Selecting the language English (United States), clicking Continue will redirect us to the following step for database.
After pressing enter we will be redirected to WordPress installation as in the following screenshot − For that, type localhost/AmitDemoWebsite/ on the address bar and press enter. Now we will enter the project folder from the browser. If the dashboard is visible, it means everything is working fine. Open the web browser, type localhost and press enter. Go to start and type “ XAMPP”.Īfter clicking Start, we can see the successful running status −įigure 7- Running status of Apache and MySQL Step 7 Now open XAMPP and start APACHE and MySQL. Here’s the screenshot after unzip at C:\xampp\htdocs\AmitDemoWebsite\ Now unzip the wordpress-4.4.2.zip to the AmitDemoWebsite folder. So, after downloading wordpress-4.4.2.zip, just copy and paste it to Xampp->htdocs->AmitDemoWebsite folder − Here’s the screenshot from the WordPress official website where we can see the download link for wordpress-4.4.2.zip − Now download WordPress, the current version is 4.4.2. Here we have considered the name “ AmitDemoWebsite”. Open htdocs and create a folder name which would be your project name. Now we can see the following in the directory after the installation. We have installed it in the following directory − Here’s the screenshot showing the download link −Īs in the above step, download XAMPP and install it in the directory. Go to XAMPP official website (Apache Friends) and download XAMPP. Steps to Install WordPress on localhostīefore starting, let us first install XAMPP server. PhpMyAdmin perform useful tasks like creating a new database, modifying or deleting it, adding tables, executing SQL statements, managing permissions, etc. PhpMyAdmin− It is an open source tool to handle MySQL administration on a web browser. XAMPP stands for Cross-Platform (X), Apache (A), MariaDB (M), PHP (P) and Perl (P). Xampp− It was created by Apache Friends and is an open source cross-platform web server solution stack. It was initially released in the year 2003 and its current version is WordPress 4.4. WordPress− It is an open source content management system founded by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. Some well know CMS include, WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla.
TerminologyĬontent Management System (CMS) − A CMS has a central interface that is used to publish, edit, modify, and maintain content. Here’s how we start with WordPress on localhost using XAMPP. Beginners generally begin with WordPress on localhost. It is an open source CMS based on MySQL and PHP. WordPress is a free content management system (CMS) and well-known across the globe.
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