WordPress - Installation

Database - MySQL 5.0+

Web Server -

WAMP (Windows)

LAMP (Linux)

XAMP (multi-platform)

MAMP (Macintosh)

Operating system - cross-platform

Browser support - IE (Internet Explorer 8+), Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera

PHP Compatibility - PHP 5.2+

When you open the https://wordpress.org/download/ link , you will see the screen as the following snapshot −

Create store database

• WordPress requires a MySQL database. So create a new empty database with username/password (e.g. user as 'root' and password as 'root', otherwise you can set them as you wish).

• You can then proceed with the installation process as described below.

WordPress requires a MySQL database. So create a new empty database with username/password (e.g. user as 'root' and password as 'root', otherwise you can set them as you wish).

You can then proceed with the installation process as described below.

Setup Wizard

It is very easy to set up WordPress on your system. The following steps describe how to set up WordPress locally on your system.

Step (1) − Extract the downloaded WordPress folder and upload it to your web server or localhost.

Step (2). Open your browser and navigate to the WordPress file path, then you will get the first screen of the WordPress installer as shown in the next screen. In our case, this is localhost / <Your_wordpress_folder> .

Select your language for WordPress and click Continue .

Step (3). At this point, you can review the information required for the database before proceeding with the WordPress installation.

Click on Let's go!

Step (4) − Here you have to enter MySQL database information as described in the next screen.

• Database Name - Enter the database name you created in the WordPress MySQL database.

• Username - Enter the username of your MySQL database.

• Password - Enter the password you have set for the MySQL database.

• Database Host - Enter the hostname, by default it will be localhost.

• Table Prefix - Used to add a prefix to database tables which helps to run multiple sites in the same database. It takes the default value.

Database Name - Enter the database name you created in the WordPress MySQL database.

Username - Enter the username of your MySQL database.

Password - Enter the password you have set for the MySQL database.

Database Host - Enter the hostname, by default it will be localhost.

Table Prefix - Used to add a prefix to database tables which helps to run multiple sites in the same database. It takes the default value.

After filling in all the information, click on the Submit button .

Step (5) − WordPress checks the database settings and gives you a confirmation screen as shown in the following snapshot.

Click on Run Installation

Step (6) - enter administrative information.

It contains the following fields −

• Site Name - Enter the name of the site you are going to create in WordPress.

• Username - Enter the username of your choice when logging into WordPress.

• Password twice - Enter your password twice to secure your site.

• Your E-mail - enter your e-mail address, which will help you recover your password or any update.

• Privacy - allows the search engine to index this site after the checkbox is checked.

Site Name - Enter the name of the site you are going to create in WordPress.

Username - Enter the username of your choice when logging into WordPress.

Password twice - Enter your password twice to secure your site.

Your E-mail - enter your e-mail address, which will help you recover your password or any update.

Privacy - allows the search engine to index this site after the checkbox is checked.

After filling in all the information, click on the Install WordPress button .

Step (7). After successful installation, you will get a success information screen as shown in the following screen.

You can view your username and password added in WordPress.

Click on the Login button .

Step (8). After clicking on the Login button, you will get the WordPress admin panel as shown on the next screen.

Enter the username and password you mentioned during installation as shown in step 6 and click on the Login button .