{"id":690,"date":"2020-10-15T08:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T05:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=690"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:08:17","slug":"getting-started-with-swordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/getting-started-with-swordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started with SWordPress Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress is by far and away the most popular <\/span><b>Content Management System (CMS)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world. What started off as a simple blog platform now powers more than a third of the world&#8217;s websites, and it&#8217;s not difficult to see why.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it wasn&#8217;t the first CMS in the world, <\/span><b>WordPress proved to be one of the most versatile and easy-to-use platforms of its kind, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and, partly thanks to the fact that it&#8217;s free, people quickly adopted it. Despite the appearance of numerous point-and-click website builders, <\/span><b>its popularity hasn&#8217;t dwindled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and it&#8217;s still considered the go-to solution for anyone trying to launch a new project. Unfortunately, its ease of use is also causing some problems.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Table of Contents<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>What is SWordPress?<\/b><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Installing WordPress with SWordPress<\/b><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Configuring automatic updates and Security Lock<\/b><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Cloning, deleting, and changing passwords of WordPress installations with SWordPress<\/b><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inexperienced <\/span><b>website administrators overlook some important factors <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when working with WordPress, and even the seasoned developers don&#8217;t always bother with vital aspects of the platform&#8217;s configuration. As a result, many <\/span><b>online businesses suffer from performance issues <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and cyberattacks. Manually installing and properly configuring WordPress can indeed be tricky. Fortunately,<\/span><b> ScalaHosting customers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can take advantage of our <\/span><b>SWordPress Manager<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><b>What is SWordPress?<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/wordpress-manager.html\"><b>SWordPress<\/b><\/a><b> is a WordPress management tool <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that is integrated into <\/span><b>SPanel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is available free of charge to anyone who picks one of ScalaHosting&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/managed-cloud-hosting.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managed cloud VPS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hosting solutions. It <\/span><strong>can install WordPress on your accoun<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>t<\/strong>, and it can also help you configure and secure it properly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Managing content with WordPress might be an easy task<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but getting the platform going in the first place normally requires a certain level of expertise. With <\/span><b>SWordPress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, however, you simply need to pick the location and login credentials, and your installation will be ready in seconds. <\/span><b>SWordPress is far from just an installer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running up-to-date software is something far <\/span><b>too many people have problems with<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and this includes WordPress users. Thousands of <\/span><b>WordPress websites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> run on versions of the platform that don&#8217;t perform as well as they should and are riddled with security holes. <\/span><b>SWordPress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gives you an easy way of <\/span><b>enabling automatic updates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ensuring that your website runs smoothly and is secure.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This, along with a few other unique features, make <\/span><b>SWordPress a brilliant tool for managing your entire WordPress installation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Let&#8217;s see how it works.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Installing WordPress with SWordPress<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To install a WordPress site using SWordPress, you need to log into your account&#8217;s SPanel and go to <\/span><b>WordPress Manager<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the bottom of the page, you&#8217;ll see a list of all existing WordPress installations, and above it is the form for creating a new one.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, you need to choose where you&#8217;d like to install WordPress. From the drop-down menu, you can pick your main domain name, one of your addon domains, or a subdomain. If you want to install WordPress in a subfolder (e.g., domain.com\/blog), you can specify this in the <\/span><b>Folder name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> field.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/swordpress-home.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Started with SWordPress Manager, Installing WordPress with SWordPress\" width=\"1903\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/swordpress-home.jpg 1903w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/swordpress-home-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/swordpress-home-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/swordpress-home-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/swordpress-home-1536x1059.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After you&#8217;ve set the correct location, you need to pick the username and password for the WordPress administrator. <\/span><b>The security of the entire website could be dependent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the complexity of the password, which is <\/span><b>why SWordPress won&#8217;t let you continue with the installation unless the password<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is at least eight characters long and contains at least one letter, one digit, and one symbol.