{"id":5807,"date":"2020-08-09T04:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/?p=5807"},"modified":"2024-06-07T12:38:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:38:37","slug":"how-to-import-wordpress-installation-to-softaculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/how-to-import-wordpress-installation-to-softaculous\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Import WordPress installation to softaculous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Softaculous is one stop cpanel softaware manager,it helps you :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Install applications eg WordPress, joomla, and hundred other applications<\/li><li>Helps in backups of the applications.<\/li><li>Automated updates of new application releases.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>These benefits are enjoyed only for those who have installed their applications using WordPress or those who have imported their applications to be managed by softaculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we will explore on ways to import WordPress which was installed manually to softaculous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tutorial assume you have already installed WordPress and its already working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Login to You cpanel<\/li><li>Go to software category in your cpanel and find Softaculous Apps installer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous.png\" alt=\"softaculous\" class=\"wp-image-5809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous.png 940w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous-920x365.png 920w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous-600x238.png 600w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/softacolous-320x127.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Click on the Import Icon on the main Menu<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"47\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/import.png\" alt=\"import\" class=\"wp-image-5810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/import.png 323w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/import-300x44.png 300w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/import-50x7.png 50w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/import-320x47.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On the Import Installation select<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.co.ke\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scan.png\" alt=\"softaculous importer\" class=\"wp-image-5811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scan.png 885w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scan-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scan-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scan-50x17.png 50w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scan-600x207.png 600w, https:\/\/www.truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/scan-320x110.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All the manual installations in your file manager will be imported and now you can see your installations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Softaculous is one stop cpanel softaware manager,it helps you : Install applications eg WordPress, joomla, and hundred other applications Helps in backups of the applications. 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