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Two Methods to Move your Live WordPress Site to a Local Server

Is Moving your WordPress Website a Stressful Thing?

The answer is YES!! Moving or migrating websites can be a stressful thing. Why?? Many reasons are associated with it. Some of them include but are not limited to:

  • Who will be responsible for the move?
  • Will there be any errors?
  • Will there be any down-time?
  • Will the business be affected by the move?

Answering these questions and many more, is what makes migrating a live WordPress website stressful for any business owner.

But, what if we told you that moving a live WordPress website does not need to be stressful. Infact, it can be a fun thing to do because when you move it to a local server, you will have opportunities to experiment with your current data that you cannot do on a live website. For instance, you can upgrade your existing theme or revamp your website without actually affecting the live version. Once you are done and happy with the results, you can move the WordPress website from local to a live server.

If you are interested in knowing more about this, just read on!!

A Groundwork for Moving a Local Site to a Local Server

First things first!! Taking a backup of the WordPress website is THE MOST IMPORTANT task. This is important because if anything goes wrong during or after the migration, you will have a restoration point for your WordPress website.

Two Methods Moving a Local Site to a Local Server

Once you have a backup of your WordPress website, you can use several methods to move your live WordPress website to a local server. We recommend using either of the two methods stated below:

  1. Use a WordPress backup plugin to move your website to a local server
  2. Install a local server environment on your system using WAMP for Windows and MAMP for Mac.

We will discuss both these methods in detail in the below:

Method # 1: Use Plugin to Move Live WordPress Site to a Local Server

Well, you’ll like to use this method because it’s easy-to-use and suits every WordPress user. The most popular plugin used for this purpose is Duplicator. It helps to create a duplicate package of your WordPress website in a few easy steps.

If you’re wondering what is the catch behind ‘Duplicator’? There is none!! This plugin not only lets you make a duplicate package of your site but also enables you to move your WordPress site to a new location. In addition, you can use this tool as a backup plugin. This plugin will add a new duplicator menu item in the admin sidebar upon activation. Plus, when you click on it, it will take you to the package screen of the plugin. (See an image below to find more).

 

Package

 

In order to create a new package, click on the ‘create new’ package button. And, then the duplicator will start off as a package wizard, where you’ll have to click on ‘the next button’ to keep going.

 

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At this stage, this plugin would scan your entire website by running background checks. And, then you’ll see a summary of those checks at the end. You’ll see the ‘Build’ button to carry on, if everything goes correctly.

 

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The plugin will start creating a website package for you now. And, when it’s finished, it will prompt an archive zip file containing your whole website data along with an installer file. Now, you’ll have to download both (a-Installer, b-Archive) to your computer.

 

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Once you have all the files downloaded, you’re good-to-unpack and install these files on your local server. At this stage, you will create a new folder in the root folder of a local server.

Important Thing: local server stores all websites in this folder. For example, if you use MAMP, then it goes like /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/folder. Or, you can use WAMP as an alternative which is C:\wamp\www\folder.

 

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You need to open the folder that you’ve already created for the local WordPress site, copy-and-paste both archive zip files along with the installer script you downloaded previously.

 

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For running the installation successfully, open the installer.php script in your browser. Let’s say, if you’ve placed both of these files in /mylocalsite/folder;now, you’re free to access both of them in your browser through the link ( http://localhost/mylocalsite/installer.php ). Now, you’ll see the following Duplicator installation script:

 

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You’ll click on the ‘Next’ button to keep this process continue. On the other hand, duplicator unpacks the archive zip file and instructs you to enter database information of a local site. It is the database which you made earlier.

 

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There are a few things you should understand, i.e., host will be a localhost, username will be root. Mostly, local server installation contains no set password for root, you can leave that blank, and there will be no problem. Whereas, at the bottom of the page, there is a ‘Test Database’ button to ensure that your database information is valid.

 

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Don’t forget to ensure that everything is looking perfect. And, click on the ‘Next’ button to continue. Duplicator imports WordPress database and it asks you to double-check the new website information which it detects automatically.

 

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Click ‘Next’ and the duplicator will finish the setup and display a button to log into the local WordPress site. Only use that WordPress username and password that you’ve used on your live site.

