Things to Know Before Installing WordPress

Before you begin the install, there are a few things you need to have and do.
These are:
Access to your web server (via shell or FTP)
A text editor
An FTP Client
Your web browser of choice
Things You Need to Do to Install WordPress
Begin your installation by:
1.Checking to ensure that you and your web host have the minimum requirements to run
WordPress.
2.Download the latest release of ord!ress.
".#n$i% the downloaded &le to a folder on your hard drive.
4.Be %re%ared with a secure password or !our "ecret #e!
'.!rint this %age out so you have it handy during the installation.
Famous 5-Minute Install
(ere)s the *uick version of the instructions for those who are already co+fortable with
%erfor+ing such installations. ,ore detailed instructions follow.
-f you are not co+fortable with rena+ing &les, ste% " is o%tional and you can ski% it as the
install %rogra+ will create the w%.con&g.%h% &le for you.
/.0ownload and un$i% the ord!ress %ackage if you haven)t already.
2.Create a database for ord!ress on your web server, as well as a $!"%& user who has all
%rivileges for accessing and +odifying it.
'.(1%tional) 2ind and rena+e w%.con&g.sa+%le.%h% to w%.con&g.%h%, then edit the &le
(see (ditin) wp*coni).php) and add your database infor+ation.
3.#%load the ord!ress &les to the desired location on your web server:
-f you want to integrate ord!ress into the root of your do+ain
(e.g. htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4), +ove or u%load all contents of the un$i%%ed ord!ress
directory (e5cluding the ord!ress directory itself) into the root directory of your web
server.
-f you want to have your ord!ress installation in its own subdirectory on your website
(e.g. htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4blog4), create the blog directory on your server and u%load the
contents of the un$i%%ed ord!ress %ackage to the directory via 2T!.
Note: If your FTP client has an option to convert fle names to lower case, make sure it's
disabled.
'.6un the ord!ress installation scri%t by accessing the #67 in a web browser. This should
be the #67 where you u%loaded the ord!ress &les.
-f you installed ord!ress in the root directory, you should visit: htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4
-f you installed ord!ress in its own subdirectory called blog, for e5a+%le, you should
visit: htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4blog4
That)s it8 ord!ress should now be installed.
Detailed Instructions
te! "# Download and $%tract
-f you work on your own co+%uter, on +ost 7inu5 distributions you can install ord!ress
auto+atically: on ,ageia (90:), thanks to ,ageia control center; on 2edora <= (>no+e), you
will not &nd it in ?@oftware?, which only include a%%lications with %ro%er >#-, but you can install
fro+ there a %ackage called ?!ackages? containing the a%%lication ?!ackages?, alias ?@oftware
install?, and, thanks to ?!ackages?, you can install ord%ress. e advise you to install
!h%,yAd+in at the sa+e ti+e.
0ownload and un$i% the ord!ress %ackage fro+ http+,,wordpress.or),download,.
-f you will be u%loading ord!ress to a re+ote web server, download the ord!ress
%ackage to your co+%uter with a web browser and un$i% the %ackage.
-f you will be using 2T!, ski% to the ne5t ste% . u%loading &les is covered later.
-f you have shell access to your web server, and are co+fortable using console.based tools,
you +ay wish to download ord!ress directly to your web server using wget (or lyn5 or
another console.based web browser) if you want to avoid FTPin):
wget htt%:44word%ress.org4latest.tar.g$
Then un$i% the %ackage using:
tar .5$vf latest.tar.g$
The ord!ress %ackage will e5tract into a folder called word%ress in the sa+e directory
that you downloadedlatest.tar.g$.
te! &# 'reate the Data(ase and a )ser
-f you are using a hostin) provider, you +ay already have a ord!ress database set u% for you, or
there +ay be an auto+ated setu% solution to do so. Check your hosting %rovider)s su%%ort
%ages or your control panel for clues about whether or not you)ll need to create one +anually.
-f you deter+ine that you)ll need to create one +anually, follow the instructions for accessin)
php$!-dmin on various servers, or follow the instructions for Using cPanel or Using phpMyAdmin below.
-f you are installing ord!ress on your own web server, follow the Using phpMyAdmin or Using the
MySQL Client instructions below to create your ord!ress userna+e and database.
