How to install wordpress using xampp local host

<h2> <b>About WordPress & Wordpress installation on XAMPP server</b></h2> <h3> <br />About Wordpress </h3> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> WordPress is the most famous <b><i>CMS</i></b> (<i><u>Content Mangment System</u></i>) in theworld, and every type of website can becreated by it. </div> <div> Two things are imporants for creating a High professional website or blog using wordpress:</div> </div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <ul> <li style="text-align: left;"><b> Web Hosting  </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">  (storage space and access for websites)</span></li> <li style="text-align: left;"><b> Domain Name </b>(website name & domain extension like .com.pk.us.co.org.info.net many more)</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div> <br /></div> <div> Don’t worry, if you have not purchased a domain and hosting yet, create</div> <div> your website or blog on your local hos. You can create a full website or blog</div> <div> locally before going to live server. It is be椀ter to create a website or blog on</div> <div> the local host, after completing your project you can easily upload</div> <div> (launch)your full site on a live server.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> First you need to install a local host software on your PC to make it local server to run web development applications. I recommend  XAMPP, a small utility ,which will allow you to run a local web server on your own machine, using Apache and MySQL. This tutorial is for Windows users, there are other versions of XAMPP are available, if you are using XAMPP is available for the following  o/s (operating system)</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <ol> <li><b>XMAPP for Windows</b></li> <li><b>XMAPP for MAC</b></li> <li><b>XMAPP for Lunix</b></li> </ol> <div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> INSTALLING OF   XAMPP</h2> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> First, you need to download XAMPP. Click here to download XAMPP latest version, and then double click the installer file to install on your computer.</div> <div> Its installation is quite easy, as like any other software, you have already</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> installed.</div> <div> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_bFYlms4dks/VLt0b2JA5GI/AAAAAAAAAEk/S2ZLZSa_9SM/s1600/XAMPP%2Bfor%2BWindows%2B5.5.19%2BDownload.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="151" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_bFYlms4dks/VLt0b2JA5GI/AAAAAAAAAEk/S2ZLZSa_9SM/s1600/XAMPP%2Bfor%2BWindows%2B5.5.19%2BDownload.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">xampp download</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> If your system is configured by default, a message appears indicating that</div> <div> the control of the user’s account – UAC – is disabled.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Press OK and confirm the steps for installing the software.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Starting  the Apache and MySQL</div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFCDFYpFFr0/VLt03ZP8Q_I/AAAAAAAAAEs/fkC9PoN8LOo/s1600/xampp%2Bcontorl%2Bpanel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZFCDFYpFFr0/VLt03ZP8Q_I/AAAAAAAAAEs/fkC9PoN8LOo/s1600/xampp%2Bcontorl%2Bpanel.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> After installation, launch XAMPP from your desktop shortcut and start</div> <div> Apache and MySQL by pressing “Start” on the control panel.</div> <div> Now open your browser, and type h椀tp://localhost and press enter, you will</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> see a XAMPP home page, and now you can run any web development</div> <div> software, including WordPress on your local machine.</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--LOS7c2ucqA/VLt1YM-jSAI/AAAAAAAAAE0/ECRAyBQV8mg/s1600/xampp%2Bhome%2Bscreen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="110" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--LOS7c2ucqA/VLt1YM-jSAI/AAAAAAAAAE0/ECRAyBQV8mg/s1600/xampp%2Bhome%2Bscreen.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">xampp home screen<br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> Select English language to go to the admin panel, and now you can install</div> <div> WordPress locally.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> 4. CREATE A DATABASE FOR WORDPRESS</div> <div> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yIm40wsAdPE/VLt2ICUueBI/AAAAAAAAAFA/CD2P5TayBUs/s1600/create%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbase%2Busing%2Bphpmy%2Badmin%2Bxampp.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yIm40wsAdPE/VLt2ICUueBI/AAAAAAAAAFA/CD2P5TayBUs/s1600/create%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbase%2Busing%2Bphpmy%2Badmin%2Bxampp.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">creating database using phpmyadmin</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <br /></div> <div> Now we are going to create a database for wordPress installation.</div> <div> click on the link phpMyAdmin to create a database for WordPress</div> <div> installation.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Now you are here at phpmyadmin panel.</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ej8rvcn4TPw/VLt2nBfN56I/AAAAAAAAAFI/jOyYk0HvXjI/s1600/create%2Ba%2Bdatabase.