WordPress installation - Mini Project: Build & Apply

WordPress Installation

📖 Scenario: You want to set up a WordPress website on your local computer or server. WordPress is a popular tool to create websites easily without coding.To start, you need to prepare the files and database, then configure WordPress to connect to the database, and finally complete the installation through the setup page.

🎯 Goal: By the end, you will have a working WordPress site installed and ready to use.

📋 What You'll Learn

Download and unzip WordPress files

Create a MySQL database for WordPress

Configure WordPress to connect to the database

Complete the WordPress installation through the setup page

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

WordPress is used worldwide to create blogs, business sites, and online stores without coding.

💼 Career

Knowing how to install and configure WordPress is essential for web developers, content managers, and IT support roles.

1

Download and Extract WordPress Files

Download the latest WordPress zip file from https://wordpress.org/latest.zip and extract it into your web server's root directory, for example htdocs/wordpress.

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# Download and extract WordPress files into htdocs/wordpress
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use your browser or command line to download the zip file. Then unzip it into the web server folder.

2

Create a MySQL Database for WordPress

Create a MySQL database named wordpress_db and a user wp_user with password wp_pass123 that has all privileges on this database.

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# Create MySQL database wordpress_db and user wp_user with password wp_pass123
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use your database tool or command line to create the database and user with the exact names and password.

3

Configure WordPress to Connect to the Database

In the htdocs/wordpress folder, copy wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. Then edit wp-config.php to set DB_NAME to 'wordpress_db', DB_USER to 'wp_user', and DB_PASSWORD to 'wp_pass123'.

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# Copy wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php and edit database settings
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Make sure to copy the sample config file and then open it in a text editor to change the database details exactly as given.

4

Complete WordPress Installation Through Setup Page

Open your browser and go to http://localhost/wordpress. Follow the on-screen instructions to set your site title, admin username, password, and email. Then finish the installation to access your WordPress dashboard.

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# Open http://localhost/wordpress in your browser and complete the setup
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use your browser to open the local WordPress URL and carefully follow the setup instructions on screen.