{"id":94,"date":"2021-05-17T14:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aesir.visualmodo.com\/prebuilt-website\/community\/?p=94"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:51:15","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aesir.visualmodo.com\/prebuilt-website\/community\/2021\/05\/17\/how-to-install-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is well-known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances, installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Many web hosts now offer tools (e.g. Fantastico) to automatically install WordPress for you. However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, the following guide will help. Now with Automatic Upgrade,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Upgrading WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Upgrading_WordPress\">upgrading<\/a>\u00a0is even easier.<\/p>\n<p>The following installation guide will help you, whether you go for the\u00a0<i>Famous 5 Minute Installation<\/i>, or require the more detailed installation guide.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Things_to_Know_Before_Installing_WordPress\">Things to Know Before You Begin Installing WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Installation\">The Famous 5-Minute Installation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Detailed_Instructions\">Detailed Installation Instructions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Common_Installation_Problems\">Common Installation Problems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Automated_Installation\">Automated Installation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"WordPress in Your Language\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/WordPress_in_Your_Language\">WordPress in Your Language<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Installing WordPress in Your Language\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress_in_Your_Language\">Installing WordPress in Your Language<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Installing_Multiple_Blogs\">How to Install Multiple Blogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Installing_WordPress_on_your_own_Computer\">How to Install on Your Own Computer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Easy_5_Minute_WordPress_Installation_on_Windows\">Easy 5 Minute WordPress Installation on Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Installing_WordPress_at_AWS\">How to Install with Amazon&#8217;s Web Services (AWS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Installing_WordPress_at_DigitalOcean\">How to Install at Digital Ocean on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Unattended.2Fautomated_installation_of_WordPress_on_Ubuntu_Server_16.04_LTS\">Unattended (automated) installation of WordPress on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Getting Started with WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Getting_Started_with_WordPress\">Getting Started with WordPress (much more installation info)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Things_to_Know_Before_Installing_WordPress\" class=\"mw-headline\">Things to Know Before Installing WordPress<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before you begin the install, there are a few things you need to have and do.<\/p>\n<p>These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access to your\u00a0<a title=\"Glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Glossary#Web_server\">web server<\/a>\u00a0(via\u00a0<a title=\"Glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Glossary#FTP\">FTP<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Glossary#Shell\">shell<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to\u00a0<a title=\"Installing WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Step_2:_Create_the_Database_and_a_User\">create MySQL databases<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<a title=\"Glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Glossary#Text_editor\">text editor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>An\u00a0<a title=\"FTP Clients\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/FTP_Clients\">FTP Client<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Your web browser of choice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"Things_You_Need_to_Do_to_Install_WordPress\" class=\"mw-headline\">Things You Need to Do to Install WordPress<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Begin your installation by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Checking to ensure that you and your web host have the\u00a0<a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/about\/requirements\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">minimum requirements to run WordPress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Downloading<\/a>\u00a0the most current version of WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Unzipping the downloaded file to a folder on your hard drive.<\/li>\n<li>Creating a\u00a0<a title=\"Editing wp-config.php\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Editing_wp-config.php\">secure password for your Secret Key<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Keeping this webpage open so you have it handy during the installation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span id=\"Famous_5-Minute_Installation\" class=\"mw-headline\">Famous 5-Minute Installation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the quick version of the instructions for those who are already comfortable with performing such installations. More\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Installing_WordPress#Detailed_Instructions\">detailed instructions<\/a>\u00a0follow.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not comfortable with renaming files, step 3 is optional and you can skip it as the install program will create the\u00a0<tt>wp-config.php<\/tt>\u00a0file for you.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download and unzip the WordPress package if you haven&#8217;t already.<\/li>\n<li>Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a\u00a0<a title=\"Glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Glossary#MySQL\">MySQL<\/a>\u00a0(or MariaDB) user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.<\/li>\n<li>(Optional) Find and rename\u00a0<tt>wp-config-sample.php<\/tt>\u00a0to\u00a0<tt>wp-config.php<\/tt>, then edit the file (see\u00a0<a title=\"Editing wp-config.php\" href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Editing_wp-config.php\">Editing wp-config.php<\/a>) and add your database information.<\/li>\n<li>Upload the WordPress files to the desired location on your web server:\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g.\u00a0<tt>http:\/\/example.com\/<\/tt>), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (excluding the WordPress directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.<\/li>\n<li>If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your website (e.g.\u00a0<tt>http:\/\/example.com\/blog\/<\/tt>), create the\u00a0<tt>blog<\/tt>\u00a0directory on your server and upload the contents of the unzipped WordPress package to the directory via FTP.<\/li>\n<li><i><b>Note:<\/b>\u00a0If your FTP client has an option to convert file names to lower case, make sure it&#8217;s disabled.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Run the WordPress installation script by accessing the URL in a web browser. This should be the URL where you uploaded the WordPress files.\n<ul>\n<li>If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit:\u00a0<tt>http:\/\/example.com\/<\/tt><\/li>\n<li>If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called\u00a0<tt>blog<\/tt>, for example, you should visit:\u00a0<tt>http:\/\/example.com\/blog\/<\/tt><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! WordPress should now be installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"card-text\">WordPress is well-known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances, installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Many web hosts now offer tools (e.g. Fantastico) to automatically install WordPress for you. However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, the following guide will help. 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