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="163" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ej8rvcn4TPw/VLt2nBfN56I/AAAAAAAAAFI/jOyYk0HvXjI/s1600/create%2Ba%2Bdatabase.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">phpmyadmin datbase</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> Click on the databases link on the top and type database name for example</div> <div> “WordPress”in the database name and click crate. Now you have created</div> <div> your database successfully. A confirmation message is displayed, your</div> <div> database is operational and ready to be coupled to a WordPress installation.</div> <div> <br /></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R4Ettn0Gks4/VLt3K4bMTOI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/PtsbX9XLtKE/s1600/installing%2Bdatebase.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R4Ettn0Gks4/VLt3K4bMTOI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/PtsbX9XLtKE/s1600/installing%2Bdatebase.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">creating datebase<br /><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> INSTALL WORDPRESS</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> The hard part is done, now we start creating a WordPress website on the local host. Get the latest WordPress CMS – version from www.wordpress.org</div> </div> </div> <div> download latest version of wordpress from this website</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fF59iv9MHUk/VLt4KlMKSGI/AAAAAAAAAFY/-rjxJb1etnk/s1600/download%2BWordpress.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fF59iv9MHUk/VLt4KlMKSGI/AAAAAAAAAFY/-rjxJb1etnk/s1600/download%2BWordpress.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">download wordpress latest version<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Locate the xampp folder on c:\ open it and locate htdocs folder, and create a<br />new folder “Wordpress ”here, and past the unzipped files in the WordPress<br />folder.<br />Latest version is 4.1.<br />Open your browser to go to the root of your new site by typing<br /> h椀p://localhost/wordpress / simply where you have past WordPress files.<br />Create WordPress configuration file</span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TMZvIATyerU/VLt7t1xPgHI/AAAAAAAAAFk/5WpRSRbT6go/s1600/configuration.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="130" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TMZvIATyerU/VLt7t1xPgHI/AAAAAAAAAFk/5WpRSRbT6go/s1600/configuration.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">configuration file<br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Click “Create the configuration file” and “Let’s go” and enter the login</span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> details to your database. The fields “Host Database” and “Table Prefix” does</div> <div> not need to be changed and leave the password field empty. Remember here</div> <div> in local host does nor require password.</div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8wFoyhjyx24/VLt9EiqsKjI/AAAAAAAAAFs/0SS2Eqz9h7Q/s1600/setup%2Bof%2Bwordpress%2Bdatebase.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8wFoyhjyx24/VLt9EiqsKjI/AAAAAAAAAFs/0SS2Eqz9h7Q/s1600/setup%2Bof%2Bwordpress%2Bdatebase.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> Connection details to the database</div> <div> Confirm the message “Great! We arrived at the end of this par</div> <div> installation.WordPress can now connect with your database.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59uiW1Z5hcU/VLt9XW5aB9I/AAAAAAAAAF0/h7S6O1qsH4s/s1600/run%2Bthe%2Binstall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-59uiW1Z5hcU/VLt9XW5aB9I/AAAAAAAAAF0/h7S6O1qsH4s/s1600/run%2Bthe%2Binstall.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <div> Connecting to the database</div> <div> It’ll only start the installation and fine‑tune the final details by entering the</div> <div> title of your new site, a username, a password and an email address. The</div> <div> “Privacy” is of no importance,installing WordPress is local, and therefore</div> <div> inaccessible from the outside.</div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5wHkVnA0mnE/VLuLxp6kAAI/AAAAAAAAAGE/s2szVUU1UQw/s1600/install%2Bwordpress.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5wHkVnA0mnE/VLuLxp6kAAI/AAAAAAAAAGE/s2szVUU1UQw/s1600/install%2Bwordpress.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> WordPress Website Details</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Press<b> “Install WordPress”</b> to finish off.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Now we have installed WordPress locally using XAMMP .That’s it, </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> now you can administer your site as you link address <b>http: //localhost/wordpress/wp‑login.php</b></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Jed4LXaZx0/VLuMWNq-I8I/AAAAAAAAAGM/EzZziGMDNwc/s1600/login%2Bin%2Bwordpress.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="248" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Jed4LXaZx0/VLuMWNq-I8I/AAAAAAAAAGM/EzZziGMDNwc/s1600/login%2Bin%2Bwordpress.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">login in wordpress</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div>

How to install wordpress using xampp local host

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