Installing WordPress « WordPress Codex http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress Codex tools: Log in Installing WordPress Home Page WordPress Lessons Languages: Español • English • Français • Italiano • 日本語 • 한국어 • Português do Brasil • Русский • Slovenčina • ไทย • 中文(简体) • 中文(繁 Getting Started 體) • (Add your language) Working with WordPress Design and Layout Contents WordPress is well-known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances, installing Advanced Topics [hide] WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Many Troubleshooting web hosts now offer tools (e.g. Fantastico) to automatically install WordPress for you. 1 Things to Know Before Installing Developer Docs However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, the following guide will help. Now with WordPress Automatic Upgrade, upgrading is even easier. 1.1 Things You Need to Do to Install About WordPress WordPress The following installation guide will help you, whether you go for the Famous 5 Minute 2 Famous 5-Minute Install Codex Resources Installation, or require the more detailed installation guide. 3 Detailed Instructions Community portal 3.1 Step 1: Download and Extract Current events Things to Know Before You Begin Installing WordPress 3.2 Step 2: Create the Database Recent changes The Famous 5-Minute Installation and a User Detailed Installation Instructions 3.2.1 Using cPanel Random page 3.2.2 Using Lunarpages.com's Common Installation Problems Help WordPress in Your Language custom cPanel (LPCP) Installing WordPress in Your Language 3.2.3 Using phpMyAdmin How to Install Multiple Blogs 3.2.4 Using the MySQL Client How to Install on Your Own Computer 3.2.5 Using DirectAdmin Easy 5 Minute WordPress Installation on Windows 3.3 Step 3: Set up wp-config.php How to Install with Amazon's Web Services (AWS) 3.4 Step 4: Upload the files Getting Started with WordPress (much more installation info) 3.4.1 In the Root Directory 3.4.2 In a Subdirectory Things to Know Before Installing WordPress 3.5 Step 5: Run the Install Script 3.5.1 Setup configuration file Before you begin the install, there are a few things you need to have and do. 3.5.2 Finishing installation 3.5.3 Install Script These are: Troubleshooting 4 Common Installation Problems Access to your web server (via shell or FTP) 5 Automated Installation A text editor 5.1 (mt) Media Temple 1-Click Tool An FTP Client 5.2 Fantastico Your web browser of choice 5.3 Installatron 1-Click Installer 5.4 Softaculous Things You Need to Do to Install WordPress 6 Installation Instructions in Other Begin your installation by: Languages 7 Installing Multiple Blogs 1. Checking to ensure that you and your web host have the minimum requirements to run 8 Installing WordPress on your own WordPress. Computer 2. Download the latest release of WordPress. 8.1 Local Installation Instructions 3. Unzip the downloaded file to a folder on your hard drive. 8.2 Software Appliance - Ready- 4. Be prepared with a secure password for your Secret Key to-Use 5. Print this page out so you have it handy during the installation. 8.3 Easy 5 Minute WordPress Installation on Windows 1 of 12 11/22/2013 8:49 AM Installing WordPress « WordPress Codex http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress 8.3.1 WAMP Follow @WordPress FamousAbout 5-MinuteSupport Install Showcase WordCamp 9 Installing WordPressWordPress.com at AWS Blog Get Involved Plugins WordPress.TV Matt Like 766k Here's the quick version of the instructions for those who are already comfortable with Hosting Learn Themes BuddyPress Privacy performing such installations. More detailed instructions follow. Jobs Ideas bbPress License / GPLv2 If you are not comfortable with renaming files, step 3 is optional and you can skip it as the install program will create the wp-config.php file for you. 1. Download and unzip the WordPress package if you haven't already. 2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it. 3. (Optional) Find and rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, then edit the file (see Editing wp-config.php) and add your database information. 4. Upload the WordPress files to the desired location on your web server: If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (excluding the WordPress directory itself) into the root directory of your web server. If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/), create the blog directory on your server and upload the contents of the unzipped WordPress package to the directory via FTP. Note: If your FTP client has an option to convert file names to lower case, make sure it's disabled. 5. Run the WordPress installation script by accessing the URL in a web browser. This should be the URL where you uploaded the WordPress files. If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/ If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/ That's it! WordPress should now be installed. Detailed Instructions Step 1: Download and Extract Download and unzip the WordPress package from http://wordpress.org/download/. If you will be uploading WordPress to a remote web server, download the WordPress package to your computer with a web browser and unzip the package. If you will be using FTP, skip to the next step - uploading files is covered later. If you have shell access to your web server, and are comfortable using console-based tools, you may wish to download WordPress directly to your web server using wget (or lynx or another console-based web browser) if you want to avoid FTPing: wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz Then unzip the package using: tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz The WordPress package will extract into a folder called wordpress in the same directory that you downloaded latest.tar.gz. Step 2: Create the Database and a User If you are using a hosting provider, you may already have a WordPress database set up for you, or there may be an automated setup solution to do so. Check your hosting provider's support pages or your control panel for clues about whether or not you'll need to create one manually. If you determine that you'll need to create one manually, follow the instructions for accessing phpMyAdmin on various servers, or follow the instructions for Using cPanel or Using phpMyAdmin below. If you are installing WordPress on your own web server, follow the Using phpMyAdmin or Using the MySQL Client instructions below to create your WordPress username and database. If you have only one database and it is already in use, you can install WordPress in it - just make sure to have a distinctive prefix for your tables to avoid over-writing any existing database table. 2 of 12 11/22/2013 8:49 AM Installing WordPress « WordPress Codex http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress Using cPanel If your hosting provider supplies the cPanel hosting control panel, you may follow these simple instructions to create your WordPress username and database. A more complete set of instructions for using cPanel to create the database and user can be found in Using cPanel. 1. Log in to your cPanel. 2. Click MySQL Database Wizard icon under the Databases section. 3. In Step 1. Create a Database enter the database name and click Next Step. 4. In Step 2. Create Database Users enter the database user name and the password. Make sure to use a strong password. Click Create User. 5. In Step 3. Add User to Database click the All Privileges checkbox and click Next Step. 6. In Step 4. Complete the task note the database name and user. Write down the values of hostname, username, databasename, and the password you chose. (Note that hostname will usually be localhost.) Using Lunarpages.com's custom cPanel (LPCP) Lunarpages has developed their own version of cPanel. 1. Log in to your account. 2. Go to Control Panel. 3. Click on the button on the left panel labeled 'Go to LPCP'. 4. Go to MySQL Manager. 5. Add the user name and database name but leave the host name as the default IP number. 6. Note the IP address of the database on the right which is different from the default IP number of the host indicated in the above step. 7. When modifying the WP-CONFIG.PHP file, use the DB IP number, not 'LOCALHOST'. 8. When modifying the WP-CONFIG.PHP file, be sure to use the full name of the database and user name, typically 'accountname_nameyoucreated'. 9. Refer to http://wiki.lunarpages.com/Create_and_Delete_MySQL_Users_in_LPCP for more info. Using phpMyAdmin If your web server has phpMyAdmin installed, you may follow these instructions to create your WordPress username and database. Note: These instructions are written for phpMyAdmin 2.6.0; the phpMyAdmin user interface can vary slightly between versions. 1. If a database relating to WordPress does not already exist in the Database dropdown on the left, create one: 1. Choose a name for your WordPress database ('wordpress' or 'blog' are good), enter it in the Create new database field, and click Create. 2. Click the Home icon in the upper left to return to the main page, then click Privileges. If a user relating to WordPress does not already exist in the list of users, create one: 1.