Overview
Some of our website hosting plans include an automated package installer that allows users to install popular third party website applications such as WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. Before installing these applications, please be aware that they are not developed by us, so our support for them is limited.
Please follow the instructions below to install your chosen application using our application installers.
Application installer on cPanel Hosting
Please follow the instructions below to locate and use the automated application installer on cPanel Hosting.
- Log in to the Console
- Hover over the domain you want to make changes to and click 'Manage'
- Click 'cPanel Login'
- Click 'MySQL Database'
- Create a Database
- Create a MySQL User
- Add the User to the Database
- Assign all privileges to the user
- Keep note of your database name, username and password
- Go back to the main cPanel Home page
- Click 'Softaculous Apps Installer'
- Select the package of choice
- Click [Install]
- Enter in a username/password
- Select the location/directory where you want to install the application
- Select the version of the software you want to install
- Enter in your database details (from step 9)
- Complete installation
- Take note of the application username and passwords you choose as you will need these when logging into your application for the first time
- It may take 2-5 minutes for your application to be installed.
Application installer on Cloud Hosting
Please follow the instructions below to locate and use the automated application installer on Cloud Hosting.
- Log in to the Console
- Hover over the domain you want to make changes to and click 'Manage'
- Click Cloud Hosting
- Click Applications in the left menu
- Locate the package you want to install from the list provided
- Locate the Install Location column and modify it as per your preference. Leave the Install Location blank if you want to install the application in the root directory, eg. http://www.your-domain.tld/
- Click [Install]
- Follow the installation prompts
- Take note of the username and passwords you choose, as you will need these when logging into your application for the first time.
It can take 2-5 minutes for your application to be installed.