I am often asked the question what is the fastest way to setup a WordPress blog.
WordPress installation procedure is already easy and quick as it can get, but only after you have uploaded all the files and created a database, which can take a while and actually prove to be a challenge for some users.
If your hosting uses CPanel, chance is you will also have Fantastico installed and you may conder yourself lucky. This combination allows you to install a new WordPress blog in a matter of seconds.
The installation script is pretty straight forward.
Select the target site, and an optional directory. This is useful if you want to have several wordpress installations on the same site.
After that, set your admin name and password and click Install WordPress! The script will create a database, install WordPress and set your login details in less then 10 seconds.
For earlier WordPress versions (prior to 2.7) installing via Fantastico had another advantage - Fantastico can also upgrade your WordPress installation to the latest version with just one click. This option is now build-in into WordPress 2.7 so you don't need it anymore.
So there you go and quickest way to install WordPress is using CPanel and Fantastico!
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Hi! My name is Vladimir Prelovac. I am a computer engineer by profession and an adventurer by state of mind.
16 Comments
Thank you for the inforamation. What if you want to install 100 bolgs? Is this still the fastest way?
Thank you so much for this tutorial!
I had spent too long trying to use the "5 Minute Installation" that just wasn't working. This was so simple and quick.
@Vladimir
Wordpress installation via Fantastico looks very easy, but do you think that manual installation is better.
I would welcome your comments.
I am working on some sites using a subdomain of my own and wow...that was easy I literally spent 3 hours trying to install "the 5 minute install" way and that crap is for the birds.
Thanks so much.
http://www.wordpress.com
Very easy to follow and well laid out.
Just the sort of thing that is needed to help those new to wordpress.
i had download wordpress through cpanel but i don't know how to post on it
Hi Nice themes thanks..
I need one help..After installing themes and all different plugin's I found that I am not able save or post new articles.First time post is save, after that when I click on save draft button error page displayed..
tx Vladimir,
that was handy when putting together a video how-to...
http://www.guvnr.com/web/blogging/video-how-to-install-wordpress-nice-n-simple/
hope that's useful too.
My Fantastico was a broken link in my cPanel (prob a host prob!)but i found 'Site Software' icon in cPanel takes you through a similar and simple installation!
Another very fast way to create a new Wordpress blog is to use Wordpress MU with the MU Multi-Site plugin. All setup is done via Wordpress admin panels...
I quite agree with Luis on this. Further, many hosts do not have Fantastico as a default on cpanel; and would charge a fee to have it installed.
Thanks for pointing to simplescripts Sanix, I will check them out. The problem is they are not by default installed on most hosting cpanels, and that means you first need to install it in order to install wordpress through it, which of course takes time and is not a fastest way anymore.
Vladimir, I think the service of simplescripts is alot better than cpanel installation. simplescripts automates the installation and upgrading process. And contrary to what Luis said, all the newest versions of wordpress are available within hours of relaease. Even the beta versions are notified and can be upgraded to. Please give your remarks about this service. http://www.simplescripts.com
Vladimir, this is so helpful! There are many people out there (like me) that have been waiting for a simple tutorial like this - thanks!
The problem with some hosting companies that have this type of service, is that they host an old version of wordpress. After installing, if you choose this route, make sure you update your installation files and your database. Great post Vladimir, thanks.
I run into this sometimes - the outdated Fantastico WordPress installs. The funniest example was when a client asked me to do some maintenance work and upgrade her WordPress as well. I did. I billed her and she paid. The very next day, she emailed asking me why I billed without upgrading WordPress. Huh? I go and look. Sure enough, her WordPress has been downgraded.
I go and look in her logs. At noon, someone logged on at her house and used Fantastico to upgrade a so-far-never-used subdomain about golfing. This was a dead give-away to me, as the husband had talked about wanting a golf blog, and I knew she was at work during the day. I point this out to her in the log. Mystery solved, the hubby did it! ;-) I upgraded both of their sites manually. So far, so good.