Problem
You’re unable to view your WordPress homepage, and instead see your web page you created in cPanel Site Publisher.
Symptoms
- WordPress is installed and working but you’re unable to view your home page. Other sub pages are working fine.
- You’re able to view your WordPress admin.
Cause
cPanel Site Publisher publishes files to your web space including a file called index.html. When you view your website, the default behaviour is to look for and display your index.html page before attempting to to load WordPress index.php file.
Resolution
Option 1 – Recommended
Remove cPanel Site Publisher files. Follow the steps in the link below to delete the files and directories used by cPanel Site Publisher:
How to Remove Site Publisher Site
The directories and files cPanel Site Publisher uses:
- assets
- COPYRIGHT
- images
- index.html
- LICENSE.txt
- sitemap.xml
Below is an example of Site Publisher files with WordPress. Select the Site Publisher files and directories and delete.
Option 2 – Advanced
Use htaccess to change the default priority. So index.php is loaded before index.html
