{"id":15031,"date":"2021-04-08T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T12:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=15031"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:57:20","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-on-localhost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-localhost\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress in Windows using XAMPP?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this article, I&#8217;m going to describe how to Install WordPress on your Local PC. &nbsp;Follow this some easy step, and learn how to install WordPress on LocalHost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step- 1:-  First step Download <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apachefriends.org\/download.html\" target=\"_blank\">XAMPP<\/a><\/strong>  file  on  your drive And install Xampp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/install-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/install-1-1.png 503w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/install-1-1-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step- 2:- After installation open Xampp and Click on start button <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/click-on-start.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/click-on-start.png 669w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/click-on-start-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And next step downloads <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a><\/strong> and got to file where you have to store Xammp as like:-  Xampp\/htdocs and extract there WordPress file. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-wordpress-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-wordpress-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-wordpress-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-wordpress-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-wordpress-740x414.png 740w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-wordpress-355x199.png 355w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download-wordpress.png 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step:- 3  Go to URL bar and search <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/phpmyadmin\" target=\"_blank\">localhost\/phpmyadmin<\/a> and create new database name as an example:- &#8220;<strong>amitdatabase<\/strong>&#8220;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/databse-pic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15072\" width=\"635\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/databse-pic.png 860w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/databse-pic-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/databse-pic-768x338.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step: 4<\/strong>  Got to the URL bar and search <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\" target=\"_blank\">localhost\/wordpress<\/a><\/strong> and choose the language as English and continue to next step.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/choose-language.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/choose-language.png 688w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/choose-language-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5:- And next create database name, database username &#8220;root&#8221; and password and click on the submit button.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/database-password.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/database-password.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/database-password-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 6:- After this step click on the <strong>Run the Installation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/run-as-the-install-1-1024x396.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/run-as-the-install-1-1024x396.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/run-as-the-install-1-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/run-as-the-install-1-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/run-as-the-install-1.png 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 7:-  After Installation Click on the login button and Put here username as &#8220;<strong>root<\/strong>&#8221; and password &#8220;password&#8221; and click on the login <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/log-in.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/log-in.png 731w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/log-in-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After login, you reached in the WordPress site and now you can customize your site, Add plugins and publish your website.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/login-successfull-1024x514.png\" alt=\"\" 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