Comments on: Installing WordPress on GoDaddy

By: garethd

garethd — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:00:54 +0000

I tried the simple GoDaddy installation … it completed with an error. So I tried to uninstall using the links they provided … and it failed.

Now I wait for them the clean up the mess.

By: Internet Traffic Gal

Internet Traffic Gal — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:26:56 +0000

I am helping a friend change her website from Godaddy to WordPress and I will forward the link to this post to her because there seems to be a great amount of good information here.

I am thinking that my advice to have her call Godaddy to facilitate the transition is pretty good advice for someone who is not so advance in programing.

I just wish that some of the links here were not broken. Other thank that-thanks to all for your help.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:25:15 +0000

I have uploaded wordpress in to godaddy and my website was created in wordpress, if I upload the date files and not just the content. Will this mess up the website I created in wordpress once I upload it to godaddy?

By: Nohairlefttopullout

Nohairlefttopullout — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:32:01 +0000

OK.. I did the famous 1-click GoDaddy WordPress install. It installed great! Now when I go to my site, it gives me the “default” first page/blog etc and it says “To edit or delete this blog and create a new one, just log in and etc etc etc …. HOW ??? I can’t log in because I don’t have a user account (or admin account?) and I can’t create one because there is no “register” link …. and WTF ????
And there sure isn’t no link to “edit WordPress config” on godaddy hosting connection… jeeeezzz

By: Thyroid Cancer Symptoms

Thyroid Cancer Symptoms — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:31:32 +0000

Godaddy web hosting is a bit hard to deal with. This article really help me as a wordpress freelancer. Thank you so much for this helpful tips.

Cheers,

By: chrismishima

chrismishima — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:55:21 +0000

Hopefully I’ll have figured this out by the time anyone reads this but encase I don’t… I created a WordPress account and linked it to my Godaddy account no problem. However when I updated my WordPress page the changes didn’t show up on linked page that was created. If I go to the WordPress site: chrismishimablog.wordpress.com I can see the change. But If I try to access it from the Godaddy side: chrismishima.com/wordpress it just shows the default page as if I had never changed anything. It may be a time delay or something but it’s been over half and hour and it still hasn’t shown up.

By: Wordpress Tutorials

Wordpress Tutorials — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:51:45 +0000

Great writeup, and even though this article is slightly older, the information is pretty spot on. Servers at GD seem a might slow lately, but things are picking up! The application manager (Hosting Connections, Metropolis was the old old name) might be a good start for those that do not want to fiddle with database creation, although the manual way is an awesome way to get started with these types of applications. WordPress is easy and generally, very well reviewed.

By: Bluehost Review

Bluehost Review — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:41:44 +0000

Thank you for this article. I’m currently using BlueHost to host my websites and so far, they seem to be quite good. I’m not sure, though, what other people’s opinions are about the specifications of the hosting plan they offer, as with some hosts, you may get more.

By: Felipe Krajnik

Felipe Krajnik — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:17:32 +0000

I suggest Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting. Management of one’s web website at Yahoo! is really a breeze due to their web hosting manage panel. Everything from setting up email accounts, acquiring monthly internet site statistics, to web site improvement and maintenance could be easily controlled making use of 1 standardized interface.

By: Kiwi

Kiwi — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:14:57 +0000

My company wordpress site that’s hosted on Godaddy has been a dog for a couple of months now. I finally had time to diagnose the problem yesterday it turns out it was Godaddy and not wordpress or any of the plugins.

I ran a bunch of tests and the initial server request was 3-5 seconds I had to set up a new hosting account this morning on bluehost (only $7mth) and now I’m rocking again. It’s a shame I liked the customer service at Godaddy but the server I was on sucked big time.

By: THAT WAS 3 YEARS AGO!

