How to add, attach, or import an existing web app like WordPress to 1-click web apps

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

This guide 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.

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!

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.

1. Begin by Logging in to Plesk
2. Choose 1-Click Web Apps (or Installatron)
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, select the app you’ll be attaching to 1-click web apps (ex: WordPress)
5. Choose the import button in the upper right corner. Tip: the import button may be hidden beneath a menu (or hamburger) button.
6. Select the Domain/URL 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!

Now that the app has been imported, you may wish to edit it, and configure your preferred update configuration and set up automatic backups.