How to install WordPress manually – Quick steps

If you want to start your own self hosted WordPress website or blog then you need to know the quick steps of installing wordpress. I am giving here the brief outline of how to install wordpress manually. WordPress can be installed in 5 minutes by Fantastico which is supported by some web hosts but manual installation techniques will give you more confidence in long run.

Here is my funda to install wordpress manually in quick steps.

1 – Download latest version of wordpress from wordpress.org

2 – unzip the file to your local folder.

3. search for the file wp-config-sample.php

4. Open wp-config-sample.php in edit-plus

5. go to your web host control panel and log in

6. Go to mysql database wizard

7. Create a new database – name the database, create password, add user and grant DBA privileges (all)

8. Come back to wp-config-sample.php file and find the lines where database name, password, localhost, user name are asked.

9. Change the database name,  put your host name, put user name and password as you have specified in your web host control panel (mysql database).

10. Then change the Authentication Unique Keys. You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ WordPress.org secret-key service}

11. Then save the file as wp-config.php

12. Open your notepad and save it as a blank .htaccess file.

13. Upload all the files in your wordpress local folder to your web host directory (create a directory where you want to install wordpress) by using cuteFTP or Filezilla

14. Go to http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php, name your website, give your email, give your wp admin user name and you are done. WordPress will give you admin password. Note it and login. You are done now.

I have stumbled upon a good link on how to install WordPress manually. If you still have problem understanding, you can visit http://www.howtoinstallwordpress.com/wordpress-manual-installation

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