How To Install Wordpress Locally On Your Computer

How to install WordPress locally on your computer? For those into designing WordPress themes or editing it for personal use, you might find XAMPP useful. It allows you to install Tamba2.org.uk has a neat tutorial on “how to install XAMPP and run WordPress locally” on your Windows XP machine.

The problem with XAMPP is compatibility, somehow and somewhere along the way, say 3 months down the road after I reinstall Windows, XAMPP will not function. Apache will not launch for no reason, it can’t be the antivirus because it is the same antivirus I installed 3 months ago.

How To Install WordPress Locally On Your Computer

Anyway, I found an alternative. Its small, free, fast, easy to user and setup. Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0.

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including Internet Information Services (IIS), SQL Server Express, .NET Framework and Visual Web Developer easy. The Web PI also makes it easy to install and run the most popular free web applications for blogging, content management and more.

How To Install WordPress Locally On Your Computer

Once the installation is complete, you need to configure WordPress and MySQL by entering the username and password
Everything is automatic, when you’re done visit the login page
Your login URL is “http://localhost/wordpress/wp-login.php”

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