The document provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to install WordPress on a local machine using XAMPP. It outlines the necessary components, including the installation of XAMPP, downloading WordPress, and configuring the database. Once completed, users will have successfully set up WordPress locally on their Windows system.

1. WordPress Basic Tutorial
How to Install WordPress in Local Host

2. WordPress Installation
In this PPT, We will learn how to install WordPress on
a local machine? Every WordPress user wants to
install WordPress locally on their system.

3. What is XAMPP Server?
WordPress requires your system should have a web server (such
as Apache, LiteSpeed, or IIS), PHP 4.3 or greater, and MySQL 4.0
or greater. XAMPP is a free web-server environment which
contains all above elements. XAMPP is the most common local
host application used by the developers. So XAMPP allows you
install WordPress locally on your Windows-based system.

4. The first thing you have to install XAMPP on your system. To
download the XAMPP, Visit XAMPP website and click
on Download button.

5. Once you download the XAMPP, run the .exe file and it
will take few seconds to install the XAMPP.

6. Start XAMPP control panel and run Apache and MySQL module
by clicking on the Start button.

7. Minimize the window. Visit the WordPress.org website and click
on the Download WordPress button.

8. Extract the .zip file and you will see a wordpress-4.8.2 folder.
Rename it to website1 so that you can easily identify and copy
the folder.
Next, locate your XAMPP installation folder. In windows, it will
be C:/Program Files/XAMPP or C:Xampp.

9. Then open XAMPP folder and locate htdocs folder.
Paste the website1 folder which you copied earlier, here.

10. Open any browser and visit localhost/ website1. You will see a
page like this. Click on wordpress/ folder.

11. Select a language and click on Continue button.

12. You will see a page like below shown.

13. It’s time to create a database. Visit localhost/phpmyadmin in
your browser and it will open a window like this:

14. Click on New button given on left sidebar and then give a name to
your database and click on Create button.

15. Switch back to /localhost/website1/ browser tab and click on
the Let’s Go button. You will be prompted to a new window.

16. Enter the database name which you created earlier. Your
username will be root and you should leave the password field
blank and then click on Submit button.

17. A new page opens and clicks on Run the install button.

18. Enter the given fields and click on Install WordPress button.

19. After installation, you will be prompted to Login screen. Enter
the Username and Password you created earlier and click
on Login button.
Congratulations! your WordPress successfully installed on your system.

20. Thank You
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