Building a WordPress site ~ [5] cPanel - Install Wordpress

You will need the following information before you install WordPress:

• Site Name
• Site Description ~ a tagline
• Admin Username ~ you will use this to log into the site once you've created it
• Admin Password ~ you will use this to log into the site once you've created it
• Admin Email ~ I recommend you use the admin forwarder you created in the previous step; otherwise enter your personal email

WordPress installation:

Find and clicked on the WordPress icon in the Softaculous section.

Site Setup:

• Choose the version you want to install
• Choose the highest/latest version (v5.x as of Jan 2019) unless you have enough experience and a desire to install an earlier version.
• Choose Protocol
• Your site should have SSL, so choose HTTPS unless you absolutely know otherwise.
• Chose the default domain
• Select a domain from the pull-down menu
• In Directory
• The default directory is "wp."
• You probably do not want to do this. Remove "wp" to just leave this box empty.

Site Settings:

• Site Name 
• Site Description
• Did not enable multi-site unless you have the knowledge to manage it ~ leave the block unchecked

Admin Account

• Change the Admin Username to something/anything other than "admin" and paste into an notepad text file
• Copy the suggested Admin Password to notepad
• Change/Enter the Admin Email
• While the admin email is in your clipboard, scroll to the bottom of the page and enter it intro "Email installation details to:"

Choose Language

• Leave this set at English (The default)

Select Plugins

• Limit Login Attempts (loginizer)
• Do not check the button. This function will be implemented with another plugin we will enable shortly after the WordPress installation is complete.
• Classic Editor
• YES, YES you want this! Check the box so that this plugin in installed and activated.

Advanced Options

Click on the "+" symbol to open the Advanced optons

• Database Name
• It's OK to leave the default, but it will make more sense later if you use an abbreviation of the domain name. For example, wpabcinc for ABCInc.pw
• Table Prefix
• It's OK to leave the default.
• Auto Upgrade ~ if you have to ask, then select "upgrade to Minor version only" (the choice in the middle)
• Auto Upgrade Wordpress Plugins ~ leave unchecked (do not allow)
• Auto Upgrade Wordpress Themes ~ leave unchecked (do not allow)
• Backup Location ~ leave at "Default"
• Automated backups ~ leave "Don't back up" (we're going to do this with a plugin)
• Backup rotation ~ ignore this block

Review

1. Software: Version, protocol, domain ~~ "In Directory" is blank
2. Site Settings: ~~ Multi-site is unchecked
3. Admin Account: ~~ This information has been copied to a text file!
4. Select Plugins: ~~ Classic Editor is enabled
5. Advanced Options: Database Name is changed,  minor upgrades only, no backup
6. There is an address in "Email installations details" block

Clicked on the INSTALL button.... !