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## Objective
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This tutorial will help you install WordPress CMS (Content Management System) manually in just a few steps.
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This tutorial will help you install the WordPress CMS (Content Management System) manually in just a few steps.
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> To manually **install another CMS** (Joomla!, Drupal, PrestaShop), please refer to our documentation on [installing a CMS manually](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/).
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**Find out how to install your WordPress CMS manually**
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**This tutorial explains how to install your WordPress CMS manually.**
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## Requirements
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## Instructions
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### Step 1 - Prepare for the installation <aname="step1"></a>
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### Step 1: Prepare for the installation <aname="step1"></a>
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To install the **WordPress** CMS on your [web hosting plan](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/web-hosting/), you will need to make some preparations.
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Follow **all of steps** described in our tutorial on [installing a CMS manually](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/) before continuing with step 2 below.
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Follow **all steps** described in our tutorial on [installing a CMS manually](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/) before continuing with step 2 below.
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### Step 2 - Finalise the installation <aname="step2"></a>
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### Step 2: Finalise the installation <aname="step2"></a>
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> Before you continue with the installation, clear your web browser cache to avoid any errors.
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#### 2.1 - Access your WordPress website via your browser
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#### 2.1 Access your WordPress website via your browser
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Enter your domain name into the address bar of your web browser.
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Select the site language and click `Continue`{.action}.
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#### 2.2 - Link your WordPress and your database
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#### 2.2 Link your WordPress to your database
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WordPress will ask you to retrieve the login details for your database:
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Having your database login details ready (if necessary, see **Step 1.4** in the [manual installation of a CMS](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/) tutorial), click on `Let's go!`{.action} to continue.
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Have your database login details ready (if necessary, see **Step 1.4** in the [manual installation of a CMS tutorial](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/)). Click on `Let's go!`{.action} to continue.
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The following page appears:
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- Database name: this name was defined when the database was created in the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://www.ovh.com/auth/?action=gotomanager&from=https://www.ovh.co.uk/&ovhSubsidiary=GB).
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- Username: It is identical to the database name if you are using a database included with your web hosting plan.
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For databases created on Web Cloud Databases, please refer to the information in **Step 1.4** in the [manual installation of a CMS](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/) tutorial.
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- Username: It is identical to the database name if you are using a database included with your web hosting plan. For databases created on Web Cloud Databases, please refer to the information in **Step 1.4** in the [manual installation of a CMS](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/) tutorial.
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- Password: You defined it yourself when you created your database. You may have modified it in the meantime.
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> - The server name of a Web Cloud Databases database starts with your OVHcloud NIC handle and is in the following format: `OVHID(without-ovh)-XXX.eu.clouddb.ovh.net` where **"XXX"** is to be replaced by the reference of your Web Cloud Databases service.
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- Table Prefix: if you are installing WordPress with a new database, you can enter a custom prefix. If you are using a database that is already in use by another website, please refer to **Step 1.4** in the [manual installation of a CMS](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/) tutorial to avoid associating WordPress with a table prefix used by another software.
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- Table Prefix: if you are installing WordPress with a new database, you can enter a custom prefix. If you are using a database that is already in use by another website, please refer to **Step 1.4** in the [manual installation of a CMS tutorial](https://docs.ovh.com/gb/en/hosting/hosting_install_your_cms_manually/) to avoid associating WordPress with a table prefix used by another software.
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Click `Submit`{.action} to validate the database connection information.
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#### 2.3 - Configure administrative access to the backend of your WordPress and provide your admin email address
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#### 2.3 Configure administrative access to the backend of your WordPress and provide your admin email address
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Once you have set it up, WordPress will ask you for information on your future website and to set up your Administrator account.
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Click `Install WordPress`{.action} as soon as you have entered all of the information correctly.
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#### 2.4 - Finalise the manual installation and test Administrator access
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#### 2.4 Finalise the manual installation and test Administrator access
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Installation is complete if the following page is displayed:
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Installation is complete when the following page is displayed:
If you would like assistance using and configuring your OVHcloud solutions, please refer to our [support offers](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/support-levels/).
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Join our community of users on <https://community.ovh.com/en/>.
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Join our community of users on <https://community.ovh.com/en/>.
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