Install apps like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento, etc in Plesk is now just one click away. Softaculous Auto installer enables hundreds of apps which cover a wide array of categories like CMS, Blogs, Forums, E-Commerce, ERP, Wikis, Social Networking, Project Management and many more.

Softaculous also includes a WordPress Manager which allows users to manage their WordPress applications from with the Softaculous panel. It allows users to Manage Plugins, Themes, Security features, 1-Click Auto Login to wp-admin, Create users, Auto Upgrade WordPress Core, plugins & themes & much more..

Softaculous not only simplifies script installation but also helps users to manage their applications with updates, backups, restore and many more features.

Softaculous Auto Installer is currently trusted by over 15,000 web hosts and 5 Million endusers worldwide.

Features

• One Step Install for hundreds of Apps and new apps are added regularly
• Feature Rich WordPress Manager
• Create a template of your installation and restore it on another domain anytime you need
• Create a Staging copy of your website to test updates or any changes before applying it on your live website
• Create an independent copy of your installation by Cloning an installation
• One Click backups and restore
• Backup on Remote servers like Google Drive, OneDrive, AWS S3, Dropbox, WebDAV, FTP, FTPS and SFTP
• Daily script updates to keep all installations up to date
• Clean, easy to use, intuitive and simple User Interface to make the user experience better
• Multilingual: Softaculous is available in 16 languages which include English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and more.
• Multilingual Scripts: Softaculous also allows users to install scripts in their native language
• Demos which helps users to preview the script and its features before installing it
• Ratings and Reviews will users to refer to other users' experience with the scripts
• Re-branding options are also available which includes option like like changing the logo, auto installer name, email templates and much more.
• Trusted by over 15000+ web hosts worldwide. Several datacenters and huge web hosts worldwide offer Softaculous as the default auto installer.
• 24X7 Support is available via email and support ticket system so you can count on the support team if you face any issues.

Compatibility

Softaculous requires working PHP with the following extensions enabled :

• ionCube
• posix
• curl
• xml
• mysqli
• json

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1.5.12 (20 May 2025)

• [*] Changed EventListener as recommended in Plesk SDK

1.5.11 (5 November 2024)

• [*] Added support for PHP 8.3

1.5.10 (16 August 2024)

• [*] Added Softaculous icon in Reseller panel

1.5.9 (25 April 2024)

• [*] Added support for PHP 8.2
• [*] Added support for separate icons in Plesk and Softaculous panel
• [*] Softaculous icon will appear only if the logged in user has "Create and manage sites" permissions
• [*] Improved error message while installing Softaculous if no PHP is available with ionCube extension

1.5.8 (31 July 2023)

• [*] Improved the icon in domain properties section

1.5.7 (16 March 2023)

• [*] Fixed PHP Warning in post-install script

1.5.6 (17 February 2023)

• [*] Fixed PHP Warning in post-install script

1.5.5 (26 January 2023)

• [*] Added support for PHP 8.1

1.5.4 (28 August 2022)

• [*] Fixed Softaculous Icon in Navigation Menu for Plesk v18+

1.5.3 (17 June 2021)

• [*] Fixed the Softaculous docs link in meta.xml
• [*] Allowed admins to choose to show/hide the WordPress Manager button

1.5.2 (10 March 2021)

• [*] Fixed the upgrade issue on Debian servers

1.5.1 (27 February 2021)

• [*] Added WordPress Manager icon for accessing WordPress Manager in Softaculous. This button can be enabled/disabled by admin from Service Plans.
• [*] While detecting which PHP version to be used by Softaculous it will also check if ionCube is enabled in that PHP binary.
• [*] Fixed the installer issue on Ubuntu 20.x

1.5.0 (5 January 2021)

• [*] Changes to use any available PHP binary instead of depending upon /usr/bin/php

1.4.1 (17 July 2020)

• [*] After upgrading the Softaculous extension the Softaculous settings were overwritten. This is fixed now.

1.4.0 (13 April 2020)

• [*] Admins can now choose to enable/disable Softaculous for specific users from Service Plans -> Permissions

1.3.4 (27 February 2020)

• [*] Added MySQLi extension in PHP as requirement for running Softaculous

1.3.3 (23 November 2019)

• [*] Updated PHP requirements for running Softaculous

1.3.2 (21 May 2019)

• [*] Added logos with new dimensions for better branding in Plesk panel

1.3.0 (23 June 2018)

• [*] Softaculous will now load the re-branding settings from Softaculous admin panel and display the custom logo text and custom logo for endusers

1.2.2 (2 March 2017)

• [*] Softaculous does not require exec and shell_exec functions anymore
• [*] If SSL certificate is installed for a domain, then the protocol 'https://' will be pre-selected on the script install form in Softaculous Enduser Panel
• [*] Updated Russian and French Translations