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Install WordPress

Create a WordPress site from Plesk with WordPress Toolkit.

Plesk installs WordPress for you: it creates the database, downloads the files and sets up the site. It takes a few minutes.

  1. Open WordPress Toolkit

    In the left menu click WordPress, then Install (or Install WordPress).

  2. Fill in the details

    • Installation path: keep httpdocs so the site is right at yourdomain.com. If you type a subfolder such as blog, the site will be at yourdomain.com/blog.
    • Website title: the site name. You can change it any time.
    • Administrator username and password: what you log in to WordPress with. Do not use admin as the username.
    • Administrator email: where password reset emails go.
    • Language: the WordPress interface language.

  3. Install

    Click Install. At the end, Plesk offers to add a few plugins. You can skip them.

  4. Open the dashboard

    Go to https://yourdomain.com/wp-admin and log in with the details from step 2. You can also click Log in in WordPress Toolkit.

What else WordPress Toolkit does

OptionWhat it does
UpdatesUpdates WordPress, themes and plugins
SecurityApplies recommended security measures
CloneCopies the site, for example for testing
Backup / RestoreSaves and restores the site