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Introduction This tutorial shows you, in a step-by-step manner, how to install WordPress (WP) using cPanel's WordPress Toolkit . If you're not using cPanel, please see How to install WordPress for information on installing WordPress manually. If you'd prefer a video...

Introduction In this article, we'll walk you through the process of creating a WordPress (WP) website for a small business. To provide concrete examples, we'll assume a hypothetical company called Zelthix Sculpture, whose intent is to promote and sell artwork online. The...

Introduction In this article, we describe how to create your first WordPress webpage. If WordPress (WP) has not yet been installed, please see Creating a WordPress site with cPanel and Softaculous to get started. Creating your first WP page Using your WordPress administrator...

Introduction This article describes how to set up a WordPress site using cPanel and Softaculous. As you may know, WordPress is a popular content management system used to build blogs and websites. cPanel is a web hosting control panel (created by cPanel, Inc.) that allows...

Visual Composer is a plugin that one can add to a WordPress site. Visual Composer provides drag-and-drop functionality options to create blogs, e-commerce sites, personal portfolios, and more. Much like Weebly, Visual Composer makes customizing your websites faster and...

What Is WordPress? WordPress is one of the most popular CMSs (Content Management System) available today. It is also available as a free, automatic installation for our Shared, Business, and Reseller hosting clients! Listed below is a step-by-step guide for logging into...

What Causes A "Cannot modify header information" Error? Cannot modify header information errors are most commonly caused by extra white spaces (blank spaces) that are not supposed to be within your PHP files or other files already sending header information. This is a common...

If you have installed WordPress using Softaclous Apps Installer and need to edit the details of an existing WordPress installation for your Hostwinds service, this guide is for you. Regardless of if you are using your hosting plan's access to Softaculous or are using cPanel...

For WordPress installations, there are just two primary components that you need access to manually migrate the installation to a new host: the files and the database. Migrate Files One of the easiest methods to migrating your files from your old host to a new one would be...

With any portal where you can log in from anywhere, it is advisable to enable Two Factor Authentication to increase security for the account. This way, even if someone could guess your password correctly, they will still need to obtain your 2 Factor Authentication method to...

WordPress is a top-rated platform for easy-to-use hosting. Being as popular as it introduces many security concerns, however. It is imperative to secure and harden your WordPress installation so that your site remains safe from external attacks . This guide will set forth...

So you've just installed WordPress on your site and didn't realize that Softaculous defaults to /wp — or maybe you've had it installed on /blog for a long time and want to make it your main landing page. If it's a fresh installation, deleting it and re-installing it in the...

WordPress has gone through a significant change in its default editor in its Version 5 release. We have a Gutenberg editor guide that will explain the benefits of the new editor and give an overview of how it works. Gutenberg looks very different because it is a series of...

If you are having trouble sending emails from your Shared or Business Web Hosting account with Hostwinds, we recommend using a plugin so that you can authenticate to the mail server and send your emails. This will ensure that your WordPress is configured to authenticate with...

So you've just bought hosting and a domain name and want to set up a WordPress site while waiting for the domain registration or DNS propagation . WordPress relies on the domain name resolving to your web hosting account's IP address to function properly, so if the domain is...

With your WordPress installations, you now have access to additional functionality that enables you to create what is referred to as staging areas. After you install your WordPress site, you can now create a staging site. A staging site will allow you to create an identical...