How to add an existing WordPress install to 1-click web apps

This guide shows you how to import an existing WordPress installation into 1-click web apps. The same steps will work for any app that 1-click web apps supports, like modx, Joomla, Magento, and more.

This is for apps that do not yet show up in the list of installed applications within 1-click web apps in Plesk. It does not describe how to transfer it from another hosting provider or another server. See here for the correct guide for transferring WordPress from an external server.

Do you have an application that you manually installed on your website? Make management of the app easier by importing it into 1-click web apps where you can automatically backup, update, clone, create staging environments and more.

Note: Check the 1 click web apps utility in Plesk to see if you’ve already got this website listed. If so, then you don’t need to do this: it’s already imported!

Things you will need

• The path the application is installed to. For example, if you have to enter yourdomain.com/wordpress in your browser to get to the admin panel, then your path is /wordpress

Great, let’s get importing!

1. Login to Plesk
2. Choose 1-Click Web Apps.
3. If you see a list of already installed applications, choose the “Applications Browser” tab in the upper right corner
4. In the list of apps, choose “WordPress” in the application directory (or if you’re importing a different app, be sure to select the correct one)
5. Choose the button to the right of “Install this application” (it has an image of a downward pointing arrow), then select Import.
6. Select the domain/website name that your application is installed to in the list
7. If the site is installed to a subfolder enter the path to the application (ex: if the URL to the site is mysite.com/wpsite would mean you would enter wpsite as the path. In most cases the path is blank.
8. If you have files saved separately from your web app’s file manager (ex: outside of the media library in WordPress), then change the directory contents dropdown to tell 1-click which extra files are part of your application. If you don’t know anything about this, leave it at its default.
9. Choose the “Import” button and after a few seconds, you’ll be all set! You can start upgrading your application through the installer and making backups whenever you like.