{"id":974,"date":"2019-12-16T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=974"},"modified":"2021-08-16T15:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T19:45:14","slug":"installing-wordpress-using-cpanel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/installing-wordpress-using-cpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing WordPress using  Fantastico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border: 1px solid #B85F00; padding: 4px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; background: #FFF0E0;\">Fantastico, a feature in cPanel that helps you easily install software to your account, is no longer available. As of September 17<sup>th<\/sup>, 2012, Fantastico has been replaced by <a href=\"\/support\/\">Softaculous<\/a>.This article is being kept in our Support Center for our VPS and Dedicated Customers who may still be using Fantastico. For all other users, please see our <a href=\"\/support\/product-guides\/softaculous\/install-software-softaculous\/\">Softaculous software installation guide<\/a> for more help with installing software such as WordPress and Joomla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>WordPress is easily installed through your cPanel. cPanel includes a third party software installer called Fantastico de Luxe. Please see the following tutorial in our Knowledge Base for more information about installing WordPress using Fantastico De Luxe in your cPanel account with InMotion Hosting: <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/install-wordpress\/\">How to install WordPress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please check the next article on <a title=\"Click here to view the next article\" href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/installing-joomla-using-cpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Installing Joomla using cPanel <\/a>. If you missed our previous article, please see the <a title=\"Click here to view the previous article\" href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/fantastico-de-luxe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to use Fantastico de Luxe<\/a> tutorial. For more information on this course please visit <a title=\"Click here to view the courses\" href=\"\/support\/amp\/purchase-dedicated-ip-address-amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fantastico de Luxe<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fantastico, a feature in cPanel that helps you easily install software to your account, is no longer available. As of September 17th, 2012, Fantastico has been replaced by Softaculous.This article is being kept in our Support Center for our VPS and Dedicated Customers who may still be using Fantastico. 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