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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Installing WordPress The Famous 5-Minute WordPress Install

Posted by Allison Bowen
Allison Bowen
134 Points

WordPress Installed with Softaculous - where in FileZilla?

I used Softaculous to easily install WordPress. However, I'm now ready to access my files and begin editing. Where can I find my already-installed version of WordPress in FileZilla? Do I need to do this 5-minute WordPress install as well?

1 Answer

Cristian Cisneros
Cristian Cisneros
794 Points
Cristian Cisneros
Cristian Cisneros
794 Points

If you've already installed wordpress using Softaculous than you don't need to do the 5 minute wordpress install. You can start logging into the backend and edit your files there. You can access your backend by adding "admin" to the end of your website. For example:

http://www.yourwebsite.com/admin

I do recommend you to perform the famous 5 minute install at least a few times in your web dev journey. Just for experience.

In regards to viewing the wordpress files using filezilla, do you have your FTP, host, username, and password info? If you do, than look for a folder that contains multiple PHP files, a htaccess file, a readme.html file, and three folders, wp-content, wp-includes, and wp-admin. That folder is more than likely the folder that contains your wordpress files. It might be under the most random named folder, like "APP123456789". I believe that's because Softaculous runs scripts that autocreate the folder and names it randomly. I'm not sure but I believe that might have happened. Good luck!

Allison Bowen
Allison Bowen
134 Points

Perfect! Thank you for the great advice!

I do have all of my login information, so I'll dig in and see if I can find those files now.