How to install wordpress ?

Introduction

WordPress is a widely used content management system (CMS) that allows users to create and manage websites and blogs with ease. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing WordPress on an Apache server running on Ubuntu.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that you have:

1. A server running Ubuntu.

2. Sudo privileges on the server.

3. Basic knowledge of the Linux command line.

Installation Steps

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Begin by installing the necessary dependencies for WordPress:

$ sudo apt update

$ sudo apt install apache2 \

$ sudo apt install ghostscript \

$ sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php \

$ sudo apt install mysql-server \

$ sudo apt install  php \

$ sudo apt install  php-bcmath \

$ sudo apt install  php-curl \

$ sudo apt install  php-imagick \

$ sudo apt install  php-intl \

$ sudo apt install  php-json \

$ sudo apt install  php-mbstring \

$ sudo apt install php-mysql \

$ sudo apt install  php-xml \

$ sudo apt install  php-zip

Step 2: Install WordPress

Create the installation directory and download the file from wordpress.org:

$ sudo mkdir -p /srv/www

$ sudo chown www-data: /srv/www

$ curl https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz | sudo -u www-data tar zx -C /srv/www

Step 3: Configure Apache for WordPress

Create Apache site for WordPress. Create /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.confwith following lines:

 <VirtualHost *:80>
   DocumentRoot /srv/www/wordpress
   <Directory /srv/www/wordpress>
       Options FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo
       DirectoryIndex index.php
       Require all granted
   </Directory>
   <Directory /srv/www/wordpress/wp-content>
       Options FollowSymLinks
       Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Enable the site with:

$ sudo a2ensite wordpress

Enable URL rewriting with:

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

Step 4: Configure database

To configure WordPress, we need to create MySQL database.

$ sudo mysql -u root

mysql> CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0,00 sec)

mysql> CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<your-password>';

Query OK, 1 row affected (0,00 sec)

mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER

   -> ON wordpress.*

   -> TO wordpress@localhost;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0,00 sec)

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Query OK, 1 row affected (0,00 sec)

mysql> quit

Bye

Enable MySQL with sudo service mysql start.

Step 5: Configure WordPress to connect to the database

First, copy the sample configuration file towp-config.php:

$ sudo -u www-data cp /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

$ sudo -u www-data sed -i 's/database_name_here/wordpress/' /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

$ sudo -u www-data sed -i 's/username_here/wordpress/' /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

$ sudo -u www-data sed -i 's/password_here/<your-password>/' /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

Finally, in a terminal session open the configuration file in nano:

$ sudo -u www-data nano /srv/www/wordpress/wp-config.php

Find the following:

define( 'AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'NONCE_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );

define( 'NONCE_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here' );

Delete those lines (ctrl+k will delete a line each time you press the sequence)

delete above lines and replace it with the below lines.

define('AUTH_KEY', '3^6YZ_e%D8%?7U]h|2Qq|h Yydd=HcAe-zr,RWz^#}9_9,6$z1 :k*RrHkTb2^ca');

define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'u=aX(Q;8<h/KljXB [}=lyK:7p#SkXRR*In&.Bq&/wH`fBF`XIr^p-eM:X,eoF3W');

define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'U#+Y,7*;kZ30L-w.-D7)ITkCB14]^P CE&8,ULP.0(_)g+]Hg4J-y{DYS+C2@W(7');

define('NONCE_KEY', '3j6);ow8,U;ON+U(^E]_b;{3-MPYraV4%/K~@(S`np)_e^~ZQj<H@)L-D>qR8rDE');

define('AUTH_SALT', 'S6CpDV|AUM+|<71m@wm$aaqexl-WqcN-7RaP4HKg,fPU5~bf{a6=t!%ovRLj9Y@+');

define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '93 E=.Xs~GW$F|#)9kb&;|~4[gIhAC^]Q?^<H|XM|)L~Wd!;=%B:se,2 NK;hoV]');

define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'x}Uo;$&>[5+3dv2X.s&o|iZE/BMHBy)L8RT-bfK:gf-wmx4E0^+GDrT&Cd5tZ1EI');

define('NONCE_SALT', 'b[6Gov+-V{Y:Z%{_s,}yKcn+76&0#;pmWKxw]-zZq;NCKE&<-&*JjiPzN_ [+ 2)');

Step 6: Configure WordPress:

Open http://localhost/ in the browser(http://69.30.243.133/)

Conclusion

You have successfully installed WordPress on your Ubuntu server. You can now log in to the WordPress admin panel and

start building your website or blog.