WordPress Tip: Install WordPress Locally

Posted by Tom Johnson on Oct 31, 2009 in WordPress, WordPress Newsletter

You can install WordPress locally on your computer if you’re traveling or planning to be offline and you still want to work with WordPress.

I also embedded this video in a WordPress wiki that I’m developing.

Installing WordPress locally involves about 6 steps:

  1. Download and install Wampserver.
  2. Create a database in phpmyadmin.
  3. Add a user with privileges to the database.
  4. Download WordPress and extract to a folder in the www directory.
  5. Customize the wp-config-sample.php file.
  6. Run the WordPress install script at wp-admin/install.php.

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  1. Michael Nov 08, 2009 at 8:25 am #

    You explain the process with great clarity, for which I thank you.
    I’ve just started a WordPress testbed to try to improve my rubbish CSS skils.

    Reply

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