1. Download WAMP. Instead of installing PHP, Apache, and MySQL mannually, WAMP can install these 3 automatically.
2. Double click the installer and install it in C:\
3. Leave Auto start uncheck. I prefer to start Wamp only when I need it.
4. Download Wordpress. Extract the zip files into C:\wamp\www
5. Start Wamp Server. Go to Program Files > Wamp Server > start Wamp Server
6. Click on the Wamp icon (left click) on the toolbar and choose Localhost.
It will take you to this page.
7. Go to PHPmyadmin
8. Create new database. Name it “wptest” and click the create button. Then click on Privileges.
9. When you click on Privileges, it will take you to this page. Click on Add a new User.
10. Fill in with- username:user1, host: localhost, password: password, Global Privileges-click on Check All. Then click Go.
11. Open Dreamweaver (or any text editor) and open C:\wamp\www\wordpress\wp-config-sample.php. Fill in with your database connection details. Then save the file as wp-config.php (File>Save As>wp-config.php)
12. Now go back to the Wamp Homepage or by opening your browser and type in the URL http://localhost/ . Click on “wordpress”. It’s under the “Your Projects”
13. If you see this page, then you’re ready to install Wordpress in your local machine.
Just click on install.php > First Step (fill in your details) > Continue to Second Step (IMPORTANT: Note the password that is generated for you.)
14. Click on login or go to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-login.php
15. You’re all set! Now you can start to run and test Wordpress on your local machine.
PS:
I’ve only created 2 blogs using Wordpress. I’m not a Wordpress expert but this is how I was able to run Wordpress and customize its design on my PC. Hope this helps! Let me know if it works for you. If it does, I’ll share how to customize the design of blogs on my next post. :)
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29 responses so far
claire says:
Dec 29, 2007 at 2:41 am
Aww Thank you So much for this!
Jong mal gomawo~
Luc says:
Dec 29, 2007 at 6:34 am
What’s Jong mal gomawo ?
claire says:
Dec 29, 2007 at 7:09 am
Oh. Thank you very much. :)
Luc says:
Dec 29, 2007 at 7:55 am
No problem. Is that some Norwegian language? :)
Nicole says:
Dec 29, 2007 at 9:19 am
Thanks so much too!
I believe that Filipino.
Luc says:
Dec 29, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Cheers Nicole. No, that’s not Filipino, I should know ;)
Harry Roberts says:
Dec 29, 2007 at 9:51 pm
QUALITY! Thank you! You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for this!
Kat says:
Dec 30, 2007 at 2:49 am
Thanks for this!
About that “jong mal gomawo”, it’s actually Korean.
Wanits says:
Jan 1, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Hi, thanks so much for sharing this. :) I know claire. And she’s filipino, and she knows bit korean language coz she is fund with koreanovelas? I think. :P
Luc says:
Jan 2, 2008 at 5:49 am
hehe ok ^_^ No problem.
Need help says:
Jan 2, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I’m having problems installing on wamp server. Keep getting this message:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 98304 bytes) in C:\wamp\www\wordpress\wp-includes\registration.php on line 135
I was told it has something to do with php.ini and memory limit, so i increased to 32, 64 and others but still getting same message. Any ideas?
Couchart says:
Jan 2, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Very Nice tutorial! This beats just working on your live site :)
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chris says:
Jan 3, 2008 at 1:24 am
hello, i added a link to this entry in my wordpress blog (http://ceablog.wordpress.com)
Luc says:
Jan 3, 2008 at 6:52 am
@Needhelp, I’m sorry but I haven’t encountered such problem with Wamp. I have no idea. Maybe you can get some help from Wamp’s forum here
http://www.wampserver.com/phorum/list.php?2
Luc says:
Jan 3, 2008 at 6:54 am
Cheers Couchart!
And Chris, thanks for the link!
:)
manele says:
Jan 5, 2008 at 3:40 pm
thx for your little tutorial. i love wamp :)
sos says:
Jan 9, 2008 at 2:40 pm
anyone can help with this error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 98304 bytes) in C:\wamp\www\wordpress\wp-includes\registration.php on line 135
thnx
Yaili says:
Jan 10, 2008 at 3:11 am
Thanks! What a nice xmas present :)
Luc says:
Jan 11, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Sure :) Cheers Yaili!
workingondreams says:
Jan 12, 2008 at 12:21 pm
thank you very much!
roziek says:
Jan 15, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Yeah, it works well. I also did it on KrasnalServ (http://krasnal.tk) and it works good too.
So now we just have to wait for your next post with ‘how to customize design’ tips ;).
Luc says:
Jan 15, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Great! I’ll do that as soon as I finish my current projects. :) I’m just super busy at the moment.
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Brian says:
Feb 2, 2008 at 1:30 pm
In response to:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 98304 bytes) in C:\wamp\www\wordpress\wp-includes\registration.php on line 135
The fix is to open your php.ini file and set
memory_limit = 32M
Fideocam says:
Feb 6, 2008 at 12:35 am
I initially had some trouble setting up Wordpress blog on WAMP. I ran into the fatal error memory problem. The fix was supposed to be setting memory size to 32MB in php.ini like Brian said. Trouble is that there are at least two php.ini files in wamp directories. So you got to edit the settings in C:\wamp\Apache2\bin\php.ini, not (just?) in C:\wamp\php\php.ini.
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Catalin says:
Aug 21, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Excellent guide! Now I can design my sites at Starbucks or in the park ;-)
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