Environment (OTP)

Owned by Panikos Christodoulou
Oct 26, 2020
1 min read

GET WORDPRESS:

  1. Visit Wordpress

  2. Download Wordpress

  3. Copy the contents of the downloaded zip file under your web server

DB CONFIGURATION:

  1. Visit phpmyadmin

  2. Add User account : wordpress(can be something else) to create the WordPress user to hold WP tables

  3. Host name : localhost

  4. Password : wordpress(can be something else)

  5. Create database with same name and grant all privileges - select it

  6. Grant all privileges on wildcard name (username_%) - select it

  7. Global privileges Check all - select it

  8. Select GO

WORDPRESS INSTALLATION:

  1. Browse to the folder where you extracted Wordpress

  2. Database Name : wordpress (as above)

  3. Username : wordpress (as above)

  4. Password : wordpress (as above)

  5. Database Host : localhost (as above)

  6. Table Prefix : wp_

If everything was used correctly you should see a message:

All right, sparky! You’ve made it through this part of the installation. WordPress can now communicate with your database. If you are ready, time now to…

  1. Run the installation

  2. Provide a Site Title : my_wordpress_site

  3. Username : wordpress (can be something else)

  4. Password : wordpress (can be something else - can change the proposed one)

  5. Your Email : wordpress@gmail.com (can be something else)

  6. Username and Password will be the site's administrator username and password

  7. Select Install WordPress.

  8. Once this is done, click Log In and use the site administrator username and password

ACTIVE SMSTO ACCOUNT WITH SUFFICIENT FUNDS:

  1. Sign Up for an account