WordPress installation- Step by Step guide: As of now you will be familiar with WordPress and what it offers, now let’s help you out with how you can WordPress installed on your PC. Before getting started with the installation you should know that there are two other options to use WordPress:
1. You can easily go to the commercial site of WordPress (WordPress.com) or
2. Web Hosting: This is the most common method where the web host will provide domain name and host plan to your website.
How to Install WordPress (Locally):
This method enables the WordPress user to have the asset related to the website private which means everything the user create or upload can be seen only by them on their local device. To have your website go public after that, you need a domain name and a hosting plan.
Step 1: Downloading WordPress
- Go to the website https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress/installer and choose from the three choices mentioned (Windows, Apple and Linux) according to your system.
- After pressing download, do not sign up from any mentioned accounts given such as Google, Facebook etc and your download is completed.
Step 2: Installing WordPress
- After downloading click on the file below and Select a language and click Next.
- Under Select Components keep the boxes checked
and click on Next again.
- Then under Installation folder selecta folder under which you want to install WordPress and then click Next.
- Under Create Admin account fill your details along with the password and click Next.
- Next under WordPress you need to give a name to your website and select Next.
- Configure SMTP Settings- if you want to then check the box
then Next and next.
- Under Ready Installation click Next.
- After the installation process completes you must check the box
to launch Bitnami WordPress stack and then click on Finish.
- Now the process is completed a web browser will arrive on top of which you need to type localhost/wordpress to see your website and localhost/wordpress/login.
- Login by giving the data that you filled before and you are inside WordPress.
As a beginner you can explore WordPress as an integral user but if you want to go official you need to the second and the most efficient option i.e. getting a domain name and making the whole world see your website officially through any Web Hosting provider.
What is a Domain Name?
Nobody wants their website to be known by an IP (Internet Protocol) address which is why a domain name is preferred. It is a simple name instead or some numbers so that when a client visits your website your domain name looks catchy rather than some figures no one can remember.
What is Web Hosting?
Web hosting is a service that provides you storage space for your data on the internet so that when a client visits your website all the content of your website opens live. Buying a domain name doesn’t complete the job of gaining clients as domain name and web hosting goes hand in hand i.e. you need both to make your website active on the internet.
How to create a WordPress website (Manually):
Under this process you do not need a third party application to download your file which means your files are secure.
- From cPanel website, under database select MySQL® Databases.
- Write a simple database name and Create Database and then click go back.
- Now create username and then click go back.
- Under Add User To Database select your file and click Add.
- Then click all
and click Make Changes.
- In another tab open https://wordpress.org/download/ and click Download WordPress.
- Select the new version and download.
- Extract the file and after the download is completed rename the file.
- From sample.php to xyz.php.
- Open this file in your editor and change the username and password to the one given before and save it.
- Now you need to zip your file.
- Now go back to cPanel and go to File Manager and upload the file.
- Go to public.html and click upload ↑, select the application and then reload.
- After the reloading is done extract the file.
- Now select all the WordPress files and move them to public/html.
- Now delete the wordpress.zip file permanently.
- Go to the website and after choosing the language click continue.
- Fill the mentioned details along with the password and email.
- Then click on Install WordPress.
- Login to WordPress and here you go.
This method is known to be the safe yet lengthy method. You can choose any single method and get started ith your website.