Install WordPress on cPanel hosting
If you want to install WordPress, firstly you must create MySQL database and database user.
For this, open the administration panel cPanel, go to the tab "Database" and choose "MySQL database":
Find a section "Create New Database", in the textfield type in the database name with latin characters (in our case it is "on_the_wordpress") and press the button "Create Database":
Then you will see a notification, that the database was added:
Then find the section "Add New User", where you need to fill out fields "Username" (in our case it is "on_the_wordpress") and a password:
Do not forget, that database name, username and a password will be nesessary for your next step - WordPress installation. Click on the button "Create User", and after that you will be notified that the user was successfully created:
Next you need to add that user to the database you have just created. To do this, go to the tab "Add User To Database". In the fields "User" and "Database" choose the user you have created before and database (in our case it is "your_site_on_the_wordpress"):
Click on "Add", after that you need to check the box "All PRIVILEGES" and press the button "Make changes":
After that in the top right corner of the page you will see the notification about the successful operation:
Close the tab. Next step is to download WordPress files to the hosting. Archive with files can be downloaded from the WordPress official website: https://wordpress.org
In the administration panel cPanel find the section "Files" and choose "File Manager":
In the open tab go to the root directory of your website (in our case it is directory public_html) and click on "Upload" on the top of the toolbar:
In the open tab press the button "Choose file" and choose the zip file you downloaded with the WordPress files:
As soon as file downloads - on the bottom you can see the donwload progress:
Then open the file manager where you can see the downloaded zip-file in the site directory. Select the file, clicking on it with the left button of the mouse and on the top of the toolbar click on the button "Extract":
In the window that opened make sure that the files will be extracted to the website folder and click on "Extract File(s)":
Make sure all the files have extracted correctly and close the window clicking on "Close":
Then go to the folder "wordpress":
Select all the files in it and on the top in the toolbar click the button "Move":
In the open window write the path to your website`s directory (in our case it is "/public_html"):
Press the button "Move File(s)". Make sure all the files have moved and click the button "One level up":
We can see now, that all necessary files are in website directory:
Open a new browser window and type in the address line url of your website (in our case it is your-site.com):
If you have done everything correctly, then when your website opens must appear WordPress logo and text with instruction, that you have executed before:
Click "Let's go!" and go to the page, where you need to enter the name of the database you have created before, username and password:
In our case database name and username are: your_site_on_the_wordpress. Click "Submit" and if everything`s ok - see the following page:
Click on "Run the installation" and proceed to your website setup. Fill out your website`s name, username (website`s user), password and email, to this email you will receive a letter from wordpress about installation. Then just click the button "Install WordPress":
On the next page you will be notified about a successfull installation of WordPress. Click on "Sign in" in order to enter the admin panel of the website:
Enter your login and password that you entered on the previous page and click "Log in":
If everything was done correctly - you will be redirected to the page with WordPress admin panel:
WordPress installation is complete.