In this tutorial how to install WordPress 5.7 on Debian 10 server. WordPress is a popular content management system. You can easily manage your content using WordPress.  Most of the web site created using WordPress cms.

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My server info.

Operating system : Debian 10
IP address : 10.66.11.10
Disk : 25GB
RAM : 1GB
vCPU : 2
Web server : APache
Database : MariaDB
PHP version : 7.2
vWP : 5.7

Step #01: Must be server update and upgrade.

root@WordPress:~# lsb_release -a
root@WordPress:~# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

Install web service and database nariadb.

root@WordPress:~# apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils -y
root@WordPress:~# systemctl enable apache2
root@WordPress:~# systemctl start apache2
root@WordPress:~# apt-get install mariadb-server -y

Setup mysql root password.

root@WordPress:~# mysql_secure_installation

Default root password is blank then setup root password.

Step #02: Install some package and php.

root@WordPress:~# apt install -y apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates
root@WordPress:~# wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
root@WordPress:~# echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
root@WordPress:~# apt update
root@WordPress:~# apt install php7.4 -y
root@WordPress:~# apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-cgi php7.4-gd -y

Default root password is blank then setup root password.

Test php is working fine. Create one tech.php file.

root@WordPress:~# nano /var/www/html/tech.php

Insert below line into this file.

<?php
phpinfo(); //PHP code goes here
?>

Then browse your server ip address.

http://10.66.11.7/tech.php

Step #03: Download latest WordPress and setup permission.

root@WordPress:~# wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
root@WordPress:~# tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
root@WordPress:~# rsync -av wordpress/* /var/www/html/
root@WordPress:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/
root@WordPress:~# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
root@WordPress:~# rm -rf /var/www/html/index.html

Create database using mysql terminal.

root@WordPress:~# mysql -u root -p

Then run below command.

MariDB [(none)]> create database wp_db character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;
MariDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on wp_db.* TO 'wp_db_user'@'localhost' identified by 'wp_db_pass@123';
MariDB [(none)]> flush privileges;
MariDB [(none)]> \q

copy wp-config-sample.php file name as wp-config.php

root@WordPress:~# cp /var/www/html/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wp-config.php

Open wp-config.php file using any editor

root@WordPress:~# nano /var/www/html/wp-config.php

Insert database info into this file wp-config.php

define('DB_NAME', 'wp_db');
define('DB_USER', 'wp_db_user');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'wp_db_pass@123');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

Then save and exit. Ctrl+x then press y, then press Enter.

Now restart some package.

root@WordPress:~# systemctl restart apache2.service
root@WordPress:~# systemctl restart mysql.service

Open default web config file then add your server ip address.

root@WordPress:~# nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

as like below config.

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ServerName 10.66.11.10
<Directory /var/www/html/>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Now setup rewrite config and restart apache service.

root@WordPress:~# a2enmod rewrite
root@WordPress:~# service apache2 restart
root@WordPress:~# touch /var/www/html/.htaccess
root@WordPress:~# chown :www-data /var/www/html/.htaccess
root@WordPress:~# chmod 664 /var/www/html/.htaccess

Now setup rewrite config and restart apache service.

http://10.66.11.7/

Step #04: Goto your server ip address and complete installation process.

Welcome

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Step #05: Type site title, username, password and mail.

Step #06: Then come login page.

Then show Dashboard page.

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