Comments on: Installing WordPress locally with WampServer

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:57:31 +0000

I’ve been using Vista for a long time and the only time I have had issues with my WAMP server is when I have Skype loaded. If you disable Skype when you want to use your WAMP server, it works fine; otherwise, it will be orange instead of green.

By: ab

ab — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:34:08 +0000

thanks for this. so far I’ve been following some tutorials on how to make this work that would instruct me to write stuff and complicated code in command promt and what not. it did work but the set of instructions was something I could never remember. but I always thought it doesn’t make sense for this to be this complicated. so, I kept looking for an easier way until I found this article which indeed showed me how really easy is to set up things.

By: billionstrang

billionstrang — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:56:19 +0000

Here’s an easier way to host multiple sites locally. I tried the “virtual host” method outlined in the link that Linda F offered, but I couldn’t get it to work on my machine. The following is much easier, and it works great:
Before you install wordpress, go to www in your wamp folder, and create a file called “client1″ (you can name it anything you want.) Then go to your phpmyadmin page, and Create New Database called “client 1″ Now paste your wordpress into the client1 folder, and follow the steps outlined above. (for databese, enter client1; everything else is the same.)

Now you can repeat these steps for each new database. Create a file in www called client2, create a database in phpmyadmin called client2, install wordpress in client2 folder, and make sure the database in wp-config is client2.

So then you go to your browser and type in http:localhost/client1/wp-admin, and you’re there! Change “client1″ to whatever site you want to work on.

If your browser can’t find the address, you probably forgot to start wamp. I’ve done that a few times.

By: BellaMary

BellaMary — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:08:28 +0000

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.

By: ariberbagi

ariberbagi — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:31:40 +0000

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.

By: Steph

Steph — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:18 +0000

Great video!!! Simple and very easy to follow walkthrough! Thank you so much!

By: jurug

jurug — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:51:49 +0000

Shane,
when I type in the address to install the local server – a broken link appears. help?

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:13:35 +0000

You’re welcome rtiqlit.

By: rtiqlit

rtiqlit — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:30:32 +0000

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!!

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:13:28 +0000

Great video. I was able to do the install right along with it.

By: venkat

venkat — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:08:43 +0000

very good for Installing WordPress locally with WampServer.

thank u…

By: Linda F

Linda F — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:11:17 +0000

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

By: Linda F

Linda F — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:53:19 +0000

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!

By: Raymond Day

Raymond Day — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:43:43 +0000

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

By: nedfuller

nedfuller — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:44:23 +0000

Thanks m8! Great tutorial!

By: janie

janie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:33:17 +0000

Thanks! Have Wampserver running fine on my Vista PC and playing with WordPress. Does anyone know how to set up multiple blogs locally?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:42:46 +0000

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!

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:21:36 +0000

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.

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:34:14 +0000

Just popping in after months of downtime. Not feeling up to anything these days. Wish me luck to find my motivation again.

By: Southern Studio Boy

Southern Studio Boy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:49:57 +0000

Great video tutorial!

By: caryl

caryl — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:28:23 +0000

i certainly agree… i’ve tested it recently and there’s no improvement yet. this kinda SUCKS!

By: caryl

caryl — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:52:48 +0000

By: aliblu5308

aliblu5308 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:44:29 +0000

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

By: Raymond

Raymond — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:52:40 +0000

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

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:18:54 +0000

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.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:47:03 +0000

Thank you. Everything worked like a charm! Very helpful.

By: E11World

E11World — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:35:15 +0000

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.

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:03:17 +0000

So, Raw28, did you get it installed and running?

let me know.
Shane

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:14:01 +0000

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

By: raw28

raw28 — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:00:13 +0000

Great job was going on 12 hours attempting till I saw this.

By: heather

heather — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:37:50 +0000

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.

By: heather

heather — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:22:11 +0000

Shane,
when I type in the address to install the local server – a broken link appears. help?

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:27:39 +0000

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.

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:23:32 +0000

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.

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:14:54 +0000

Awesome Lee. Tell everyone about it. I love a fan base!
Tell ‘um to follow me on twitter too.

Shane

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:02:56 +0000

Sorted the editor out and the program works a treat – recommend it to all beginners , thanks.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:59:37 +0000

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

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:53:20 +0000

That’s a damn’d good question donkeely. I’m not sure about that. I’d check the wampserver forums for that.

By: donkeely

donkeely — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:03:24 +0000

Will wampserver work using WordPressMU?

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By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:39:16 +0000

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

By: holder86

holder86 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:29:27 +0000

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.

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:02:27 +0000

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

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:47:11 +0000

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.

By: Wasim

Wasim — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:39:19 +0000

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.

By: links2funblog

links2funblog — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:52:27 +0000

I did a video just like this on youtube. Only any screen recorders make my computer run horribly.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:06:35 +0000

WampServer doesn’t work with vista.

By: xbiboy

xbiboy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:31:00 +0000

hmmm..I wanna try this locahost server..coz i usually use “xammp”

By: Shane Arthur

Shane Arthur — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:44:30 +0000

Thanks Raiderhost,

I’m glad you liked the video. I loved making it.
Regards
Shane

By: raiderhost

raiderhost — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:36:37 +0000

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