{"id":1549,"date":"2014-04-30T12:49:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T12:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/hosting-faqs\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2020-07-15T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:45:47","slug":"install-mediawiki-hosting-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/install-mediawiki-hosting-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install MediaWiki From Softaculous?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch this video for a step by step process on how to install MediaWiki from Softaculous <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P59_G0sGVeQ\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>MediaWiki is a free server-based software or a content management system in the wiki software style that is used to build your own web presence. It is designed to run on a large cluster of servers for a website that gets millions of hits per day. MediaWiki is a powerful, scalable software and a feature-rich wiki implementation that uses PHP to process and display data stored in a database, such as MySQL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now to install MediaWiki from Softaculous follow these simple steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to the\u00a0<strong>cPanel.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Navigate to\u00a0<strong>the Software<\/strong>\u00a0section and click on\u00a0<strong>Softaculous Apps Installer. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>On the left-hand side, you will see a search box in that search for\u00a0<strong>MediaWiki<\/strong>\u00a0and click on it.<\/li>\n<li>As you can see the Softaculous dashboard where you can click on\u00a0<strong>Install Now<\/strong>\u00a0to install\u00a0<strong>MediaWiki.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the MediaWiki installation dashboard, you can edit the field named as\u00a0<strong>choose installation URL<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>change the protocol, domain and directory or leave them default.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>the Admin account<\/strong>\u00a0section, you can enter\u00a0<strong>Admin Username<\/strong>\u00a0as per your choice or keep it as default.\u00a0If you want to change the admin password then click on the\u00a0<strong>Key icon<\/strong>\u00a0and it will generate a strong alphanumeric password.<\/li>\n<li>Note this password as you will require it at the time of\u00a0<strong>logging in to MediaWiki.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Go to\u00a0<strong>Advanced options<\/strong>\u00a0and if you wish to then you can enter the\u00a0<strong>Database Name\u00a0<\/strong>as per your choice<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>you can change the<strong>\u00a0Table Prefix\u00a0<\/strong>name<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>as per your choice, this will give you a unique prefix to stop any naming conflicts or confusion to the database name.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t want any notification for emails then check the option\u00a0<strong>Disable Update Notifications Emails<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Do not upgrade must be selected if you have performed any customizations in the code OR theme. If they are auto-upgraded then there are high chances that it would overwrite them.<\/li>\n<li>By selecting\u00a0<strong>Upgrade to any latest version available<\/strong>\u00a0option, if a new version of MediaWiki is available then your current version gets updated to the latest version.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>Email installation details to<\/strong>\u00a0field enter the\u00a0<strong>email id<\/strong>\u00a0where you wish to receive the installation details.<\/li>\n<li>Now, click on\u00a0<strong>the Install<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<li>It may take 3-4 minutes for the installation.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Administrative URL<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>enter username and password<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Then click on\u00a0<strong>Log in<\/strong>\u00a0button and you will see the\u00a0<strong>MediaWiki dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So in this way you can install MediaWiki from Softaculous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also check:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/check-exact-version-mediawiki\/\">How To Check The Exact Version Of MediaWiki?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n    {\n      \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n      \"@type\": \"VideoObject\",\n      \"name\": \"How to Install MediaWiki from Softaculous? | MilesWeb\",\n      \"duration\": \"P4M06S\",\n      \"uploadDate\": \"2020-07-10\",\n      \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/P59_G0sGVeQ\/default.jpg\",\n      \"description\": \"What is MediaWiki?   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