Installing WordPress
June 20, 2008 by Andy
Installing WordPress is very easy. If your webhost has Fantastico installed, you can do it with a few clicks of the mouse.
For some hosts, you will need to manually install WordPress, including creating a MySQL database, editing the WordPress config file, uploading everything, and installing. This is also very easy, in fact, it should not take you more than 5 mintues. this video shows you how to do it:
Feel free to add comments if you have any questions, or need more help.
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Hi,
I would really like to see the install using ‘the quick way’ not this long way round method.
I am non technical.
Can you tell me where I can see a video on the quick install?
Thnx
Peter
Does your host have Fantastico installed? If so, then there is a quicker way.
If your host does not have Fantastico installed, then the video above is the quick way!
There isn’t much in there that is technically difficult.
I have not created a Fantastico install video, but will if people want it.
Hi Andy:
I would like to see a video on the Fantastico installation. The survey you did on webhosts revealed that a lot of your subscribers are using HostGator where Fantastico is available in their Control Panel.
A video would certainly be a great help to me.
Thanks for sharing Andy!
Andy, this may seem like a pretty simple question but I’ve always wanted to know if WP has to been installed with each and every site one might have or can just one installation be used for multiple sites?
Thanks Andy, I appreciate all your tutorials and advice.
Great info for people like me who have spare capacity in my package for hosting at one and one. I can now use this for wordpress blogs.
I have another host I use for some sites with the fantastico install but I can now do this manual install for blogs elsewhere – brilliant and thankyou
Great lesson, thanks for going over the long way. Previously I missed the install.php that is the reason my blog wouldn’t load. Thanks again Andy. Have a great day.
Hi Martha
the version of WordPress we are using does, yes. There is another version that will allow you to host unlimited blogs across unlimited domains, but it is beyond the scope of this tutorial series, as it is not straight forward to setup, and requires good technical knowledge. If you are interested in investigating this, its called WordPress MU.
The tutorial page for the Install WordPress lesson has just two short paragraphs and ends with ‘install Adobe Flash Player’. I already have Flash Player. I don’t see a link to the video. Where can I get a link to the video, or the text lesson? Thanks!
Georgann
Read the section on Flash Video problems in this newsletter:
http://ezseonews.com/blog/date/2007/11/page/2/
As a non-technical person, I would appreciate a video on installing WordPress using Fantastico. Your course is well written and informative. Thanks.
You can find a video at YouTube.com for the Fantastico install. The hardest part is really quite simple… setting up the database.
Great video Andy, I have been getting your newsletter for some time now and the WordPress series caught mt attention.
If you readers need more info I have a written guide here:
How to install
WordPress
Thanks Andy – easy to get up and going!
One advantage of NOT using Fantastico for the install is that you are guaranteed the latest version of WordPress – I believe if you go the Fantastico route you are stuck with whatever version is currently packaged up in that, and whichever version of Fantastico your host currently has? In other words, if a security vulnerability is found and patched, with Fantastico there will be a delay in getting that into the scripts and you are then at the mercy of your host as to when they update the Fantastico scripts on their servers. I don’t know how much of an issue this actually is with WordPress, but I have read that Drupal actually recommend that you don’t use Fantastico to install their product.
I’d rather go the manual way and know I’ve got the latest release.
Andrew
I am going to be installing a plugin in the future that will automate the process of updating WordPress to the latest version. However, even with that, I really think that people should be installing manually. Its not difficult.
Thank you for the tutorials you are providing. I am wondering if you are going to address WordPress security, and hardening of WordPress, as I have a few sites that have been hacked. thank you
michael
blogsecurity.net/wordpress/tools/wp-scanner/
blogsecurity.net/wordpress/wordpress-security-whitepaper/
blogsecurity.net/wordpress/blogwatch/blogwatch/
and yes, you are very correct. installing wordpress is not that difficult, and i appreciate that you are helping peolpe with this
Perfect timing, as usual, Andy.
I was just researching manual installation of WP so I can include security modifications from the same references michael has provided.
As others have acknowledged, I’m technically-challenged also, but I agree with michael… I lost a years’ work due to being hacked – never again. Truth is, a manual install is not that techie, it’s basically copy and paste, and modify a few things here and there by typing… we can do this! LOL But, it would be a good-thing for everyone if these security modifications were included in a manual installation tutorial
Dr. Andy, what is the reason for using one MySQL database for several websites vs. a separate database per website?
Carol
Not all hosts (and packages within hosts) offer unlimited MySQL databases, so using one per site may not be possible. If you have a limit on databases (like I do), then using one database for several sites is an option.