How to Install Wordpress (using WAMP) Locally on Windows? | TeChZeNe

Installing WordPress & WAMP Server Locally on your Computer

Many people (blogspot users) feel wordpress as alien platform because they aren’t familiar with the wordpress Platform. So to start understanding it, you should use it by creating a free account on wordpress.com. If you have any problems modifying your wordpress online, try to install wordpress on your local server i.e., your desktop.

There are many advantages of installing wordpress locally.

* You’ll get familiar with using wordpress and database
* Easy to make changes offline and test if they are done perfectly or not and save it online.

How to start with the local wordpress installation?

1. Download WAMP Server and WordPress
2. Install WAMP on your computer.
3. Now extract the WordPress.zip file. Create a folder under “C:wampwww” and name it as WordPress. Copy all the files in the zip folder into the newly created folder.
4. Start WAMP and start all the services by left clicking on it in the task bar.
5. Click on Phpmyadmin and create a database for your wordpress install. Give a name to the database (say demo)
6. Open “http://localhost/wordpress” and click on “create a configuration file“.
7. Now Enter the details as mentioned below.
   

   Database name : Database name you have created (wordpress)
   Username : root
   Password : Leave it blank
   database host : Keep it default (Localhost)
   Database prefix : Keep it default (wp_)

8. Click on Submit. On next screen click on Run setup
9. On the next screen add Blog title and Email. Search visibility option will not matter here as we are working on Local environment.
10. On the next page , copy the password and save it for future reference. Login with the password in the screen and user name as admin.

Bingo! You just created a wordpress environment for yourself on your desktop. Now upload themes you like and do everything which you can’t try on your online server. Once you’re OK with all your customizations, you can just make it live.

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