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  1. In cPanel, open Manage My Databases or the Database Wizard.
  2. Enter a name for the database. cPanel adds your account name to the front of it.
  3. Create a database user with a strong password.
  4. Give the user All Privileges on the database and save.

Your app needs four things: the database name, the username, the password and the host, which is localhost.

Installing WordPress with Softaculous? It creates the database for you.

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