How to Install WordPress on CyberPanel with OpenLiteSpeed in 5 Minutes

CyberPanel is rapidly becoming the favorite control panel for performance enthusiasts because it comes bundled with **OpenLiteSpeed** — a high-performance web server that serves dynamic WordPress pages dramatically faster than legacy Apache.

Here is how to deploy a lightning-fast WordPress installation on CyberPanel.

Prerequisites - A domain name with its DNS A Record pointing to your CyberPanel server IP address. - Active CyberPanel access (port `:8090`).

Step 1: Create Website 1. Log in to CyberPanel at `https://YOUR_SERVER_IP:8090` 2. In the left navigation menu, click **Websites → Create Website** 3. Select Package: **Default** 4. Select Owner: **admin** 5. Enter Domain Name: `example.co.ke` 6. Enter Administrator Email 7. Select PHP: **PHP 8.2** or **8.3** 8. Check the boxes for: - **SSL** (Issues free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate) - **DKIM Support** - **open_basedir Protection** 9. Click **Create Website**.

Step 2: Deploy WordPress with LSCache 1. In the left menu, click **WordPress → Deploy WordPress** (or navigate to **Websites → List Websites → Manage → WP + LSCache**) 2. Fill in your blog title, admin username, secure password, and email 3. Leave **Install LSCache** toggled **ON** (this installs the LiteSpeed Cache plugin automatically pre-configured for the web server) 4. Click **Install Now**. In ~60 seconds, your site is fully live!

Step 3: Verify OpenLiteSpeed Caching Visit your new site in an Incognito window, open Developer Tools (`F12`), check the Network tab, and inspect the response headers. You will see: ```text x-litespeed-cache: hit server: LiteSpeed ``` Your site is now serving static cached HTML in under 200ms directly from RAM!