{"id":1895,"date":"2018-12-31T05:45:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T05:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&p=1895"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:43:12","slug":"how-to-edit-an-installation","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/enduser\/miscellaneous\/how-to-edit-an-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to edit an installation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Edit Installation Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This page will help you to edit an installation of a script. (for eg. To edit an installation of WordPress<\/strong> just follow the steps given below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Click on the Edit<\/strong> Icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2) After clicking on the Edit<\/strong> Icon you will be redirected to the page where you can edit the installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Fill in the new details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) Now click on the Edit Installation<\/strong> button to edit the installation details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reset Admin Password<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In order to reset the admin password for the installation, you can do so from Softaculous Edit Installation Page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Edit Installation Page, you will find the section Admin Account<\/strong> as shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enter the admin username for which you want to reset the password and enter the new password. Now save by clicking on the Edit Installation<\/strong> button at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your admin password is now changed and you can access your installation’s admin panel using the newly set password. 
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Upgrade Active Plugin(s)\/Theme(s) Now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you want to Upgrade the Active Plugin(s) and Theme(s) of your installation, you can do so from the Edit Installation page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) On the Edit Installation Page, you will find the buttons Upgrade Plugin(s) Now<\/strong> and Upgrade Theme(s) Now<\/strong> besides the options Auto Upgrade Plugins<\/strong> and Auto Upgrade Themes<\/strong> as shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2) Click on these buttons and all the outdated active plugins and themes for the installation will be upgraded to their latest version. 
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Custom CRON Time for Auto Backup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You can set a custom CRON time while setting the auto backup for the installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) On the Edit Installation Page, you will find the option Backups<\/strong> as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2) Select the option Custom<\/strong> option from the Automated Backups<\/strong> dropdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Fields to set Automated Backups CRON Time<\/strong> will be displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4) Enter the Min<\/strong>, Hour<\/strong>, Day<\/strong>, Month<\/strong>, Weekday<\/strong> values in the fields to set the CRON timings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) Now click on the Edit Installation<\/strong> button at the bottom of the page to save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custom CRON Time for the auto backup is now saved and now your auto backups will be performed at the time you specified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select a Backup Location<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1) On the Edit Installation Page, you will find the Backup Location<\/strong> option as shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2) Select the backup location from the values given in the dropdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Once selected, click on the Edit Installation<\/strong> button at the bottom of the page to save the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now you can take a backup of this installation from Create Backup<\/a><\/strong> page. Your backups will be stored at the Backup Location you have set.C<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1682,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-1895","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6301,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1895\/revisions\/6301"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/1682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}