Configuring WordPress Basic
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
You can download the
Windows installer file from
Apache Friends. It’s a big file,
about 110 MB, so it might
take a minute or so
depending on your
connection:
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
Once the download finishes, run the file you downloaded to launch the XAMPP
installer. If you’re running antivirus software, you might get a warning like this:
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
Just click Next to continue.
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
On the next screen, you can choose
which components to install. To install
XAMPP and WordPress, you do not need
all of the components. In addition to the
required components, all you need are:
• MySQL
• PHPMyAdmin
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
Again, this is all that’s needed to install
WordPress locally. Uncheck everything
else and click Next.
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
On the next screen, you’ll get a prompt
asking you to install Bitnami for XAMPP.
You do not need this to install XAMPP
and WordPress, so just uncheck the
box:
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
Once you click Next, you’re ready to run
the install:
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
The install process might take a few
minutes:
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Step 1: Download and install XAMPP on your computer
Once it finishes, you can launch the
control panel to start working with
XAMPP:
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Step 2: Start the modules and test your server
To install XAMPP and
WordPress properly,
you’ll need to run two
modules:
• Apache
• MySQL
You can start both
modules from the
XAMPP control panel:
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Step 2: Start the modules and test your server
Once you launch them,
you should see their
status turn to green:
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Step 2: Start the modules and test your server
And now you
should be able to
test that your local
server is working
by going to
http://localho
st/ in your web
browser of choice:
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Step 3: Add the WordPress files
Then, in Windows,
navigate to the folder
where you installed
XAMPP. For me, that’s
C://xampp. It should
be something similar
for you. Then, in that
folder, find the htdocs
subfolder:
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Step 3: Add the WordPress files
In htdocs, create a new
folder for your test site. This
folder name will become the
sub-name used to access
your site. For example, if
you make the folder testsite,
you’ll access your site by
going to
http://localhost/test
site.
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Step 4: Create a database for WordPress
Next, you need to create a
MySQL database for your
WordPress install. To do
that, launch PHPMyAdmin
from your XAMPP control
panel:
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Step 4: Create a database for WordPress
Then click on Databases at
the top:
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Step 4: Create a database for WordPress
And enter a name for your
database and click Create.
Your name can be
anything – just remember
it because you’ll need it
for the next step:
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Step 5: Install WordPress locally via the on-screen installer
When you visit your test
site, you should see the
normal WordPress
installer. Remember, your
test site is just
http://localhost/FOL
DERNAME:
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Step 5: Install WordPress locally via the on-screen installer
The only step where this
process will differ from a
normal install is the database
details. When you get to the
database details, enter them
like this:
• Database Name = Name of
the database you created in
PHPMyAdmin
• Username = “root”
• Password = leave blank
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Step 5: Install WordPress locally via the on-screen installer
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