{"id":1205,"date":"2017-06-20T09:17:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2025-08-15T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:01:25","slug":"installing-wordpress-manually","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/installing-wordpress-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress Manually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-enthusiast\/\"><p class=\"\"style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e!important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Enthusiast<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional-plus\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional Plus<\/p><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress Articles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress has written articles to help you do this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/before-you-install\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Before You Install<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/how-to-install-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Installing WordPress<\/a><a name=\"pair\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PairSIM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/software-installation-manager-sim\/\">PairSIM<\/a> is a Pair Networks' software <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">installation manager that provides an easy, efficient way to install, upgrade, and manage popular software packages, like WordPress. 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