Its good to have local instance of WordPress on your Computer when you want to test a theme or activate your website live, you can test any plugin too before activating it.
Before you install WordPress on your computer you will need two things:
WAMP or WampServer is nothing more than a compilation of Apache web server, PHP and MySQL bundled together for Windows computers.
It’s what you need to setup your own local server environment and install WordPress on Windows. It is free and easy to use.
Step 1: First, you need to download WAMP from their here.
Step 2: Now download a copy of WordPress from WordPress.org.
Step 3: As already explained in the beginning, WampServer comes with phpMyAdmin, a web-based application to manage MySQL databases. Click on the WampServer icon in the windows taskbar and then click on phpMyAdmin.
Step 4: Next, go to the folder where you downloaded WordPress, extract the zip file and copy the wordpress folder to C:\wamp\www. You can rename the wordpress folder to anything you want for example mysite, myblog, demosite, etc. Here for this tutorial, we renamed our wordpress directory to ambedkarmission.
Step 5: Open your browser and type: http://localhost/name-of-your-wordpress-folder (as already renamed the directory so it will be http://localhost/ambedkarmission).
Step 6: WordPress will inform you that it can not find a wp-config.php file. Click on the Let’s go button to create it.
Step 7: On the next screen, you need to provide your database information. The database name will be the one that you entered in Step 4. In our case, we called it ambedkarmission.
Keep in mind that your default database username will be root and the password will be blank. Click on the submit button and WordPress will create a configuration file for you.
Step 8: After this you will see a screen informing you that WordPress has successfully created the configuration file, and you can proceed with the installation. Click on the Run Install button.
Step 9: On the next screen, fill out the installation form. You need to provide a title for your website, choose an admin username and password and provide an admin email address. Finally press the Install WordPress button.
Step 10: WordPress will now run the installation and create database tables. Once done, you will see a success message after the installation. You can then proceed to your WordPress by clicking on the Login button.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed WordPress on your computer!
How to install WordPress locally using WAMP
Before you install WordPress on your computer you will need two things:
- A WAMP server to install the WordPress
- A copy of WordPress
WAMP or WampServer is nothing more than a compilation of Apache web server, PHP and MySQL bundled together for Windows computers.
It’s what you need to setup your own local server environment and install WordPress on Windows. It is free and easy to use.
Step 1: First, you need to download WAMP from their here.
Step 2: Now download a copy of WordPress from WordPress.org.
Step 3: As already explained in the beginning, WampServer comes with phpMyAdmin, a web-based application to manage MySQL databases. Click on the WampServer icon in the windows taskbar and then click on phpMyAdmin.
phpMyAdmin will open in a new browser window. Click on Databases in
phpMyAdmin to create a new database for WordPress. Choose a name for
your database, set the collation to utf8_general_ci and click on Create
button.
Step 4: Next, go to the folder where you downloaded WordPress, extract the zip file and copy the wordpress folder to C:\wamp\www. You can rename the wordpress folder to anything you want for example mysite, myblog, demosite, etc. Here for this tutorial, we renamed our wordpress directory to ambedkarmission.
Step 5: Open your browser and type: http://localhost/name-of-your-wordpress-folder (as already renamed the directory so it will be http://localhost/ambedkarmission).
Step 6: WordPress will inform you that it can not find a wp-config.php file. Click on the Let’s go button to create it.
Step 7: On the next screen, you need to provide your database information. The database name will be the one that you entered in Step 4. In our case, we called it ambedkarmission.
Keep in mind that your default database username will be root and the password will be blank. Click on the submit button and WordPress will create a configuration file for you.
Step 8: After this you will see a screen informing you that WordPress has successfully created the configuration file, and you can proceed with the installation. Click on the Run Install button.
Step 9: On the next screen, fill out the installation form. You need to provide a title for your website, choose an admin username and password and provide an admin email address. Finally press the Install WordPress button.
Step 10: WordPress will now run the installation and create database tables. Once done, you will see a success message after the installation. You can then proceed to your WordPress by clicking on the Login button.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed WordPress on your computer!
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