Installing WordPress onto a local Windows server with WAMP (video)

Install WordPress 3.9x on localhost with WAMP Server

This video-article shows how to install WordPress locally on your computer (localhost) using the WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) or MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server.

If you haven’t installed a local server;

• MAC users can download and install MAMP and
• Windows users can download and install WAMP.

I’m going to run through the installation of WAMP on Windows but I understand the procedure is very similar to installing MAMP on the Mac.

 

 

 

If you’re a Windows user there is a video tutorial on downloading and installing WAMP as part of this video-article series if you need further help.

Download WordPress

Create a folder on your localhost server where you want to place WordPress. The folder I’ve created is, c:\wamp\www\wp.

 

 

Go to WordPress.org and download WordPress to this folder.

 

 

When the download is complete, extract the files to the c:\wamp\www\wp folder.

 

 

Create a MySQL Database for WordPress

Now before we can install WordPress we need to create a MySQL database where WordPress can store its data. So open phpMyAdmin, which came as part of the WAMP installation.

 

 

Enter your username and password and press go.

As this is just a testing platform on the local server I just leave the default username (root) and password (none). Obviously, you would never do this on a live website.

In the left hand panel of phpMyAdmin you should see a list of all the installed databases. If you don’t just click on the home icon. Then click on the Databases tab in the right hand panel and in the Create databases box enter a name for the database. Click the create button when ready.

• I always use the name of the WordPress folder for the database name. It just makes it easy to remember.

And that’s all there is to creating the database for WordPress.

 

 

Install WordPress on Localhost

With our database setup we can now install WordPress.

Normally I would tell you to enter: localhost/wp/wp-admin/install.php into your browsers address bar to complete the installation of WordPress, but there’s actually an nicer way. Just enter : localhost/wp/readme.html into your browsers address bar. This gives you a nice WordPress readme file with lots of pertinent information. I suggest you give it a read.

It discusses the famous 5 minute install. The updating of WordPress. How to migrate from other systems and system requirements. Plus a list of online resources and a few other notes.

 

 

We need the famous 5 minute install. So, just click on the, wp-admin/install.php hyperlink in item 2.

This will display a warning screen stating that the, wp-config.php file is missing. To create the file just click the, Create a configuration file, button.

The next screen tells you that WordPress needs your database name (wp), username (root), password (none), hosting details (localhost), and the table prefix (wp_) you will use in the database.

When you’ve entered the data, click the submit button. If all is well you should get the congratulation screen.

Click the, Run the Install button. This will bring you to the WordPress welcome screen. You don’t’ need to worry about anything you enter here as everything can be changed from the admin panel at a later date if required.

So enter your Site Title, Username, Password, Email address (this will not actually be used on the localhost setup) and because we are running a local server we do not want the search engines to index the website so uncheck the box.

Once you’ve entered your data, click the, Install WordPress button. If everything goes well, you should be presented with the WordPress Success screen.

Click the login button and enter your username and password. Your WordPress site should be up and running on your local server.

Finally, if you have any thoughts or suggestions relating to Install WordPress 3.9x on localhost with WAMP, don’t forget to let me have them in the comment box below. Thanks for dropping by.