 

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Hurray — your live site has been moved successfully to a local server…. Enjoy!!

 

Method 2. Manually Move a Live WordPress Site to Local Server

If you think that plugins are not for you and you would like to do things manually, then the first thing you would do is to backup your site manually, all the way from your WordPress hosting account.

Step 1. Export your live site’s WordPress database

In order to export a database of Live WordPress website, you will have to do two following things:

  1. Log into cPanel dashboard
  2. Click on phpMyAdmin

Important Note: We’ve used screenshots of ‘BlueHost’ dashboard below as examples:

 

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Right inside phpMyAdmin, you’ll select the database you want to export and hit on the export tab.

Now you’ll choose the export method from a) a quick, b) custom. Well, we will suggest you to go for a custom method through the use of Zip as a compression.

In most of the cases, WordPress plugins build tables inside WordPress databases which creates more confusion. Therefore, it’s way better to use a custom method instead of plugins because that method either weeds out or doesn’t create tables inside WordPress databases.

Keep in mind: you don’t need to work on all of the best options, just click on the ‘Go’ button which will start downloading database backup.

 

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Finally, phpMyAdmin will start downloading the database file for you — Viva La Vida

 

 

Step 2. Download and Store All of your WordPress files

In this step, you’ll download WordPress files, for doing so, you’ll have to get connected to the WordPress website through an FTP client. When you’re connected- now, select all of your WordPress files,download and store them on your desktop computer or laptop.

 

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Step 3. Import your WordPress files and database to local server

Once you’ve successfully downloaded your WordPress files, now you’ll have to make a folder on your local server for the purpose of importing the local site.

Let’s say, if you use WAMP, then create a folder inside C:\wamp\www\folder that will be used for a local site. And, for MAMP users, they will create a folder in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/folder.

Once you’ve done it, copy-and-paste all of your WordPress files in the new folder. Import your WordPress database in this step. Now, simply open the phpMyAdmin using the link (http://localhost/phpmyadmin/) on your local server

As you’ve learnt that to create the database in early stages, right now, select it, and hit on the import tab.

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At this step, click on the ‘Choose File’ button for selecting and uploading the database export file that you’ve already downloaded previously. Now, hit the ‘Go’ button which you’ll see at the bottom of the page.

You’ll see phpMyAdmin unzipping and importing your WordPress database. So make sure that your database is clearly set up. And, don’t forget to update all of the URLs in your WordPress database redirecting to a live website.

Using SQL query in phpMyAdmin could be an ideal solution here. So, if you’re interested in utilizing this method – ensure that all of your local site’s database has been selected and click on SQL.

 

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Copy-and-paste this code in phpMyAdmin’ SQL screen.

Important Point: you’ll have to use the URL of your live WordPress website along with http://localhost/mylocalsite instead of example.com as shown below:

				
					UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'https://www.example.com', 'http://localhost/mylocalsite') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'https://www.example.com', 'http://localhost/mylocalsite');
UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = replace(meta_value,'https://www.example.com','http://localhost/mylocalsite');
				
			

In the end, this query will completely change the redirection to your live WordPress website’s URL as it will activate localhost URL.

Step 4. Update wp-config.php file

In this final step, you’ll have to update the wp-config.php.file of your local site. This file comprises WordPress settings i.e., How to connect to your WordPress database?

All you need to do, just go to the folder (where you’ve WordPress installed on local server), and open wp-config.php file in a text-editor i.e., Notepad.

Now, replace the database name with one that you’ve made in phpMyAdmin on your localhost.

Later on, change the database username with local MySQL username (it’s usually root). Let’s say, if you’ve already set a password for the MySQL user root on localhost, don’t worry – enter that password. Or, you can leave it and save all changes.

				
					/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');
				
			

So enter the URL like this ( http://localhost/mylocalsite/ ) to reach out to your local site in a browser window.

Finally replace ‘mylocalsite’ with the name of the folder with copies of WordPress files.

And, you’re done… you’ve successfully copied your WordPress site to your local server.

Migrating Live WordPress Website - Easy or Not!!!

We hope that you have learnt much about the quick and effective ways to move your live WordPress site to a local server. All of these steps that we’ve covered are practically tried-and-tested.