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help you pick a truly unique password, SWordPress comes with an integrated password generator that you can use. Finally, you need to fill in the administrator&#8217;s email address. When you&#8217;re ready, click <\/span><b>Install WordPress <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to initiate the process, and in a few seconds&#8217; time, you should be able to see the new installation in the list at the bottom of the page.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Configuring automatic updates and Security Lock<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/quick-guide-managing-wordpress-website\/\"><b>WordPress installation<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is now ready, and you can log in and start managing your website. Before you do, however, you might want to take a look at a couple of toggle switches located next to your new WordPress installation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/security-lock-auto-updates.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Started with SWordPress Manager, Configuring automatic updates and Security Lock\" width=\"400\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/security-lock-auto-updates.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/security-lock-auto-updates-300x79.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of them is labeled <\/span><b>Auto Updates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and it&#8217;s switched on by default. Leaving it enabled is strongly recommended. This will ensure that not only WordPress itself, but also the plugins and themes you install later on will be updated without any action from your end. This way, all new <\/span><b>features and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/how-to-speed-up-a-wordpress-website\/\"><b>performance improvements<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be available on your WordPress installation, and you&#8217;ll also be sure that <\/span><b>newly released security patches<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are installed in a timely manner.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other toggle switch controls a feature called <\/span><b>Security Lock<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. When it&#8217;s turned on, it limits access to your website&#8217;s files and directories. As a result, even if hackers manage to exploit a security vulnerability, they won&#8217;t be able to<\/span><b> infect the website with malware<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meanwhile, you will be able to manage and upload new content without any difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security Lock is a unique feature that takes your website&#8217;s security up a notch. The <\/span><b>way it works, however, prevents you from installing new plugins and themes while it&#8217;s on. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We realize that after you create a<\/span><b> fresh WordPress installation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you will likely want to customize it, which is why Security Lock is turned off by <\/span><b>default<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We recommend enabling it as soon as you&#8217;re done setting up your website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Auto Updates and Security Lock are switched on, and there are new updates, SWordPress will automatically pause the <\/span><b>Security Lock feature <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and will re-enable it as soon as the updates are applied.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Cloning, deleting, and changing the password of WordPress installations with SWordPress<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next to the <\/span><b>Auto Updates and Security Lock toggles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you&#8217;ll see a drop-down menu that gives you yet more options for <\/span><b>managing your WordPress installation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clone-change-password-delete.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Started with SWordPress Manager, Cloning, deleting, and changing the password of WordPress installations with SWordPress\" width=\"438\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clone-change-password-delete.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/clone-change-password-delete-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<p><b>If you feel that you need to change the password of the WordPress administrator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can do it from here. You don&#8217;t need to know the old password, which ensures that even if you give <\/span><b>another person administrative access to your website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you will still retain some control over it. Once again, <\/span><b>you can use the built-in password generator <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to ensure that the new password is complex and unique.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Actions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> drop-down menu also gives you the chance to <\/span><b>Clone <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your WordPress installation. You can choose a path on your account (one of your domains, a subdomain, or a subfolder), and you can replicate the<\/span><b> entire WordPress website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with all the modifications you&#8217;ve made to it and all the content you&#8217;ve uploaded. This is especially useful if you&#8217;re developing a new version of your website in a hidden folder or a subdomain. Instead of arduous copy-pasting and re-configuring, once you&#8217;re ready with the new version, you can simply clone the entire <\/span><b>WordPress installation on your live domain and deploy the new look in mere minutes.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, on the other hand, you&#8217;re not happy with the way things are going, you can also delete your WordPress website with a couple of clicks. What you need to do is pick <\/span><b>Uninstall <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Actions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drop-down menu and then confirm that you really want to delete the website.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress may be pretty intuitive to work with, but certain aspects of its installation and configuration might <\/span><b>present a challenge without additional help<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With the tools provided by SWordPress, you will be able to focus on your business while knowing that your website is properly configured and secured.<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is by far and away the most popular Content Management System (CMS) in the world. What started off as a simple blog platform now powers more than a third of the world&#8217;s websites, and it&#8217;s not difficult to see why. 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