How to Download and Install WordPress Locally on Windows

Описание: In this video you will learn how to download and install WordPress locally on Windows from scratch.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro and steps necessary to install WordPress on PC
0:50 Installation of XAMPP package
2:29 Download WordPress
2:49 Connecting WordPress with XAMPP
3:42 WordPress installation

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How to install WordPress on your Windows PC, and start WordPress website development.

Step-by-step
1. XAMPP software installation - The first step is to install software which will allow WordPress to work. In our case, for the Windows operating system we will install XAMPP.
2. Download WordPress - The second step is to download WordPress from the official WordPress website
3. Connecting WordPress with XAMPP
4. WordPress installation

Everything we do will only be available on PC. Of course, everything can be transferred to the hosting and domain later to make it publicly available.

In order to install XAMPP package type XAMPP download in the search and then open the first link from the search results. Download the latest version of the XAMPP package. After the download is completed, run the downloaded file. Click on next and when selecting components only Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPMyAdmin should be checked. You can leave the installation on C drive and XAMPP directory. You need to wait for installation process to finish. After XAMPP is installed we will go to location where we installed it. In our case it is C drive and XAMPP folder. Right click on XAMPP control option and then run as administrator. You need to check Apache and MySQL option and select start action for this two modules.

The second step is to download WordPress. Type "WordPress download" in Google search and go to WordPress website and download the latest version of WordPress.

The third step is to connect WordPress with XAMPP package. Open the WordPress zipp file that you downloaded earlier and copy the WordPress folder. Then, open disk C, XAMPP and htdocs folder and paste the WordPress folder you copied.
Now, we will create database. It is necessary to type localhost/phpmyadmin in the browser. You need to click "new" to create database.

The last step is to install WordPress. In your browser now type localhost/wordpress. First, you need to choose languages. We will leave it in English. Now, we get information what data we need to know before we proceeded. The following data should be filled in: database name, username, password, database host, table prefix. Run the installation process, and then fill in: Site title, username, password, your email and then click on install WordPress.
By clicking on Log in, log in screen will appear and you need to enter username and password that you defined earlier.

Now, we have logged in to WordPress back-office where we will create WordPress website.

Also, we can see how WordPress website looks for now. This is a view based on the default WordPress settings which we will modify and edit to be the way that we imagined.