how to install wordpress on windows10 pc for learning and testing purpose 2016
What is WampServer ?
WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases. It is free of cost and easy to use. WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python
Requirement
- You Need WAMP Server [How To install WAMP Server ]
- WordPress .zip [Click Here To Download latest version]
- Notepad++ (Optional) [Click here to Download]
Installing WordPress on Windows PC
For Better Understanding Divided Into three Different Parts.
Part 1:
Step 1: Download and Install WAMP Server / Official WAMP Website.
Step 2: Download WordPress.zip [Download Link]
Step 3: Copy downloaded WordPress.zip to C:\wamp\www
Step 4: Extract WordPress.zip And Open the Folder where you will find one more WordPress Folder, Move this folder to C:\wamp\www
C:\wamp\www
Part 2:
Step 1: Now Open the browser and open http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Step 2: Click on New, And make new Database [Example : Word]
Step 3: Now open the WordPress folder [Example : C:\wamp\www\wordpress]
Step 4: Find the file wp-config-sample.php and edit it.
Step 5: Now find //MySQL settings
Step 6: Now enter the name of the database which you create in phpmyadmin. [Example : define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘Word’); ]
Step 7: Now Enter the MySQL database username as root (root is default user). [Example : define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’); ]
Step 8: Make password field blank [Example : define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”); ]
Step 9: Save File.
Step 10: Now Rename file wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php.
Part 3:
Step 1: Now open a browser and open http://localhost/wordpress/
Step 2: It auto redirect to install page. Select the language and click on Continue.
Step 3: Fill the details and click on Install WordPress button.
Step 4: Now you will get a success message.
Step 5: Click to login and login to access WordPress dashboard.
Step 6: WordPress successfully installed on your PC.
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