How to install WordPress on shared hosting (Softaculous)

Softaculous creates the database, uploads WordPress and runs the installer for you.

Before you start

Your domain can still be pointing elsewhere; you can install now and view the site once DNS resolves.
If public_html already contains files (such as a placeholder index.html), Softaculous warns you. Remove old files you don’t need first.

Open Extra Features then Softaculous Auto Installer.
Find WordPress and select Install.
Choose Protocol: https://. If your certificate hasn’t issued yet, you can switch later. How to change your WordPress site URL
Choose Domain: your domain, or a subdomain.
In Directory: leave empty to install at yourdomain.co.uk. Typing wp installs it at yourdomain.co.uk/wp.
Site Name and Site Description: change any time later.
Admin Username: avoid admin; choose something that isn’t your public name.
Admin Password: long and unique. Store it in a password manager.
Admin Email: an address you check — password resets go here.
Plugins / themes: skip optional extras unless you know you want them.
Select Install.

It takes a minute or two. Softaculous shows the site address and the admin address, usually yourdomain.co.uk/wp-admin.

Softaculous lists your installations, where you can back them up, clone them to a staging subdomain or remove them.

Everything in this guide works on Traxio’s WordPress hosting: 30 days free, then £0.99 a month.