article.
