How to Find Softaculous in cPanel

This tutorial will teach you how to find Softaculous in your cPanel. Softaculous is an auto installer for cPanel and DirectAdmin that lets you quickly install a variety of web applications. These applications, also called scripts, make it easy for you to make the most of your web hosting account. Some of the categories of scripts you will find in Softaculous include Blogs, Portals, Content Management Systems, E-Commerce, and Forums. Some of the 350 applications that you will find include WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal.

If you are using a VPS, before you can find Softaculous, you must have purchased a license for the software and installed it on your server.

If you are using our web hosting without VPS or have a license for Softaculous in your VPS, then you can log in to your cPanel, and scroll down to the section called Software/Services. There you will find an icon for Softaculous. Another way to find Softaculous us to use the Find box. Begin typing Softaculous in the box. As you type, cPanel will filter out anything that doesn't match what you type. You will see the Softaculous icon in the Software/Services box. Click on the icon to open the software. This will take you to the Softaculous main page, and you are ready to begin installing programs.

This concludes this tutorial. You now know how to locate Softaculous in cPanel.

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