WordPress Installation

Install and configure WordPress CMS on a LAMP stack.

Beginner20 min

Setup Steps

1. Install LAMP components:

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql php-xml php-mbstring php-curl php-gd php-zip libapache2-mod-php -y

2. Create MySQL database:

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPass123!';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

3. Download WordPress:

cd /tmp
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar xzf latest.tar.gz
sudo mv wordpress /var/www/html/mysite

4. Set file permissions:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mysite
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/mysite

5. Create wp-config.php:

cd /var/www/html/mysite
sudo cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

6. Edit database credentials and set security keys

7. Navigate to http://server_ip/mysite in your browser

8. Complete the WordPress setup wizard

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