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Martin Švec
8,208 PointsWebhosting and manual wordpress installation
Please, do I understand this correctly? WordPress manual installation is needed only for local development, right? If I have a webhosting, I don't need to install WordPress manually since it is is server based.
I need to edit one plugin, but it is not possible through WordPress admin panel. If I don't have WordPress installed on my computer, how can I find the file where I can edit the code?
Thank you all for your answers. I am new to WP and this would help me a lot to understand it more.
2 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsI also install WP manually on my server. I never use the one click install. I use the manual install methods because it gives me the options to ensure my installation is properly salted, and I have unique database prefixes, both good for security reasons.
You still have to install wordpress on your host. It's not automatic. Most hots have as I mentioned I one click install button that runs a script that downloads and installs everything you need.
Depending on your hosts backend, is how you find your wp files. Many hosts us cPanel, others use Plesk, others might something else.
Basically, you'll want to look for the file manager, from there you can drill down into the core folders of wordpress, find the wp-content folder, then the plugins folder, than your plugin's folder, than the files associated with the plugin.
Now, comes the warning. You should never change a plugins core code. If the plugin gets updated, everything you change will be lost. I'm not sure what you need it to do, but there has to be a better way.
Martin Švec
8,208 PointsI didn't find file manager on cPanel, but I think I found out why. I have managed WordPress hosting on GoDaddy and I think it does not allowed to explore the files on the server. I guess my best option will be to buy normal hosting.
Martin Švec
8,208 PointsMartin Švec
8,208 PointsThanks for your answer Kevin
I have hosting on GoDaddy and I have no idea how to find wp files. I even tried to contact their support, but I didn't much understand their answer. Not because they were not trying to be helpeful, but because I am new to WP.
Look for a file manager? Could you please describe that a little bit more.
Thank you again for taking time to answer my question.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsKevin Korte
28,149 PointsI don't know what godaddy uses, but I'm going to guess it's cPanel. Each cPanel is usually customized though for the host using it, and I don't use godaddy, so I can't be super specific, but you need to find somewhere in your account where all you options are there should be something called "File Manager".
I've seen the cPanel accounts of both HostGator and JustHost, and although both looked very different, they were both called "File Manager". I have no idea where in GoDaddy that will be, but it'll be somewhere.
This allows you to explore the files that are on the server. From there, you can start to drill down in the wordpress installation to where the plugins live.