09-10-2019, 12:57 AM
Actually to install WordPress manually is easy. It is one option of many that are there. I've been there, I've done that.
Fastest for me however is Softaculous. I've got Softaculous set up with my VestaCP. Drawback of that of course is if VestaCP or Softaculous fails, then it may have a negative impact on the WordPress installation. My blogs are however so small, and I do regular backups. To recreate everything from scratch again is super fast. If you check through the tutorials, at one stage I was trying to find the quickest way to set up a VPS with a WordPress site from beginning to end. For me it's faster to set it up using VestaCP and Softaculous, than manually from the command line. I also like the way VestaCP looks like, nicely organized. What you see is what you get. Using the command line can be very boring and visually not as appealing. But yes, I agree it is much MUCH more secure.
However, this thread is not about installation of WordPress but migration of WordPress Websites. And it is not applicable to guys like you who prefer to do everything manually. This has to do with guys like me who like to use plugins to back up and migrate Websites fast. I have all of my backups neatly filed and organized. And in this case was able to extract a blog I hadn't used from 2016. So this system works well.
Fastest for me however is Softaculous. I've got Softaculous set up with my VestaCP. Drawback of that of course is if VestaCP or Softaculous fails, then it may have a negative impact on the WordPress installation. My blogs are however so small, and I do regular backups. To recreate everything from scratch again is super fast. If you check through the tutorials, at one stage I was trying to find the quickest way to set up a VPS with a WordPress site from beginning to end. For me it's faster to set it up using VestaCP and Softaculous, than manually from the command line. I also like the way VestaCP looks like, nicely organized. What you see is what you get. Using the command line can be very boring and visually not as appealing. But yes, I agree it is much MUCH more secure.
However, this thread is not about installation of WordPress but migration of WordPress Websites. And it is not applicable to guys like you who prefer to do everything manually. This has to do with guys like me who like to use plugins to back up and migrate Websites fast. I have all of my backups neatly filed and organized. And in this case was able to extract a blog I hadn't used from 2016. So this system works well.