These slides help you to learn to install Wordpress into your local machine.

1. WordPress
As a Skill
#WordPressWithWaqas By Hafiz Muhammad Waqas

2. Agenda
What this LIVE Session will cover
Overview (WordPress LIVE Series)
WordPress Intro + Popularity
WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
Why WordPress for Clients?
Interesting Facts to know
Scope of WordPress for freelancers
Install WordPress on Localserver
About Trainer (Hafiz M. Waqas)
Assignment
#WordPressWithWaqas

3. Overview
(WordPress LIVE Series)
#WordPressWithWaqas

4. WordPress
Introduction
#WordPressWithWaqas

5. WordPress Popularity
https://wordpress.org/download/counter/

6. Popular
Websites
That Run On
WordPress
One of the reasons why
WordPress is the leading CMS on
the market is user-friendliness
and flexibility. Probably this is also
the core reason why popular
websites chose to have their
websites powered by WordPress.
On the list, there are websites like:
sonymusic.com newyorker.com
bloomberg.com bbcamerica.com
codeinwp.com techcrunch.com
mtv.com

7. WordPress.com
vs
WordPress.org
WordPress.org aka “the real
WordPress”, is the popular website
platform that you have heard all the
great things about.
It is an open-source software, and it’s
100% free for anyone to use. All you
need is a domain name and web
hosting. This is why it is also referred
to as self-hosted WordPress.
Below are the pros and cons of using
the self-hosted WordPress.org to
build your website or blog.
Free – Very limited.
Personal – $48 per year
Premium – $96 per year
Business – $300 per year
Ecommerce – $540 per year
VIP – starting at $5000 per month
WordPress.com is a hosting service created by
Automattic, a company led by WordPress co-
founder, Matt Mullenweg. Because of the same
founder, often users confuse WordPress.com
with the popular WordPress.org software.
The WordPress.com hosting service has 6
pricing plans:

13. Why WordPress for Clients?
01
User-Friendly
WordPress is famous
for its simplicity,
anyone can easily
learn to use it.
02
SEO Friendly
Out of the box,
WordPress is SEO-
friendly. WordPress
websites rank higher.
03
Secure & Safe
WordPress is so
beloved to everyone
because of its
security measures.
04
Mobile Friendly
Most of the
WordPress themes
are responsive OR
provide 'Mobile View'.
05
InExpensive
WordPress is very
inexpensive solution
for clients as they pay
for service only.

14. Download Xampp from the
Internet
Once download and click here to
install
Click Next and install
Select the directory
Start the Xampp Control panel
Install
XAMPP
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15. Step 1

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18. Step 4

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27. Step 13

28. Step

29. Step 14

30. Download Zip file from
Wordpres.org
Copy this code into
Xampp/htdocs/ {Wordpress
folder}
Open the link
localhost/wordpress
Open the link and add DB
Add Details of the site
Install
Wordpress
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31. Download Zip file from
Wordpres.org
Step 1

32. Copy this code into
Xampp/htdocs/Wordr
press
Step 2

33. Open the link
localhost/wordpress
Step 3

34. Open the link and add
DB Click Submit
Step 4

35. Add Details of the site
Step 5

36. Major Wins
From this very first session, you
will gain enough motivation to get
started with WordPress as a skill
for freelancers.
Motivation
You'll be able to get connected
with like-minded community
members to learn together while
making mistakes.
Your Tribe
You'' gain clarity about What is
WordPress?, Why should you learn
it? Who will be helping you? What's
the future of this skill.
Clarity

37. Thank you!
Feel free to approach us
if you have any questions.