Installing WordPress in your localhost machine ( PC )

Install WordPress at local host

Installing Wordpress on your local system ( local host ) is a very simple task, You just need to install a web server software within your system.In this example we have opted to use LAMP /WAMP servers for linux and windows users, Since the functionality of both these server softwares are same, we just opted and explained using one of these 2 softwares.

Steps involved in setting up WordPress In your LocalHost

Step 1 : Download the LAMP / WAMP server Softwares based on your Operating system.(LAMP : Linux , WAMP : Windows ).

Step 2 : Download the latest version of Word press Software Click Here

Step 3 : Install The Server software you have installed, For WAMP ( Windows ) server you need to install an .exe file and it is simple, For LAMP ( Linux ) USers  Check this article to install LAMP

Step 4 :  Once you install one of these servers, you need to start that server from its controle pannel for WAMP server , for LAMP server starts automatically once you start the computer.To check weather your server is running, Just  type " localhost " in you web browser, if no error page appears then server has been successfully installed.

Step 5 : Your server will have a directory named " www " inside its installed folder, this is the place where you need to place your files to be displayed on the web page.

For windows, we installed on C:/ drive so the path is c:/wamp/www/ , For linux users in LAMP the path is /var/www/, You need to place the files/folders inside this for them to appera on webpage.

Step 6 : Extract the wordpress you downloaded and paste those files inside the 'www' folder either directly or make a folder called wordpress and paste them for easy handling ( if u paste the files directly inside www folder then just typing localhost in browser will enable you to load your wordpress, if you place files inside a folder named word press within 'www' then you can access these files by typing "localhost/wordpress" as the url.

Step 7 : You need to go to url ' localhost/phpmyadmin ' and create a database and set a user to that database with all priveledges, These database name and user details ( username and password ) you have set needs to be filled in the installation wizrd of wordpress.

Step 8 : Go to 'localhost' or 'localhost/wordpress' where ever you have installed wordpress, Then simple fill the details asked ( Details like database name, database username, database userpassword, login username,login password etc ), If you have done all the above steps of setting up the database properly , you will successfully run wordpress.