THAT WAS 3 YEARS AGO! — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:12:35 +0000

This article is soooo 3 years ago. Now, WordPress is the premium all purpose enterprise corporate hosting solution inclusive of your social media needs. Can’t image doing a site without WordPress for 95 percent of enterprise customers. Go Daddy install is a complete sleep walk! So easy, automated, piece of cake. It is almost an injustice for this article to still be up, except that it shows how much WordPress has improved in 3+ years. Hate to think what cell phone I was using 3+ years ago, especially now that I have my HTC Incredible.

By: mathew farris

mathew farris — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:59:48 +0000

grrrr, I used godaddy’s automatic wordpress install which turns out to be far from automatic. Its been 10 mins now and it still says ‘pending installation.’ I could’ve just done it manually by now…

By: Yat

Yat — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:12:29 +0000

What if i have a windows hosting plan account?
I recently purchased a windows deluxe hosting to host MWPSK websites.

Can wordpress function as well on this platform? or does it have to be Linux?

By: Danmark Bag Facaden

Danmark Bag Facaden — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:27:50 +0000

im looking for a webhost who is offering large diskspace and with fantastico@wordpress instalation..
can enyone recomend a decent webhost like that?

and thanks for sharing info

-Danmark Bag Facaden

By: Buddy

Buddy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:07:56 +0000

I have godaddy windows hosting and want to add wordpress to my Orlando Coupons site. Can I do this?

By: oldsweet

oldsweet — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:34:58 +0000

This tutorial is outdated.

Uploading WordPress on godaddy is now just a one-step process, it even automatically creates the mysql database for you.

Just login to your hosting control center:
https://hostingmanager.secureserver.net/Login.aspx

use your accunt number and password account with godaddy

Click the domain name, this will take you to the main
page of hosting control.

Click My applications button at the top (you can’t miss it – it’s a big button)

On the left hand side menu choose Blog>> WordPress

Click Install

Follow the prompts input all the necessary fields
create username/pass for your database and your blog

Click Finish and wait for a few minutes. Everything’s been configured for you.

Easy! I’m just an ordinary folk not a techie but I did it myself. Yay! my website’s coming soon puregratitude.org

By: rezyde

rezyde — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:35:45 +0000

thanks, I was looking for this type of info I wanted to upload a wordpress theme. Just curious how easy it is to edit it.

By: Angela

Angela — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:49:22 +0000

Very helpful! After I do this should there be a button on WordPress for me to add plugins? I THINK I have everything done but nothing looks different to verify this for me.

By: Neo

Neo — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:41:19 +0000

If WordPress mail isn’t working with GoDaddy, follow the steps in this article.
http://www.expertcore.org/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=1079

By: Hanson

Hanson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:05:46 +0000

After setting this up on a sandbox machine I was wondering if it would be that easy to set it up on a GoDaddy hosting. I guess it is!
Thanks for the great info.

By: hussain

hussain — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:58:36 +0000

guys this is my first site
i got the

500 – Internal server error.
There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

HELP ME PLEASE

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By: Adam Wood

Adam Wood — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:04:13 +0000

Honestly- I don’t understand you people.

Go Daddy is a pain… it’s just one big huge spammy pain. But you keep trying to hack through it and make it work. That’s why it still sucks…
If everyone who had these problems swallowed their “i can has fixed it” pride and just switched to a hosting solution that actually worked, then GoDaddy (and Network Solutions, and all the other awful host providers) would either change or go out of business.

Honestly- Check out Blue Host or Host Gator, or any reasonable hosting company…. You can do a Simple Scripts install of WP or Drupal or three dozen other CMSes within 30 seconds of showing up… and it works!

If you want a more beautiful www- Boycott Go Daddy!

By: shamari

shamari — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:47:10 +0000

Grayson, If you didn’t get an answer to your question yet, I can tell you why I received that message when installing wordpress to my godaddy hosting account. The install had not run successfully. You will be prompted for the admin login if the install runs successfully IF you are running it by issuing the command yoursite.com/wordpress_directory/wp-admin.install.php, which you do in a MANUAL install. I documented this on my site: ezw123.com/blog. Good Luck!

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