{"id":1966,"date":"2024-02-15T07:25:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2024-02-15T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T02:01:32","slug":"what-is-softaculous-and-how-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/what-is-softaculous-and-how-use-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Softaculous? And How Do You Use It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the idea of<span>\u00a0<\/span>building your website<span>\u00a0<\/span>from scratch can sound thrilling at first, but it\u2019s often a tough, tiresome, and time-consuming task. Thankfully, there\u2019s Softaculous to save the day and make this daunting duty a bit simpler.<\/p>\n<p>Today, there\u2019s a whole variety of valuable open-source applications out there (WordPress, Joomla, and<span>\u00a0<\/span>Magento<span>\u00a0<\/span>to name a few) and they can help you build a fully functional and breathtakingly beautiful site without much trouble.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/soft.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/soft.png 274w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/soft-272x182.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest hawk-processed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"a52ae6a5-09ba-4a9c-ae0e-70065559e114\" data-result=\"missing\">\n<div class=\"hawk-master-widget-hawk-wrapper\">However, to tap into their potential you\u2019ll have to install them and get them up and running first \u2013 and these installations can get somewhat tricky since they almost always call for unzipping files, creating databases with specific user permissions, renaming and editing PHP configuration files, uploading these files to the correct web directories and then running installation scripts.<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span>Fortunately, there\u2019s a less troublesome way to get your favorite apps in full swing and you can do it in a flash \u2013 enter Softaculous, an open-source app auto-installer that\u2019ll allow you to install any app you want in a couple of clicks.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>So, let\u2019s check out Softaculous &#8211; what it is and how you can use it to simplify your life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-unit-2\" class=\"ad-unit\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/what-is-softaculous-and-how-use-it\/#What_is_Softaculous\" >What is Softaculous?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/what-is-softaculous-and-how-use-it\/#How_to_use_Softaculous\" >How to use Softaculous?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"what-is-softaculous-xa0-3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Softaculous\"><\/span><strong>What is Softaculous?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Softaculous is an auto-script installer that allows its users to install and configure a wide variety of commercial and open-source apps via scripts and PHP classes.<\/p>\n<p>This installer supports multiple control panels (including<span>\u00a0<\/span><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanel.net\" target=\"_blank\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/best\/cpanel-hosting\" data-component-tracked=\"1\" class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">cPanel<\/a>, Plesk, and DirectAdmin) and it can also take up installs of other auto-installers. It\u2019s able to work well with custom hosting panels, but for that, you\u2019ll have to opt for a premium plan.<\/p>\n<p>Along with installing scripts, you can also utilize Softaculous to keep your installs up to date, back them all up, and even create a staging site where you can test any changes and try out any features you wish to add to your live site inside a secure environment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The updates of the applications are faster and will frequently update every hour with the latest version. It always tries to upgrade each of the scripts and provide better options for the users.<\/li>\n<li>Directly from the Softaculous panel, you can allow to create and download backups.<\/li>\n<li>In Softaculous you can choose\u00a0http:\/\/,\u00a0https:\/\/,\u00a0http:\/\/www\u00a0or\u00a0https:\/\/ www\u00a0while installing the scripts.<\/li>\n<li>You can enable email notification for newer scripts availability, the backup process, and continuous updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One click installs \u2013 With one click you can install Apps.<\/li>\n<li>Daily Updates \u2013 \u00a0To get the updated version of apps within a day.<\/li>\n<li>417 Apps \u2013 417 Apps are available in Softaculous.<\/li>\n<li>Backups\/Restore \u2013\u00a0 \u00a0You can configure backups using Softaculous.<\/li>\n<li>Multilingual \u2013 You can install the apps in the native language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_use_Softaculous\"><\/span><strong>How to use Softaculous?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Softaculous performs the<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>automatic installation<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>of software on your hosting space. We will assume you use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coimbatorewebhosting.com\/unlimited-coimbatore-web-hosting\/\">Coimbatore webhosting<\/a>, and you want to install a new platform for a site, blog, forum, or some of the supported CMS platforms (CMS \u2013 Content Management System, example: WordPress is CMS). To accomplish this, you need to follow the simple procedure:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Access to your cPanel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cpanel-271x300.png\" alt=\"inode in web hosting\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cpanel-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cpanel.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find Softaculous. At the top right of the cPanel, there is a &#8220;Search Tools&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064406-300x118.png\" alt=\"Softaculous\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064406-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064406-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064406-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064406-1536x603.png 1536w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064406.png 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Type &#8220;Softaculous&#8221; click on the first result that appears in the results<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064824-300x143.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064824-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064824-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064824-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064824-1536x731.png 1536w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-064824.png 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Softaculous opens, in the panel on the left side there are groups of software with associated platforms:<\/p>\n<p><span>If you click on the first group of software called Blogs, you will see a list of platforms that you can install if you want to run a blog. The WordPress is here. However, if you click on a group called Portals \/ CMS, you can discover even more platforms that will benefit you if you run a portal or site. Here you can find Joomla and Drupal platforms:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-065330-1-300x153.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-065330-1-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-065330-1-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-065330-1-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-065330-1-1536x784.png 1536w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-15-065330-1.png 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you select one of the platforms and click on its name, in the right panel you need to enter the basic installation information. Depending on the platform, it is usually necessary to select the location (domain or special directory) where the software will be installed, you will also need to enter the username and password for the first administrator, as well as the email address to which the installation details will be sent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-300x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-1536x745.png 1536w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.png 1892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2-1536x821.png 1536w, https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the idea of\u00a0building your website\u00a0from scratch can sound thrilling at first, but it\u2019s often a tough, tiresome, and time-consuming task. 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Today, there\u2019s a whole variety of valuable open-source applications out there (WordPress, Joomla, and\u00a0Magento\u00a0to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-softaculous"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/softaculous.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa2YU7-vI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1979,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966\/revisions\/1979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coimbatorewebhosting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}