# How to install, setup and update WordPress correctly **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Guides\ **Created:** [November 7, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099 "2022-11-07T13:17:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/1 "2022-11-07T13:17:08Z")
Do you often see this on your WordPress website? ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/f/8/f8d8f8abbc7cebbcd445c171d9aa3ee3bccd7f29.png) If so you may need to change some of the installation settings. **Installing WordPress** For 1. Fresh Installation Make sure you are using the following settings when using Softaculous Install ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/1/6/1666b8553033dd5b818595c4af6e015aff7cbc94.png) 1. Existing Installation You can access your existing installation via ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/a/f/afffed9a1d46d2933a7025581bc9af512e9ada76.png) Followed by ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/7/a/7aec6f35a9788f3d7d03686c8a1e004db28e3f46.png) Make sure these are the settings used ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/d/a/dacc7ef377afd3171a6b31ec17a9f575e76ca3a2.png) 1. On the WordPress config To play safe, add this line to the wp-config.php ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/a/7/a74b9177d566a312945fdac3886538984409e39a.png) **Updating WordPress** Do not update WordPress via the dashboard as it will often cause your website to break. Instead, you should do this ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/a/f/afffed9a1d46d2933a7025581bc9af512e9ada76.png) Followed by ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/4/5/4554bd86fbf19b2c655b91d5234c03842d640b4a.png) Lastly this ![image](https://forum-cdn.infinityfree.net/original/3X/b/0/b00d5642c26b06b1c32641cc88a7eb4c62d900f0.png) That’s all! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. ---
**Author:** ![YT\_Xaos](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/yt_xaos/32/45201_2.png) [@YT\_Xaos](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/YT_Xaos)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/2 "2022-11-07T13:28:56Z")
This will definitely be useful for WordPress users using InfinityFree. Also, I fixed minor spelling and grammar mistakes too. ---
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/3 "2022-11-07T13:29:21Z")
Thanks! Saw that. Hopefully this guide will cut down the number of hosting support required whenever there is any WP update. ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/4 "2022-11-07T19:09:26Z")
Hmm, I think disabling the auto updater of WordPress itself is probably a good decision. But updating through Softaculous is generally very safe. Are you sure that disabling the automatic upgrades from Softaculous is necessary? Because if that uses the same mechanism as the manual update through Softaculous, I think it’s safe to enable that. One concern though is that the Softaculous catalog on free hosting isn’t always up to date with the catalog from Softaculous itself. So never updating WordPress by hand may result in websites with known security vulnerabilities not being updated. According to the documentation, it’s also possible to set the update options to `'minor'`, which menas that only security and maintenance updates are done automatically. I personally primarily see the corrupted site when WordPress does a bigger release, not on security updates. Security updates tend to be smaller, so they may be safe enough to do automatically. > **[Configuring Automatic Background Updates](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/configuring-automatic-background-updates/)** > > Update Types Automatic background updates were introduced in WordPress 3.7 in an effort to promote better security, and to streamline the update experience overall. By default, automatic updates of WordPress are enabled on most sites. In special... ---
**Author:** ![akshayan](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/akshayan/32/26339_2.png) [@akshayan](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/akshayan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/5 "2022-11-07T20:08:52Z")
This guide seems great! I think it will help people very much, and also slice the amount of repeated topics. ---
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/6 "2022-11-08T03:56:45Z")
> [@Admin](#): > > I think disabling the auto updater of WordPress itself is probably a good decision. Thank you > [@Admin](#): > > Are you sure that disabling the automatic upgrades from Softaculous is necessary? I would normally apply the update(s) (themes/plugins/WP update) 1 or 2 weeks after every release(s). This is to ensure that all kinks are sorted out. I had a few bad experiences where plugins/themes updated immediately would caused hosting account to be suspended “due to abuse”. I am playing safe using this same principle for this case. This will be at the expense of security. > [@Admin](#): > > One concern though is that the Softaculous catalog on free hosting isn’t always up to date with the catalog from Softaculous itself. Yup, had noticed this issue as well. Updated WP via ftp on quite a few occasions as well ---
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/7 "2023-04-04T15:17:01Z")
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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/8 "2023-04-04T16:26:01Z")
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**Author:** ![AlyaSoraya](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/alyasoraya/32/59837_2.png) [@AlyaSoraya](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/AlyaSoraya)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/9 "2025-09-05T17:06:07Z")
Hello @Admin could you tell me how to me how to install WP without cpanel? ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-install-setup-and-update-wordpress-correctly/68099/10 "2025-09-05T19:37:55Z")
You can just follow the official install guide. All you need for it are FTP access and to have a database set up. Creating the database can be done using the control panel or using our client area instead. Every script in existence has their own installation instructions, and they never say “just use your hosting provider’s script installer” with no alternatives. So you are never required to use the script installer, or be limited to the script available in it.