{"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":"2026-05-08T13:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:02:01","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><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=\"Hostinger Add website menu with WordPress option highlighted\" data-media-id=\"3183\"><\/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-step-3-set-up-your-wordpress-site\">Step 3 &mdash; Set up your WordPress site<\/h2><p>You&rsquo;ll be presented with two options:<\/p><ul>\n<li>Create a website with AI (recommended) &mdash; Click this to launch the AI Website Builder flow. Kodee will guide you through describing your site, choosing an editor (Gutenberg or Elementor), and reviewing the suggested page structure before generation begins. Available on all shared and cloud hosting plans.<\/li>\n<li>Start with a blank WordPress site &mdash; Skip AI generation and begin with a default WordPress installation.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Note on themes and templates<\/strong>: Theme and template selection is no longer part of the initial setup. To install a theme after WordPress is created, go to Appearance &rarr; Themes in the WordPress dashboard. To access free pre-built templates, install the<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/astra-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Starter Templates plugin by Astra<\/a>. The Hostinger Affiliate theme is still available directly from the WordPress Overview in hPanel.<\/p><p><strong>Note on plugins<\/strong>: Plugin recommendations are available in the Easy Onboarding checklist inside the WordPress dashboard after installation.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_87e3b2e13b\">Step 4 &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><h2 id=\"h_12c7763551\">Step 5 &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 6 &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\" data-media-id=\"3184\" alt=\"Hostinger Websites dashboard with WP Admin button highlighted for a domain site\"><\/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":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10377,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions\/10377"}],"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}]}}