How to install WAMP and WordPress?
On Windows to work with WordPress locally on your computer you can use WAMP. WAMP server is Windows Apache MySQL PHP Server.
Todo:
- Download the WordPress.
- Download the WAMP.
- Install WAMP. It is recommended to install it in the default
C:\Wamp
folder. - To start WAMP server click on the WAMP shortcut or click on the Wamp Icon in System tray and click
Start all Services
.
If you have the problems to start the server try the following:
4.1-troubleshoot: If you have installed Skype you must disable "Use port 80…"
to avoid port confusion.
Go to Skype Tools>Options>Advanced>Connections
.
4.2-troubleshoot: If you have installed IIS (Windows Web Server) you must stop this server.
Click Start>Run
and type inetmgr
and stop it.
-
When you start Wamp server open
http://localhost/
. Use phpmyadmin to create a database for your WordPress install. Type the database name (say: wpbase) and click Create. -
Navigate to
C:\wamp\www
and Create a Folder. Name it “wordpress”. Copy all WordPress Files to that folder:C:\wamp\www\wordpress
.
Open wp-config-sample.php in any Text Editor. Change the following:
define('DB_NAME', 'wpbase'); //you can set any name
define('DB_USER', 'me');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'pass');
Rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php and save the changes.
-
Open http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php to install WordPress. Enter a Site title, username, password and your email. Press “Install WordPress” If everything goes according to the plan, you’ll see the Success! screen.
-
To check your site open
http://localhost/wordpress
-
To work in WP dashboard open
http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin
I hope that this will be helpful to someone.
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