Deploying WordPress on a site with ispmanager 6

Why?

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (hereinafter CMS) that allows you to create and manage websites.

Ispmanager 6 offers extensive features for creating and managing a website with WordPress. This article discusses several ways to install it.

NOTE THAT!

The following PHP and DBMS requirements must be met for WordPress to work:

• PHP version 7.4 or higher.
• MySQL version 5.7 or higher, or MariaDB 10.3 or higher.

Instructions

Automatic installation during site creation

When creating a new site in ispmanager 6, select "WordPress" in the "Site Builder/CMS" field.

In the "Databases" field, select "Create a new database". When creating the database, specify its name, user, and password.

If all the site creation fields are filled in, click the "Create" button and wait for the site creation to finish.

Once finished, you will see a notification with the details to connect to your WordPress admin panel.

The installation script automatically specifies the necessary data to connect to the database in wp-config.php.

You can log in to the admin panel at http://<your-site>/wp-admin/.

NOTE THAT!

If you get a DNS error, ensure you have an A-record with the correct IP address for your domain.

Installation on a previously created site

If you want to install WordPress on a site already created in ispmanager 6, you can do so with a web script. Go to "Sites", select your site, and click "CMS".

In the tab that opens, select "WordPress" and click "Install". Then, fill in the required data, accept the license agreement, and confirm the installation.

NOTE THAT!

Be sure to clear the root directory of the site of files before installation.

Downloading your own distribution for installation

Alternatively, you can install the CMS manually for an existing website.

Go to the official WordPress website and download the distribution.

Go to the "Sites" section of ispmanager 6, select the required site, and click on the "Site Files" button in the toolbar.

Click "Download" and select the archive with the "WordPress" distribution from your computer's local disk.

Now, unzip the files. Select the archive, click "Archive" in the toolbar, then "Extract" in the drop-down list. Once the process is complete, you will have the directory "wordpress".

NOTE THAT!

Be sure to clear the root directory of the site of files before uploading the archive.

For the site to open correctly, we need to move the files to the main root directory of the site. Go to the folder "wordpress", select all files, and click "Copy". Then, select the site directory and "Copy".

After the process is complete, you can delete the archive and the folder "wordpress" to free some disk space – you won't need them again.

It is also recommended to delete the standard file "index.html" and leave only "index.php" which was created by WordPress.

Then, go to the site to install and customize the CMS. During the installation process, you need to specify the data of your database, which must be created beforehand.

Next, specify the name of your site, user name, and password (we recommend saving your password) to access the admin panel.

Click "Install WordPress" and wait for the installation to complete.