How to install WordPress on localhost

WordPress is the most popular Content Management System. Many Web hosting platforms offer One-Click WordPress installation. However, if you wish to install WordPress manually, this article will help you.

Installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete.

Requirements

• The latest version of WordPress – Download WordPress from the official website.

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Install WordPress on a local machine

• Download the latest version of WordPress from the official website.
• Download and install XAMPP form if you are installing WordPress on a local machine.
• Extract WordPress to the htdocs folder (C:/xampp/htdocs).
• Rename the folder to mysite.
• Open XAMPP control panel and start Apache and MySql.
• Navigate to http://localhost/phpmyadmin.
• Create a new database named my site.
• Move to C:/xampp/htdocs/mysite and create a copy of wp-config-sample.php file and save it as wp-config.php in the same directory.
• Finf the following lines in wp-config.php file.

/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');

Change these lines to:

define('DB_NAME', 'mysite');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'root');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');

• Save and close the file.
• Visit http://localhost/mysite on your web browser.
• Select an installation language and click Continue.
• Fill all the required fields.
• Click Install.
• You have now successfully installed WordPress. To visit your site, go to http://localhost/mysite.

To access the WordPress Admin dashboard, visit http://localhost/mysite/wp-admin.php