-f you have only one database and it is already in use, you can install ord!ress in it . Aust
+ake sure to have a distinctive %re&5 for your tables to avoid over.writing any e5isting
database table.
)sing cPanel
-f your hosting %rovider su%%lies the cPanel hosting control %anel, you +ay follow these si+%le
instructions to create your ord!ress userna+e and database. A +ore co+%lete set of
instructions for using c!anel to create the database and user can be found in .sin) cPanel.
1.7og in to your cPanel.
2.Click MySQL Database Wizard icon under the 0atabases section.
'.-n Step 1. Create a Database enter the database na+e and click Be5t @te%.
4.-n Step 2. Create Database Users enter the database user na+e and the %assword.
,ake sure to use a strong %assword. Click Create #ser.
/.-n Step 3. Add User to Database click the All !rivileges checkbo5 and click Be5t @te%.
0.-n Step 4. Complete the task note the database na+e and user. rite down the values
of hostname, username, databasename, and the %assword you chose. (Bote
that hostname will usually be loalhost.)
)sing *unar!ages+com,s custom cPanel -*P'P.
7unar%ages has develo%ed their own version of c!anel.
/.7og in to your account.
<.>o to Control !anel.
".Click on the button on the left %anel labeled )>o to 7!C!).
3.>o to ,y@C7 ,anager.
'.Add the user na+e and database na+e but leave the host na+e as the default -! nu+ber.
D.Bote the -! address of the database on the right which is diEerent fro+ the default -!
nu+ber of the host indicated in the above ste%.
F.hen +odifying the !.C1B2->.!(! &le, use the 0B -! nu+ber, not )71CA7(1@T).
G.hen +odifying the !.C1B2->.!(! &le, be sure to use the full na+e of the database and
user na+e, ty%ically )accountna+eHna+eyoucreated).
1.6efer to http+,,wi2i.lunarpa)es.com,Create3and3Delete3$!"%&3.sers3in3&PCP for +ore info.
)sing !h!M/0dmin
-f your web server has php$!-dmin installed, you +ay follow these instructions to create your
ord!ress userna+e and database. -f you work on your own co+%uter, on +ost 7inu5
distributions you can install !h%,yAd+in auto+atically.
Note: These instructions are written for phpMydmin !."# the phpMydmin user interface can
vary sli$htly between versions.
1.-f a database relating to ord!ress does not already e5ist in the Database dro%down on
the left, create one:
1.Choose a na+e for your ord!ress database: )word%ress) or )blog) are good, but +ost
hosting services (s%ecially shared hosting) will re*uire a na+e beginning with your
userna+e there and an underscore, so, even if you work on your own co+%uter, we
advise you to check now your hosting service re*uire+ents so that you confor+ with
the+ on your own server and would be able to transfer your database without
+odi&cation when it will be ready. :nter the chosen database na+e in theCreate
database &eld and choose the best collation for your language and encoding. -n +ost
cases it)s better to choose in the ?utfGH? series and, if you don)t &nd your language, to
choose ?utfGHunicodeHci? (6eference: "tac24verFlow.com).


After na+ing the database (here ?&ableHword%ress?) and choosing the collation (here
?unicodeHgeneralHci?), click on theCreate button
2.Click the phpMyAdmi! icon in the u%%er left to return to the +ain %age, then click
the Users tab. -f a user relating to ord!ress does not already e5ist in the list of users,
create one:


1.Click Add "ser.
2.Choose a userna+e for ord!ress ()word%ress) is good) and enter it in the User
!ame &eld. (Be sure Use te#t $eld% is selected fro+ the dro%down.)
'.Choose a diIcult.to.guess %assword (ideally containing a co+bination of u%%er. and
lower.case letters, nu+bers, and sy+bols), and enter it in the &ass'ord &eld. (Be
sure Use te#t $eld% is selected fro+ the dro%down.) 6e.enter the %assword in the (e)
type &eld.
3.rite down the userna+e and %assword you chose.
/.7eave all o%tions under *lobal pri+ile,es at their defaults.
0.Click *o.
'.6eturn to the Users screen and click the -dit pri+ile,es icon on the user you)ve Aust
created for ord!ress. -n the Database)spei$ pri+ile,es section, select the database
you)ve Aust created for ord!ress under the Add pri+ile,es to the .ollo'i!,
database dro%down. The %age will refresh with %rivileges for that database. Click Chek
All to select all %rivileges, and click *o.
