{"id":5679,"date":"2024-04-23T06:42:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/softaculous-cloud\/launch-sandbox-wordpress-instance\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:21:33","slug":"install-wordpress-on-sandbox-domain","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/docs\/softaculous-cloud\/install-wordpress-on-sandbox-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Install WordPress on Sandbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress and other apps available via Softaculous can be installed on the sandbox domain which comes with your <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.softaculous.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Softaculous Cloud<\/a> account.<br>This domain can be used to test your website, plugins, themes, etc without the hassle of purchasing a domain or a hosting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note\u00a0<\/strong>: Sandbox websites are temporary and are automatically delete after 7 days from the date of installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Go to WordPress Sandbox page<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.softaculous.com\/index.php?act=software&amp;soft=26&amp;tab=install&amp;trial=1&amp;quick=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress Sandbox<\/a> link from the left menu which will directly take you to the WordPress installation page.<br>Here the hosting account will be pre-selected with your Softaculous Sandbox hosting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fill the In Directory field to install WP in a subdirectory or leave it empty and the installation will be done in the document root<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill in the other details like WordPress version, Admin credentials, email, etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>(Optional)<\/strong> You can also select the available Plugins and Themes that will be automatically installed with your WordPress installation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wp-install-scloud-sandbox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wp-install-scloud-sandbox.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wp-install-scloud-sandbox.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wp-install-scloud-sandbox-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wp-install-scloud-sandbox-768x334.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now just click on the install button and wait for the installation to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/docs\/softaculous-cloud\/add-hosting-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">add your hosting account<\/a> to Softaculous Cloud and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/docs\/softaculous-cloud\/install-wordpress-on-your-hosting-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">install WordPress on your domain<\/a> present on that hosting account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":5620,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","docs_category":[],"class_list":["post-5679","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5679","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=5679"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5872,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5679\/revisions\/5872"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"docs_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs_category?post=5679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}