Magento is a free shopping cart application which supports many payment processors and shipping methods.

Installing Magento is not a very complex task. You can check our Magento installation tutorial for more information on the installation steps.

However, many people find it hard to perform a script installation themselves. This is why many hosting providers offer automatic tools through which users can easily install an application in just a few clicks.

As one of the leading hosts on the market, SiteGround offers automatic tools for easy application installation.

Our customized cPAddons Site Software tool offers everything you need to start your website right away. With cPAddons you can not only install an application in a few clicks, but also upgrade it or uninstall it without any problems. The SiteGround team of specialists keeps all applications in the Site Software section up to date, with the latest security patches available. This guarantees that you will always have secure and up-to-date software on your website.

SiteGround customers can easily install Magento in just a few clicks from their cPanel > Site Software. In the Ecommerce section click Magento and on the new page fill in the required details:

Admin User: the user for accessing Magento's admin area
Admin Pass: the password for the admin user
Admin Password (Again): retype the password for the admin user
Email: your email address
Installation URL: the URL for the Magento installation; choose a domain from the drop-down menu and type the name of the folder where you would like Magento installed; leave blank to install it in the domain's main folder

Click the Install button to complete the new Magento installation.

If you have an existing Magento installation and there is an available upgrade for it, it will be listed in the Upgrade section. Click Upgrade to upgrade your application to the latest version.

To uninstall Magento, simply click the Uninstall button.

If you have problems installing Magento yourself and your current host does nothing to help you, check our  Magento hosting package. SiteGround offers the best Magento hosting and we'll assist you with any Magento-related questions/problems you may have.