{"id":6375,"date":"2021-04-14T21:19:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T21:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=6375"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T08:31:31","password":"","slug":"how-to-upload-a-wordpress-website-to-plesk","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-upload-a-wordpress-website-to-plesk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upload a WordPress website to Plesk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress is one of the most popular Content Management Systems used. Because of its popularity, most panels are meant to host WordPress sites. Plesk or Windows hosting is one of the panels that are used to host WordPress sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we are going to see how to upload a WordPress website to Plesk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Backup of your WordPress files (Should be in .zip format)<\/li><li>Backup of your Database (Should be in .sql format)<\/li><li><em>Patience and a learning spirit.<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Log in to your Plesk account. (<em>Use the login details that were sent to your email<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> \u00a0Click on\u00a0<strong>Files<\/strong>\u00a0on the left side menu. Then proceed to click the <strong>httpdocs <\/strong>folder to open in<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"983\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk.png 983w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk-50x26.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk-920x474.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk-600x309.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Plesk-320x165.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Click on the <strong>&#8220;+&#8221;<\/strong> sign and choose <strong>upload<\/strong> from the drop-down that appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upload.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upload.png 767w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upload-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upload-50x22.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upload-600x270.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/upload-320x144.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4: Extract <\/strong>the zip file that you have uploaded, containing your WordPress files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5: <\/strong>Upon extracting the zip file, you will have a folder called WordPress. Open that folder, select everything under it and click <strong>move<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WordPress.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WordPress.png 658w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WordPress-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WordPress-50x45.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WordPress-600x539.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/WordPress-320x287.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the next page select the destination of the file. In our case, we will select the <strong>httpdocs <\/strong>folder and click <strong>OK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Move.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Move.png 598w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Move-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Move-50x43.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Move-320x278.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6: <\/strong>Click on\u00a0<strong>Databases<\/strong>\u00a0located on the left side menu and then\u00a0<strong>Add Database<\/strong>. Fill in the database name, username and the password on the next page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Databases.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Databases.png 638w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Databases-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Databases-50x33.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Databases-600x401.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Databases-320x214.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> Under httdocs folder open a file called <strong>wp-config.php<\/strong> enter the database details that you created in step 6 above. That is the database name, database username, and the database password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<strong>Step 8:<\/strong> Now click on\u00a0<strong>Import Dump<\/strong>\u00a0and import the backup of your WordPress database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase.png 1016w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase-920x447.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase-600x292.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DataBase-320x156.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 9: <\/strong>Once you are done importing the database, click on\u00a0<strong>WordPress<\/strong>\u00a0on the left side menu and then click\u00a0<strong>Scan<\/strong>\u00a0to add your WordPress to WordPress Toolkit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kudos buddy! Your website should now be up and running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is one of the most popular Content Management Systems used. Because of its popularity, most panels are meant to host WordPress sites. Plesk or Windows hosting is one of the panels that are used to host WordPress sites. In this article, we are going to see how to upload a WordPress website to Plesk. 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