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WordPress is a well-known content management system (CMS) that helps website owners to publish content into their site dynamically and in the most convenient manner. Whether you are thinking of choosing WordPress to create a full-fledged website or just planning to set up a blog on your website, you have certainly made the correct decision. Now, the next and the final step require you to host your WordPress website on a hosting account.

Before reviewing in-depth about the process of installing your WordPress site to your chosen web host, let’s have a look at the three key points that helps you in finding the suitable web host for your site:

• PHP and MySQL

WordPress basically relies upon two different technologies that you must-have in your knowledge at the time of selecting a web host. One is PHP and the other is MySQL (which is used for creating databases). Albeit, it is not necessary to have complete knowledge about these two technologies but make sure that your web host possess sound knowledge about the technologies.

• One-Click Installs

You can find several web hosts today, but not all comes with on-click install. A one-click install is web host’s feature in its control panel which simplifies the process of installing WordPress or other similar scripts.

• Multiple Hosted Domains

Well, you might come across a situation when you will wish to have another domain name to point to your site. So, make sure that the web host you are about to choose doesn’t restrict on the number of domains that you in future can host with your web host.

How to Install WordPress to the Web Hosting Server?

1. Domain Name Registration

The initial and essential step in your WordPress installation process is to register a suitable domain name for your WP site. There are several web hosting servers from where you can book the domain name – be it GoDaddy, Host Gator and others.

2. Create Account on WordPress Host

Once, you have registered for a domain name the next step is to create an account on your WordPress Host that you have chosen. After, this you need to register web host name server to your WordPress site domain name. Thus, every time when a person will type in your domain name, it will redirect him to your web host account, and it will pick up your files and load them on that person’s browser.

3. Uploading WordPress Installer

The next step requires downloading the WordPress installer. Remember, that you need to upload the WP installer on your web host account. In case, you wish to point your domain name directly to your WordPress site, then you need to upload WordPress onto your local folder. However, if you just want to single web page of your site URL to point to your WordPress site then just simply upload WordPress on that web page’s folder.

In order to upload WordPress you will need a FTP or your web server c-panel.

4. Create the Database

Once you are through with uploading process, the next in the pipeline is the need to create the database. Well, in case you have registered for the services of a hosting provider, you can expect to have a WordPress database already set up for you – otherwise, there will be some automated setup solution to create the database. You can check your hosting provider’s support pages or your control panel to know whether you need to create the database manually or not.

If you need to do it manually, you must create a MySQL database for your WP site using your web host account’s cPanel.

5. Set up wp-config.php

After creating the database, look out for the wp-config-sample.php file and just rename it to wp-config.php.

6. Finishing Installation

Now to finish the installation process you either go to http://www.yourURL.com/wp-admin/install.php or http://www.yourURL.com/subpagewherewordpressisuploaded/wp-admin/install.php and your WordPress will get installed to your web host automatically.

So, if you are planning to install your WordPress to your web hosting server, you can follow the aforementioned process to carry out the process easily.