want to host your WordPress website locally from your computer using xampp software
then this is a great idea because if you want a development site that can be used
for testing or any other purposes xampp lets you run a website from your very own computer
and once you get it set up you can spin up a new wordpress install with just a few clicks
but to actually install zap and wordpress can be a little bit tricky so you might need a helping hand
hi everyone this is tech2 etc welcome back to our new tutorial hope you guys are well so today in
this tutorial i am going to show you how you guys can host your wordpress website locally from your
computer using xampp software and before you start if you guys are new in my channel then
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and if you guys have any question about this video you guys can comment below so let's get started
so for first year wordpress website from your local computer using xampp software
our step one will be download and install xampp software on our computer
so for doing this let's go to our browser and search for download them now here we have to click
on the first link and here you guys can see that we have our exam versions here so mine
is windows 64-bit so that's why i will click on this first download link so click on this download
now save and after downloading xampp software now you have to install it in your computer
i already have installed in my computer so that's why i don't have to install again so after
installing xampp you will find this window and from here you have to go to apache and then click
on start and then mysql and then click on start so after this one now we have to click on admin
and this will take you to this website here you guys can see that we have our localhost
phpmyadmin it means we are now in our localhost now from here you have to click databases
now here we have to create a database name so my database name will be
wordpress where that's it now make sure you don't have any space here
then click on this create button
so now here you can see that i have created my database now click on this home button from here
and from here click on this user accounts and from here you have to click on this add user account
and here you have to put a username so i will put my username which is admin
then here in our host name it will be localhost and in our password section create a password
you type this password that's it and then i scroll down here you have to click on check all then
scroll down and click on this go button so that's it guys now our step one is done now we have to
go to our step 2 which is download wordpress so here we have to type download wordpress
that's it now click on this first link and from here we have to click on download wordpress
so i have already downloaded this wordpress file in my computer so i don't have to download anymore
so now i will simply go to our download section where i have downloaded my wordpress so here
you can see that i have downloaded wordpress 5.6 version now open this zip file open wordpress and
from here we have to copy all of these files so that's why i will type ctrl a
and ctrl c that's it now close this one close this window again now again click on this pc
and from here go to our local disk and here you can see that we have our xampp click on this amp
and here we will find a st docs file now open this st docs and now here we have to create a folder
so my folder name will be my wordpress that's it and inside this folder
create another folder and this folder name will be our database name so here you can see that this
is wordpress web so we have to create this one here also so this will be wordpress web that's it
and open this file and paste our wordpress files
that's it and now from here you will find a file name
wpconfig sample.php now we have to open this file using a notepad
and here we have to change some things so here we have to put our database name and my database name
is wordpress underscore web that's it and here we have to give our username so my username is admin
and here we have to give our password so my password is one two three four five six
that's it our host name is localhost that's it guys now save this file
and a close now we will change this file directory name
so now rename and here it will be only wpconfig dot php that's it
so now our wordpress is also installed in our computer now let's go to our local
host and from here create a new tab now we have to type localhost slash mywordpress
now enter so now here you guys can see that we have our project file
now click on this project file now we have to select a language here so i will select english
now click on this continue button now here we have to give a title for our website so my title name
will be my blog and here you have to give your username so my username is admin and my password
is one two three four five six and they check this option and here you have to put your email address
that's it now click on this install wordpress so here you guys can see that we have successfully
installed our wordpress in our localhost now click on this login button and check this
option and click on our login button so here we are now in our wordpress dashboard so here you
guys can see that we have successfully installed our wordpress in our exam localhost software now
if you want to add a theme here so now click on this appearance and then click on these themes
here you guys can see that we have a few free theme from our wordpress
you guys can choose anyone from here but i will add a different wordpress
theme which i have downloaded a few days ago now click on this add new
you guys can choose anyone from here they are all free
now i will click on this upload theme and i choose file
so in our download i have downloaded a file here which is ad now i select this file and open
and now i will click on this install now
so now here you guys can see that my theme has been installed successfully
now we have to active this theme so that's right click on this active button now if you guys want
you can visit your site so for visiting your site simply click on this visit site
so here you guys can see that this is our default wordpress theme and here we can't see any image
and any text here because we didn't put any image and text yet so for adding images and text here
now go to our dashboard again now from here you guys can see that we have to install some plugins
so for installing this plugin now click on this begin installing plugins
and now from here select everyone and here we have to select install then apply
and in a few minutes all plugins will be installed now here you guys
can see that all installations have been completed now we have to refresh this page
and then again select everyone from here click on this activate and the apply button
now again go to appearance and from here we have to click on import demo data and from this page
we have to choose any one theme here now let's choose this one now click on this import button
and yes import
it can take a few minutes for completing this process
after we finished our importing process our website will be looking like this one
so that's it here you guys can see that we have installed wordpress in our localhost computer
using xampp software now in our next tutorial i will show you guys how you can move this
wordpress template from our localhost to our live server and i hope you guys enjoyed this
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