Well, if you can’t move your live website to a local server or if you don’t have enough knowledge, still you don’t have to be worried at all because WP-Bridge is providing migration services to help you identify and resolve key problems and help you in migration of your WordPress site to a local server.

And, lastly, don’t forget to share this article across Facebook and Twitter.

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WordPress powers 14.7% of the world’s top-sites which makes 63.5% of the total market share. Only in 2020, 500+ sites were built on WordPress, and 60-80 sites on Shopify( a huge difference!). Plus, WordPress has over 59000 plugins – these stats show us how impactful and user-friendly WordPress is.

In this article, we’re going to discuss key reasons that make WordPress ‘The Most Popular CMS’.

What Reasons Make WordPress “The Most Successful CMS”?

Following are ten reasons that make WordPress “the most successful CMS”. Go through them and enlighten yourselves:

Reason # 1: Ease of Implementing SEO Practices

WordPress is the most SEO-friendly CMS. Pick a catchy domain, use a responsive WordPress theme and organize your content effectively and boom ! you are good-to-go; boost engagement and win your marketing goals. Yes, It is this simple – no rocket science is required.

Unlike custom sites, you don’t have to spend extra-buck in development of a site. Neither, you will have to wait any longer before your site is actually complete. Likewise, prior knowledge and skills are not indispensable to move the needle. With WordPress, you can establish yourself as a most trusted service provider, ecommerce site or a blogging site, you are just a few actions away from becoming the next Huffington post.

This is ‘why WordPress is So Popular CMS’ because you can implement SEO strategies easily.

Reason # 2: Content Management - It’s A Cinch At WordPress!

Everything, which delivers a value, a message and a meaning, is Content. Whether you want to upload a video, a text content, an infographic, or just an audio podcast; you’re using the power of content to launch your brand or service or just promoting your well-groomed online identity.

It is by far the handiest CMS to manage your content to optimize engagement and SEO endeavors. Content is King which enables you to rule the world of internet marketing. And, WordPress is the right CMS to ease up content management for maximum output and ROI.

WordPress is very popular from enterprises and bloggers to big companies because they can manage their content and can prioritize SEO for maximum effects.

Reason # 3: It is FREE (Yes! And You will Love it )

The best thing about WordPress is that “it is free” and you can easily install WordPress core software on your site. Though WordPress is FREE, but, you will have to pay money for themes and plugins. Long story short, WordPress is a search engine-friendly CMS where you can create top-notch websites with engaging content.

Irrespective of niche, industry, and types of services, WordPress is the sweet-spot where you can design and build responsive websites at low-cost to save money for other aspects of your business.

Reason # 4: There is a Plugin For Everything - Amazing, isn’t it?

WordPress plugin is a software that plugs into your WordPress site to expand existing functionalities or add new ones. Plugins can make small changes to massive enhancements as per your requirements.

Likewise, you can use plugins for the front-end of your site as well as the back-end of your site to carry out the variety of tasks i.e., for taking backups, for putting WordPress site on a maintenance mode, for search engine optimization (Yoast SEO), and for responsive video and photo galleries (Envira Gallery),etc.

WordPress is a powerhouse of 59000 free plugins to enable you to optimize your site visibility, expand its features, and secure it from potential threats and cyber-criminals. No other CMS is this much equipped with handy plugins. Following is the little list of content management systems with the total number of plugins:

Hence it proves, WordPress dominates the CMS market with its big collection of 59000 plugins. Well, do you agree?

Reason # 5: WordPress is Open-Source - For Everyone. AND . Anyone

WordPress is an open-source CMS. Its source code is accessible and modifiable so that you could add and expand functionalities of your website. So, if you own a WordPress site, you can easily adapt to changes to adjust in existing trends to keep your site responsive and fully-functional.

Since WordPress is open-source, this CMS has a big community of WordPress contributors who bring forth pragmatic and innovative ideas to help WordPress grow significantly. (That’s why, WordPress dominates CMS market by 60.8%, it powers more than 15% of world’s top sites, and 500+ sites are built just on WordPress everyday – jaw-dropping stats, isn’t it)

Reason # 6: Want to Become a Blogger? Make WordPress Your Next Home

Initially, when WordPress started off its journey, it was purely a blogging platform. Over the years, it has expanded its usability so that you can use this best CMS for all types of websites from business sites ,membership sites, educational websites to Ecommerce stores, etc.

