---
title: "How to install Wordpress to your server"
date: 2010-01-06
author: "Courtney Robertson"
categories:
  - name: "Social Media"
    url: "/category/social.md"
  - name: "WordPress"
    url: "/category/wptips.md"
tags:
  - name: "fantastico"
    url: "/tag/fantastico.md"
  - name: "hostgaor"
    url: "/tag/hostgaor.md"
  - name: "install"
    url: "/tag/install.md"
  - name: "installation"
    url: "/tag/installation.md"
  - name: "wordpress"
    url: "/tag/wordpress.md"
---

# How to install Wordpress to your server

Starting your own website using Wordpress involves 8 steps.

 



## Steps to install Wordpress (if using Hostgator)

1. Login, browse to Fantastico
2. Click Wordpress
3. New Installation
4. Browse to domain (usually keep the directory blank), use a different name than “admin”
5. Finish installation
6. Open dashboard
7. Login
8. View finished site