How to Install WordPress
If you bought the Unlimited Plan from Carolina Hosting, then you should start by creating a subdomain for development. For example, for carolina.hosting, the subdomain might be dev.carolina.hosting. If Carolina Hosting is developing a site for a client like Blue Lagoon Fishing Equipment and Supplies, the subdomain might be bluelagoonfishing.carolina.hosting. To create a subdomain, please see How to Create a Subdomain in the Help Tutorials. If you did not buy the Unlimited Plan, you must install WordPress on your own domain.
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Scroll down until you see the Web Applications section.
Under Featured Applications, click on WordPress.
You will now see the install page.
Click the install this application button on the top right.
Now, let’s review each section. Take a look at the first section titled Location.
1. Change the Domain from the drop-down list, if needed. If you are installing on a subdomain, you will need to choose it. Otherwise, you can just select the main domain of your site.
2. Delete the optional Directory text, unless you would like one. It would become the subdirectory of your domain. If your domain is www.example.com, then the subdirectory would be www.example.com/blog.
Next, scroll down to the version section.
Unless you need to change to a past version, just accept the latest version in the Version drop-down list. Normally, you can leave the Language alone. Don’t change the I accept the license agreement setting or you can’t install WordPress.
The Automatic Update option is up to you. You can leave it alone or change to one of the other options. Here is what each option means:
Do not automatically update means that you will have to backup yourself before you update to any newer versions, major or minor. This is a good choice, if you are never going to update (not advisiable for security reasons) or if you want total control over updates.
Create a backup and update to new minor version and security releases is the recommended setting because security releases are installed whenever they become available. This keeps your site safe from hackers. It also installs bug fixes. A minor update occurs after the 3.6 in the above example. In other words 3.6.1 would be a minor release.
Create a backup and update to any new version would automatically update to a newer version. In the above example, 3.7 would be a newer version. Since a backup is automatically created when you update, and you will also most likely do manual updates in the future, this setting is a valid choice. Note that new major versions can break WordPress, but since you have a backup, you can restore it until you take care of the problem. In this tutorial, this option is selected.
Now scroll down to the Database section. Just choose the recommended setting, unless you are a MySQL database person and want to make detailed changes yourself.
Next, scroll down to the final section, the Settings section.
1. For the Administrator Username, copy it down or type in something other than admin or administrator. Hackers will be trying those two usernames on your site every day. Hackers have bots that find your site even if no one else does! You might choose so
