Title: Running install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Running install.php

 *  [not-art](https://wordpress.org/support/users/not-art/)
 * (@not-art)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-installphp-2/)
 * If I do not have shell access on my host, do I simply open install.php in a browser
   at the site to install? The intallation docs are vague on this point. When I 
   attempt installing by opening install.php in my browser while logged into my 
   hosting site, I get some HTML of the install interface on my screen, but also
   some of the php code. Entering the weblog title and my email anyway results in
   a Not Found error, I think it’s looking for the WP files in the main hosting 
   directory(?). Am I missing something obvious here, can someone be more explicit
   about the installation procedure? I’ve already checked with my webhosting, they
   say they’re compatible with WP. Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-installphp-2/#post-208542)
 * You need to run install.php in your browser. See: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_5:_Run_the_Install_Script](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_5:_Run_the_Install_Script)
 * If you are seeing nothing but PHP code, then PHP is not configured properly on
   your server.

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/running-installphp-2/#post-208542)
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