Did you know that you can
install WordPress on your personal computer for learning and testing purposes.
The process of installing WordPress on your personal computer is also known as
setting up a local server environment or localhost. Often theme designers and plugin
developers install WordPress on a local server environment to speed up their
development process. An average user can use the local server environment to
test plugins and/or make changes to the site before making it live for their
audiences. In this article, we will show you how to install WordPress on your
Windows computer using WAMP.
Note: If you install WordPress
locally on your computer, then the only person who can see that site is you. If
you want to have a live WordPress site available to the public, then you need
to have a Domain and WordPress
Web hosting. We recommend that you follow this guide on how to install WordPress.
What is WAMP?
WAMP or WampServer
is a compilation of Apache web server, PHP and MySQL bundled for Windows
computers. Basically, you need WAMP to setup your own local server environment
and install WordPress on Windows. There are other clients for Windows such as
XAMPP, but we use and recommend WAMP. It is free and easy to use.
Installing Wampserver
on your PC
First thing you
need to do is go to WampServer website and download the latest
WampServer. You will be presented with various options on their download page.
Simply choose the one that applies to your Windows (64-bit or 32-bit). When in
doubt, select the 32-bit version because it will work on 64-bit versions of
Windows.
Once you have
downloaded WampServer, run the installation program and follow on-screen
instructions. At one point during the installation, WampServer will ask for the
location of the default web browser. By default it will use Internet Explorer,
but you can change that to Google Chrome or Firefox by locating the browser in
Program Files.
Once you are done with the
installation, launch WampServer.
Setting Up a Database
for WordPress
WampServer comes
with phpMyAdmin, a web based application to manage MySQL databases. Click on
the Wampserver icon in windows taskbar and then click on phpmyadmin.
phpMyAdmin will open in a new
browser window. Click on Databases in phpmMyAdmin to create a new database for
WordPress. Choose a name for your database and click on Create button.
Installing WordPress on Windows with WAMP
Download a copy of
WordPress from WordPress.org.
Extract the zip file and copy the wordpress folder. Go to C:\wamp\www and paste
wordpress folder there. You can rename the wordpress folder to anything you
want for example mysite, wpbeginner, etc. For the sake of this tutorial, we
renamed our wordpress directory to mysite. Now open a web browser and go to:
http://localhost/mysite/
WordPress will
inform you that it can not find a
wp-config.php file. Click on theCreate a Configuration File button to create it.
On the next screen, you need to
provide your database information. The database name will be the one that you
selected. In our case, we called it test_db.
Please note that
your default database username will be root and leave the password blank.
Click on the submit button and WordPress will create a configuration file for
you.
After this you will see a
screen informing you that WordPress has successfully created the configuration
file, and you can proceed with the installation. Click onRun Install button.
On the next screen, fill out
the installation form. You need to provide a title for your website, choose an
admin username and password, and provide admin email address. Finally press the Install
WordPress button.
WordPress will quickly run the
installation and create database tables. Once done, you will see a success
message after the installation. You can then proceed to your WordPress by
clicking on the Log in button.
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