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How to Install WordPress

System Requirements for WordPress:

To install WordPress, the following are the system requirements:
  • If you are using Windows, then you require installing WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP).
  • If you are using Linux, then you require installing LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP).
  • If you are using MAC, then you require installing MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, MySQL, and PHP). Or you can also install XAMPP, which is Multi-platform and came with (Apache, MariaDB, PHP, and Perl).
  • WordPress is compatible with PHP 5.2+ and MySQL 5.0 +

Download WordPress:

WordPress is a free and open-source Content Management System under the GNU General Public License, and you can directly download it from its official site. Open the https://wordpress.org/download/ link to download WordPress.

Create Store Database:

  • WordPress requires the MySQL database. To create a new empty database with user/password (for example, user as "admin" and password as "admin" or else you can set as per your convenience).
  • After this, you can continue with the installation process as discussed below.

WordPress Installation:

To set up WordPress into your system is very easy. The below steps describe how to set up WordPress locally on your system.
Step 1: Firstly, extract the downloaded WordPress and upload it into your localhost or web server project folder.
Step 2: Open your web browser and navigate the URL of WordPress file path (In case of localhost URL will be http://localhost/wordpress_project_folder_name).
Step 3: The WordPress installation setup will ask you about language preference. Here you have to choose the language of your choice and press the “Continue” button.
Step 4: This step provides info about the required information before proceeding. View this information and press the “Let’s go!” button.
Step 5: Here, you have to provide MySQL database connection credentials. It will ask you for entering the information related to the MySQL database. Here is the list of fields that the screen will be asking you to insert:
  • Database Name: Enter the database name that you have already created in the MySQL database to use WordPress.
  • Username: It will be the user name data for your database.
  • Password: Here, you have to enter the password for your MySQL database.
  • Database Host: Enter the hostname which will be by default as "localhost".
  • Table Prefix: is implemented to add prefixes in the database tables which help in running multiple sites on the same database.
After providing all the information, press the “Submit” button.
Step 6: The WordPress checks the authentication of database credentials and provides you with a confirmation. If you have provided the correct MySQL credentials, a new screen will come up with the option “Run the Install”. Press that “Run the Install” button.
Step 7: In this step, where you have to provide site admin information.
Enter the administrative information which will be having the following the field:
  • Site Title
  • Username
  • Password
  • Your Email
  • Check-box to allow search engines to index the site.
After filling all the information, press the “Install WordPress” button.
Step 8: Now, the admin panel will come up with a login screen. Enter the username and password you had mentioned during installation. After press the “Log In” button.

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