Within your GreenGeeks Hosting Account, you’ll have access to a Dashboard cPanel (Control Panel) where you can install WordPress in just One Click. This is a versatile administrative dashboard that gives you control over many aspects of your website.

From your Greengeeks Hosting cPanel, scroll to the Softaculous Apps Installer and click “WordPress.”

From the Softaculous script window, click the “Install Now” button in the description. The Softaculous software will usually have the most recent version of WordPress available. If you want to install an older version, you may have to do it manually.

Enter your WordPress Site Information and Install

After clicking on the “Install Now” button, you will need to input your website’s information. This will be the settings your website is going to use during the installation process.

The form asks several DETAILS (which are PRE-FILLED by default), you can change it if you need or leave it as it is and proceed with the installation with default values.

Install on domain: This is a drop-down window displaying all of your domains and subdomains. Select which one you want WordPress to manage. Select on the dropdown “https://www.” if you have already installed your SSL  as instructed on Step 1: #7 (Adding SSL)

Administrator Username: This is the username you’ll use to log into WordPress Website. DO NOT USE “admin”  as your username. This is often the first thing hackers and bots will look for on systems like WordPress. Use something that is unique.

Password: Try to make your password as difficult as possible. The more letters, numbers, and special characters you have, the harder it is to hack.

Admin Nickname: This is not the same as the username. This will be displayed as a nickname after you log in. Some people will use their first names in this section.

Admin E-mail: This is the email address for the admin account. WordPress will use this to send messages regarding updates, access data, and other pertinent information regarding your website. No one else will see this but WordPress unless you make it public.

Site name: This is the name of the site WordPress will use for the home page and operational information. Various plugins will also use this name such as those which optimize for search engine optimization. You can change this at any time.

Description: You will want to add a brief description of your website. This, too, is often used in SEO to determine what your site is about. The description will also help people understand the purpose of your website. Try to keep it to one or two sentences.

NOTE: At the bottom of the screen, below the “Install” button, you can assign an email address to send installation details. It may be helpful to have a record of the process. However, this is completely optional.

After you’ve filled in the site information, click the “Install” button on the bottom middle of the screen.

Installation Completed

You will see the success message as shown in the screenshot below when the installation is completed.

TIP: Your website ADMIN LOGIN URL/ADDRESS:
www.mywebsiteblogstore.com/wp-admin 

• Add “/wp-admin” at the end of your site or blog name as illustrated above.
• Enter your User Name and Password (you use during registration)

To Login to your WordPress Website

• Type your URL/ADDRESS just like below:
  www.mywebsiteblogstore.com/wp-admin 
• Add “/wp-admin” at the end of your site or blog name as illustrated above.
• Enter your User Name and Password (you use during registration)

Your WordPress Website Dashboard

Once you have successfuly logged in to your wordpress website or blog, you will see your dashboard as shown below:

Delete Default Post, Page, and Comment Content

WordPress comes with default dummy content that acts as placeholders before you add your own content. This includes a sample post, page, and comment.

Deleting this content is easy to do and will ensure your site visitors don’t see this content once they start coming to your website.

Deleting Sample ‘POST’

• Go to Posts > All Posts in your WordPress dashboard.
• Find the post labeled “Hello world!”
• and click on the Trash link.

Deleting Sample ‘PAGE’

• Go to Posts > All Posts in your WordPress dashboard.
• Find the page labeled “Sample Page!”
• and click on the Trash link.

Deleting COMMENT

To delete the example comment, go to Comment and delete the default comment.

Deleting Unused Themes

You’ll want a well-designed and fast loading WordPress theme so that your website can impress your visitors. This probably means that you will test and install a bunch of themes before you decide on the right one for you.

Any theme that you don’t intend to use you should delete, because they take up unnecessary space but more importantly themes, especially those that are not updated, are potential security risks.