How to Install WordPress

WordPress Installation is easier than what you think

WordPress is popular for its simplicity of installation. Under most scenarios, installing WordPress is a really easy process and takes less than 5 minutes to complete. Many host now provide tools (e.g. Softaculous) to install WordPress for you with one click installation. Nevertheless, if you want to install WordPress yourself, the following WordPress installation tutorial will help.

Things to know before going further

Before going further, here are few things you must know.

1. Access to your web server
2. A text editor
3. An FTP client
4. Web browser

Things you need to install WordPress

start your WordPress installation by

1. Ensuring that you and your web server meet the minimum requirements for WordPress installation
2. Download the latest version of WordPress from the WordPress official Website www.wordpress.org
3. Unzip the downloaded file on to your hard drive
4. Be prepared with a strong password as your secrete key

Run your Famous 5 Minute Installation

If you are familiar with setting up the database, you can run this 5 minute WordPress Installation, Otherwise have a look on more detailed WordPress installation Tutorial.

1. Download the WordPress Installation package if have not download yet.
2. Create a Database for your WordPress installation using cpanel or your web server back-end with a Database Username who have all privileges for accessing and editing this database.
3. find the file "wp-config-sample.php" to "wp-config.php". This file is located in the root of the WordPress package you just have downloaded before. (Note: This renaming of file is optional, if you don't want to do this renaming WordPress will do it automatically for you.)
4. Edit you "wp-config.php" file manually by the method given below or skip this step, WordPress will later ask you about the information required at this step. Find and edit only these lines[code type=php] // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** // define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');/** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', 'username_here');/** MySQL user password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here'); /** MySQL database password *//** MySQL hostname */ define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); /** It works as it is in most cases *///Change these to different unique phrases!define('AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); define('NONCE_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); define('AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here'); define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here'); define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here'); define('NONCE_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here'); [/code]
5. Upload your downloaded WordPress Package on your web server to the desired location
   • If you want to install WordPress into the root of your website (e.g. www.example.com), upload all downloaded files from "wordpress" directory to the root directory of your web server.
   • If you want install the WordPress in sub directory of your website (e. g. www.example.com/blog/), create a directory "blog" on the root of your server, upload all files to this directory.
6. Run the WordPress Installation, if you have put the files on your root directory, open www.example.com in your browser or else followed by the directory name in which you have uploaded the files e.g. www.example.com/blog/ in above case.
7. Your WordPress must begin the installation If you edited the "wp-config.php" file in 4^th step, You will see the following screen Fill out the information and you are done.
8. Else if you did not edit the "wp-config.php" file in 4^th step, you will see the following screen Click on "Create a Configuration File" button, This will lead you to the next Screen. Click on the "Let's go!" button and you will be asked to Enter the Database information as given below Enter the Information Required, Click on the "Submit" button and you will see the following screen Click on the "Run the Install" button and you will see the same screen as you have seen if you edited the "wp-config.php" file. As below Fill out the Information, Click "Install WordPress" button and you are done. That's all. Happy Blogging !