How to Install WordPress on a Testing Server:
A ‘testing’ server allows you to run WordPress on your computer hard drive for testing and development purposes. Installing a ‘testing’ server on your computer is relatively easy (if you use a pre-configured software package, often known as an AMP stack) and is often completely free.
As mentioned in the previous article ‘Installing WordPress (An Overview)‘, to install WordPress on a ‘testing’ server, you will need the following components:
This Article is Split into Four Parts:
Part 1 – Install A Testing Server:
- Download a Testing Server package:
- Video of a Testing Server Being Downloaded:
- Installing the Testing Server Package:
- Video of the Testing Server (XAMPP) installation Process:
Part 2 – Getting Ready to Install WordPress
- Download WordPress:
- Video of WordPress Being Downloaded:
- Extract WordPress:
- Video Showing Where to Extract WordPress:
- Create a Database (for WordPress):
- Video Showing a Database Being Created in phpMyAdmin:
Part 3 – Installing WordPress on a Testing Server
Part 4 – A WordPress Installation Error?
- Error Establishing a Database Connection – How to Fix:
- Video on WordPress – Error Establishing a Database Connection:
Part 1 – Install a Testing Server
It’s easy to install a testing server if you install one of the free ready made open source AMP, or LAMP packages (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python). This article is split […]
Part 2 – Getting Ready to Install WordPress
The other parts in this article are: Part 1 – Install a Testing Server.Part 3 – Install WordPress on a Testing Server.Part 4 – A WordPress Installation Error? Topics: Download […]
Part 3 – Install WordPress on a Testing Server
The other parts in this article are: Part 1 – Install a Testing Server.Part 2 – Getting Ready to Install WordPress.Part 4 – A WordPress Installation Error? Topics on This […]
Part 4 – A WordPress Installation Error?
The other parts in this article are: Part 1 – Install a Testing Server.Part 2 – Getting Ready to Install WordPress.Part 3 – Install WordPress on a Testing Server. Topics […]
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