How Do I Install WordPress Standalone?

WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that allows you to create a website or blog from scratch, or to improve an existing website. WordPress is free and easy to use, and can be installed on a host of different platforms, including Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

To install WordPress on a standalone server, you will need the following:

WordPress installation files (usually downloaded from www.WordPress.org)

Server hosting account

Step 1: Download the WordPress installation files.

On the website www.

org, click the Download WordPress button to download the latest WordPress installation files. The files you download will be in a zip file.

Step 2: Unzip the files.

To unzip the files, you will need a zip utility such as 7-Zip. On a Windows computer, click the Start button, type 7-Zip in the search bar, and press Enter.

On a MacOS or Linux computer, open a terminal window and type sudo 7-Zip.

When the zip utility has been installed, type the following command to unzip the files:

sudo 7-Zip -d WordPress-3.5.

2.zip.

This command will unzip the WordPress-3.zip file to the current directory.

Step 3: Install WordPress.

To install WordPress, you will need to enter the following command:

sudo cp -r WordPress-3.2/* /usr/local/

This command will copy the WordPress-3.

2 folder and all of its contents to the /usr/local directory on your server.

Step 4: Start WordPress.

To start WordPress, you will need to enter the following command:

sudo /usr/local/bin/WordPress

This command will start WordPress and display the WordPress Welcome screen.

Conclusion

In this article, you have learned how to install WordPress on a standalone server. You have also learned how to unzip the files, install WordPress, and start WordPress.