4.1n the resulting %age, +ake note of the host na+e listed after Ser+er% at the to% of the
%age. (This will usually be loalhost.)
)sing the M/1* 'lient
You can create ,y@C7 users and databases *uickly and easily by running +ys*l fro+ the shell.
The synta5 is shown below and the dollar sign is the co++and %ro+%t:
J +ys*l .u ad+inuserna+e .%
:nter %assword:
elco+e to the ,y@C7 +onitor. Co++ands end with ; or Kg.
Your ,y@C7 connection id is '"3= to server version: ".<".'3

Ty%e )hel%;) or )Kh) for hel%. Ty%e )Kc) to clear the buEer.

+ys*lL C6:AT: 0ATABA@: databasena+e;
Cuery 19, / row aEected (=.== sec)

+ys*lL >6ABT A77 !6-M-7:>:@ 1B databasena+e.N T1 ?word%ressuserna+e?O?hostna+e?
.L -0:BT-2-:0 BY ?%assword?;
Cuery 19, = rows aEected (=.== sec)

+ys*lL 27#@( !6-M-7:>:@;
Cuery 19, = rows aEected (=.=/ sec)
+ys*lL :P-T
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The e5a+%le shows:
that root is also the adminusername. -t is a safer %ractice to choose a so.called ?+ortal?
account as your +ys*l ad+in, so that you are not entering the co++and ?+ys*l? as the root
user on your syste+. (Any ti+e you can avoid doing work as root you decrease your chance
of being e5%loited). The na+e you use de%ends on the na+e you assigned as the database
ad+inistrator using +ys*lad+in.
word%ress or blog are good values for databasename.
word%ress is a good value for wordpressusername but you should reali$e that, since it is
used here, the entire world will know it too.
hostname will usually be localhost. -f you don)t know what this value should be, check with
your syste+ ad+inistrator if you are not the ad+in for your ord%ress host. -f you are the
syste+ ad+in, consider using a non.root account to ad+inister your database.
password should be a diIcult.to.guess %assword, ideally containing a co+bination of
u%%er. and lower.case letters, nu+bers, and sy+bols. 1ne good way of avoiding the use of a
word found in a dictionary is to use the &rst letter of each word in a %hrase that you &nd easy
to re+e+ber.
-f you need to write these values so+ewhere, avoid writing the+ in the syste+ that contains
the things %rotected by the+. You need to re+e+ber the value used
for databasename, wordpressusername, hostname, and password. 1f course, since they are
already in (or will be shortly) your w%.con&g.%h% &le, there is no need to %ut the+ so+ewhere
else, too.
)sing Direct0dmin
a. 6egular ?#ser? of a single.site webhosting account logs in nor+ally. Then click ?,y@C7
,anage+ent.? (-f this is not readily visible, %erha%s your host needs to +odify your ?%ackage?
to activate ,y@C7.) Then follow %art ?c? below.
b. ?6eseller? accounts or ?Ad+in? accounts +ay need to click ?#ser 7evel.? They also +ust &rst
log.in as ?6eseller? if the relevant do+ain is a 6eseller)s %ri+ary do+ain... or log.in as a ?#ser?
if the do+ain is not a 6eseller)s %ri+ary do+ain. -f a 6eseller)s %ri+ary do+ain, then when
logged.in as 6eseller, you si+%ly click ?#ser 7evel.? (owever if the relevant do+ain is not the
6eseller)s %ri+ary do+ain, then you +ust log.in as the relevant #ser. Then click ?,y@C7
,anage+ent.? (-f not readily visible, %erha%s you need to return to the 6eseller or Ad+in level,
and +odify the ?,anage user %ackage? or ?,anage 6eseller %ackage? to enable ,y@C7.)
c. -n ?,y@C7 ,anage+ent,? click on the s+all words: ?Create new database.? (ere you are
asked to sub+it two suI5es for the database and its userna+e. 2or +a5i+u+ security, use
two diEerent sets of 3.D rando+ characters. Then the %assword &eld has a ?6ando+? button
that generates an G.character %assword. You +ay also add +ore characters to the %assword for
+a5i+u+ security. ?Create.? The ne5t screen will su++ari$e the database, userna+e,
%assword and hostna+e. Be sure to co%y and %aste these into a te5t &le for future reference.
te! 2# et u! w!-config+!h!
