How-To
Installing WordPress locally with WampServer
Description
Shane Arthur walks you through creating a local installation of WordPress, which you can use for testing or development. In this tutorial, Shane uses the Windows-based WampServer
Originally published over at YouTube
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Shane Arthur
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Shane Arthur
Date
January 26, 2009
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local installation
January 27, 2009 at 12:36 am
emm…
- good video tutorial, its very usefull to a user want to learn wordpress in home before upload wordpress into web.
- simple to understand.
thankz to shanearthur
January 27, 2009 at 12:44 am
Thanks Raiderhost,
I’m glad you liked the video. I loved making it.
Regards
Shane
January 27, 2009 at 2:31 am
hmmm..I wanna try this locahost server..coz i usually use “xammp”
January 28, 2009 at 3:06 am
WampServer doesn’t work with vista.
February 6, 2009 at 9:23 am
It does now, check for updates. Do not install in program files , should be c:/wamp . Also turn off UAC (if you are comfortable with that) You can do that through msconfig ( run > type msconfig > enter)
I have notice however, that randomly it will not work (taskbar icon will turn yellow) , if it does this simply “stop all services” > “put offline” > restart services” > “put online”, also it is a good practice to put wamp “offline” before you exit wamp. Kind of like using the windows interface to turn your PC off instead of just hitting the power button.
April 11, 2009 at 4:28 am
i certainly agree… i’ve tested it recently and there’s no improvement yet. this kinda SUCKS!
January 28, 2009 at 10:52 pm
I did a video just like this on youtube. Only any screen recorders make my computer run horribly.
January 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm
I had a go at this but I just got to the step where I click on the Wamp icon and choose “PHPMyAdmin” and then I get this mesage.
Invalid server index: “”
And now I’ve just tried to do it again and literally NOTHING appears at all. because I don’t understand the steps or what they mean I wouldn’t even know what to do to correct it.
January 30, 2009 at 2:47 am
Aaron: I’ve heard about problems with Vista, but I don’t use that operating system so I can’t help you there. I’d do a google search for “wamp vista” though and you will probably be able to find someone else in your situation. Or, you might want to check out the wamp forums.
links: doing screencasts takes lots of juice, so I suggest you upgrade to a fast system geared toward graphics and video.
January 30, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Wasim, are you using a firewall or Vista? I’m not familiar with the error message you mentioned, but the wampserver forums might help:
http://www.wampserver.com/phorum/read.php?2,42970
I wish I could help you more with this.
Shane
January 31, 2009 at 8:29 am
This is a great tutorial but how do I put all my stuff online this way??? I wanna know how to publish things for online. It seems all this is for is for private use only. Maybe im confused about it all. Let me know Shane.
February 6, 2009 at 9:27 am
Holder,
moving from a local build to online is easy.
Once you have developed your site / blog locally, simply install wordpress on your web server. On your local install use the “export” function. Then on your web install use the “import” function. This will bring your locally developed content to the web. Then as for your theme, simply upload your theme to your web server in “wordpress directory”/wp-content/themes .. Voila! from PC to Web.
January 31, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Holder,
This tutorial is indeed for practicing offline. Lots of times, people want to tinker around with WordPress before they go live. Once they practice, they can get space at an ISP, purchase a domain name, and once everything is ready to go(I suggest an ISP like Midphase that has one click WordPress installation), you just transfer your local theme that you tinkered with into your live theme folder, then use your ISP’s control panel to choose that theme.
Let me know if this helped.
Shane
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February 1, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Will wampserver work using WordPressMU?
February 2, 2009 at 3:53 pm
That’s a damn’d good question donkeely. I’m not sure about that. I’d check the wampserver forums for that.
February 4, 2009 at 10:59 pm
This is a cracking tutorial explained simply and clearly. I am struggling with opening the sample file with note pad but thats because I am thick ! However tohave got to that point is a tribute to the clear instruction. I hope you do more because its really useful.
Well done.
Thanks
L
February 5, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Sorted the editor out and the program works a treat – recommend it to all beginners , thanks.
February 5, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Awesome Lee. Tell everyone about it. I love a fan base!
Tell ‘um to follow me on twitter too.
Shane
February 7, 2009 at 12:22 am
Shane,
when I type in the address to install the local server – a broken link appears. help?
February 7, 2009 at 12:37 am
I don’t think I was clear in the first post. This is what i am typing: http://localhost/wp-admin/install.php
google crome and IE say that the link is broken and/or unknown error.
February 7, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Great job was going on 12 hours attempting till I saw this.