So, if you are an aspiring blogger who wants to reach out to a massive audience, make WordPress Your Next Home. It is an easily manageable, open-source CMS with a massive community of developers and contributors who work persistently to add innovation to WordPress. Still confused? Well, look at the following pointers expressing usefulness of WordPress as a blogging platform:

It is SEO-Friendly. You can optimize your visibility as a blogger across the internet to boost subscribers and connect your target audience at the right time.

WordPress is full-of-plugins for bloggers. It has a plugin for everything. It has OptinMonster for conversion optimization. It has PushEngage for web push notification. It has an Uncanny Automator for creating workflows automatically. It has Pretty Links Pro for monetizing your WordPres site content. Finally, you can get plugins literally for anything.

You can manage your content perfectly. Strategically, content is inevitable to steer your online presence towards the right direction. Like we said earlier, content is anything of value with message and meanings (videos, texts, infographics or just an image). WordPress is,certainly, a launching pad for bloggers where they make most of all types of content for gaining traffic, targeting the right audience, and generating qualified leads.

This is our reason number six – if you want to become a blogger, use WordPress. And, we believe it is helpful – isn’t it?

Reasons # 7: WordPress is the Right CMS For Enterprises

Previously, we highlighted a reason why you should use WordPress if you want to embrace ‘blogging’ as a career choice. Right now, we are going to see WordPress as “the right CMS for enterprises”. One-size-fits-all is a metaphorically correct expression for a WordPress: A content management system where building an e-commerce empire or profile website is as easy as ABC.

Following are the clear-cut examples of a reason “Why WordPress is Right CMS for Enterprises”:

  • elearning portals: elearning will grow globally to more than $240 Billion by 2022, 90% of businesses offer elearning training to their employees, and online education is expected to be a $374 billion industry by 2026. So, if you want to build your own e-learning platform, WordPress with LMS hosting is the right choice for you. You should use LifterLMS – a plugin for creating and marketing online courses including multimedia lessons.
  • Enterprises can use WordPress for creating Invoicing systems manager for products and services with Sliced Invoices. It is basic and you can use it with ease. This is one of the best plugins available in WordPress plugin repository.
  • Event management systems: You can set up an entire online system for event management. There are various plugins for event management. We would vote WP Event Manager because it is lightweight and open-source.

Reason # 8: Freedom. AND. Control in WordPress

Technically, WordPress is open-source. Therefore, there’s no limitation of flexibility and scalability. Especially, for ecommerce functionalities, you’re in a straitjacket at closed-source CMS. Likewise, your content is not even yours (unfortunately!)

Whereas, with WordPress, you have full freedom and control. You can move redundant files, build your online stores, incorporate plugins, or add a safe-and-secure WordPress theme for your site, you will have freedom and control in WordPress.

Reason # 9: Full Support for Almost All Media Formats

WordPress can support an extensive list of all media formats. Here, we’re covering primary media types and formats:

  • .mp3, .mp4, .m4a, .mov, .wmv, and .avi (Video and audio)
  • .pdf, .doc, .pptx (Documents)
  • .jpeg, .png (Images)
  • In fact, WordPress has file support for less common file formats such as .3pg, .ogg, .key, and .odt,etc.

Reason # 10: Massive Community Support (You won’t find it elsewhere!)

Since WordPress is an open-source CMS; anyone can optimize the source to scale up WordPress software enhancements and ease of developing secure, feature-packed and high-end themes and plugins.

Therefore, WordPress has solid community support of professional theme creators, plugin developers, and web hosting service providers, and professional WordPress maintenance service providers like WP-Bridge – which you won’t find elsewhere.

And, everybody co-exists with ONE MISSION: To Make WordPress Easy for Everybody.

Conclusion: Why WordPress has Become So Popular | Top Ten Reasons

WordPress is the most popular CMS where you can do anything. Build a blog or just run an Ecommerce store; you can do anything. Well, here are ten reasons that make WordPress such a popular CMS across the globe.

