Before you begin, ensure the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- CyberPanel Installed<\/strong>: You should already have CyberPanel installed <\/a><\/strong>on your server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Domain or Subdomain<\/strong>: You should have a domain or subdomain added to CyberPanel<\/a><\/strong> for hosting the WordPress site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- FTP Access<\/strong>: Make sure you have FTP access to the server, or you can use CyberPanel\u2019s File Manager.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- MySQL Database<\/strong>: Cyberpanel already has MariaDB on it and that will work just fine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- PHP<\/strong>: Ensure that your server supports PHP (version 7.4 or higher is recommended). Mostly this is taken care of. No further action from you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Step-by-Step Guide to Manually Deploy WordPress on CyberPanel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Step 1:<\/strong> Log in to Cyberpanel<\/strong> using these steps<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 2:<\/strong> Create a Website in CyberPanel<\/strong> – This is the URL where your WordPress will be displayed. You will use these steps <\/a><\/strong>to create a website<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 3:<\/strong> Create a MySQL Database<\/strong> for WordPress. You can check these steps<\/a><\/strong> on how to do that. Ensure to save the database name, username and password. You will need them later in step 7<\/strong> of this guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 4: Compress the Files on your computer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
You now need to compress all your WordPress files to to one file, like a .zip file or .tar.gz or any other valid compression. Below, we have compressed a folder called beadwork<\/strong>, which has all our files, to beadwork.zip<\/strong>. This makes it easy to upload all the files to the server as one file<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStep 5: Upload WordPress to the Server<\/strong> – You can upload the compressed WordPress ZIP file using CyberPanel\u2019s File Manager or via FTP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- On your Cyberpanel, go to Websites<\/strong> – List Websites<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Locate the website that you created earlier. Mine is wptest.truehost.cloud<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Navigate to File Manager<\/strong> under the website you created in CyberPanel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Go to the public_html<\/strong> folder (this is the web root for your site) and Click on Upload<\/strong> to upload the WordPress ZIP file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nYou can drag and drop the zip file to the uploader, then click on Upload all<\/strong> or click on the Choose File <\/strong>option to navigate to where you saved it on your computer an select it, then click on Upload<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will see a progress bar showing progress of the upload process<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStep 6: Extract the ZIP file <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Once uploaded, close the uploaded and go back to public_html where you uploaded the file and right click on the file and select Extract<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- After extraction, move the contents from the
wordpress<\/code> folder into the public_html<\/strong> directory (if they are not already there). In my case, I will move contents of beadwok<\/strong> to public_html<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n- Go inside the extracted folder and use the Select All option at the top of the window to select everything<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Click on Move<\/strong> option found at the top of the widow, then, in the resulting box, in the Move to<\/strong> field, delete the extra path and only leave the name of the new destination. In our case, we delete to the point of public_html and click on Move<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStep 7: Configure WordPress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Navigate to the public_html<\/strong> directory and find the file named
wp-config.php<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n- Right-click and rename<\/strong> it and click on Edit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Find the section of the file that has database details then carefully edit them to match the database that you created in step 3 <\/strong>of this guide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You will edit the DB_NAME<\/strong>, DB_USER<\/strong>, DB_HOST aand also set DB_HOST<\/strong> to localhost<\/em><\/strong>, if not set already then click on Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStep 8: Set Correct File Permissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ensure that the WordPress files have the correct file permissions to avoid issues with uploads, plugin installations, and updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Go back to File Manager>public_html<\/strong> and again click the Select all <\/strong>option at the top, followed by Fix Permissions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStep 9: Import DB file in phpMyAdmin <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Other than WordPress files, you also have a database in .sql format, which you want to upload to the server. You can do that using these steps.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Step 10: U<\/span>pdate home_url and site_urls in phpMyAdmin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also you need to update the home_url an site_url values of your database to match your domain name\/subdomain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Go to Databases->phpMyAdmin<\/strong> and click on your website’s database<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Locate the options table. I may be called wp_options<\/strong> or if you have a custom database prefix, it could be called different, even though it has the name options<\/strong>. In my case it is wpte_demodb<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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- Click on the table and locate a locate rows called siteutl and home<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Click on Edit buttons besides each of them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Modify the URLs; delete what is there and replace with the full URLs if the domain\/subdomain that has your website. I will remove https\/\/beadwork.co.ke<\/strong> & replace with https:\/\/wptest.truehost.cloud<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStep 11: Fix Permalinks in WordPress<\/a> structure<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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- You will need to access WordPress admin dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you have forgotten your logins, please reset them as guided here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Once logged in, Go to Settings > Permalinks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Set the permalink structure to Postname <\/strong>and click Save Changes<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If the permalink is already Postname. ensure to just click on Save Changes<\/strong>, anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Once logged in, Go to Settings > Permalinks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Locate the options table. I may be called wp_options<\/strong> or if you have a custom database prefix, it could be called different, even though it has the name options<\/strong>. In my case it is wpte_demodb<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Go to Databases->phpMyAdmin<\/strong> and click on your website’s database<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- You will edit the DB_NAME<\/strong>, DB_USER<\/strong>, DB_HOST aand also set DB_HOST<\/strong> to localhost<\/em><\/strong>, if not set already then click on Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Right-click and rename<\/strong> it and click on Edit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Navigate to the public_html<\/strong> directory and find the file named
- Go inside the extracted folder and use the Select All option at the top of the window to select everything<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- After extraction, move the contents from the
- Once uploaded, close the uploaded and go back to public_html where you uploaded the file and right click on the file and select Extract<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Navigate to File Manager<\/strong> under the website you created in CyberPanel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- Locate the website that you created earlier. Mine is wptest.truehost.cloud<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Domain or Subdomain<\/strong>: You should have a domain or subdomain added to CyberPanel<\/a><\/strong> for hosting the WordPress site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n