This guide explains how to install a new Infomaniak WordPress site included in the paid Web Hosting offers. You will find 2 different ways to create a WordPress site as well as explanations about uninstallation.

Create a WordPress site on an existing hosting

To access Web Hosting and add a new site by installing WordPress at the same time:

1. Click here to access the management of your hosting on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the hosting concerned:
   
3. Click the button to add a site:
   
4. Choose to install WordPress.
5. Click the Next button:
   
6. Click the button to use a domain name already present in your Organization (or on the other button if you need to order a new domain first).
7. Select the domain name from your already acquired domains.
   1. The advanced options allow you to choose a custom location on the hosting server, and an older version of PHP.
8. Click the Next button:
   
9. Wait a few minutes for the site to be created on the hosting:
   
10. Enter the requested information, it will be used to log in to the WordPress dashboard (it is possible to modify this information at any time after installation).
11. Click the Next button:
    
12. Enter the information related to your site (it is possible to modify this information at any time after installation).
13. Click the Next button:
    
14. Choose between the Divi theme and the official theme of the latest WordPress version (it is possible to modify this information at any time after installation).
15. Click Next:
    
16. Choose to install or not two Premium extensions offered with your subscription: Monarch and Bloom.
17. Click on Next:
    
18. Confirm the installation from the summary page:
    
19. You can then log in to the WordPress dashboard or return to the Infomaniak site management:
    

Install WordPress on an existing blank site

To access the existing blank site on the hosting and install WordPress:

1. Click here to access the management of your site on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the site concerned:
   
3. Click the button to add an application:
   
4. Choose to install WordPress:
   
5. Click the Next button at the bottom of the page.
6. Enter the requested information, it will be used to log in to the WordPress dashboard (it is possible to modify this information at any time after installation).
7. Click the Next button:
   
8. Continue as from point 12 of the previous chapter above.
   

Uninstall Infomaniak WordPress

You can delete a WordPress site:

1. by completely removing the website from the hosting (and keeping or not the WordPress data, databases, etc.)
2. by keeping the website on the hosting but removing the WordPress app…

Option 1

1. Click here to access the management of your WordPress site on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click on the action menu ⋮ located to the right of the item concerned.
3. Click on Unlink the site:
   
4. Choose whether you want to delete everything or keep a trace of the WordPress data on the hosting server anyway:
    
   1. If you check the box, nothing will remain in the Manager (except backups):
      
      and nothing on the server:
      
   2. If you do not check the box, nothing will remain in the Manager (except backups):
      
      but the WordPress files will still be accessible on the server:
      
      And you will get an error if you later attempt to reinstall a new WordPress site in the same location with the same domain name:
      
5. Confirm the deletion.
6. Click to delete and wait.

Option 2

1. Click here to access the management of your WordPress site on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the site in question:
   
3. Click on the action menu ⋮ located to the right of the item concerned.
4. Click on Delete the app:
   
5. Confirm the deletion and wait, your hosting will still contain a site but without an installed application:
   

Learn more

• View all WordPress FAQs
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• Install another web application