In nutshell, WordPress isn’t just a content management system, it is a launching pad to turn your ideas-on-paper into moonshots. If you have a WordPress site but can’t fix glitches yourself, don’t worry, we offer WordPress maintenance service and enjoy.

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Permalinks – A means to Enhance the WordPress website Performance

URLs are something that actually connects business owners with the target audience. Having a right and easy URL such as Google.com or Target.com not only enables the audience to remember the business and its URL but also can easily access its main page/homepage. In the world of WordPress, these URLs are known as permalinks. WordPress.com defines permalinks as:

“Permalinks are permanent URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) assigned to individual blog posts, pages, category and tag archive”

Linguistically, permalink is a portmanteau of Permanent and Hyperlink. It’s a URL that allows people to reach out to different parts of your WordPress site.

The importance of URLs or Permalinks (as we will be using both interchangeably throughout this article), cannot be overlooked. But unfortunately, it is overlooked when WordPress websites are created. When WordPress websites are created, developers or even the owners do not pay a lot of attention while creating them because it is considered to be an unnecessary item. However, that is not the case. Permalinks are highly important when it comes to SEO and performance optimization of the WordPress website (will be discussing this in detail in the next sections).

A long, lengthy, or even a faulty permalink can affect the overall performance of the WordPress website and the SEO efforts. All-in-all, a well-defined permalink works as a clue for a search site and ensures that whether your content is search-friendly or not.

Therefore, in this article, we will be focusing on changing permalinks in order to make them optimized for the best WordPress performance.

But, first, as always, a little education on Permalinks is important!!

What does a Structure of WordPress Permalinks look like?

Basically, a permalink comes into two parts:

  1. First is the domain name of a website ( i.e., wp-bridge.com)
  2. Second is the slug: a URL-friendly name describing the content that user is going to find on the page (i.e., /contact-us)

Why are Permalinks So Important?

Permalinks have significant importance for WordPress sites as they have a direct impact on things such as SEO, user experience, and website navigation, etc. Some of these aspects are discussed below:

  • User Experience: One of the things which makes the user experience of a website better is ‘URL’. Often, UX design is considered essential for all the stuff lying below the browser tabs, but holistically, the full user experience is not limited just to it. Technically, what you’ve included or have not included in your permalinks mark a big impact on whether a visitor can land on the correct page or will bounce back. For example, users look at the title and URLs of the site. So, they only pick those URLs which seem relevant. That’s why permalinks boost the UX of a WordPress site.
  • Effect on SEO: “No visibility is no business” – No brand can successfully exist in today’s super-digitalized business ecosystem without an identifiable presence across search engines. And, this online visibility is bound to happen when you have a good SEO strategy in which ‘permalinks’ play an important role. In broader context, a SEO builds domain authority through the use of right keywords, and if those keywords are integrated objectively in permalinks, they are a surefire solution to boost your SEO rankings to pull search engine traffic to your WordPress site.
  • Website Navigation: Permalinks enhance website navigation as they help users figure out the location of a content on the website. Permalinks make it easy for netizens to return back to their favorite post later and they can share the post with everyone else. Contextually, URLs help identify and organize content. It is the responsibility of the front-end to create user-friendly permalinks so that a visitor could get an idea of website structure for finding relevant content on your WordPress site.

When should you Reset or Change Permalinks?

From a technical standpoint, changing WordPress permalinks can badly affect SEO endeavors as it might impair link building efforts used for funnel-building to drive web traffic to your WordPress site that kills off lead-generation efforts. There are a few things you need to do to resolve these issues even after resetting permalinks in WordPress.

Here are some of the instances, when changing permalinks can prove useful:

  1. Possibly your existing posts have a page structure that’s not user-friendly. For instance, the old version of your WordPress post contains a Post ID which is not helpful for people to remember and they can’t use for reference for later use.
  2. An existing post consists of a worthless permalink structure with no SEO benefit.
  3. When you’ve rebranded your site and want your URLs to showcase your rebranding efforts.

What are the Easy and Safe Steps to Change WordPress Permalinks Without Breaking the Site?

