November 27, 2010 by Vincent
One Click Install WordPress & Other Web App
If your web host does not come with Fantastico or other automatic web application installer, you would know how tedious it is to do the job manually.
Instant Install is created exactly to solve this problem. Instead of downloading and uploading the entire script of your desired web application, which really is a lot of files, you can complete the same task with just a tiny php file (417 bytes).
Just upload the Instant Install php installer to the directory where you want to install your web application, point your browser to it, select your desired web app, and lastly, sit back, relax.
Instant Install will then download and extract the files to your server and then forwards your browser to the setup. For now, Instant Install supports the installation of 9 web applications, namely:
- WordPress
- bbPress
- Chyrp
- Drupal
- Joomla
- phpBB
- PrestaShop
- Symphony
- Vanilla
Head over Instant Install to download the php installer.
Ishan - December 1, 2010 @ 12:09 am
This script seems to be a good options for people whose hosts didn’t install Fantastico or the ones who want to learn manual installation procedure. I knew about another script but that was only for WordPress, this seems better.
Vincent - December 1, 2010 @ 9:00 am
@Ishan, are you pointing to EasyWP? If yes, the php file download link is now pointing to Instant Install, so I guess they are somewhat related.
Ishan - December 1, 2010 @ 12:44 pm
@Vincent, Yes, it was EasyWP. Looks like people at Easy WP decided to add more script. This is only good for beginners.
kbharath - December 14, 2010 @ 6:45 pm
Thanks for sharing this.
Jeffrey - June 9, 2012 @ 2:46 am
This script has stopped working, any idea when it might be back up? we love it and use it often!