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Installing WordPress on Your Hosting Account

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Last Updated: December 29, 2008 10:44 AM

WordPress is a personal publishing platform, or content management system, that you can use to set up a blog on your Web site.

To Install WordPress on Your Hosting Account

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, select Hosting.
  3. Next to the hosting account you want to modify, click Manage Account.
  4. On the Hosting Control Center home page, click Your Applications.
  5. Click the Blogs category on the left, and then click WordPress.
  6. Click Install Now.

    NOTE: The Install Now button displays only when the selected value application is compatible with one of more hosting plans in your account.

  7. Read the End User License Agreement, and then click I Agree.
  8. Choose the domain to install WordPress to.
  9. Enter a database description and password, and then click Next.
  10. Choose an installation directory, and then click Next.
  11. Enter the Admin Name, Admin Password, Email and Blog Title for your WordPress installation. Click Finish.

WordPress will be installed to your hosting account with the options you selected. When it is complete, you will receive a confirmation email.