{"id":84792,"date":"2018-05-30T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=84792"},"modified":"2019-03-20T03:15:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T07:15:50","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-engine-and-theme-on-local-server-based-on-wamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/how-to-install-wordpress-engine-and-theme-on-local-server-based-on-wamp.html","title":{"rendered":"How to install WordPress engine and theme on local server (based on WAMP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tracking.opienetwork.com\/aff_c?offer_id=461&aff_id=13765&aff_sub=tmhelp\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/themes\/tm_help_redesign\/images\/hostpapa.png\" \/>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>If you ever thought about trying to create a website, that might have seemed tricky at the beginning. But there are lot of instructions online, and the installation process looks not that hard, so you finally decided to give it a try &#8211; and that&#8217;s great! Let us learn how to install WordPress together and build a beautiful website &#8211; at this time, on the local server.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <div class=\"video-container\">\r\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yWstRAlAX1A\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>At first, you may just want to play around with the settings, and probably <strong>avoid extra expenses<\/strong> if possible. Luckily, there is no strict need to pay for the hosting account, as you can use the local hosting software for free. Some of the localhost examples are WAMP, XAMPP, MAMP, etc. It is also convenient for use, as you can run the WordPress installation on your computer, with no network access required. We will be glad to show you <strong>how to install WordPress to the WAMP localhost<\/strong> in a few simple steps. In brief, you will need to download WAMP, download WordPress, and install them both, one after another. Let&#8217;s check the entire process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\"> Step 1. Download WAMP<\/h3>\r\n<p> Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wampserver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wampserver.com\/<\/a> ( WAMP official website) and click the <strong>&#8216;Start using WampServer&#8217;<\/strong> button. Then, choose the version that meets your computer specifics, for example, WAMP server for Windows 10: <em>&#8216;WampServer 64 bits (x64) 3.0.6&#8217;<\/em> and use the preferable way of the download. We will use the &#8216;download directly&#8217; option. <\/p>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"977\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_1.png 977w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_1-150x59.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_1-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_1-768x303.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\"> Step 2. Install WAMP <\/h3>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><p> Locate the newly downloaded EXE file on your computer and double-click it to start the installation. <\/p><\/li>\r\n<li><p>You will need to check the license agreement, accept its terms and click on the <strong>Next <\/strong>button to proceed. <\/p><\/li>\r\n<li><p>Then, choose the <strong>destination folder<\/strong> to install the WAMP server there. You can select your desktop, for example, the main thing is to have is easily accessible.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<li><p>When all the preparations are done, click <strong>Next <\/strong>and let the system do an installation. The wizard will inform you when the task is completed.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_2.png 510w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_2-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_2-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\"> Step 3. Run your WAMP <\/h3>\r\n<p> Now, let&#8217;s make sure if everything was done correctly. Find the <strong>WAMP shortcut <\/strong>on your desktop and double-click it to run the local server environment on your computer. WAMP icon will be always available in the tray. It will allow you changing the server parameters if needed, and managing the server itself &#8211; like, reach the database, select the PHP version and define memory limits, etc.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\"> Step 4. Create a Database <\/h3>\r\n<p>You have successfully downloaded and installed the WAMP software, so now you&#8217;re almost ready to go for the big goal &#8211; install WordPress to a local server. But there are still some preparation steps you should do, such as download WordPress and <strong>create a database<\/strong> for it. In order to create a database at WAMP, please, perform the following steps:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><p> Click on the WAMP icon in the tray and choose <strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>, it will open <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/phpmyadmin\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/localhost\/phpmyadmin<\/a> page in the browser.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<li><p> Log into your phpMyAdmin using <strong>&#8216;root&#8217;<\/strong> as a <strong>username<\/strong>. There is <strong>no password<\/strong> by default, so just press the <strong>GO <\/strong>button to login.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<li><p> Go to the <strong>&#8216;Databases&#8217; tab<\/strong> at the top and enter the name of your new database under the <strong>&#8216;Create database&#8217;<\/strong> title.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_3.png 549w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_3-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_3-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><p>Finally, click on the <strong>Create <\/strong>button &#8211; you have just created a database for your website, my congratulations!<\/p><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\"> Step 5. WordPress Download<\/h3>\r\n<p>It&#8217;s a hight time to <strong>download WordPress<\/strong> now, so please, open the new tab in the browser. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wordpress.org\/download<\/a> page to download the latest version of WordPress. Unzip it, you will find the <strong>&#8216;wordpress&#8217;<\/strong> folder inside. Copy this folder to your WAMP root directory (it is a  <strong>\\wamp\\www\\ <\/strong>folder).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"custom\"> Step 6. Install WordPress <\/h3>\r\n<p>On this step, you&#8217;re fully prepared to install WordPress, so let&#8217;s go. Open your site in a browser by typing the  <strong>&#8216;localhost\/wordpress&#8217;<\/strong> in the browser address bar. Next, perform these steps to complete the WordPress installation: <\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><p> <strong>Select a language<\/strong> for your website and click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<li><p> Press the <strong>&#8216;Let&#8217;s go&#8217;<\/strong> button to install the WordPress locally.<\/p><\/li>\r\n<li><p> Enter your WordPress database details to the input fields. Tip: the <strong>database title<\/strong> is the one you created previously, the username is <strong>root<\/strong>, password field should be empty, the hostname is <strong>localhost <\/strong>and prefix should remain as <strong>wp_<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"567\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_4.png 796w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_4-150x107.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_4-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_4-768x547.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><p>If all the details are correct (and they surely are), you will get the &#8216;<strong>All right&#8217;<\/strong> message. Click on the <strong>&#8216;Run The Install&#8217;<\/strong> button then.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"302\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_5.png 811w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_5-150x56.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_5-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_5-768x286.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><p> Fill in the fields on the next page up to your liking. You will be asked to specify the desired <strong>site title<\/strong>, <strong>username and password <\/strong>for WordPress administration, as well as your <strong>email address<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"867\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_6.png 779w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_6-135x150.png 135w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_6-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_6-768x855.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><p> Enjoy the success message and feel free to login to your newly installed website. WordPress setup is finished, so you can start customizing it by installing the theme, plugins, add your content, and so on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/How_to_install_WordPress_engine_and_theme_on_local_server_based_on_WAMP_7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"867\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84798\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n<p>Wish you good luck with the site!<\/p>\r\n<p>We hope this step-by-step guidance was useful for you. Feel free to check our <a href=\"\/blog\/tag\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> to learn more tweaks on how to manage your WordPress website as a guru of the web design!<\/p>\r\n<p>We would also suggest you to check out the latest collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/wordpress-themes.php\">WordPress themes<\/a> to build your very own website.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will show you how to install WordPress engine and theme on WAMP local server<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":84800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2017,728],"tags":[2652,1241,1345,2653,1357,2651],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84792"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85341,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84792\/revisions\/85341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}