To change permalinks in WordPress without breaking the site is not without difficulty. In order to change the permalinks without breaking the WordPress website, you should take the following easy and safe steps for changing WordPress permalinks correctly:

1. Backup your WordPress website

In order to change the permalinks, first take a backup of the page or if you have time – the whole website so that in case if a link does not work, you can revert back to original settings.

2. Change your permalinks

In order to change the multiple permalinks of your contents, just go to the WordPress dashboard where you can update the permalink structure. This action should produce two outputs:

  • It should change the permalinks of already existing pages and posts in WordPress.
  • It should change the custom URL structure to ease up storing content in future with relevant permalink format.

3. Redirect the website

Once you change the permalinks, users will see a WordPress 404 error. Therefore, in order to prevent users from bouncing off your site due to unavailability of content, set up redirects. Specifically, use HTTP 301.

Moreover, old indexed posts with old URLs get broken when permalinks are changed. Therefore, everybody with an old link would see – HTTP 404 Page Not Found – an error message, that’s very irritating.

Here, you can do two following things to redirect:

  • Add the redirects manually to your WordPress site’s .htaccess file by using the following format for quick and easy redirection:
				
					Redirect 301 /your-former-post-url.html /your-new-post-url.html
				
			
  • Get a WordPress maintenance service from experts who will not only enable redirection to the file but also help you in the quick-fixes of other technical problems.

Final Words - Easy Ways of Changing Permalinks in WordPress in 2022 (without breaking up your site)

Permalinks are indispensable for WordPress sites due to a variety of factors that we’ve talked about comprehensively here – and we helped you understand how changing permalinks can harm your WordPress site as this process is fraught with peril. Even a slight mistake can damage the whole site leaving you agitated.

Or, you can have experts at WP-Bridge to handle everything for your website and make your site optimized and well-structured.

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It’s a laborious task to create, manage and maintain a website but it can be made easy – from managing to maintenance – if you know your way around the hosting account control panel. Given the increase in usage of WordPress as a website builder platform, cPanel in WordPress has become quite popular.

Since cPanel is a popular web hosting control dashboard, certainly, there is an option of using it. It is user-friendly, intuitive and comes with all nuts and bolts for configuring your WordPress site.

In this article, you will walk through 7 effective and helpful tips to enable you to install, access and configure your WordPress site easily.

What are the Seven cPanel for WordPress Tips?

Following are the seven best cPanel for WordPress tips covering everything from installation and access to configuring. They are well-explained and highly useful to make it easy for you to use cPanel for WordPress:

Tip #1: How to Access your cPanel Dashboard?

Before we dive into details, let’s learn how to find your WordPress cPanel login screen. This process depends upon your hosting service provider.

First, log into your hosting account and check for a link or button saying you to ‘log in to cPanel’:

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Once you click the button, you’ll land on the cPanel dashboard now.

If you do not see this option, then open your preferred browser, enter your domain name followed by 2083 (for example, https:// example.com:2083) and it will show you cPanel login page:

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At this step, ask for cPanel credentials from your hosting provider and login.

Key Thing to Remember: You should have an SSL certificate installed on your WordPress site to access cPanel in this way.

Now that you have access to your cPanel account, it is time to get on the next step.

Tip # 2: What is the right way to Install WordPress in cPanel?

WordPress users can install Content Management System (CMS) without needing to upload files manually – a very useful feature for WordPress users.

To begin with, you need to log into your cPanel dashboard. Once you have access, browse the Apps section and select ‘Softaculous Apps Installer’. In this step, you’ll see a screen full of apps, from the list of available apps, select ‘WordPress’ right away:

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Right on the next screen, click on ‘Install’ and then pick a ‘one-click’ or custom option. Here, you’ll have to select a domain for installation of WordPress. We will use ‘subdomain’ for this purpose.

You will see Softaculous (App Installer) showing the WordPress admin and password automatically at the bottom of the screen. Now, enter your email address in the email installation details.

Now, the installer will begin loading. It might take a little time to finish off the process. Upon completion, you will see the screen provided below:

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The message comes with login information with a link to the WordPress login page. You will get all details sent to the provided email address.

How to Install WordPress in cPanel Manually?

