Steps to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 204

Step 1: Update & Upgrade system

It is considered to be a best practice to update and upgrade your Ubuntu system before installing or Configuring any software.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) Stack

Install Apache

sudo apt install apache2

Install MySQL

During the installation, Follow the on-screen instruction guide and makes sure that to choose the strong root password and also remember it.

sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo mysql_secure_installation

Install PHP

 sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database and User

Login MySQL

sudo mysql

Create a database & user

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 4: Download, Install and Configure WordPress

Go to the web root directory

cd /var/www/html

After navigating in directory, Download wordpress by using following commands

sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz

Move the files and set permissions

sudo mv wordpress/* .
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html

Step 5: Configuration of Apache

Create a new Apache Web configuration file for wordpress

sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf

Add code in configuration file

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com

    <Directory /var/www/html>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Restart the Enable site and rewrite module

sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 6: Complete the Installation of WordPress

Open your browser and navigate to “http://your_domain” which is www.example.com or you can directly type your IP_Address of the system “http://your_system_IP”, If you don’t know your ip_address, then open your terminal and type “ifconfig” . You will see the WordPress Settings Wizard. Follow the instructions to complete the setup, Installation, enter database credential that we have configured earlier.

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