Install WordPress Offline

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WordPress is a CMS developed in PHP language. It is mainly used to create eCommerce and Dynamic attractive websites. If you do not know how to code. You can use still use WordPress. To create a website you just have to drag and drop. In WordPress their are thousands of plugins and themes available online. Free and Paid both are available. You can install theme to give your website an attractive look and install plugin to add on several features on your website.

Basically WordPress runs on Linux hosting because it is developed in PHP and PHP works best on Linux Hosting. You need a domain and hosting to run your website on Linux. There are several vendors in the market providing domain and hosting services. Bluehost is one of the best seller of hosting. You can check out its plans and for domain, no doubt Go daddy is the best option.

But right now we are learning how to install WordPress on your local system on your local server. First of all it is free. I usually work on Wamp Server. It is an offline server. PHP is a server site language so you need a server to run that. If you want to show your website to everyone you have to purchase hosting and domain but if want to learn WordPress or want to do practice you can do it early without paying any amount.

• Steps to install WordPress offline
• Install wamp server.
• Download WordPress zip file from wordpress.org
• Configure wamp server and start it.
• Copy the download zip file of WordPress and paste in C Drive -> Wamp -> WWW
• Create database in localhost/phpmyadmin
• Enter the database name eg: project2 and click on create button.
• Now open "localhost/folder name" of your unzipped file.
• Start installing

• Database Name : Name of the database that you have created in phpmyadmin
• Username: root
• Password: root / leave blank
• Database host: localhost
• Table prefix : wp_

• The above mention details are to connect to your database and username password will also be the same that you have entered while setting up Wamp
• Now the next step of entering the details of website

• Site title : Title of your website
• Username: username for your WordPress admin panel 
• Password: password for your WordPress admin panel
• Email: Your own email id
• Search Engine Visibility: Do not tick it because you are creating website and you do not want anybody to visit your website when it is not ready. You can tick it later from settings when your website is ready. 

• Now your installing process is finished.
• Login in your admin panel with the details you enter in point no. 10.
• To open your webiste, enter localhost/project2
• To open admin panel of your website, enter localhost/project2/wp-admin

You can also see the process on video

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