How to Install WordPress on localhost

By Suriya June 24, 2019 WordPress 0 Comments

Last Updated on June 25, 2019

“Localhost wordpress installation without buying hosting”

How to install WordPress on localhost or on your desktop computer is a very popular question. WordPress is majority website tools for designing a website. There are more than 34% of websites run on the WordPress platform.

7 reason to make wordpress so popular

How to create a website with wordpress

There are two ways to install a local server on your desktop machine. One is Wamp Server and the second one is Xampp.

Here I’m using Xampp server for localhost.

Table of Contents

7 steps to install WordPress on localhost.

I’am providing you 7 easy steps to install wordpress on your localhost.

1. Download Xampp

First of go to Xampp website Apachefriends.org
Here you will get 3 option for your windows system.
Choose latest version 7.3.6 / PHP 7.3.6
Click on Download button and an EXE file will be downloaded
Download size: 148MB
Run installation once downloads keep c drive a destination for your Xampp folder. however, you can give another location as well.
Once finished it will create a folder name “Xampp” in C drive.

2. Create a project in Xampp

Once installed of Xampp now go to C drive
Look for Xampp folder and click on it
Find the htdocs folder and click on that.
Now, I am creating a new project or website so, I’m creating a folder.
My folder name is “mynewwebsite“.

3. Download Lastest version of WordPress

As you will finish to create a project name folder, go to wordpress.org
Click on Download WordPress 5.2.2
A WordPress ZIP file will be downloaded on your download folder
Go to download folder and right click on WordPress-5.2.2.Zip
Click on Cut or copy
Go to C drive and look for Xampp
Open Xampp folder then go to the htdocs folder
Now I am going to my new project folder which is “mynewwebsite“
Open this folder and CTLR +V or paste WordPress Zip file here
Now right click on WordPress ZIP file and click on extract here
A WordPress folder will be generated.
Open the WordPress folder and cut/copy all files and folder in that folder
Past it in the mynewwebsitefolder and delete the WordPress folder and also ZIP file.

4. Start Apache and MySQL

Search Xampp in your windows search box
You will get Xampp control panel and click on that
The xampp control panel will open as in the above image
Click on Start for Apache
Click on start for MySQL
Now server now Live.

5. Create a database

Go to browser and type URL http://localhost/phymyadmin/
You will get into the phpmyadmin dashboard
Click on Database

Now enter the database name I am giving here “mynewwesbite” as the database name.
Click on create
The database will be created.

6. Install WordPress on localhost

Open browser and type URL as http://localhost/mynewwebsite/
Select a language from the list and click on continue.

Now site name and user login details will required

localhost wordpress installation process

Enter site title like “Mynewwebsite“
Create a username as per your choice.
Create a password as per your choice.
Enter email ID where installation details will be sent.
Click on install WordPress

Congrats! Your WordPress has been installed over your localhost or on your desktop machine.

localhost-Wordpress-installation-success

Login to WordPress Admin

Go to browser and type URL as http://localhost/mynewwebsite/wp-admin/
Type your user name and password those entered during installation
You are now on WordPress dashboard