In modern web technologies presently we have so many CMS(Content Management System) applications throughout the world along with WordPress where it’s one of the best parts of the web technology’s family.
Why WordPress?
Yes, it’s a common question of the new web development geeks, our answer is a WordPress is an extraordinary web technology to build a dynamic site with less amount of time.
Benefits
- Easy to build
- Takes less amount of time
- To make SEO friendly URL’s
- Flexible
- Robust
- Secure
Let start how to create a WordPress website step by step
Step 1:
WordPress has fully belonged with PHP programming language so we need Apache server to run this site lets go for XAMPP software
Got to: https://www.ap achefriends.org/download.html and download the XAMPP software as per your operating systems depends such as 32 bit or 64 bit
Install your XAMPP software in your PC/Laptop into your hard drive
If you have installed XAMPP software go to your PC/Laptop into the installed drive for ex: C:/xampp/htdocs/your_project_folder/
After installation starts your XAMPP control panel we need to start both Apache and MySQL services.
(or) Install Wamp Server
Go to: http://www.wampserver.com/en/ and download Wamp software as per your operating systems depends such as 32 bit or 64 bit
Install your Wamp software in your PC/Laptop into your hard drive
If you have installed Wamp software go to your PC/Laptop into the installed drive for ex: C:/wamp/wwwroot/your_project_folder/
Step 2:
After installing your XAMPP you need to download WordPress package
Go to: https://wordpress.org/download/ and download WordPress package
Step 3:
After downloading WordPress package go to your installed XAMPP folder ex: C:/xampp/htdocs/wordpress/
|- Where wordpress is a folder name (you just create your folder name as per your wish
Extract your wordpress zip under C:/xamppp/htdocs/wordpress/
Now open your browser and type http://localhost/wordpress/
select your language and press continue button
Step 4:
press let’s go button
Step 5:
Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ and create database name with any name here we go to give wordpress as database name
press create button then come back to installation page
Step 6:
here wordpress is a database name which we created early, root is default database username, database password is empty by default, database host is localhost by default and finally table prefix wp_ you can change here as per your way then press submit button.
Step 7:
now click Run the installation
Step 8:
Give your site title, username, password and email id for authentication and press Install WordPress
Step 9:
press Log In
Step 10:
username : admin and password: admin
Finally, go to http://localhost/wordpress/
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How to Create a WordPress Website