Install WordPress 4.7.2 via Bitnami installer on Windows 7 localhost

Trabla: Install WordPress 4.7.2  via Bitnami installer on Windows 7 localhost 

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. WordPress is installed on a web server that is either part of an Internet hosting service or a network host in its own right. The first case may be a service like WordPress.com, for example, and the second case could be a computer running the software package WordPress.org. A local computer may be used for single-user testing and learning purposes. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 27.5% of the top 10 million websites as of February 2017. WordPress is reportedly the most popular website management or blogging system in use on the Web, supporting more than 60 million websites.

WordPress Official Site - https://wordpress.org/
Bitnami WordPress Official Site - https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress

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Install WordPress 4.6.1 on Windows 7 localhost ( XAMPP 7.0.9 - php7 )

Trabla: Install WordPress 4.6.1 on Windows 7 x64 localhost ( XAMPP 7.0.9 - php7 )

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 26.4% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2016. WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.

Solving:

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1. Download and install XAMPP 7.0.9 ( with PHP7 ) from official site:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

2. Download WordPress 4.6.1  sources from official site:
https://wordpress.org/download/

3. Create folder \wordpress XAMPP htdocs folder

C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress

and copy all files from downloaded WordPress 4.6.1 .zip source

4. Run XAMPP Control Panel 

- start Apache
- start Database

5. Open in browser following url to start  WordPress 4.6.1
web installation

http://localhost/wordpress

- select language
- click "Continue" button

6. "Welcome" page

- click "Let's go" button

7. "Database configuration" page of  WordPress 4.6.1 web installation

Now we need to create Database for WordPress 4.6.1

1) Open phpMyAdmin in new browser tab (or window :) ) -

 http://localhost/phpmyadmin

2) Open SQL tab
3) Execute following query

CREATE DATABASE `wordpress` 
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

CREATE USER 'wordpress-owner'@'localhost'; 
CREATE USER 'wordpress-owner'@'127.0.0.1';
CREATE USER 'wordpress-owner'@'::1';

SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'wordpress-owner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('wordpress123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'wordpress-owner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('wordpress123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'wordpress-owner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('wordpress123$%');


GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`wordpress`.* TO 'wordpress-owner'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`wordpress`.* TO 'wordpress-owner'@'127.0.0.1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`wordpress`.* TO 'wordpress-owner'@'::1' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Go back  to WordPress 4.6.1 installation page

- type Database Name -  wordpress
- type Username -  wordpress-owner
- type Password - wordpress123$%

- click "Submit" button

8. "Run the install"  page of  WordPress 4.6.1 web installation

- click "Run the install" button

9. "Information needed"  page of  WordPress 4.6.1 web installation

- type your info
- click "Install WordPress" button

10. "Success!"  page of  WordPress 4.6.1 web installation

- click "Log In" button

Hooray!!! Enjoy  WordPress 4.6.1  !!!

Install WordPress 4.5.2 on windows ( XAMPP + php7 )

Trabla: Install WordPress 4.5.2 on windows ( XAMPP + php7 )

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 26.4% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2016. WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress


Solving:

1. Download and install XAMPP with php 7
https://apachefriends.org/download.html

2. Download WordPress  sources from official site
https://wordpress.org/download/

3. Create folder /wordpress in XAMPP htdocs and copy files from downloaded archive
e.g. on my computer
C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress

4. Open XAMPP Control Panel and start apache and mysql database
If all is ok you will see green labels

5. Open browser and type following localhost address to start installation of WordPress 4.5.2

http://localhost/wordpress

Select language and click "Continue" button to start installation process

6. "Welcome" page - click "Let's go" button

7. Database settings page - now we need to create database for WordPress
to continue installation

Open in new browser tab "phpMyAdmin"database client ( installed with XAMPP )
http://localhost/phpmyadmin

1) Select "Databases" tab
2) Type database name - e.g. "wordpress"
3) Select encoding - utf8-general-ci
4) Press "Create" button

8. Continue with Wordpress installation -
Database settings page
1) Type database name - "wordpress"  ( defined in  step 7 )
2) Type database username - "root" ( XAMPP default settings )
3) Database password - leave empty  ( XAMPP default settings )
4) Database Host - localhost ( leave default )
5) Table Prefix - wp_ ( leave default )
6) Press "Submit" button

9. Click "Run the install"

10. Type data into fields and press "Install Wordpress"

11. Hooray !!!

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