Quick Start to Locally Build A WordPress Blog

Preface
WordPress is the most popular blog system on the Internet, and a quarter of the world's websites are built using WordPress. And it is very friendly to SEO and very popular among users.
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We all know that WordPress is usually built on a server, and the configuration of WordPress on a local computer (Windows, Mac) is quite troublesome.

This article introduces how to quickly build WordPress on a local computer with some tools.

Set up a series of tutorials:

WordPress building tutorial: teach you how to build a WordPress blog
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Why build WordPress locally?
For novices, you may not want to buy a server or VPS from the beginning, or just want to try the WordPress experience first, then it is best to build WordPress locally for practice.

For the veterans, especially the "tossing" friends, sometimes they want to make some changes to the website, modify the template, plug-in code, etc., and conduct experimental tests in the local environment to avoid problems affecting the website. Normal operation.

XAMPP
Introduction
XAMPP is the most popular PHP development environment. It integrates Apache, MariaDB, PHP and Perl. It is ready to use and can easily install the applications we need on the local computer.
Website: XAMPP
Platform: Windows, OS X, Linux

use
1. Download and install
Open the official website and select the corresponding version to download and install.
2. Enable
After the installation is complete, open the software and click "Start" to start Apache and MySQL.
Then, open a browser and visit http://localhost. The XAMPP welcome page appears, which means that the service is running normally.

3. Create a database
In the XAMPP control panel, click the "Admin" option of MyAQL, open phpMyAdmin, and create a new database wp.

4. Download WordPress
Download the WordPress program compressed package on the WordPress official website, unzip it and rename it to testsite. Move to the htdocs folder in the XAMPP installation directory.

5. Install WordPress
Open the URL in the browser: http://localhost/testsite (testsite is the name of the folder where the WordPress website is located), and install WordPress as prompted.
After completion, you can enter the website background.

Tips
The database default username: root, no password;
WordPress backend address: http://localhost/testsite/wp-admin/
Website address: http://localhost/testsite
XAMPP is started when it is used as a service, and it is used immediately when it is not used as a service;
The data will be cleared when XAMPP is uninstalled. If you need to back up the website data, you can manually copy the website directory.

Conclusion
With XAMPP, you can quickly build a website environment on your local computer. You only need to copy the program files to the website directory, and it is not limited to WordPress, other website applications can also be easily completed. Very good for learning website building, testing website effect, etc.!