How To Install WordPress on Ubuntu 18.047 min read
WordPress is an opensource CMS (Content Management System). At this time various CMS running but WordPress is an user friendly. So now I have to show how to install WordPress on your Ubuntu 18.04 machine local or cloud.
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Step #01: Server must be update & upgrade needed.
[email protected]:~# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
Install web server apache2
[email protected]:~# apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils -y
Then enable and start this service
[email protected]:~# systemctl enable apache2 [email protected]:~# systemctl start apache2
Step #02: Install database server mysql for install WordPress.
[email protected]:~# apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server -y
If you set mysql password then run below command and setup mysql root password otherwise not.
[email protected]:~# mysql_secure_installation
Press y| Y << Type Y press enter
Do you want to continue press y|Y << Type Y press enter
Remove anonymous user press y|Y << Remove anonymous user type Y press enter
Disallow root login remoetly y|Y << Disallow root user login type Y press enter
Remove test database and access to it y|Y << Remove test database type Y press enter
Reload privilege tables now? y|Y << Reload all tables type Y press enter
Step #03: Install php code for install WordPress on Ubuntu 18.04.
[email protected]:~# apt-get install php7.2 php7.2-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-cli php7.2-cgi php7.2-gd
Create one php file for check properly run php on your server.
[email protected]:~# vi /var/www/html/tech.php
Insert below code into tech.php file so I check php run properly.
<?php phpinfo(); ?> //PHP code goes here
Save file Esc :wq then press Enter.
Step #04: Download latest WordPress file from below link.
[email protected]:~# wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
After download then extract this file command below
[email protected]:~# tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
Now all files move to web directory
[email protected]:~# rsync -av wordpress/* /var/www/html/
Setup permission for web directory
[email protected]:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/ [email protected]:~# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
Step #05: Create database for install WordPress on Ubuntu 18.04.
mysql> create database wp; mysql> grant all privileges on wp.* TO 'tech'@'localhost' identified by 'passw0rd'; mysql> flush privileges; mysql> \q
Now goto web directory for move or copy database information file wp-config-sample.php
[email protected]:~# cd /var/www/html
File move command below
[email protected]:/var/www/html# mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
Open wp-config.php file for insert database information
[email protected]:/var/www/html# vi wp-config.php
Insert all information like as my database name wp, user tech and password is passw0rd.
define('DB_NAME', 'wp');
define('DB_USER', 'tech');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'passw0rd');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
Step #06: Now web server and database server restart and remove default index.html file.
[email protected]:/var/www/html# systemctl restart apache2.service [email protected]:/var/www/html# systemctl restart mysql.service [email protected]:/var/www/html# rm -rf index.html [email protected]:/var/www/html# cd
Step #07: Open apache2 default config file and insert some information.
[email protected]:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Insert or check your server config file as like below configuration.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ServerName server_domain_name_or_IP
<Directory /var/www/html/>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Enable rewrite mode then restart web server.
[email protected]:~# a2enmod rewrite [email protected]:~# systemctl restart apache2
Create htaccess file and setup permission then restart web server.
[email protected]:~# touch /var/www/html/.htaccess [email protected]:~# chown :www-data /var/www/html/.htaccess [email protected]:~# chmod 664 /var/www/html/.htaccess [email protected]:~# service apache2 restart
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