Unfortunately, if you don’t have a one-click WordPress installation option provided by your hosting provider, you can install it yourself manually via cPanel which will take hardly five minutes to install, saving you from the extra tediousness of connecting your server via an FTP client remotely.

The first step here is to create a WordPress database. Log into your cPanel account to do so and click on MySQL Database Wizard under the database section:

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Enter the name of your new database and click on the Next Step button. In the screen showing ‘Create Database Users’,put a username and password, and click on ‘Create User’:

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At this point, you’ll be asked to assign privileges to the database. For this, click on Next Step > Return Home. In case, if you haven’t already, you should navigate to the WordPress site and download the latest version.

Now, return to cPanel, navigate to File Manager present under the Files section:

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When you’ve launched the File Manager, look for the public_html directory. Now, click on the Upload button and start uploading the WordPress.zip file:

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Click on the ‘Go back’ button once loading is over. Here, select the WordPress files along with Extract.

After the files have moved to the public_html directory, visit your domain in the browser. A WordPress welcome message appears, following the installation prompts to begin setting up your WordPress site.

Tip # 3: What is the Way to Access your WordPress Admin Dashboard from cPanel?

After finishing WordPress installation, you can access your admin dashboard from cPanel. A quick and easy way to do this is to click on the link that was sent to your email when you installed the CMS. Also, don’t forget to click on the administration URL link provided in cPanel.

Right after clicking on the link, you’ll be redirected to the setup page. Here, you will see guidance for new users:

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Tip # 4: How can You Use the cPanel File Manager?

File manager is a handy feature in cPanel. From accessing your WordPress sites’ files for critical editing to resolving technical glitches, you can do anything comfortably. Following are a few examples:

  1. When you have to create a child theme, or when you have to implement WordPress multisite.
  2. You can troubleshoot errors preventing you from accessing WordPress dashboard
  3. Upload or remove themes and plugins manually
  4. When you have to incorporate custom code or have to turn on debug mode.

File manager interface has a user-friendly interface where you don’t need an extra set of login credentials. Take a look at the image below telling you how to access the cPanel file manager – Files > File Manager:

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It will take you to a list of all files uploaded to your server through a hosting account. For accessing your WordPress files, search for public_html folder:

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You can upload, delete, edit and download your website files for creating backup, managing file permissions and using more options:

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Tip # 5: Open phpMyAdmin from cPanel

A WordPress site also contains a database in addition to WordPress files. A WordPress website owner can edit information stores in the database to solve errors, add/remove user(s) from a WordPress site, or even enable you to reset lost WordPress password.

Here, you’ll have to go phpMyAdmin: a database management tool used to communicate data from your site and successfully finish any of the tasks. A way to access comes via cPanel by Databases > phpMyAdmin

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When you’ve opened phpMyAdmin, find your database in the list on the left side and view its tables by expanding it:

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You should be able to apply relevant instructions to solve errors or you may edit the changes.

Tip # 6: Change your WordPress Password from cPanel

In case, if you have lost your WordPress password, you can use phpMyAdmin from cPanel to change your WordPress password. To do this, access phpMyAdmin from cPanel, go to the database of a website, edit the users. Now, in a few more clicks, you can comfortably reset the encrypted passwords for users.

Tip # 7: What is the correct way to uninstall WordPress from cPanel?

Let’s say, you want to launch a new website or want to get rid of WordPress installation, you can do anything via cPanel easily and in a record time. Well, before doing anything, you’ll have to build a backup first for future use. After you’ve made a backup of your WordPress site, log in to your cPanel account in the next step. At this stage, open your File Manager and look into the public_html directory where you could select and delete WordPress files.

Now comes the time to delete your database. For doing this, click on MySQL Databases under the Databases section of cPanel dashboard. And, finally, select and delete the WordPress database. WordPress no longer exists.

Final Words - 7 Effective Tips for cPanel for WordPress

Mo website owner can deny the fact, ‘a web hosting control panel by a hosting provider has to play a crucial role in managing a WordPress site. Therefore, it is super-important to be familiar with how to use cPanel for WordPress. That’s why, we talked about cPanel and its uses at length throughout the article.

If you feel this is too confusing or complicated, just reach out to us at WP-Bridge, and our experts will take care of everything.

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