Installing Wordpress

Let’s kick things off by installing Wordpress, which can be downloaded from www.wordpress.

org. After that, we need to set up a mySQL database with a username and password.

Once we download Wordpress and unzip the file, we can upload and rename the folder to any server where we want the Wordpress site. We can use a hosting account or build the website on our local web server.

After setting up the database, we simply open the folder for which the installation takes place,

such as localhost/wordpress or http:// example.com. You’ll now see a page and a ‘Let’s Go’ button on the bottom on the screen.

Once we click the Let’s Go button, we’re prompted for our database settings. These include the database name, username, password, database host and table prefix.

Once we submit the database info, we could be prompted to copy and paste code to a new file called wp-config.php. If so, we must do that. Otherwise, we can proceed to the next step.

Towards the end of the installation, we add a site title, username and password for the admin area. We don’t want to confuse this username and password with the database setup because it has nothing to do with that. These credentials are there so that we can log in to the site and control the content, theme and other features using a browser.

As soon as we enter these characters and select Install Wordpress, we’re guided to the admin login for which we can log in to the admin.