February 8, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Heather, are you sure that you’re wamp server is running before you open your browser and try that link? Make sure it is, and make sure you transferred this file to the c:\wamp\www folder.
Let me know.
Shane
February 9, 2009 at 2:03 pm
So, Raw28, did you get it installed and running?
let me know.
Shane
February 9, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Really great video! Thank you very much. I had the problem with the password field (didn’t know it works if its blank). Thank you very much.
February 12, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Thank you. Everything worked like a charm! Very helpful.
February 19, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Great video Shane. Any chance of producing one for IIS? (IIS 5.1 to be more specific) … kinda constrained because of my company’s IT policy to use MS products.
February 26, 2009 at 7:52 pm
When I run: http://localhost/wp-admin/install.php
I get.
Error:
Already Installed
You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.
That’s OK except that I didn’t know there was another installation on my machine and I certaintly don’t know how to find and remove old databases.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Ray
March 27, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Shane:
I have two questions.
1. Can’t I just upload my finished site via FTP?
2. I already have a blog installed as a subsite to a bigger website. I want to delete the entire main site and replace it with the Word Press blog. This means changing the URL from http://myblog.com to http://www.myblog.com. What happens to the database already installed with my host? Will the updates and plugins still work or do I have to re do everything?
I hope that makes sense.
AliBlu
April 11, 2009 at 3:52 am
is this technique still effective nowadays? in the past few months I’ve attempted to re-install XAMPP/XAMPPlite/WAMP server or even BitNami WordPress Stack, it keeps on getting errors every now and then. BTW, I’m using Vista.
April 21, 2009 at 3:49 am
Great video tutorial!
April 22, 2009 at 2:34 am
Just popping in after months of downtime. Not feeling up to anything these days. Wish me luck to find my motivation again.
June 15, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Hi,
I have been running XAMPP LITE on XP Prof’. Works fine with WP 2.8 so far. I am about to get Verizon’s FiOS boradband service. Common knowledge is that Verizon blocks port 80, and local host stops working. Could you please suggest a remedy? Many Thanks.
July 7, 2009 at 9:42 pm
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I had trouble at first but once I uninstalled IIS (I had tried using that before for a different project and couldn’t get it to run properly, so I didn’t mind shutting it down), your tutorial worked beautifully. You made it so easy!
July 14, 2009 at 11:33 am
Thanks! Have Wampserver running fine on my Vista PC and playing with WordPress. Does anyone know how to set up multiple blogs locally?
August 4, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Thanks m8! Great tutorial!
August 5, 2009 at 11:43 am
You can delete the index.php that came with the wampserver. It’s just a little test webpage to show you that Apache, The thing that does web pages is working.
Very good video to show this. I did not know could do this on Windows XP. I been doing in on Linux. That’s neat can run this on Windows. To bad have to turn off skype.
-Raymond Day
August 25, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Thanks Shane, that is a very clear video and you’ve done a great job describing how to install WAMP.
Hope your motivation has returned – we all go through those slumps but usually come out better on the other side.
I would like to work locally on several WordPress sites at the same time. Can anyone explain how to set up more than one local site?
Please and thanks!
August 25, 2009 at 10:11 pm
In case this helps anyone else, I just found a description here of how to have multiple virtual sites locally:
http://www.trailheadinteractive.com/creating_multiple_virtual_sites_a_single_apache_install_windows_xp
October 21, 2009 at 9:08 am
very good for Installing WordPress locally with WampServer.
thank u…
December 21, 2009 at 2:13 am
Great video. I was able to do the install right along with it.
June 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Hey Shane, I can’t THANK YOU enough for this video. I was pulling my hair out trying to get this local install to work after watching a video (4 times) to do the same on Lynda.com. Your process varied a bit from that video, but HOOOOORRRRAAAAYYYYYY, YOURS gave me a working install! You ROCK kiddo!!
June 25, 2010 at 8:13 pm
You’re welcome rtiqlit.
July 12, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Shane,
when I type in the address to install the local server – a broken link appears. help?
July 29, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Great video!!! Simple and very easy to follow walkthrough! Thank you so much!
August 11, 2010 at 3:31 am
is this technique still effective nowadays? in the past few months I’ve attempted to re-install XAMPP/XAMPPlite/WAMP server or even BitNami WordPress Stack, it keeps on getting errors every now and then. BTW, I’m using Vista.
August 16, 2010 at 8:08 am
Thank you so much. You have helped me tremendously. I have spent so many hours trying to find a complete walk through that would help me, I’m so grateful for your video.