WordPress
WordPress is a widely-used open-source content management system (CMS) that enables users to create, manage, and publish websites and blogs with ease. Initially developed as a blogging platform, it has evolved into a versatile CMS that powers a significant portion of the web.
Key features of WordPress include:
- User-Friendly Interface: Offers an intuitive dashboard and editor for creating and managing content without requiring extensive technical knowledge.
- Themes and Customization: Provides a vast library of themes and plugins for customizing the appearance and functionality of websites. Users can choose from thousands of free and premium themes or create custom ones.
- Plugins: Supports a wide range of plugins that extend the functionality of WordPress, including SEO tools, contact forms, e-commerce solutions, and more.
- Content Management: Facilitates easy content creation and organization, including posts, pages, media, and custom content types.
- SEO Friendly: Includes features and plugins that help optimize websites for search engines, improving visibility and ranking.
- Responsive Design: Many themes are designed to be responsive, ensuring that websites look and function well on various devices and screen sizes.
- User Roles and Permissions: Provides built-in user roles and permissions for managing access and capabilities for different users, from administrators to contributors.
- Multilingual Support: Offers support for multiple languages, with plugins available to create multilingual websites.
- Community and Support: Has a large and active community of developers, designers, and users who contribute to its development and provide support through forums, documentation, and tutorials.
WordPress is popular among individuals, bloggers, businesses, and organizations for its flexibility, ease of use, and extensive ecosystem of themes and plugins, making it suitable for a wide range of website types and applications.
Log in to cloud.in8.com and during the instance creation at the Select Template section click on the Market Place App tab.
Select the ready-to-go WordPress template from the list of available templates and deploy it.
To access the Wordpress admin dashboard, first you will need to copy the Public IP of the VM, located in the Overview section at the Instance menu.
Paste it at your browsers search section followed by port 80. e.g
http://[public-ip-address]:80
You will be greeted with the installation wizard of wordpress.
After you select your language you will be welcomed with this setup screen:
After pressing the Let's go! button you will be asked to enter your database connection details. You can use the database which is provided with the template or connect an external.
Continuing reading this guide for instructions on connecting with the provided database.
Credentials to use the provided database:
Database Name: wp Username: root Password: HIq6zXs6t2yn Database Host: localhost Table Prefix: wp_
Next you will be directed to enter some additional information for the setup of your site.
When you enter the requred information click on Install WordPress button. Finally, after the message of success you will be greeted with the login screen:
Login with the email and password you set and access your sites administration panel.
