{"id":545,"date":"2024-02-09T10:29:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2024\/02\/09\/8929958-how-to-use-the-wordpress-vps-template-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:46:47","slug":"8929958-how-to-use-the-wordpress-vps-template-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8929958-how-to-use-the-wordpress-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the WordPress VPS Template at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a><\/b> is the world&rsquo;s most popular content management system (CMS), offering the flexibility to create a wide range of websites, from blogs to complex portals and enterprise websites. Hostinger&rsquo;s <b><a href=\"\/support\/4965922-how-to-change-the-operating-system-of-vps\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Ubuntu 24.04 64bit with WordPress<\/a><\/b> VPS template provides a pre-installed WordPress environment. This guide covers the essentials of getting started with this template.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_4f13eff163\">Accessing Your WordPress Site<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Open a web browser and navigate to:<\/p><pre><code>http:\/\/[your-vps-hostname]\/wp-admin<\/code><\/pre><p class=\"no-margin\">Make sure to replace [your-vps-hostname] with the <b><a href=\"\/support\/4805490-how-to-change-your-vps-hostname\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">hostname of your VPS<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You&rsquo;ll be directed to the WordPress login page:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/02\/42a92548-ec22-4730-bd5b-713ff6b5195c.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Use the following credentials to sign in:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Email address &ndash; <b>admin@[your-VPS-hostname]<\/b>. Replace <b>[your-VPS-hostname]<\/b> with the hostname of your VPS<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Password &ndash; the password you entered when installing the template<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">To have WordPress run on your domain, point your domain to the <b><a href=\"\/support\/5139756-how-to-find-your-vps-ip-address\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">VPS IP address<\/a><\/b> and <b><a href=\"\/support\/4805490-how-to-change-your-vps-hostname\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">change the server hostname<\/a> <\/b>to your domain name &#128161; <\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_9b01d3c39e\">Configuring WordPress<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">In the WordPress dashboard, go to Settings &rarr;<b> General<\/b>. Once there, you can set your site title, tagline, and other general settings.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/02\/e8ceffff-6eff-47f8-8635-32773cc2a502.jpg\" width=\"550\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You can go to Settings &rarr; <b>Permalinks <\/b>to choose your preferred URL structure for your posts and pages for better SEO performance.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_69e2f32683\">Choosing a Theme<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Navigate to Appearance &rarr; <b>Themes<\/b> to select a theme for your website. WordPress offers thousands of free and premium themes to suit any requirement.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/02\/5adb6bae-2e0c-422c-a26d-11fdfe898b90.jpg\" width=\"550\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After activating a theme, you can make changes to it by clicking on <b>Customize<\/b> in the Appearance menu. Here, you can modify site identity, colours, header images, and more.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_abd022ddb6\">Adding Content<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Use the Pages &rarr; Add New and Posts &rarr; <b>Add New<\/b> options to start adding content to your site. The native <b>Gutenberg editor<\/b> makes it easy to design and format your content.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/02\/b543d6b7-5681-4988-9d82-04bfc7715d25.jpg\" width=\"550\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Upload images, videos, and other media to the <b>Media Library<\/b> to use in your posts and pages.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Note<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">This template uses <b><a href=\"\/support\/8794480-how-to-use-the-cloudpanel-vps-template\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">CloudPanel<\/a><\/b>, which runs an NGINX webserver. For specific plugins, you might need to edit the <b>vhost<\/b> files. You can find out more by referring to the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/advanced-administration\/server\/web-server\/nginx\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress documentation<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>Ubuntu 24.04 64bit with WordPress<\/b> VPS template from Hostinger simplifies the process of launching a WordPress website, offering a solid foundation for any web project. As you become more comfortable with WordPress, you can explore <b>advanced features<\/b> and customizations to further enhance your site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting started with WordPress template on your VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-os-and-templates"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8929958-how-to-use-the-wordpress-vps-template-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}