After creating a new Droplet using the pre-built WordPress image provided by DigitalOcean, you’re presented with a very helpful message after logging in via SSH:

To finish installing WordPress, navigate to your droplet’s IP: http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Make sure to specify hostname from DO panel to your droplet before creating it (for example: ‘blog.mydomain.com’ or ‘myblog.com’)
This will create necessary Apache configs based on hostname and Apache will respond based on hostname.
Server will also respond to its IP address, so if you finish installation from http://IP then
you will need to change hostname from WordPress Settings later (from http://IP to http://hostname)

It’s a really helpful message, especially if you’re new to DigitalOcean and even more so if you’re new to hosting stuff on your own (ie: unmanaged hosting). However, the message isn’t really helpful after the first login, maybe two logins.

There’s a great article on how to get setup after using the One-Click WordPress install, but removing the message is never mentioned.

It’s just a message of the day, the configuration for which can be found in /etc/motd. Delete line 2, and you should be good to go.

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