Softaculous Install Scripts

What are softaculous install scripts?

All our hosting packages come with the softaculous install addon, within cPanel. 

Click here to find out how to log into cPanel


This addon allows you to install scripts like Drupal, Wordpress, Magento, and hundreds more. 

To manage or install scripts, or content management systems, via softaculous please:

  1. Log into cPanel
  2. Navigate to the 'Softaculous Apps Installer' section
  3. Click on any script.
  4. You may search for scripts using the navigation bar on the left. 


We will now explain how to install wordpress. You may use the same technique to install any other addons. 

How can I install Wordpress automatically via cPanel Softaculous Install scripts? 

  1. Navigate to the homepage of the Softaculous Apps Installer addon within cPanel (see above)
  2. Hover over 'Wordpress',  click 'Install'
  3. Fill in the following fields:
    • Site Name - the name of your website
    • Site Description - the description (display depends on the script you have selected)
    • Admin Username - the username you will use to login to the site
    • Admin Password - the password you will use to login to the site
    • Admin Email - the email you will use for administrative purposes, for example: recieving security update notifications.
    • In directory - if you wish to install this at example.com/, leave this field blank


What scripts are available?

At the time this article was written, the following scripts can be installed automatically via the cPanel Softaculous addon:


Blogs
Serendipity
open Blog
b2evolution
LifeType
WordPress
Nucleus CMS
Dotclear
Textpattern
eggBlog
Pixie
PivotX
Chyrp

Micro Blogs
StatusNet
PageCookery
Sharetronix
Storytlr

Portals/CMS
Zikula
Xoops
ocPortal
Joomla 2.5/Joomla 3.1
Website Baker
sNews
Geeklog
Drupal 7/Drupal 8
Mambo
PHP-nuke
Pligg
MODx
e107
Concrete5
phpwcms
CMS Made Simple
Contao
SilverStripe
PyroCMS
Redaxscript
PHP-fusion
Silex
Saurus
jCore
Fork
Mahara
Tribiq
ImpressCMS
Typo3
Quick.cms
ImpressPages
Pluck
BIGACE
Subrion
Monstra
Tiki Wiki CMS GroupWare

Forums
phpBB
AEF
XMB
MyBB
Phorum
PunBB
SMF
FluxBB
bbPress
Vanilla
FUDforum
miniBB

Image Galleries
Gallery
Coppermine
TinyWebGallery
Piwigo
Pixelpost
ZenPhoto
phpAlbum
4images
Plogger

Wikis
DokuWiki
MediaWiki
PmWiki
WikkaWiki

Social Networking
Dolphin
Elgg
Jcow
Oxwall
Beatz
Etano
PeoplePods

Ad Management
Noahs Classifieds
OpenX
OpenClassifieds
GPixPixel
OSClass

Calenders
WebCalendar
phpicalendar
phpScheduleIt
ExtCalendar

Gaming
BlackNova Traders

Shadows Rising

Word Search Puzzle

MultiPlayer Checkers



Mails

phplist

Websinsta maillist

SquirrelMail

ccMail

RoundCube

Webmail Lite

OpenNewsletter



Polls and Surveys

LimeSurvey

phpESP

CJ Dynamic Poll

EasyPoll

LittlePoll

Simple PHP Poll

Aardvark Topsites

Advanced Poll

Piwik

Open Web Analytics

Logaholic


Project Management
dotProject
phpCollab

PHProjekt

ProjectPier

Mantis Bug tracker

Feng Office

eyeOSh

The Bug Genie

TaskFreak

Mound

Traq

Collabtive

Eventum

FlySpray



E-commerce

Zen Cart

Magento

osCommerce

OpenCart

Prestashop

CubeCart

WHMCS

Open Source Point of Sale TheHostingTool

TomatoCart

Avactis

phpCOIN

Quick.cart
Axis
Zuescart
AlegroCart

BoxBilling

AbanteCart



ERP

SugarCRM

OrangeHRM

FrontAccounting

Dolibarr

Vtiger

SimpleInvoices

Tine

EGroupware

EPESI



Guest Books

phpBook

BellaBook

VX Guestbook

Lazarus

RicarGBook

Advanced Guestbook

PHPkode Guestbook



Customer Support

Crafty Syntax

Help Center Live
HESK
osTicket
ExoPHPDesk

Open Web Messenger

phpOnline

phpMyFAQ

iQDesk

Trellis Desk

Maian Support

Support Incident Tracker



Frameworks

CodeIgniter

PHPDevShell

PRADO

DIY

CakePHP

Kohana

Smarty

Symfony

WideImage

HTML Purifier



Educational

Moodle

Claroline

ATutor

TCExam

DoceboLMS
Omeka
Chamilo
eFront

DB Tools
PhpMyAdmin
Adminer
SQLiteManager
Vty
MyWebSQL
SIDU
Chive
RockMongo

RSS
Gregarius
SimplePie
Feed On Feeds
selfoss

File Management
PHPfileNavigator
OpenDocMan
ProjectSend
LetoDMS
Arfooo
eXtplorer
ownCloud
eSyndiCat

Others
phpLD
WeBid
PhpGedView
phpFormGenerator
YOURLS
phpFreeChat
PHP QR Code
Form Tools
phpDocumentor
Hablator
PHPWeby
PASTE
Open journal Systems
OpenBiblio
Seo Panel
SPIP
jobberBase
Question2Answer
JoobsBox
Codiad
ArticleSetup
GLPI
SVNManager
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