You can either create and edit the w%.con&g.%h% &le yourself, or you can ski% this ste% and let
ord!ress try to do this itselfwhen !ou run the installation script 5step /6 (you)ll still need to tell
ord!ress your database infor+ation).
(2or +ore e5tensive details, and ste% by ste% instructions for creating the con&guration &le and
your secret key for %assword security, %lease see (ditin) wp*coni).php.)
6eturn to where you e5tracted the ord!ress %ackage in @te% /, rena+e the &le w%.con&g.
sa+%le.%h% to w%.con&g.%h%, and o%en it in a te5t editor.
(nter !our database inormation under the section labeled
44 NN ,y@C7 settings . You can get this info fro+ your web host NN 44
D/01AM-
The na+e of the database you created for ord!ress in @te% < .
D/0US-(
The userna+e you created for ord!ress in @te% <.
D/0&ASSW2(D
The %assword you chose for the ord!ress userna+e in @te% <.
D/032S4
The hostna+e you deter+ined in @te% < (usually localhost, but not always; see some possible
D7384"T values). -f a %ort, socket, or %i%e is necessary, a%%end a colon (:) and then the relevant
infor+ation to the hostna+e.
D/0C3A(S-4
The database character set, nor+ally should not be changed (see (ditin) wp*coni).php).
D/0C2LLA4-
The database collation should nor+ally be left blank (see (ditin) wp*coni).php).
(nter !our secret 2e! values under the section labeled
N Authentication #ni*ue 9eys.
@ave the w%.con&g.%h% &le.
2or infor+ation on enabling @@7 in ord!ress <.D, see ""& and Coo2ies in WordPress 2.0.
te! 3# )!load the files
Bow you will need to decide where on your do+ain you)d like your ord!ress.%owered site to
a%%ear:
-n the root directory of your website. (2or e5a+%le, htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4)
-n a subdirectory of your website. (2or e5a+%le, htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4blog4)
Note: The location of your root web directory in the flesystem on your web server will vary
across hostin$ providers and operatin$ systems. %heck with your hosting provider or system
administrator if you do not know where this is.
In the 4oot Director/
-f you need to u%load your &les to your web server, use an FTP client to u%load all
the contents of the word%ress directory (but not the directory itself) into the root directory of
your website.
-f your &les are already on your web server, and you are using shell access to install
ord!ress, +ove all of the contents of theword%ress directory (but not the directory itself)
into the root directory of your website.
In a u(director/
-f you need to u%load your &les to your web server, rena+e the word%ress directory to your
desired na+e, then use an FTP client to u%load the directory to your desired location within
the root directory of your website.
-f your &les are already on your web server, and you are using shell access to install
ord!ress, +ove the word%ress directory to your desired location within the root directory of
your website, and rena+e the directory to your desired na+e.
Note: If your FTP client has an option to convert fle names to lower case, make sure it's
disabled.
te! 5# 4un the Install cri!t
!oint a web browser to start the installation scri%t.
-f you %laced the ord!ress &les in the root directory, you should
visit: htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4w%.ad+in4install.%h%
-f you %laced the ord!ress &les in a subdirectory called blog, for e5a+%le, you should
visit:htt%:44e5a+%le.co+4blog4w%.ad+in4install.%h%
etu! configuration file
-f ord!ress can)t &nd the w%.con&g.%h% &le, it will tell you and oEer to try to create and edit
the &le itself. (You can do also do this directly by loading w%.ad+in4setu%.con&g.%h% in your
web browser.) ord!ress will ask you the database details and write the+ to a new w%.
con&g.%h% &le. -f this works, you can go ahead with the installation; otherwise, go back
and create9 edit9 and upload the wp-config.php ile !oursel 5step '6.


:nter database infor+ation
Finishing installation
The following screenshots show how the installation %rogresses. Botice in :ntering the details
screen, you enter your site title, your desired user na+e, your choice of a %assword (twice) and
your e.+ail address. Also dis%layed is a check.bo5 asking if you would like your blog to a%%ear
in search engines like >oogle and Technorati. 7eave the bo5 checked if you would like your blog
to be visible to everyone, including search engines, and uncheck the bo5 if you want to block
search engines, but allow nor+al visitors. Bote all this infor+ation can be changed later in
your -dministration Panels.
