{"id":2481,"date":"2011-09-25T05:47:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T09:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2021-10-19T06:48:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T10:48:20","slug":"preinstalled-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/preinstalled-script\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s a Preinstalled Script, And Do I Need It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When setting up your next website, you will inevitably come across a need for dynamic web applications. These are things that your users can work with, adding their own content, viewing yours in a quick manner, and even manipulating it to a fine-edge. From a server-side perspective, having dynamic web apps allows you to create media in a speedy way, and then get it out to all of your various end-game sites in a pinch.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, many current <a href=\"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/\">web hosts<\/a> provide preinstalled scripts of varying types. These are applications that are often times built into the <a href=\"https:\/\/cpanel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cPanel<\/a>, or can be installed with a mere click of a button. Think of how many hosts you\u2019ve seen offering <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a> at the get-go: Seems like most of them, right? In fact, everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joomla.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joomla<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/magento.com:443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magento<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/MediaWiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MediaWiki<\/a> can be yours, depending on the provider.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Long story short, when creating a new website, should you be taking advantage of these preinstalled script offerings to flesh out your site with dynamic content?<\/p>\n<p>Short answer in long form: Yes! Here\u2019s why, too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>These Scripts Are Safe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because your provider knows its servers, and because they\u2019ve become intimately acquainted with the software they\u2019re looking to install, you can be almost absolutely positive they\u2019ll have the thing locked down. This doesn\u2019t mean your new system will be hacker-proof, but it\u2019s certainly better off than if you had installed it yourself on an unfamiliar server you don\u2019t even have direct access too. All in all, it\u2019s their basket, and they have an eye on it. If you\u2019re looking to keep your server as secure as possible, leave the app installation to the provider, and use what they\u2019re offering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s Easy Like Apple Pie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even better, relying on preinstalled dynamic web apps takes a huge load off of you. You don\u2019t have to worry about uploading code to the server, installing it properly, locking it down with better security protection, and managing it as problems arise. Better yet, when problems do occur\u2014and trust us, they will\u2014it\u2019s up to your provider to help you sort them out. With an automatically installed script, the host takes care of the installation, manages the script once placed, and brings the content to you hassle free. It\u2019s like being given a Christmas gift that unwraps itself, plays without stopping, and fixes any tears that appear.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s not a win, we don\u2019t know what is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When setting up your next website, you will inevitably come across a need for dynamic web applications. These are things that your users can work with, adding their own content,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2733],"tags":[20,50],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools","tag-cpanel","tag-joomla"],"views":95,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}