{"id":746,"date":"2022-10-13T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T14:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/10\/13\/6640339-how-to-add-a-wordpress-website-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:04","slug":"6640339-how-to-add-a-wordpress-website-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6640339-how-to-add-a-wordpress-website-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a WordPress Website in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">To add a new WordPress website to your hosting plan, follow the steps below &#128071;<\/p><p>See how WordPress installation works in action. Click below to try the interactive demo:<\/p><p><script src=\"https:\/\/js.navattic.com\/embeds.js\"><\/script><button class=\"btn\" data-navattic-open=\"https:\/\/capture.navattic.com\/cmghnwvyw000004k19c3r3dc4\" data-navattic-title=\"Install WordPress Tutorial\">Click me<\/button><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h2 id=\"h_7249b5ce71\">Step 1 &ndash; Add a website to your hosting plan<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">In the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> <\/b>section,<b> <\/b>click on the <b>Add website<\/b> button of the desired hosting plan and select <b>WordPress<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/10\/0a21321c-3ed7-461d-884f-5fead6254c41.jpg\" alt=\"The option to add a WordPress website to a hosting plan at Hostinger.\"><\/div><h2 id=\"h_76c57e39af\">Step 2 &ndash; Create the WordPress login details<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">On the next step, enter the following information:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Select the preferred language for your WordPress admin panel<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Specify the administrator email address<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Create or generate a strong password<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 id=\"h_72af7c01a2\">Step 3 &ndash; Select the website type<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Select the alternative that suits your website most: online store, blog, portfolio, business, or other. This will help tailor the next steps.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Alternatively, you can choose to create a blank site and skip the personalization.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_b4062a950b\">Step 4 &ndash; Select a theme<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">You will be presented with two options: generate a pre-built website or use a theme.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Pre-built websites will make the process easier as they are already made, and you will only need to adapt it to your brand and needs.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_c3658264e6\">Step 5 &ndash; Select plugins<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Choose the preferred plugins from the list of suggested ones and click on <b>Next<\/b>. Alternatively, you can skip this step for now and install plugins once your website is set up.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_87e3b2e13b\">Step 6 &ndash; Use the AI Text Generator<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Insert your brand name and a short description of your business, and the AI will help you create content for your website. Once you do that, click on <b>Continue<\/b>. Alternatively, you can skip this step for now and use the <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/8238149-how-to-use-the-wordpress-ai-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress AI Assistant<\/a> later.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80; border-color: #334bfa33;\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Our<b> AI Tools for WordPress<\/b> are available with <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/web-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web Business<\/a> and<b> <\/b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/cloud-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cloud<\/a><b> <\/b>hosting plans &#128161;<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 id=\"h_12c7763551\">Step 7 &ndash; Name your website<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Specify the name (domain or subdomain) for your WordPress website. Here, you have the following options:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Use a domain you already own, either purchased at Hostinger or elsewhere. If registered at another provider, you will be required to <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">point it to Hostinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Create a subdomain or use an existing subdomain from a domain you own.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Purchase a new domain.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to skip this decision for now, click on <b>Use a temporary domain<\/b>, and click on Next.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After a few minutes, your WordPress installation will be completed, and you can start building your website using WordPress or go back to the control panel.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_fcc93e6bef\">Step 8 &ndash; Access the WordPress dashboard<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once installation is complete, you will be able to manage your WordPress by going to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> <\/b>section and clicking on <b>Admin Panel<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/10\/4e720921-79a6-4e1e-a288-cb13bbbdac14.jpg\"><\/div><hr><h2 id=\"h_5cbb578730\">Delete a WordPress website<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you wish to delete your WordPress installation and remove the website and associated emails from your hosting plan, we recommend you <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/5981435-how-to-download-backups-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create and download a backup<\/a> first. Then, go to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> <\/b>section, click on the <b>ellipsis &#8943; button<\/b>, and select <b>Delete<\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding a new WordPress website to your hosting plan at Hostinger<\/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":[266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-installing-applications"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6640339-how-to-add-a-wordpress-website-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6640339-como-crear-un-nuevo-sitio-web-de-wordpress-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6640339-comment-creer-un-nouveau-site-web-wordpress-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/6640339-cara-membuat-website-wordpress-baru-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/6640339-----wordpress--hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","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=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6230,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions\/6230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}