5ersio! 3.6


:nter site, login, and e+ail


All done8
Install cri!t Trou(leshooting
-f you get an error about the database when you run the install scri%t:
>o back to "tep 2 and "tep ', and be sure you got all the correct database infor+ation and
that it was entered correctly intow%.con&g.%h%.
Be sure you granted your ord!ress user %er+ission to access your ord!ress database
in Step 3.
Be sure the database server is running.
'ommon Installation Pro(lems
The following are so+e of the +ost co++on installation %roble+s. 2or +ore infor+ation and
troubleshooting for %roble+s with your ord!ress installation, check out F-% :nstallation and F-%
Troubleshootin).
7 see a diretory listi!, rather tha! a 'eb pa,e.
The web server needs to be told to view inde5.%h% by default. -n A%ache, use
the 0irectory-nde5 inde5.%h% directive. The si+%lest o%tion is to create a &le
na+ed .htaccess in the installed directory and %lace the directive there. Another o%tion is to
add the directive to the web server)s con&guration &les.
7 see lots o. 3eaders already se!t errors. 3o' do 7 $# this8
You %robably introduced a synta5 error in editing w%.con&g.%h%.
1.0ownload w%.con&g.%h% (if you don)t have shell access).
2.1%en it in a text editor.
'.Check that the &rst line contains nothing but QR%h%, and that there is !o te5t before it
(not even whites%ace).
4.Check that the last line contains nothing but RL, and that there is !o te5t after it (not
even whites%ace).
/.-f your te5t editor saves as #nicode, +ake sure it adds !o byte order mark 9/2M:. ,ost
#nicode.enabled te5t editors do not infor+ the user whether it adds a B1, to &les; if so, try
using a diEerent te5t editor.
D.@ave the &le, u%load it again if necessary, and reload the %age in your browser.
My pa,e omes o"t ,ibberish. Whe! 7 look at the so"re 7 see a lot o. ;<8php 8=;
ta,s.
-f the QR%h% RL tags are being sent to the browser, it +eans your P8P is not working %ro%erly.
All !(! code is su%%osed to be e5ecuted before the server sends the resulting 8T$& to your
web browser. (That)s why it)s called a pre%rocessor.) ,ake sure your web server +eets the
re*uire+ents to run ord!ress, that !(! is installed and con&gured %ro%erly, or contact your
hosting %rovider or syste+ ad+inistrator for assistance.
7 keep ,etti!, a! -rror o!!eti!, to database messa,e b"t 7>m s"re my
o!$,"ratio! is orret.
Try resetting your ,y@C7 %assword +anually. -f you have access to ,y@C7 via shell, try issuing:
@:T !A@@160 216 )word%ressuserna+e)O)hostna+e) S 170H!A@@160()%assword));
-f you are using a version of ,y@C7 %rior to 3./, use !A@@160 instead of 170H!A@@160. -f
you do not have shell access, you should be able to si+%ly enter the above into an @C7 *uery
in %h%,yAd+in. 2ailing that, you +ay need to use your host)s control %anel to reset the
%assword for your database user.
My ima,e?M&3 "ploads are!>t 'orki!,.
-f you use the 6ich Te5t :ditor on a blog that)s installed in a subdirectory, and drag a newly
u%loaded i+age into the editor &eld, the i+age +ay vanish a cou%le seconds later. This is due
to a %roble+ with Tiny,C: (the rich te5t editor) not getting enough infor+ation during the drag
o%eration to construct the %ath to the i+age or other &le correctly. The solution is to B1T drag
u%loaded i+ages into the editor. -nstead, click and hold on the i+age and select ?@end to
:ditor.?
0utomated Installation
Although ord!ress is very easy to install, you can use one of the one.click autoinstallers
ty%ically available fro+ hosting co+%anies. Three of those autoinstallers, Fantastico, :nstallatron,
and "otaculous are described here.
Fantastico
/.7ogin to your c!anel account and click on the 2antastico (or 2antastico 0elu5e) o%tion
<.1nce you enter 2antastico on the left hand side there is a )Blogs) Category under which
ord!ress is there. Click on it.
".Click on the )Bew -nstallation) 7ink in the ord!ress 1verview
3.2ill in the various details and @ub+it.
