How to install WordPress in localhost with Xampp on Windows 11
Download Xampp: https://www.apachefriends.org/
Download WordPress : https://wordpress.org/download/
Steps :
1. Download ” Xampp “
2. Extract ” Xampp ” & Install
3. Open Xampp, start ‘Apache’ & ‘Mysql’ server
4. Open Local-disk(c)
5. You will find the ‘Xampp’ folder
6. Under the Xampp folder you will find the ‘htdocs’ folder
7. Open the ‘htdocs’ folder & create a new folder
8. Download WordPress from the above link
9. Extract the ‘WordPress’ folder
10. Copy inside contents of the extracted wordpress folder & paste it htdocs-wordpress installation folder
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After Step: 6 follow the below steps
11. Download WordPress from the above link
12. Extract the ‘WordPress’ folder & rename the folder
13. Give any name of your choice to that folder. For Example: ‘ WordPress
14. Paste the folder in the ‘htdocs’ folder
After following all the steps above we need to create new database for our localhost WordPress installation
1. Open any browser & type ‘ localhost/phpmyadmin’
2. Click on ‘ Databases’ from the menu
3. Under create database – give the name for your WordPress Database & Click on ” create ” . Database will be created
4. Now we need to create a database user (or) you can simply modify the user.
5. The default database user is ” root ” & password is ” ” [Blank /no password]
Now we can proceed with WordPress installation
1. Open browser & type ‘ localhost/Wordpress-folder-name’
2. It will show you the WordPress- setup , click on ” Continue “
3. Click on “lets-Go ” & Enter the database credentials
Database name : Database name you created in PhpMyAdmin
Username : root
Password :
Database host : localhost
Table prefix : Don’t change
4. Click on ‘ Run Installation ‘
5. Enter the Site Title , Username , password , Email & click on ‘ Install WordPress’
6. Click on ‘ Login’ to enter the WordPress Dashboard
If you still have doubts comment below