Picked PrestaShop? Your site came with PrestaShop installed from the current stable release, ready for your catalogue.
What gets installed
- PrestaShop 9 (latest stable, PrestaShop's own "classic" package, checksum verified) on PHP 8.4 with its own MariaDB database in your container.
- The shop name you gave the site, English as shop language, SSL on, friendly URLs on, and no demo products.
- The back office in a randomly named folder (for example
/admin745…/) — the standard PrestaShop protection against automated attacks. The installer folder is removed. - nginx rules straight from PrestaShop's documentation: image rewrites, the web-service API under
/api/, source folders blocked.
First login
- Your site page in the portal shows the back-office address, the login (your email address) and a generated password — we display it for 7 days, so bookmark the address and save the password now.
- Log in, click your name top right and set your own password.
- Set your country, currency and VAT under International → Localization — the shop starts with Dutch settings if we could not tell.
- Add products under Catalog → Products, and a payment module under Payment → Payment Methods.
Updating
- Use the 1-Click Upgrade module from the back office (Modules → Module Manager). Always press Back up now on the Files tab first — a failed PrestaShop upgrade is much easier to restore than to repair.
- PrestaShop 9 supports PHP 8.1–8.5; keep the site's PHP version within that range on the PHP tab.
Limits
- PrestaShop needs 1 GB of memory, so it is offered on the Pro plan and up.
- Module and theme purchases from PrestaShop Addons are yours; we do not install or support third-party modules.