There are advantages and disadvantages to both. New Installation Pros You get to start over. Any mistakes you made or anything you didn’t do right you can do over. I know from experience that every time I create a website I become better at it. Fresh start. Any plugins that leave stuff, unused media, customized … Read more
Definitely a file permissions issue. In a nutshell, this error means that your website cannot write/add/delete files in the plugins folder on your webserver. To fix this you need to update your file permissions for the WordPress install on your server. You will need SSH access to your server with the user that has write … Read more
Try restarting the services. If you still get the error of Error establishing a database connection, open wp-config.php and check if you have entered the proper database details (username, password, database name, host)
You won’t be able to install any plugins on WordPress.com. In order to do that you’ll need to move to the self-hosted version of WordPress that you can download for free at WordPress.org. You will need to purchase hosting and domain. Some hosts can have WordPress setup for you as part of their hosting package. … Read more
I managed it myself, I just erased a htaccess file, there was one of another website in parent folder (I moved it back after installation)
The standard for these issues is the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. It’s a rather big document. Basically (and very roughly), the standard paths on Linux are: /bin & /sbin are for vital programs for the OS, sbin being for administrators only ; /usr/bin & /usr/sbin are for not vital programs, sbin being for administrators only ; … Read more
Read https://deliciousbrains.com/how-why-install-wordpress-core-subdirectory/ and updated two fields in the wp_options table: siteurl and home. After updating both of these, my site appears to be working correctly.
There could be any number of problems with your site, so it’s really hard to say what the real “problem” is. I’d suggest first checking out your console for http request errors (see if there are any files not transferring), and also try logging in to see if anything changes. Based on what you’re describing, … Read more
Update: Microsoft has created the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool to make this very easy. I used this guide as a set of directions – http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry 1. Get a USB Thumbdrive between 4-32GB. If the drive is larger than 32GB, Windows cannot format it as FAT32, so an alternate utility must be used. Windows can … Read more
Use WP-CLI’s – wp core install – Runs the standard WordPress installation process. Creates the WordPress tables in the database using the URL, title, and default admin user details provided. Performs the famous 5 minute install in seconds or less. $ wp core install –url=example.com –title=Example –admin_user=supervisor –admin_password=strongpassword –[email protected] Success: WordPress installed successfully.