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WordPress How to Make a Website with WordPress Installing WordPress 1 Click WordPress Install

install wordpress set up with cpanel

he following errors were found : Could not make the query numbered : 30 MySQL Error No : 1064 MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '1, 1, now(), now(), 'WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by million' at line 1

I don't know what this mean

10 Answers

Alan Khoury
Alan Khoury
6,127 Points

I just tried to do the same thing and got the same error.

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Have you created a database on your host, either via cpanel or phpMyAdmin?

Is the database name you've created on your host the same name as the database that is referenced in wp-config.php?

Please ensure that both the above steps are completed and if you are still having issues let us know so that some more troubleshooting may be done.

Good luck and have fun. :-)

I'm encountering the same problem. Very frustrating.

Alan Khoury
Alan Khoury
6,127 Points

i ended up performing a manual install which was very quick anyway

yep, same problem here. will try a manual install.

Connor Toth
Connor Toth
7,335 Points

Same issue. I'm brand new to all of this so even a manual install of Word Press I'm unsure of how to do..

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Using cPanel - Wordpress Codex

cPanel documentation for Wordpress

From the Wordpress Installation Troubleshooting page it states you may have to reset the user password for the database.

Of note, on that page as well, it suggets to check to see if you have an auto-installer in your cPanel such as Softaculous.

Isn't it so frustrating? I'm in the middle of the "famous 5-minute install", which is going way beyond 5 minutes at the moment, but so far so good. Hardest part was figuring how to get into my root-directory via ftp (strongly recommend FileZilla, that's working best for me).

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install

Just finished... it worked :-)

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Glad you worked through it successfully. :-)

Connor Toth
Connor Toth
7,335 Points

I just tried to install manually. I updated the wp-config.php with the database info I created via cpanel, and uploaded the files to the public_html via filezilla. When I go to (sitename).com/wp-admin I get this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_multisite() in /home/cotothco/public_html/wp-includes/default-constants.php on line 20

Connor Toth
Connor Toth
7,335 Points

I think I realize what I did. I went into the wordpress folder and uploaded all the files/folders in there into public_html, instead of uploading the wordpress folder itself.

Rokas Simkonis
Rokas Simkonis
6,124 Points

I got the same error. However, I found that the solution is to first install the mySQL server through the wizard, and then you can install WordPress.

So maybe the video should be updated to list that step first.