'.That)s it you are done8

Fantastico 8ome Pa)e
Installatron
-nstallatron is a one.click web a%%lication installer that enables ord!ress and other to% web
a%%lications to be instantly installed and eEortlessly +anaged. ord!ress installations
+anaged by -nstallatron can u%dated (+anually or auto+ated), cloned, backed u% and
restored, edited to change installation %ara+eters, and +ore.
,any web hosting %roviders include -nstallatron through their web hosting control %anel. -f
-nstallatron is not available fro+ your %rovider, you can use -nstallatron directly fro+
-nstallatron.co+.
To install ord!ress through your web hosting %rovider)s control %anel:
/.7ogin to your web host)s control %anel, navigate to ?-nstallatron?, click ?ord!ress?, and
choose the ?-nstall this a%%lication? o%tion.
<.Change any of the install %ro+%ts to custo+i$e the install. 2or e5a+%le, you can choose a
diEerent language for ord!ress.
".Click the ?-nstall? button to begin the installation %rocess. You will be redirect to a %rogress
%age where you can watch as ord!ress is installed within a few seconds to your website.
To install ord!ress using -nstallatron.co+:
1.Bavigate to WordPress and choose the ?-nstall this a%%lication? o%tion.
<.:nter your hosting account)s 2T! or @@( account infor+ation, and then enter ,y@C7
database infor+ation for a created database. 2or increased security, create a se%arate 2T!
account and ,y@C7 database for your ord!ress installation.
".Change any of the install %ro+%ts to custo+i$e the install. 2or e5a+%le, you can choose a
diEerent language for ord!ress.
3.Click the ?-nstall? button to begin the installation %rocess. You will be redirect to a %rogress
%age where you can watch as ord!ress is installed within a few seconds to your website.
:nstallatron 8ome Pa)e
oftaculous
/.7ogin to your host and look for @oftware4@ervices
<.-n @oftaculous there is a )Blogs) Category. Colla%se the category and ord!ress will be
there. Click on it.
".You will see an )-nstall) TAB. Click it.
3.2ill in the various details and @ub+it.
'.That)s it, you are done8

"otaculous 8ome Pa)e
Installation Instructions in 5ther *anguages
2or installation instructions in other languages, see WordPress in ;our &an)ua)e.
Installing Multi!le Blogs
0etailed infor+ation about :nstallin) $ultiple 7lo)s is available.
Installing WordPress on /our own 'om!uter
*ocal Installation Instructions
#se these instruction for setting u% a local server environ+ent for testing and develo%+ent.
-$PP": 2ree A,!4,A,!47A,! stack, with inbuilt @oftaculous -nstaller. Can / click install
and u%grade word%ress and others as well.
Des2top"erver &imited: 2ree indows4,acintosh server, creates +ulti%le virtual servers with
&ctitious to% level do+ains (i.e. www.e5a+%le.dev) s%eci&cally for working on +ulti%le
ord!ress %roAects.
$ac -pp "tore 1*clic2 install or WordPress -nstalls a free, self.contained all.in.one bundle of
ord!ress and everything it needs to run: ,y@C7, A%ache and !(!
:nstallin) WordPress &ocall! on ;our $ac With $-$P
.ser+7eltranrubo,7it<ami 2ree all.in.one installers for 1@ P, indows and 7inu5. There are also
available installers for ord!ress ,ultisite .ser+7eltranrubo,7it<ami3$ultisite using diEerent
do+ains or subdo+ains.
:nstant WordPress is a free, standalone, %ortable ord!ress develo%+ent environ+ent for
indows that will run fro+ a #@B key.
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You +ay &nd that using a %re.integrated sotware appliance is a great way to get u% and running
with ord!ress, es%ecially in co+bination with virtual +achine software (e.g., M,are,
MirtualBo5, Pen (M,, 9M,).
A software appliance allows users to altogether ski% +anual installation of ord!ress and its
de%endencies, and instead de%loy a self.contained syste+ that re*uires little to no setu%, in
Aust a cou%le of +inutes.
Turn#e! WordPress -ppliance: a free 0ebian.based a%%liance that Aust works. -t bundles a
collection of %o%ular ord!ress %lugins and features a s+all foot%rint, auto+atic security
u%dates, @@7 su%%ort and a eb ad+inistration interface. Available as -@1, various virtual
+achine i+ages, or launch in the cloud.
