{"id":5663,"date":"2017-01-21T06:36:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2021-09-06T04:43:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T04:43:30","slug":"install-wordpress-on-the-linux-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/install-wordpress-on-the-linux-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Install WordPress on the Linux machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/span><\/h3>\n

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps involved to install WordPress CMS (Content Management System)on the Linux machine.<\/p>\n

About WordPress<\/h3>\n

WordPress is open-source web software that we can use to create a website or blog. WordPress powers more than 30% of the websites on the internet. WordPress is free software to use for any website or blog both personal or commercial purposes without paying a license.<\/p>\n

WordPress is powered by thousands of themes and plugins. We can easily customize the look & feel and add functionality to your websites on the fly.<\/p>\n

Install Apache Web Server<\/span><\/h3>\n

https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/install-apache-http-server-on-ubuntu-linux\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Install WordPress<\/span><\/h3>\n

To install WordPress, issue the following command in the terminal window.<\/p>\n

$ sudo apt install wordpress<\/pre>\n
Install PHP<\/span><\/h3>\n
PHP is the programming language used to build and maintain WordPress. Newer versions of PHP are faster and more secure, so staying up to date will help your site\u2019s overall performance and security. The minimum recommended version of PHP is 7.4.<\/p>\n
Install the PHP latest version on the machine.<\/p>\n
$ sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql<\/pre>\n
Install MySQL<\/span><\/h3>\n
https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/install-mysql-server-on-linux\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
Create a Database user<\/span><\/h3>\n
Create a database user and grant ALL PRIVILEGES to the user.<\/p>\n
\"create<\/p>\n
Apache Configuration<\/span><\/h3>\n
Navigate to \/ect\/apache2\/sites-available<\/strong><\/p>\n
Create wordpress.conf<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Add the following code to the conf file.<\/p>\n
Alias \/blog \/usr\/share\/wordpress\r\n<Directory \/usr\/share\/wordpress>\r\n    Options FollowSymLinks\r\n    AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo\r\n    DirectoryIndex index.php\r\n    Order allow,deny\r\n    Allow from all\r\n<\/Directory>\r\n<Directory \/usr\/share\/wordpress\/wp-content>\r\n    Options FollowSymLinks\r\n    Order allow,deny\r\n    Allow from all\r\n<\/Directory><\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Navigate to \/etc\/wordpress<\/strong><\/p>\n
Create a file config-localhost.php<\/strong> file.<\/p>\n
Add the database information to the file.<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
<?php\r\ndefine('DB_NAME', 'your_WordPress_DB_goes_here');\r\ndefine('DB_USER', 'your_DB_User_goes_here');\r\ndefine('DB_PASSWORD', 'your_DB_User_Password_goes_here');\r\ndefine('DB_HOST', 'localhost');\r\ndefine('DB_COLLATE', 'utf8_general_ci');\r\ndefine('WP_CONTENT_DIR', '\/usr\/share\/wordpress\/wp-content');\r\n?><\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Configure WordPress<\/span><\/h3>\n
 <\/p>\n
\"wordpress<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\n
 <\/p>\n
For more information on WordPress, visit the official website:
\nhttps:\/\/wordpress.org\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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