The installation of offline WordPress using Xampp?
Xampp is one of the most popular software used for WordPress installation offline. If you first plan to learn
how to use WordPress and its different features before developing your site live, Xampp is the right tool for it.
Xampp stands for Cross-platform (X), Apache (A), MariaDB (M), PHP (P), and Pearl (P). It is a free software
and a very lightweight Apache distribution that makes it possible for developers like you to set up virtual
servers and work on websites without putting them on the actual internet.
This software can be used to create your WordPress website offline and once the development process is
finished, you can simply move it from the local server to a live server.
Step 1: Download Xampp
Head over to the official Xampp download page and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2: Run the installation wizard
Run the installation wizard. The first page should look like the image below. Click on Next.
Step 3: Select the components
In the next page of the installation wizard, you will get to pick the components you can install. Make sure that
all the checkboxes are ticked and click on Next.
Step 4: Pick the desired installation folder
The following page will present you with the option to choose your installation location. You can change it by
clicking on the Browser icon and selecting your desired path. Once selected, click on Next.
Step 5: Choose the language
This page of the installation wizard allows you to choose the desired language Xampp will be using. Pick the
language you prefer and click on Next.
Step 6: Bitnami
Select whether you want to learn more about Bitnami and click on Next.
Step 7: Ready to install
Click on Next and start installation.
Step 8: Complete Xampp installation
The installation should now be complete. Click on Finish.
Step 9: Start Apache and MySQL
Open the installed Xampp program and start Apache and MySQL by clicking on start next to each one.
Step 10: Download WordPress
Head over to www.wordpress.org and click on Get WordPress.
Scroll down to the download link and press on Download WordPress.
Step 11: Extract WordPress folder
You will download a zip file which you will need to save in the htdocs folder of Xampp. If you installed
Xampp in the default location, you will find it in: Windows(C:)>Xampp>htdocs. Extract the folder by right-
clicking on the zip file and selecting Extract Here.
Step 12: Rename the WordPress folder
Rename the WordPress folder to your site name, we picked testsite as an example. This will be your site URL to
access the administrator panel.
Step 13: Open WordPress configuration
Open a web browser of your choice and enter the following localhost/yoursite where your site is the name you
picked for the WordPress folder. Since we picked testsite, we enter localhost/testsite.
Step 14: Configure WordPress
You will now see the WordPress setup page. Select the desired language and click on Continue.
Step 15: Create a wp-config.php file
You will see the following page. Read through it and go to the next step, without clicking on Let’s go.
Step 16: Create a database
Now you will have to create a database for your site. Fist you will have to head over to PHPMyAdmin by
typing localhost/phpMyAdmin into your browser address bar in a new tab.
In the opened page, click on New to create a new database.
Step 17: Name your database
Pick a name for the database and click on Create
Step 18: Add user account
Now you will have to create a user account by clicking on Add user account.
Step 19: Fill out login details
Fill in the user details such as username, hostname, password, etc. Please make sure that that you click
on Grant all Privileges and them on Go.
Step 20: Connect account to WordPress
Go back to the WordPress tab and click on Let’s Go. In the next screen, you will have to enter the database
name and the account details for the database. Then click on Submit.
Step 21: Run the installation
Now click on Run the installation and enter the site title, username, password, and email address in the next
screen. Then click on Install WordPress.
If everything went well, you should now be able to access the WordPress dashboard
with localhost/yourwebsitename/wp-admin and view your site on localhost/yourwebsitename.
