If you followed the recommended hosting provider (HostGator), your plan came with WordPress pre-installed.

Before starting from scratch, the automatic installation will be removed to allow for a clean installation experience.

To remove the existing installation:

1. Access your HostGator Dashboard (Account Manager);
2. Instead of clicking Edit Site to enter WordPress, click the Settings button under your domain name;
3. You'll be taken to a new screen with technical details about your WordPress installation;
4. Click the Settings tab in the horizontal menu;
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and look for the section called Remove WordPress entirely;
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to delete the current installation.

If you didn't use HostGator or your hosting provider doesn't include automatic removal through their dashboard, you can delete your WordPress installation using cPanel.

Contact their support team to learn how to access cPanel.

Here's how:

1. Log into your hosting account and access cPanel;
2. Scroll down to Software and open WordPress Manager by Softaculous (the name may vary slightly depending on your version);
3. On the next screen, you'll see your current WordPress installations listed;
4. Find the domain you want to reset and check the checkbox next to it;
5. At the bottom or top of the list, find the dropdown that says With Selected: and choose Remove Completely;
6. Confirm the removal and wait a few moments for the process to finish.

This will delete all WordPress files, databases, and data associated with that installation.

Once the previous installation has been removed, it's time to install WordPress from scratch.

If you're using HostGator:

1. Go back to the Hosting section in the left sidebar;
2. Scroll down to Quick Links, then click on cPanel;
3. Inside cPanel, scroll to Software and select WordPress Manager by Softaculous.

The remainder of the process follows the same steps outlined in the lesson Installing WordPress via cPanel. This section will not repeat those steps. However, the previous chapter can be referenced as needed for a refresher.

Once WordPress is installed, the next step is to install the theme used in this project: Astra.

The process of searching for and installing Astra was previously covered and will not be repeated here.

After installing Astra, one of its free Starter Templates will be imported to provide a ready-made layout. This process was explained in detail in an earlier lesson.

After the theme and template are set up, it's time to adjust a few key settings to match your project:

• Go to Settings → General;
• Set the Site Title and Tagline;
• Update the Site Language and Timezone.

As these steps were covered previously, this chapter will simply repeat the process as part of the full setup.