7it<ami WordPress -ppliance: free ord!ress a%%liances based on #buntu or 1%en @use. Bative
installer and Cloud i+ages also available. There are also virtual +achines for ord!ress
,ultisite already con&gured.
."hare"ot WordPress -ppliance: free ord!ress a%%liance for +any of the +aAor virtuali$ation
and cloud %latfor+s (Cloud.co+, Pen, M,ware, 1M2, Abi*uo)
$as/ 5 Minute WordPress Installation on Windows
0ownload, install, and con&gure ord!ress with the $icrosot Web Platorm :nstaller (Web P:).
-nstallation is very easy and takes on average about ' +inutes to co+%lete. 2or other indows
installers, check this section
Step 1. 4hi!,s yo" !eed to k!o' be.ore starti!,.
/.These ste%s will work on indows versions which include --@, such as indows P!
%rofessional, indows Mista, indows F, indows G and indows @erver.
<.You +ust be able to install %rogra+s on your +achine (i.e. have ad+inistrator rights).
".1nce eb !- is installed, neither PA,!! nor any other web server will be able to use
localhost to host a website locally on your +achine.
Step 2. 1a+i,ate to the WordPress :nstallation Pa)e
/.Choose the ?-nstall? button.
2.-f you have Web P: already installed, it will auto+atically be launched and you can ski% to
the ne5t ste%.
'.-f you do not have the Web Platorm :nstaller, you will be %ro+%ted to install it.
4.Web P: is a tool fro+ ,icrosoft that downloads and installs the latest co+%onents you need
to develo% or host eb a%%lications on indows. :verything in the tool is free. Web P: will
install and con&gure --@, !(!, ,y@C7 and anything else you +ay need.
Step 3. Choose to 7!stall Word&ress
1.hen Web P: launches, you will see an infor+ation %age for ord!ress. @tart installing
ord!ress by %ressing the ?-nstall? button in the lower right hand corner.
Step 4. 7!stallatio! o. Word&ress a!d its re@"ireme!ts
1.2inding 0e%endencies: Web P: will deter+ine the +ini+u+ set of co+%onents and +odules
you need on your +achine to run ord!ress. -t will only install what youTre +issing. 2or
e5a+%le, !(! will be installed and con&gured to run ord!ress.
<.Con&gure the 0atabase: After acce%ting the ter+s, if you need to install ,y@C7, you will
be asked to create a %assword for the root account database account. 9ee% this %assword
safe. ord!ress will ask for this infor+ation later.
".Choose the site: Choose a site to install ord!ress to. You +ay install to an e5isting
website in --@ or create a new site. #se the default setting if you do not have advanced
con&guration needs.
3.ord!ress @etu%: ord!ress will need answers to a few s%eci&c *uestions such as the
userna+e (in the case of a new ,y@C7 install is root) and %assword for your ,y@C7
database to co+%lete the install.
Step A. Completio!
/.1nce you enter the ord!ress setu% infor+ation, eb !- will &nish the installation.
<.Click, 7aunch in Browser and ord!ress will launch.
Alternatively, the 7it<ami WordPress installer is a free, self.contained native installer for ord!ress
that includes A%ache, ,y@C7 and !(! so it works out of the bo5.
W0MP
-f you don)t have --@ on your co+%uter or don)t want to use it, you could use a A,! @tack :
W-$P "erver or W-$P "erver at "ourceFor)e
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(as!P8P . (as ord!ress installer %lugin
7it<ami W-$P"tac2 . (as ord!ress stack
=-$PP W-$P"tac2
These stacks can be downloaded freely and set u% all the bits you need on your co+%uter to
run a website. 1nce you have downloaded and installed A,!, you can %oint your browser
at localhost and use the link to %h%+yad+in to create a database.
Then, in order to install ord!ress, download the $i% &le, and e5tract it into the web directory
for your A,! installation (this is nor+ally installed as c:Kwa+%Kwww). 2inally
visit http+,,localhost,wordpress to start the ord!ress install. (Assu+ing you e5tracted into
c:Kwa+%KwwwKword%ress).
Ti%: -f you want to use anything other than the default %er+alink structure on your install,
+ake sure you enable the +odHrewrite +odule in A,!. This can be enabled by clicking on the
A,! icon in the taskbar, then hover over A%ache in the +enu, then A%ache +odules and
ensure that the rewriteH+odule ite+ has a check+ark ne5t to it.