All You Need To Know About WordPress Installation

System Requirements for #WordPress Database
-MySQL 5.0 +
-Web Server
-WAMP (Windows)
-LAMP (Linux)
-XAMP (Multi-platform)
-MAMP (Macintosh)
-Operating System
-Cross-platform
-Browser Support
-IE (Internet Explorer 8+), Firefox, Google chrome,
Safari, Opera
PHP Compatibility
PHP 5.2+
Download WordPress
When you open the link
https://wordpress.org/
download/, you will get to see a screen as the
following snapshot
Create Store Database
WordPress requires MySQL database. So create a
new empty database with user/password (for
example, user as "root" and password as "root" or
else you can set as per your convenience).
Then, you can continue with the installation process
as discussed further.
Set Up Wizard
It's very easy to set up WordPress into your system.
The following steps describe how to set up
WordPress locally on your system.
Step (1) − Extract the downloaded WordPress folder
and upload it into your web server or localhost.
Step (2) − Open your browser and navigate to your
WordPress file path, then you will get the first screen
of the WordPress installer as shown in the following
screen. In our case, the path is localhost/< Your_
wordpress_folder >.
Select your language for the WordPress and click on
Continue.
Step (3) − In this step, you can view the information
needed for the database before proceeding with
WordPress installation.
Click on Let's go!
Step (4) − Here, you have to enter the information
about the MySQL database as described in the
following screen.
Database Name: Enter the database name which you
have created in MySQL database for WordPress.
Username: Enter the user name of your MySQL
database.
Password: Enter the password which you had set for
MySQL database.
Database Host: Write the host name, 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.
Click on Run the install
Step (6) − Enter administrative information.
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.
You can view your username and password detail
added in WordPress.
Click on Log In button.
Step (
− After clicking on login, you will get a8)
WordPress Admin Panel.
Enter the username and password which you had
mentioned during installation as shown in step 6 and
click on the Log In button.