How to Install WordPress on Localhost

How to Install WordPress on Localhost
Database Web Server Operating System Operating System PHP Compatibility
MySQL 5.0 +WAMP (Windows)
LAMP (Linux)
XAMP (Multi-platform)
MAMP (Macintosh)
Cross-platform IE (Internet Explorer 8+),
Firefox
Google Chrome
Safari
Opera
PHP 5.2+

Download WordPress

Create Store Database

First of all, you have to login to your PHPMyAdmin and then create a database name that will be used later on WordPress installation.

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Set Up Wizard

It is very easy setup just follow the steps

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

Step (2) − Then Just type localhost/Your_wordpress_folder

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Select your language for WordPress and click on “Continue” Tab.

Step (3) − In this step, you can view the information needed for the database before proceeding with WordPress installation.

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Click on Let’s go!

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

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  • Database Name − Enter database name which you have created on phpmyadmin
  • Username − Enter the username of your MySQL database.
  • Password − Enter the password which you had set for MySQL database.
  • Database Host − Write the hostname, by default it will be localhost.
  • Table Prefix − It is used to add prefix in the database tables which helps to run multiple sites on the same database. It takes the default value.

After filling all information, click on Submit button.

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

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Click on Run the install

Step (6) − Enter administrative information.

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It contains the following fields −

  • Site Title − Enter the name of the site which you are going to create in WordPress.
  • Username − Enter the username as per your choice while logging in the WordPress.
  • Password twice − Enter password two times to protect your site.
  • Your E-mail − Enter your e-mail address which helps to recover the password or any update.
  • Privacy − It allows the search engine to index this site after checking the checkbox.

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

Step (7) − After installation being successful, you will get a screen of the stating success as seen in the following screen.

How to Install WordPress on Localhost

You can view your username and password detail added in WordPress.

Click on Log In button.

Step (8) − After clicking on login, you will get a WordPress Admin Panel as depicted in the following screen.

How to Install WordPress on Localhost

Enter the username and password which you had mentioned during installation as shown in step 6 and click on the Log In button.