Dreamhost Wordpress Install

It’s time to install Wordpress! Because of Dreamhost’s 1-click install, the process is made pretty easy. Again, just carefully follow the instructions below.

The first thing to do is to login your Dreamhost Panel. This is your control center for your sites. Head over to https://panel.dreamhost.com. Use your email and the password that you selected when you initially signed up for hosting.

Once you’re in the panel, select  ”Goodies” on the left menu, then “One-Click Installs”.

Welcome to the One-Click Installs page. This is where we can easily add software such as Wordpress and others. For now, we’ll just focus on Wordpress. You’ll notice that there are 2 options – easy and advanced. I recommend that you use the advanced as it will allow you total control over your Wordpress install – the easy one is, well a bit easier but also limited. So select the advanced option.

By default, Wordpress will be selected as the option of choice. But just make sure.

The next step is to specify the domain to install it to. If you only have one so far then that will be the one selected. Leave the second box blank.

The next step will ask you to create the database for Wordpress. Don’t worry if you don’t know what that is. Just ented the info exactly as shown in the image (replacing mydomain with yours of course).

Click the “Install it for me now” button. Check your email for instructions from Dreamhost. It usually takes about 10-15 min. Follow the instructions provided and you should end up staring at your Wordpress admin panel!  Good job!