Dashboard Issue after attempted Installation on Wordpress 4.5
The civicrm.settings.php file is not present in the installation.


you can use the command "locate civicrm.settings.php " on your command line  to see if you can find it because on wordpress you can have the settings file floating somewhere probably and the installation cannot run to completion if the settings file is not there "( so i think )"

you could also get to see some compatibility issues which have been stated Wordpress plugin incompatible with CiviCRM  to see if you have an issue related to those.

If it takes so much time, you can take a lesser time to follow this Installing CiviCRM on wordpress which is very explicit and well elaborate