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Manual installation is useful when you are restoring a specific WordPress version, installing into a subfolder Softaculous will not accept, or working from a copy you already have.

1. Create the database

1. In cPanel, open MySQL® Database Wizard under Databases.
2. Enter a database name and click Next. The full name will be prefixed with your cPanel username, for example user_wp01.
3. Create a database user and a strong password. Write down the full username, again prefixed, for example user_wpadmin.
4. On the privileges screen tick ALL PRIVILEGES and click Next.

2. Upload WordPress

1. Download the latest release from wordpress.org and keep the .zip file.
2. In cPanel open File Manager and browse to public_html (or the subfolder you want).
3. Click Upload, select the zip, then go back and use Extract.
4. Extracting creates a wordpress folder. Open it, select all files, choose Move, and move them one level up into public_html. Delete the now-empty wordpress folder.

3. Run the installer

1. Visit https://yourdomain.com in your browser.
2. Choose your language, then enter the database name, database user and password you created. Leave Database Host as localhost and the table prefix as wp_ (or change it to something custom for extra security).
3. Complete the site title and admin account screen and click Install WordPress.

If you see "Error establishing a database connection" at this point, the database name, user or password does not match. Re-check them in MySQL Databases and remember the username prefix.