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Many people use WordPress for blogging. WordPress is based on PHP and MySQL and can be utilised on Linux and Windows web hosting packages and other platforms supporting PHP and MySQL. The easy way to get WordPress on your web hosting package is to have a host that offers auto-install for the application. A variety of UK web hosting companies provide this kind of function so check with your UK web host’s support team on whether they do provide it.

A program such as Fantastico might be offered by your WHM reseller hosting provider and this kind of program is what automates the WordPress installation in addition to other web applications. If you use Fantastico, log on to your web hosting UK account and locate Fantastico in the control panel. Click on the Fantastico icon which will take you to a control panel with a choice of programs to install. When you select WordPress you will get a description of the application and a link titled ‘New Installation’.

Click this link and fill in the required fields (such as a password, username and which domain and directory to install it on). Fantastico provides instructions on how to fill these fields in.

Once the fields are filled in, click on the ‘Install WordPress’ button. Information about the database that’s going to be created and used for WordPress will then come up on a new page. You do not need to create any database, Fantastico does it for you; it is merely providing the information to you. Click on the ‘Finish installation’ button which will take you to a new page with a link you can click to get to your new WordPress site. You simply fill in your username and password on the WordPress site and you’re ready to modify your new site however you like, such as by choosing a theme for the appearance.

You can have WordPress installed on your web hosting package in less than a minute by using a program such as Fantastico that automates the installation. So make sure to check with your UK web host on whether they offer such a program, which means you can avoid the technical details of site installation and instead focus on the creative aspects of developing your new WordPress site.