1. Login to your cPanel account.

2. In the Software section, click on the Softaculous App Installer icon.

   

3. cPanel will redirect you to the Softaculous panel.

4. On the left side of your screen you should locate the “Forums” category. Click on it and then click on the MyBB link that will appear.

   

5. Click on the Install button.

   

6. Fill the necessary field under the “Software Setup” field:

   • Choose Protocol: You can leave this as it is.
   • Choose Domain: If you don’t have multiple domains, lave this as it is.
   • In Directory: If you want to install this in a directory, for example, “example.com/forums”, enter the directory name. Otherwise, leave this blank to install in your main domain example.com

7. Enter the following details under the “Board Settings” field"

   • Site Name: Enter the name of your website such as “My Website”.
   • Board Name: Name of the forum.
   • Board Email: The forum’s email address.

   

8. Under the Admin Account field, enter the following information:

   • Admin Username: Your new MyBB username (for security reasons do not use the “Administrator” or the “Admin” username.)

   • Admin Password: Use a strong password.

   • Admin Email: Your email address. (Userful for administrator account password reset, notifications, etc.)

     

   Copy the admin username and password on a notepad, or preferably a password saving program, because you will need these login details to access the admin area of your MyBB Forum.

9. Enter the following details under the Choose Language field:

   • Select Language: The default language of the forum is English.
   • Advanced Options: Leave this as is unless you want to change the database name or take an automated backup. Please note that taking frequent backups may take a lot of disk space.

Finally, scroll down to the end of the page and click on the Install button.