Wordpress is the hottest CMS (Content Management System) within the world. It's so-called because it's easier to install, availability of free top plugin, free WordPress SEO theme and lots of more.
Installing process of WordPress in a web hosting account is far easier but what happens if we trying to install locally in the Windows environment.
Today I'm getting to discuss the way to install WordPress locally inside the windows environment. Also, I would like to share some of the essentials, that required for installing WordPress.
Essential Requirement
- Windows OS (XP,windows 7,windows 8,windows 10)
- XAMPP Server or WAMP Server
- MySql
Our tutorial based on xampp server. If it's not available in your pc then you need to download the latest version of xampp server from https://www.apachefriends.org and install it.
Step 1: Install the xampp server on your PC
open cpanel of xampp server - Start Apache and MySql
Make sure it is installed correctly by typing URL localhost/xampp.
Step 2. Download the latest version for wordpress.zip from https://wordpress.org/download/
Step 3. Go to the C: or (Primary) Drive in your system. You will find xampp folder is created. Open that folder you ll find htdocs folder.
c:/xampp/htdocs
* htdocs folder is the webserver directory where your web content will store. So don't delete the htdocs folder.
Step 4: Open htdocs folder you will find some files and folder already exist. don't modify the files and folder.
Copy your WordPress.zip file into htdocs and extract it.
Step 5: Rename the extracted folder with your site name. In my case "wptutorial" is my site name.
Step 6: Go to the Browser and type url localhost/phpmyadmin . This is the place where you are allowed to create your database for the Wordpress website.
In my case, I just created my own database with the name of wptutorial_DB
step 7: Again Go to the Browser and type url localhost/wptutorial
here you allow configuring your site with the database (MySQL).
Click Let's go button.
Step 8: Configure your site with the database, you should make authentication for the WordPress site. Write all the credential information and submit
- Database name: Name of Database in my case it is wptutorial_DB
- Username: MySQL user name you have to write.
- Password: MySQL password you have to enter
- Database host: Hostname from where your database has been accessed. In my case, it is locally so I selected Localhost.
- Table Prefix: prefix your table with your own word.
Step 9: Run the install. It will take a few minute Wait!!!
Step 10: Enter your site and credential information. After that install wordpress button. It will take a few minute Wait!!!
Step 11: Congratulation, You have installed WordPress successfully. You can test with the following url :
(a) Frontend - localhost/wptutorial
(b) Backend -localhost/wptutorial/wp-login
Now you can Customize your themes, integrate Various Plugin, Adding post and Pages and so on.
Thank You all
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