{"id":63,"date":"2019-12-16T13:55:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T12:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=63"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:48:45","slug":"install-wordpress-drupal-joomla-or-magento-on-your-web-hosting","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/install-wordpress-drupal-joomla-or-magento-on-your-web-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Install WordPress, Drupal or Joomla on your web hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A CMS (Content Management System) is software that allows you to easily create a website without much coding knowledge. Well-known examples include WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. You can install these with just a few clicks through our control panel. In this article, we explain how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our web hosting is also compatible with most other CMS platforms, which you can manually install on your hosting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-install-a-cms-via-the-control-panel\">Install WordPress, Joomla or Drupal via the control panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Via the control panel we also offer a 1-click install of the most popular CMS systems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-toggle wp-block-hb-toggle\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__title\"><span>WordPress<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__contentwrap\">WordPress is by far the most popular CMS worldwide. Originally created as a blog platform, but today used for all kinds of websites. WordPress is increasingly being used for web stores, thanks to the popular free plugins such as WooCommerce.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-toggle wp-block-hb-toggle\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__title\"><span>Drupal<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__contentwrap\">Drupal is a generic open source CMS. The Drupal Core offers the basic functionalities and additional modules optimize your CMS for a specific use &#8211; as a blog, shop, forum, etc.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-toggle wp-block-hb-toggle\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__title\"><span>Joomla<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-hb-toggle__contentwrap\">Joomla is a generic CMS. By using the Joomla extensions you can add extra functionalities.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow these steps in the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.easyhost.be\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">control panel<\/a>\u00a0to install WordPress, Drupal or Joomla:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Go to &#8220;My products&#8221;> &#8220;Web hosting&#8221;> Click on &#8220;Manage&#8221; next to your domain name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the menu on the left you choose &#8220;CMS installation&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the CMS and the version you want to install. For new websites, we recommend using the latest versions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose the domain name where the CMS should be installed. By default, this is your domain name without the www. prefix.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set a title and language for your website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a username and password that you will later use to log in to the back end of your website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the email address and tick the checkbox.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the button to start the installation. Once it\u2019s complete, log in to your CMS using the login details you just created.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong>Check for leaked passwords<br><\/strong>To prevent hacking of your website, we compare your passwords with passwords known in the <a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haveibeenpwned.com<\/a> database.<br>We do this in an encrypted way and never know your entered password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CMS (Content Management System) is software that allows you to easily create a website without much coding knowledge. Well-known examples include WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla. You can install these with just a few clicks through our control panel. In this article, we explain how. 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