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.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

Install web server apache2

root@technologyrsslocal:~# apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils -y

Then enable and start this service

root@technologyrsslocal:~# systemctl enable apache2
root@technologyrsslocal:~# systemctl start apache2

Step #02: Install database server mysql for install WordPress.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server -y

If you set mysql password then run below command and setup mysql root password otherwise not.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# 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.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# 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.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# 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.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

After download then extract this file command below

root@technologyrsslocal:~# tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

Now all files move to web directory

root@technologyrsslocal:~# rsync -av wordpress/* /var/www/html/

Setup permission for web directory

root@technologyrsslocal:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/
root@technologyrsslocal:~# 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

root@technologyrsslocal:~# cd /var/www/html

File move command below

root@technologyrsslocal:/var/www/html# mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Open wp-config.php file for insert database information

root@technologyrsslocal:/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.

root@technologyrsslocal:/var/www/html# systemctl restart apache2.service
root@technologyrsslocal:/var/www/html# systemctl restart mysql.service
root@technologyrsslocal:/var/www/html# rm -rf index.html
root@technologyrsslocal:/var/www/html# cd

Step #07: Open apache2 default config file and insert some information.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Insert or check your server config file as like below configuration.

<VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
       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.

root@technologyrsslocal:~# a2enmod rewrite
root@technologyrsslocal:~# systemctl restart apache2

Create htaccess file and setup permission then restart web server.

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

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