Deploying your WordPress website from your desktop to a live server is easy if your host uses cPanel. You won’t even need to mess around with FTP software as cPanel includes a file manager utility that can greatly simplify and speed this task for you. DesktopServer Premium also features a Quick Deploy feature that can make it faster for small to medium-sized sites. But in this post I’ll show you how to deploy a site manually with cPanel alone which is better suited for larger or more complex sites that Quick Deploy may not support. There are three basic steps to deploying manually:

  1. Create an Empty Database
  2. Export Your Development Website
  3. Upload Your Website Data

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