WordPress is a free open source web software package that you can use to build full featured websites and blogs that you manage with your browser. WordPress is available for download from WordPress.org. If you are using one of the free WordPress hosting solutions, you can skip this chapter. Information about installing WordPress applies to self-hosted solutions. Before you can install WordPress, there are a few things you need:
- Web Hosting package
- Domain Name
- FTP Access to your web server
- FTP Client
- Text Editor
- Web browser of choice
- Transfer file from free hosting site (if transferring a website)
Six Easy Setup Steps
One you have everything you need, you can install WordPress manually in a few easy steps.
- Download WordPress from WordPress.org
- Upload the WordPress files to your new web server
- Create a MySQL database and user
- Configure WordPress to connect to the database
- Configure the secret WordPress authentication keys
- Run the WordPress installation script
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